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

:police_car_light: The Top 10 Highest Transfer Market Values:

1⃣ Haaland - £211.2M
2⃣ Vini Jr - £169.1M
3⃣ Saka - £168.7M
4⃣ Bellingham - £163.9M
:five: Rodrygo - £158.6M
:six: Pedri - £152.9M
:seven: Gavi - £149.7M
:eight: Musiala - £146.5M
:nine: Foden - £143.2M
:ten: Mbappé - £140M

(:chart_increasing: CIES Football)

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:police_car_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The nominees for the Best Men’s Player 2023 Globe Soccer Award. :trophy:

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Heung-min Son in his last three games for South Korea:

:soccer_ball: 4 goals
:bullseye: 2 assists

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It’s been one year since Jude Bellingham scored 35 minutes into his World Cup debut, and he hasn’t looked back since:

:black_small_square: Earns $100M+ Madrid move
:black_small_square: Has 13 goals in 14 games
:black_small_square: Scores twice on Clásico debut
:black_small_square: Wins 2023 Kopa Trophy
:black_small_square: Wins 2023 Golden Boy

:glowing_star:

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Vinicius Jr launched an Anti-racism campaign with a poster that reads, “Racism. Don’t pretend you don’t see it. Reveal the racists”, to coincide with Brazil’s Black Awareness Day.

(via Vinicius Jr)

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:police_car_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The nominees for the Best Men’s Coach 2023 Globe Soccer Award. :trophy:

Who do you think should win? :thinking:

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:police_car_light: Former Barcelona and AC Milan star Ronaldinho is reportedly facing the seizure of two properties in Brazil to pay off alleged tax debts.

(Source: @MailSport)

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:rotating_light: Former Barcelona and AC Milan star Ronaldinho is reportedly facing the seizure of two properties in Brazil to pay off alleged tax debts.

[Source: @MailSport]

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21 countries have booked their trips to Euro 2024 with three spots via the playoffs still up for grabs.

The hopefuls :admission_tickets::down_arrow:

:poland: Poland
:wales: Wales
:estonia: Estonia
:finland: Finland
:ukraine: Ukraine
:iceland: Iceland
:israel: Israel
:bosnia_herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina
:georgia: Georgia
:greece: Greece
:kazakhstan: Kazakhstan
:luxembourg: Luxembourg

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Croatia qualify for Euro 2024 to make it 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 major tournament for Luka Modrić :croatia:

:white_small_square: 2006 World Cup
:white_small_square: Euro 2008
:white_small_square: Euro 2012
:white_small_square: 2014 World Cup
:white_small_square: Euro 2016
:white_small_square: 2018 World Cup
:white_small_square: Euro 2020
:white_small_square: 2022 World Cup
:white_small_square: Euro 2024

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𝐁𝐈𝐆 moment for Nicolás Otamendi to score the winner for Argentina against Brazil :raised_fist:

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Nine years ago today, Leo Messi scored his 252nd La Liga goal to become the league’s all-time leading goalscorer.

Naturally, he had a hat trick on the day and finished his time in Spain with 𝟒𝟕𝟒 goals :crown:

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Leo Messi and Rodrigo De Paul reportedly clashed with Rodrygo because he called them ‘cowards’ for going back to the dressing room.

De Paul after Argentina’s win: ‘History is not written by cowards’ :skull:

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Argentina really followed the same path as Spain’s 2010 World Cup-winning team after losing their first game of last year’s World Cup to Saudi Arabia :open_mouth:

WILD :trophy:

(h/t CFCMod_/X)

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One year ago today, Saudi Arabia pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history :exploding_head:

A match that left the football world shocked :globe_showing_europe_africa:

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9.7 - Jérémy Doku completed 9.7 dribbles per 90 minutes during EURO 2024 qualifying, the most of any player with 200+ minutes played.

9.7 - Jérémy Doku
4.9 - Mikey Johnston
4.9 - Daniel Håkans
4.8 - Dodi Lukébakio
4.8 - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Unstoppable.

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On this day, one year ago, Spain defeated Costa Rica 7-0 in their opening game of the 2022 World Cup. :hot_face::spain:

7 shots on target: 7 goals :sweat_smile:

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Manchester United face a possible ban from the Champions League once Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes his minority stake purchase.

Ratcliffe is set to acquire a 25 per cent stake in Man United for £1.3 billion.

The Glazers are closing in on an agreement, with the British billionaire fending off competition from Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim.

Once the deal crosses the line, the 71-year-old will add another football club to his portfolio as his Ineos group already own Nice, with Victor Lindelof sharing his thoughts on the proposed overhaul.

Ahead of next season’s Champions League, clubs in France’s top flight are set to awarded three automatic spots and one play-off place, with the top five teams in the Premier League going straight into the Europe’s premier competition.

But under UEFA’s ‘multi-club ownership’ rules, the only way Man United and Nice can both play in the Champions League next season is if one seals an automatic spot and the other qualifies directly for the Conference League, according to The Sun.

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Ángel Di María announces he will retire from international football after next summer’s Copa América.

An Argentina legend :heart_hands::argentina:

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EA Sports announce that EURO 2024 will arrive on #FC24 as a free in-game update next summer :video_game:

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