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

[Samuel]

It’s been four years since Napoli landed Victor Osimhen on a club-record deal. He’s scored 76 goals in 133 games and helped the club break their 33-year title drought and win Serie A in 2023.

…and he’s again in the rumor mill for another big-money move

[Samuel]

Two years ago, England’s women won the Euros and football 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 came home

[Samuel]

Remco Evenepoel, who won gold for Belgium in the cycling individual time trial at the 2024 Olympics, was once a teammate of Cody Gakpo in PSV’s academy

Evenepoel played as a defensive midfielder and even captained the youth side before following in his father’s footsteps and taking up cycling.

[Samuel]

Conmebol’s 2024 Copa América team of the tournament

[Samuel]

Neymar admits there are days he wants to give up as he recovers from an injury

[Samuel]

Craig Shakespeare has sadly passed away at the age of 60.

Sending our thoughts to his family and friends at this difficult time.

[Samuel]

10 years ago today, 109,318 fans showed up to watch Real Madrid vs. Man United in Michigan in 2014

Still the all-time attendance record for any match in the U.S.

[Samuel]

Saudi Arabia’s concept stadiums submitted as part of the country’s bid to host the 2034 World Cup

( TheB1M/X, Saudi2034bid/X)

[Goodness]

On this day, 7 years ago, PSG signed Neymar from Barcelona for €222m. The most expensive transfer fee in football history.

Rate his time in Paris out of 10?

[Samuel]

25 years ago, Arsenal signed Thierry Henry

2x PL champion
4x PL Golden Boot
First player to record at least 20 goals and 20 assists in a PL season
Arsenal’s all-time top scorer

Legend

[Samuel]

A fitting end to an incredible career: Toni Kroos has been voted Germany’s Player of the Year.

He saw everything

[Samuel]

14 years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo took the No. 7 from Raúl. A legendary era at Real Madrid

[Goodness]

| Greatest Football Players to Wear the Number 10 Jersey, as per @stats_feed:

1. Pele
2. Diego Maradona
3. Lionel Messi
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. Zico
6. Ronaldinho
7. Michel Platini
8. Marta
9. Wayne Rooney
10. Neymar
11. Kylian Mbappe
12. Carli Lloyd
13. Mesut Ozil
14. Dennis Bergkamp
15. Francesco Totti
16. Juan Roman Riquelme
    
    

[Samuel]

On this day in 2021, Man City announced the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, breaking the British transfer record in a £100 million deal

[Samuel]

Lamine Yamal (17) posing with his Guinness World Records after an unforgettable season with Spain and Barcelona!
Gem!

Gem!

[Samuel]

21 years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo cooked Manchester United so badly in a friendly Sir Alex Ferguson 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 to sign him.

‘We’re not leaving this ground until we’ve got that boy signed.’

The rest is history

[Samuel]

11 years ago today, Ronaldo hit the 𝐒𝐈𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔 for the first time.

A celebration you can hear

[Samuel]

Pepe has announced his retirement from professional football, he announced in a video on social media.

One of the best to do it and forever a legend of the game

[Samuel]

A reminder that Julian Alvarez is the first player in history to win the World Cup and the Treble in the same season

[Samuel]

Ronaldo showed his love for Pepe after announcing his retirement from football

Brothers