After breaking through at Brazilian side Bahia, the 6ft3 forward was snapped up by Portuguese giants Benfica in 2014 and brought to Europe. He was called up to the Brazil squad for the first time later that year as a replacement for Lucas Moura, but did not make an appearance. In his second season in Portugal he fell out of ...
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Matt Hargreaves, formerly of Adidas, became United’s new chief transfer negotiator in March and will have to work quickly to get players out the door and new arrivals into Old Trafford before the team depart for their pre-season tour of America. As far as incomings are concerned, meetings with Bayer Leverkusen full-back Jeremie Frimpong’s representatives have taken place as Ten ...
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His side now sit second in the Saudi Pro League title race after they dropped points to Al Feiha, as their title rivals Al-Ittihad secured a 2-1 win against Al-Wehda to go three points clear at the top of the league standings. But it was clear that Ronaldo’s frustrations boiled over at full-time, with Ronaldo angrily gesturing and arguing with ...
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The Azzurri suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to North Macedonia on Thursday night, which saw them miss out on a place in the finals in Qatar this winter – failing to reach the World Cup for a second successive time. Despite dominating most of the match with 32 shots of goal, the hosts could only manage five of them on ...
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The attacking midfielder won the FA Youth Cup on two occasions with the Blues, but only made one first team appearance for the club amid seven loan spells. Brown was once tipped by Jose Mourinho as a certainty to play for England, alongside Dominic Solanke and Lewis Baker, with the former Chelsea boss insisting the media should ‘blame him’ if ...
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Ronaldo converted a penalty for the visitors to put them ahead in the 40th minute. A fantastic attacking display from Al Nassr in the second half ensured their victory as Ronaldo completed his brace in the 66th minute. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner left an Al Adalah defender in the dust before rifling a precise left-foot shot past the keeper. ...
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After breaking through at Brazilian side Bahia, the 6ft3 forward was snapped up by Portuguese giants Benfica in 2014 and brought to Europe. He was called up to the Brazil squad for the first time later that year as a replacement for Lucas Moura, but did not make an appearance. In his second season in Portugal he fell out of ...
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Real Madrid’s shock 3-2 defeat to Villarreal on Saturday evening has effectively ended their chances of retaining their La Liga title from last season. A victory for Barcelona on Monday would put Xavi Hernandez’s side 15 points clear at the top of the table. Real Madrid’s fight with Barcelona has all but ended, but their battle with city rivals Atletico ...
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We are lucky enough to be treated to more football now than ever before and over the past few decades we have seen some truly incredible football stats. We have gone back through the years and picked out 11 football stats that you won’t believe are real. 1. Neymar won La Liga Player of the Month before Lionel Messi This ...
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Rodgers left his role at the club after Leicester’s 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace, with the Foxes now in the Premier League relegation zone. Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell were named as caretaker managers of the club, but fell to defeat at home to Aston Villa in their first match in charge. And, as reported by The Athletic, if they ...
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