⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Algeria forward Said Benrahma scored his 32nd goal in English football across all competitions as West Ham United opened their Premier League season with a 4-2 victory over Newcastle at St James’ Park on Sunday.


The 26-year-old, who had joined the Hammers permanently from Brentford in the off-season, found the back of the net in the 53rd minute when he converted a Michail Antonio pass to make the score 2-2.
After coming close in the 45th minute, Benrahma finally had his name in the scoresheet eight minutes later. It was an easy finish after Antonio had done all the hard work.

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ECA accept ESL Clubs’ requests to retain membership, except Barca, Madrid & Juve

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Ex-Inter and Chelsea coach Antonio Conte is among the favourites to take over at Arsenal should Mikel Arteta be sacked.

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Mesut Ozil has finally opened his goalscoring account for Fenerbahce, eight months after joining the club - and it was his first goal for any side in 18 months.

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Cancel any plans you’ve made for October 24th :scream:

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Chelsea have won more trophies then any other premier league team since 2000.

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New Manchester United Women boss Marc Skinner is targeting silverware and insisted the club’s aim is to compete for the WSL title.


Skinner was appointed in July following the departure of Casey Stoney amid her frustrations over a lack of resources and the support structure in place for the women’s team.

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Antonio Cassano reveals he told Chelsea midfielder Jorginho it’d be ‘a scandal’ if he won the Ballon d’Or, and the Italy international agreed.

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Rumours over Cristiano Ronaldo potentially leaving Juventus have been rife in recent days, so much so that the player himself has come out to clarify the talk about his future.

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England have announced Men’s Player of the Year nominees

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Jack Grealish

Harry Kane

Harry Maguire

Tyrone Mings

Mason Mount

Jordan Pickford

Kalvin Phillips

Declan Rice

Jadon Sancho

Raheem Sterling

John Stones

Kieran Trippier

Kyle Walker

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Julian Nagelsmann wins the first title of his managerial career in his second competitive game for FC Bayern. Bayern have beaten Borussia Dortmund five times in a row now

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Raul Jimenez never gave up on his career.

Now the Mexican star is fully returned from his skull injury :clap:

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Manchester City have offered £125m for Harry Kane, but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is refusing to sell and won’t accept City’s calls, according to The Telegraph :grimacing:

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Achraf Hakimi is 22-years old and has already played with:

At Real Madrid:

Benzema
Cristiano
Bale

At Dortmund:

Haaland
Reus

At Inter:
Lukaku
Martínez

And playing now at PSG with:

Mbappé
Neymar
Messi :goat:

This is crazy :smiley:

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Lewandowski against Dortmund:

-24 Matches
-24 Goals
-3 Assists

More goals contributions than matches

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Marco Reus has now overtaken Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Dortmund top scoring list with 142 goals.

He’s now Dortmund’s fifth-highest scorer! :fire:

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Paul Merson thinks Arsenal fans are living in the past :eyes:

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Toni Kroos has spoken on the Messi v Ronaldo debate :speaking_head:

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An anonymous man sitting in the front row of Messi’s Barcelona farewell reportedly picked up the tissue he used and is now trying to sell it for over $1 Million… :flushed:

Fair play to him! :handshake:

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We need to see an updated version of Messi’s shirt collection :star_struck:

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