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

It’s been six years since the infamous Henrikh Mkhitaryan-Alexis Sánchez swap deal :arrows_counterclockwise:

Alexis at United: five goals and nine assists in 45 games

Mkhitaryan at Arsenal: nine goals and 13 assists in 59 games

After several moves each, now they’re teammates at Inter :man_shrugging:

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that teams whose fans engage in racist abuse should be made to forfeit matches.

The statement was made after AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan left the pitch in protest against Udinese fans who were using racist chants.

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:rotating_light: Super League sources: “The plan is to start the competition in September 2025, with the best clubs in Europe and the Premier League clubs as well.”

(Source: @diarioas)

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:rotating_light: Super League sources: “There are clubs who say publicly they are against the Super League, but have SIGNED privately to JOIN the project.”

(Source: @diarioas)

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: 10 countries have already qualified for the last 16 of the AFCON:

:guinea: Guinea
:equatorial_guinea: Equatorial Guinea
:nigeria: Nigeria
:cape_verde: Cape Verde
:egypt: Egypt
:mali: Mali
:morocco: Morocco
:burkina_faso: Burkina Faso
:angola: Angola
:senegal: Senegal

Who do you think wins the competition? :thinking::eyes:

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11 years since Eden Hazard was sent off for losing his cool and kicking a Swansea ball boy :flushed:

Chelsea lost the semifinal tie and Swansea went on to lift the League Cup

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Only ONE player in history has scored for BOTH Real Madrid and Barcelona in ElClasico AND in the Milan derby for BOTH Inter and Milan :es::it:

Ronaldo Nazário :brazil::goat:

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:rotating_light: OFFICIAL! Ghana have announced the sacking of head coach, Chris Hughton. :wave: :ghana:

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Algeria have been knocked out of the African Cup of Nations in the group stages in back-to-back tournaments for the first time in their history.

◎ 2019: Champions :trophy:
◉ 2021: Group stage exit :x:
◉ 2023: Group stage exit :x:

The 2019 champions finish bottom of Group D. :open_mouth:

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It’s been five years since Chelsea signed Gonzalo Higuaín on loan from Juventus as their latest No. 9.

The curse still continues :ghost:

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Andre Onana’s time at AFCON:

:date: 8 days
:gloves: 3 goals conceded
:stadium: 1 game played
:x: 0 saves made

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:rotating_light: OFFICIAL! THE LAST 16 OF AFCON 2024:

:equatorial_guinea: Guinea E.
:nigeria: Nigeria
:cote_divoire: Ivory Coast
:cape_verde: Cape Verde
:egypt: Egypt
:ghana: Ghana
:senegal: Senegal
:cameroon: Cameroon
:guinea: Guinea
:angola: Angola
:burkina_faso: Burkina Faso
:mauritania: Mauritania
:mali: Mali
:south_africa: South Africa
:namibia: Namibia
:morocco: Morocco
:congo_kinshasa: Congo
:zambia: Zambia

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:rotating_light: OFFICIAL! #AFCON2024 last 16 fixtures:

:angola: Angola vs Namibia :namibia:
:nigeria: Nigeria vs Cameroon :cameroon:
:equatorial_guinea: E. Guinea vs Guinea :guinea:
:egypt: Egypt vs DR Congo :congo_kinshasa:
:cape_verde: Cape Verde vs Mauritania :mauritania:
:senegal: Senegal vs Côte d’Ivoire :cote_divoire:
:morocco: Morocco vs South Africa :south_africa:
:mali: Mali vs Burkina Faso :burkina_faso:

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:rotating_light: Nicolas Anelka is set to become the new CEO of Turkish club Ümraniyespor. :exploding_head:

He is in Istanbul already to sign his contract and make it official. :tr::writing_hand:

(Source: @yagosabuncuoglu)

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The AFCON round of 16 is set :trophy:

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Andriy Shevchenko has been elected the new president of the Ukrainian FA. :ukraine:

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:rotating_light::moneybag: Highest revenue-generating clubs in 2022/23:

1⃣🇪🇸 Real Madrid: €831.4m
2⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City: €825.9m
3⃣🇫🇷 PSG: €801.8m
4⃣🇪🇸 Barcelona: €800.1m
5⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United: €745.8m
6⃣🇩🇪 Bayern Munich: €744m
7⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool: €682.9m
8⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham: €631.5m
9⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea: €589.4m
:keycap_ten::england: Arsenal: €532.6m

(Source: @DeloitteUK)

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The top 20 richest clubs in the world, based on last season’s revenue.

:camera_flash: @Deloitte

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These two are still the top goal scorers in the Premier League and LALIGA this season :handshake:

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It’s been 10 years since Juan Mata moved from Chelsea to Manchester United.

Today he’s still beloved by both fanbases :blue_heart::heart:

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