⚽ General Football News - 2020-21 Season Open Thread

Barcelona confirm Coutinho will be out for 3 months after successful surgery

Barcelona confirm Coutinho will be out for 3 months after successful surgery on his left knee

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Napoli Striker Osimhen Risks Fine Of N106M For Breaking Coronavirus Rules

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Nigeria international Victor Osimhen risks being fined by Napoli after he was caught breaking coronavirus rules.
Footage has emerged of Napoli’s most expensive player in history celebrating his 22nd birthday in Lagos without regard for social distancing measures and on top of that he was not wearing a face mask.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has equalled Pele’s record of most official goals scored in football history (757)

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Dortmund :heavy_check_mark:
Werder Bremen :handshake:
Stuttgart :heavy_check_mark:
RB Leipzig :handshake:
Union Berlin :handshake:
Wolfsburg :heavy_check_mark:
Leverkusen :heavy_check_mark:
Mainz :heavy_check_mark:

Bayern have gone behind in each of their last eight Bundesliga games… and haven’t lost a single one :lock:

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On this day in 2016, Real Madrid made Zinedine Zidane their manager:

:black_small_square: 11 trophies in two spells
:black_small_square: 157 wins in 234 games
:black_small_square: 100% winning record in finals
:black_small_square: Only manager to win a UCL three-peat

:clinking_glasses:

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Pelé has upgraded his Instagram bio.

Looks like Ronaldo and Messi still have a long way to go :eyes::soccer:

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:heart_eyes: Pele is like- Catch me if you can… :yum:

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Most assists in Europe’s top five leagues since August 2015:

:medal_sports: Kevin De Bruyne - 73 in 168 apps

:medal_sports: Leo Messi - 73 in 185 apps

:medal_sports: Thomas Muller - 69 in 168 apps

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BREAKING: Juventus defender Alex Sandro tests positive for Covid-19

Juventus defender Alex Sandro has tested positive for coronavirus, the Italian champions confirmed on Monday. Juventus said that “following the appearance of some mild symptoms” a test revealed the 29-year-old was positive for Covid-19.

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Ronaldo is the second-highest goalscorer of ALL-TIME as he overtakes Pele

Cristiano Ronaldo overtook Pele as the second-highest goalscorer of all-time with a brace for Juventus in their 4-1 win against Udinese on Sunday.1609796878345

The Portuguese forward scored his 757th and 758th goal of his illustrious career with the goals coming in either half as Andrea Pirlo’s side moved up to fifth in the Serie A table.

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Chelsea’s FA Cup tie with Morecambe on Sunday is expected to go ahead, with the League Two side due back from 10-days in isolation on Wednesday.

(Source: Standard Sport)

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After Liverpool’s loss to Southampton last night, Manchester United are now on the longest current unbeaten run [10] of any club in the Premier League:

:white_check_mark: 3-1
:white_check_mark: 1-0
:white_check_mark: 3-2
:white_check_mark: 3-1
:handshake: 0-0
:white_check_mark: 3-2
:white_check_mark: 6-2
:handshake: 2-2
:white_check_mark: 1-0
:white_check_mark: 2-1

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Most Goal Involvements in their first 30 Premier League games:

:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Cole (37)
:portugal: Bruno Fernandes (33)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Phillips (30)
:argentina: Sergio Aguero (28)
:gabon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (27)
:fr: Eric Cantona (27)

Data via @ManUtd :bar_chart:

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Romelu Lukaku has been involved in 59 goals (50 goals, 9 assists) in his first 70 appearances with Inter in all competitions.

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Ferdinand on Jack Grealish

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“I don’t care if Pogba goes or not, Grealish is my man”

Players like that who could run with it and dribble - Ronaldinho and Messi. I am not saying he is in that class yet, but that style of player who runs at you. He is a fantastic player”

“He’s a great kid with a great family”

“He loves his football. What the young kids don’t see with Jack Grealish is the hunger and hard work behind closed doors - the attention to detail and the way he trains.

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Most Chances Created This Season in the Premier League

:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Grealish (55)
:portugal: Bruno Fernandes (52)
:belgium: Kevin De Bruyne (45)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mason Mount (37)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Harrison (35)
:poland: Mateusz Klich (35)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Andy Robertson (32)
:kr: Heung-Min Son (31)

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The Premier League has confirmed 40 positive COVID-19 cases in the latest round of testing, after 2,295 tests on players and club staff from December 28 to January 3.

[via RobHarris]

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Harry Kane in the Premier League under Jose Mourinho:

:tshirt: 34 appearances
:soccer: 22 goals
:a: 12 assists

34 G/A in 34 games. :exploding_head:

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Most shots on target in a PL game this season:

:dart: Man Utd (14) vs Leeds
:dart: Man Utd (14) vs Newcastle
:dart: Liverpool (13) vs Leicester
:dart: Arsenal (12) vs West Brom
:dart: Tottenham (12) vs Newcastle

Tottenham were the only team not to win

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Mauricio Pochettino: “I understood what PSG is, I understood which players I’m going to work with, world-class players. We’re going to do everything we can to be successful.” (Source: @PSG_English)

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