⚽️ 2023/24 Season - General Football News - Open Thread

Erling Haaland moved up to 20th in the all-time Champions League scoring rankings.

He’s played 33 games :exploding_head:

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Today:

:england: Jude Bellingham: two goals, winner in El Clásico
:england: Harry Kane: hat trick
:england: Eddie Nketiah: hat trick

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PSV 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 Ajax 5-2.

PSV are top of the table.

Ajax are bottom.

:skull:

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For the first time in the club’s history, Ajax have lost five consecutive Eredivisie games.

They are bottom of the league.:grimacing:

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  • Juventus banned: Juventus Football Club was banned from the 2023-2024 UEFA Conference League and fined 10 million euros.
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:scream: Juventus, Pogba - all bad news for the club

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FIFA has banned Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Australia will NOT make a bid for the 2034 World Cup.

Only Saudi Arabia have announced a bid to host the World Cup so far.

(Source: @TariqPanja)

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Saudi Arabia are set to host the 2034 World Cup after Australia confirmed they will not bid for the tournament. The deadline to register interest ends today :saudi_arabia::trophy:

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:gloves::soap: Goalkeepers with the most clean sheets in the last 5 years (Games without conceding a goal):

:brazil: Ederson: 122 clean sheets
:brazil: Alisson: 107 clean sheets
:de: Ter stegen: 104 clean sheets
:slovenia: Oblak: 102 clean sheets
:belgium: Courtois: 91 clean sheets

Incredible shot-stoppers! :fire::sparkles:.

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Nigerian musicians have been well represented at some of the world’s largest footballing events :green_heart::musical_note:

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The last time a Premier League player won the Ballon d’Or was Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008.

… FIFTEEN YEARS AGO :flushed:

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MLS 2023 Newcomer voting breakdown :ballot_box:

𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀: 𝟰𝟱.𝟳𝟴%
:black_small_square: Players: 34.34%
:black_small_square: Clubs: 46.34%
:black_small_square: Media: 56.65%

𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶: 𝟮𝟳.𝟮𝟴%
:black_small_square: Players: 35.54%
:black_small_square: Clubs: 34.15%
:black_small_square: Media: 12.14%

𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗟𝗼̈𝘄𝗲𝗻: 𝟭𝟱.𝟰𝟰%
:black_small_square: Players: 11.45%
:black_small_square: Clubs: 14.63%
:black_small_square: Media: 20.23%

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Luis Suárez added his 10th assist of the season on Wednesday, the most in the Brasileirão.

36 years old :wine_glass:

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:rotating_light: Asamoah Gyan has been told to pay compensation to his ex-wife after it was determined that he is the biological father of their three children.

It was also ruled that the former Sunderland, Udinese and Rennes forward must pay the equivalent of £1,729 per month for the children.

(Source: @MailSport)

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From 2024, the Ballon d’Or awards and ceremony will be co-organised by UEFA and Groupe Amaury, which publishes France Football and L’Equipe.

The deal comes seven years after a previous partnership between the French organisers of the award and world governing body FIFA ended.

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:rotating_light: Cristiano Ronaldo’s hair transplant clinics in Spain are in the sights of the tax authorities! :policeman::es:

They are suspected of having circumvented tax with fraudulent invoices. :money_with_wings:

(Source: El Confidencial)

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The UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award is no more :candle:

:white_small_square: 2016-17: Cristiano Ronaldo
:white_small_square: 2017-18: Luka Modrić
:white_small_square: 2018-19: Virgil van Dijk
:white_small_square: 2019-20: Robert Lewandowski
:white_small_square: 2020-21: Jorginho
:white_small_square: 2021-22: Karim Benzema
:white_small_square: 2022-23: Erling Haaland

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UEFA announce they will co-organize the Ballon d’Or with France Football from next year :trophy:

:black_small_square: New men’s and women’s coach awards
:black_small_square: UEFA Player of the Year awards will be scrapped

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Yaya Touré is officially in Saudi Arabia, reunited with his former Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini.

Touré has joined Mancini’s coaching staff to lead Saudi Arabia’s national team.

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