The next international break comes in March next year
| Robert Lewandowski agreed to join Manchester United in 2012, but Dortmund refused to sanction the transfer:
“I said yes to join Manchester United because if Sir Alex Ferguson calls you, you cannot say no…”
“I also remember the conversation with the president of Dortmund. He said to me, they need me. They’re not going to sell me to Manchester United because I’m so important for them.”
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Juan Mata joins San Diego FC’s ownership group and becomes the first active professional footballer to hold an ownership stake in MLS
(via San Diego FC)
Bellingham should win.
37-year-old Lionel Messi is still being nominated for The Best FIFA Men’s Player in 2024.
We’re not worthy
Hard to believe Lautaro Martínez wasn’t nominated for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
He also won the Serie A and Coppa America Golden Boots
Botafogo win the Copa Libertadores for the first time in the club’s history. And they did it with 10 men. HEROIC
| The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia is unlikely to be held in the summer due to extreme temperatures and ‘could’ instead be held in January to avoid clashing with Ramadan.
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