⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make his second Manchester United debut against Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed.

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Will one of these clubs win the UCL this season? :trophy::money_with_wings:

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Who will finish with more career hat tricks? :thinking:

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Known for the controversial remarks he has made over the years, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made another hilarious comment regarding the fact that he has never won the Ballon d’Or.

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Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi has been confirmed as the highest rated player in the upcoming FIFA 22 video game.

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Former Chelsea, Newcastle United and West Ham striker Demba Ba has called time on his 16-year playing career.

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Pedri leads 40-men nominees list for Golden Boy award as Musiala & Camavinga

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Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday, September 16 published its latest rankings of National Teams, allnigeriasoccer.

Despite back-to-back wins in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the Super Eagles sit in the 34th position, same as they were in the August rankings.

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:rotating_light: | BREAKING: There was a break-in at Reece James’s house when the Englishman was playing against Zenit! :astonished:
The robbers managed to pull out a safe that reportedly contained three medals:

  1. Champions League :1st_place_medal:
  2. UEFA Super Cup :1st_place_medal:
  3. EURO2020 :2nd_place_medal:

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:scream: Wow! Prized possessions! :pleading_face:

Looks like an insider (through known people) job!

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:stadium: Games: 738
:soccer: Goals: 408
:a: Assists: 101

Louis Van Gaal once called him, ‘the best striker in the world in the box’.

Wherever he went, he guaranteed goals and was one of the most underrated strikers of his generation.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has retired at the age of 38. :clap::netherlands:

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Jose Mourinho’s Roma only know how to win so far this season, recording their sixth straight win of the campaign as they got their Europa Conference League journey off to the best possible start with a 5-1 win over CSKA Sofia.

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Africans light up Europe with goals

Karl Toko Ekambi inspired Olympique Lyon to a 2-0 win over Rangers in Thursday’s Europa League fixture.

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Former England, Chelsea and Tottenham striker Jimmy Greaves has died at 81.

He is Spurs’ record goal scorer with 266 goals in 279 games.

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Jimmy Greaves, the former England, Tottenham and Chelsea striker, has died at the age of 81.

Clubs confirm Jimmy Greaves’ passing

Tottenham Hotspur took to social media today to announce that one of their club heroes, Jimmy Greaves, had passed away aged 81.

Jimmy Greaves began his career with Chelsea, where he netted 124 goals in 157 first division matches for the Blues, including 41 goals in 40 games during the 1960-61 campaign.

Greaves, although a Chelsea man, cemented his place as a Spurs hero following his move to the club from AC Milan in 1961. During his time in north London, the forward went on to rack up a record 266 goals for the Lilywhites, while also winning 2 FA Cups, a cup winners cup and two Charity shields.

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To many he will be remembered as the bewildered, besuited figure on the Wembley touchline as all around him erupted with joy in the moment of England’s 1966 World Cup win.

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Brazil legend Pele has been readmitted to hospital in Sao Paolo just a few days after leaving intensive care, but appears to be recovering well.

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Benzema is ahead of Haaland and Lewandowski

The domestic campaign has only just started in Europe, yet some of the top forwards on the continent are already firing.

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FIFA will hold an online summit with football associations from all over the world next week to discuss its plans for the men’s and women’s international calendars, which include biennial World Cups.

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Messi at PSG:

3 games
1 yellow card
0 goals

Ronaldo at Man United:

3 games
4 goals

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