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After Naomi Girma’s record-breaking transfer, who will be the next major-money move? These are the players who could benefit from crossing the $1million transfer threshold

NEW: With Naomi Girma having broken the million dollar transfer threshold, which other players could command a seven-figure fee?

@meganferinga.bsky.social and I look at some worthy options, from prolific scorers to the next wave of global stars: www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

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Welcome to Matchday Mayhem, an event UEFA hopes will become a Champions League tradition Twenty-seven of the competition's 36 teams are still alive - it's exactly what UEFA wanted when designing this new Champions League format

All traditions are a novelty at first. Feel like the climax to the new CL group stage might be one of those that becomes A Thing, like transfer deadline day or FA Cup 3rd round weekend. 18 games, all at once, all contingent on each other. It's...fun. www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

Banner by VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt: "Support Sportswashing for an autocratic state again? DFB: You spineless a***holes!"

"Support Sportswashing for an autocratic state again? DFB: You spineless a***holes!"

VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are the latest to criticize Germany's FA (DFB) for voting in favor of handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.

Via @kurvenhelden.bsky.social

El 1x1 del Barça femenino contra el Hammarby Las catalanas se llevaron los tres puntos de Suecia y se jugarán el miércoles la primera plaza del grupo contra el Manchester City

📝 Las notas de las jugadoras azulgranas en su victoria 0-3 ante el Hammarby

A 1/4!!!!!! 👏

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The Athletic FC Podcast: Sudan: Football and the Forgotten War In April 2023, civil war broke out in Sudan. It continues to this day leaving in its wake the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the United Nations.Despite this, Sudan’s nationa...

Sudan: Football & the Forgotten War

Against the odds Sudan qualified for AFCON & top WC qualifying…

...despite not being able to play at home due to a civil war that’s caused the worst humanitarian crisis on earth

Special new episode of @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast

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Diego Luna shoots for the moon The MLS’ Young Player of the Year looks to the sky - while fighting to keep both feet on the ground.

Introducing Diego Luna, MLS Young Player of the Year.

In this expansive long read, Luna tells SCOUTED his story of coffee, community, futsal and outside-of-the-foot passes – and hints at what comes next.

👇 sports are a microcosm of the broader issue that so much of the way we think about things is what and how we’ve chosen to count and record things

FEATURE | 'Golden Boy' Maghnes Akliouche knocking on Didier Deschamps' door - Get French Football News There is the ability to show moments of technical brilliance but being able to do so repeatedly is what separates the good from the great. Maghnes Akliouche

FEATURE | "Golden Boy" Maghnes Akliouche (22) knocking on Didier Deschamps' door.

🖊️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social

www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/feature...

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Market Analysis: Young Midfielders in the Championship - Analytics FC Mohamed Mohamed is back with another scouting epic, this time assessing a range of midfielders in England's fertile second tier

The Championship is a fascinating league with fascinating young talent, including in midfield. For @analyticsfc.bsky.social, I highlighted some of the young midfielders in the division, and how they're each making their own impact analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2024/11...

Inverting the Pyramid for people who can't be bothered to read it - the history of football tactics in a single diagram.

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Enzo Fernandez was brilliant against Leicester, but it’s not just his quality on the ball, the goal, the assist, or even the off ball work he did… It’s the intelligence

Pedri es un mentiroso | Relevo Pedri es un mentiroso

Pedri es un mentiroso. Y poco más que decir.

A leer.

www.relevo.com/futbol/champ...

Think @blayasensat.bsky.social said it, but Barca lose a lot when Raphinha has to create rather than run.

It’s not that he’s a bad creator, I really like the directness of his passing. But there’s nobody else replicating those runs.

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After Edu My look at the future of the sporting director role at Arsenal turned into a huge scouting report on potential candidate Roberto Olabe of Real Sociedad. Here it is.

“While player searches are ‘deductive’, the final decision is often ‘intuitive’”

@billycarpy.bsky.social rarely misses

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Theory of Soccer Pt. 1: The Prevailing Orthodox Theories of Soccer John Maynard Keynes begins his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by explaining why he has titled the book the “General” theory.

open.substack.com/pub/absolute...

Draw for Barca

🇪🇸 🏆 ⚽️ FT: #Celta 2-2 #Barcelona

A wild match ends in a draw! #Barça squander a two-goal lead in a disappointing performance, missing #LamineYamal’s spark once again. 😕

#RealMadrid now have two games in hand and a chance to close the gap at the top to four points. 🔥

Gavi🤩✨

#CeltaBarça #LaLiga

playthr-vs-man-orientation This is "playthr-vs-man-orientation" by Tayyab Khan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Video Analysis of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen: Mastering "Playing Through the Press" and Adapting to Man-Oriented Pressing vimeo.com/1031470735?s...

How not to fix a team’s vulnerability in transitions: pushing your *only* players capable of defending space into an attack

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YouTube video by The Gegenpressing Podcast Why Werder Bremen might be this season's surprise package in the #bundesliga

Why Werder Bremen might be this season's surprise package in the #bundesliga
youtu.be/T7paEigUoZk

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