⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

New Tottenham Hotspur manager must be given free rein, says Jamie Redknapp

Whoever replaces Nuno Espirito Santo at Tottenham must be given free rein as manager, while the new man’s top priority should be getting Harry Kane firing again, says Jamie Redknapp.

Nuno was sacked by Tottenham on Monday, less than five months after taking charge of the north London club, and Antonio Conte has been offered an 18-month deal to replace the Portuguese, according to Sky in Italy.

The former Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan boss was reportedly in line to succeed Jose Mourinho before talks broke down last summer, with Nuno instead taking on the role.

Nuno, 47, signed a two-year contract in June following a protracted search to find Mourinho’s successor, but his tenure has lasted just beyond four months and a total of only 17 games.

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Drogba is ahead of Salah for Yakubu :eyes:

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Barcelona announce Sergio Aguero will now be subjected to a diagnostic and therapeutic process by a doctor. The club will monitor his progress in the next three months.

Aguero suffered discomfort in his chest during Barcelona’s match on Saturday. Get well soon :pray:

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Conte 'to be given £150m to spend by Tottenham with he set to take over

Antonio Conte will reportedly be given a £150m transfer war chest to turn things around at Tottenham.

Conte is on the verge of becoming the new Spurs manager after the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo.

As MailOnline exclusively revealed on Monday morning, Nuno was axed as Spurs head coach, the club confirming the Portuguese’s departure news just before 10am.

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:rotating_light:DID YOU KNOW: Jan Oblak has conceded only 3 hat-tricks in his career, and all three of them were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. :flushed::fire:

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FIFA has forced Mexico to play two more World Cup qualifiers behind closed doors due to anti-gay chants during their games in October.

Mexico fans had previously been banned in June and have since been punished again after the chants continued in recent matches.

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:brazil: Ronaldo dribbled the goalkeeper to score 88 times in his career. There’ll never be another striker like him. Best no.9 EVER! :fire::raised_hands:t2::clap:t3:

O Fenômeno. :goat:

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In 2012/13, 26 year old Radamel Falcao was 5th on the Ballon d’Or shortlist, scored 34 goals in 41 games, inspired Atlético de Madrid to win the Copa del Rey & scored home and away against FC Barcelona.

In 2021/22, 35 year old Radamel Falcao, has four goals in three stars for Rayo Vallecano & scored the winner against Barca, the club’s first win over them since 2002, the goal that ended the reign of Ronald Koeman

Class is permanent for El Tigre. :fire:

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Real Madrid C.F. becomes the first club to reach 1,000 goals in the European cup :crown:

FC Bayern Munich is the closest with 768 goals :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Al Sadd’s CEO says Xavi will not leave :thinking:

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Has any player deserved to win a Ballon d’Or more than Robert Lewandowski? :thinking:

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Lewandowski’s goal scoring since turning 30 is something else :exploding_head:

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Peter Drury commentating on Cristiano Ronaldo is pure poetry…

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Lionel Messi is content with not winning another Ballon d’Or after lifting the Copa America with Argentina :trophy:

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi and David Beckham are among the highest-paid athletes of all time :moneybag:

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Colombia has called up James Rodriguez for their next two World Cup qualifiers :colombia:

He had been left off the team list for the past year.

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With voting underway in this year’s GOAL50, fans around the world are having their say on which men’s and women’s players had the best 2021.

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Griezmann, Benzema & Mbappe lead France WCQ squad list, Kante in

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Paul Pogba’s second spell at Manchester United is increasingly likely to be coming to an end with reports that he has no interest in signing a new deal.

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First looks at the new Premier League ball :soccer:

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