⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Al Nassr have made an offer to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on loan for the rest of the season, with an obligation to buy for around €7 million :moneybag:

Arsenal are yet to respond.

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Dani Alves thinks Barcelona could bring Lionel Messi back before the end of his career :pleading_face:

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Arsenal have mysteriously deleted a social media post that appeared to give away which of their stars had returned to fitness ahead of their EFL Cup clash with Liverpool this week.

Snaps showed Bukayo Saka, Kieran Tierney and Martin Odegaard all involved in a session at Arsenal’s training base. Saka and Tierney recently had minor injuries. Star midfielder Odegaard tested positive for coronavirus but now appears to be out of self-isolation.

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Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios hit the Ronaldo celebration after winning his first match at the Australian Open :tennis:

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Lionel Messi reaches 300m+ followers on Instagram :selfie:

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently sat on 392m :iphone:

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Alexia Putellas scores a 91st minute winner against Real Madrid to send Barcelona to the Supercopa final :fire:

The Best.

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:rotating_light: BREAKING :rotating_light:

Former Real Madrid and AC Milan forward Robinho has been sentenced by the Italian courts to 9 years in prison for rape.

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Zaha gives a 10th of his salary to charity.

He paid out of his own pocket to keep Palace’s women’s team going when it struggled with finance.

He does a lot of work for charities including underprivileged children after he himself was homeless when he was 6.

Put some respect on his name!

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Samuel Eto’o:

"I can’t compare José Mourinho to Pep Guardiola, one of them failed to win the Champions League with Bayern Munich while the other won it with Porto.":grin::grin:

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A Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of child sex offences has had his bail extended until April 17.

The man, who cannot be named, was initially arrested on July 16, 2021 and has now had his bail extended on four occasions, as police continue their investigation.

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Ex-Arsenal star Vermaelen retires aged 36 & will be Belgium assistant manager

FORMER Arsenal star Thomas Vermaelan has announced his retirement - and is poised to be named Belgium assistant manager.

The 36-year-old left Japan’s Vissel Kobe after his contract expired in December.
Vermaelen signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the J1 League side in 2019 after leaving Barcelona.

He went on to help them to win the Emperor’s Cup that year, their first domestic trophy.

But the no-nonsense centre-half has decided to hang up his boots - with Belgian news-site HLN reporting that he will become Roberto Martinez’s No2 with the national team.

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Sam Kerr is now the all-time leading goalscorer for Australia :australia:

The Chelsea forward goes clear of Tim Cahill at the top.

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Dusan Vlahovic in, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out :recycle:

If only it were that simple for Mikel Arteta.

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Pep Guardiola thinks James Ward-Prowse is the best free-kick taker in the world :dart:

:speaking_head: “He’s the best free-kick taker right now worldwide. There isn’t a better taker than Ward-Prowse.”

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Pick a midfield three out of the six players below :point_down:


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Arsenal have received more red cards (3) than the have scored goals (1) in 2022 :sweat_smile:

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306 games
100 goals
104 assists
2017 MLS MVP
2015 MLS Cup Champion
2020 MLS Is Back Champion

After nine seasons with the Portland Timbers, captain and club legend Diego Valeri announces he’s leaving to join his boyhood team Club Atlético Lanús :green_heart:

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Dembele’s biggest achievement is recreating this Iconic Pele picture with Messi.

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Sam Kerr overtakes Tim Cahill as Australia’s all-time top scorer :clap::australia:

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Across the last, two World Cup tournaments (2014 and 2018), no player has scored more GOALS (6) or provided more ASSISTS (4) than 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳! :crown::fire:

𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳 at 2014 World Cup :trophy:

:black_small_square: 6 Goals
:black_small_square: 2 Assists
:black_small_square: World Cup’s Golden Boot
:black_small_square: Included in Team of the Tournament
:black_small_square: Puskas award winner

He was only 22 years old! :colombia::heart_eyes:
#footballchallenge

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