⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

:star2: Top 5 players across Europe with the highest average match ratings, according to (Whoscored):

:argentina: Lionel Messi - 8.86
:norway: Erling Haaland - 8.33
:poland: Robert Lewandowski - 8.01
:brazil: Neymar - 7.96
:belgium: Kevin De Bruyne - 7.84

:fire::fire:

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:brazil: Ricardo Kaka in UCL 2007:

:tshirt: 13 games
:soccer: 10 goals
:dart: 3 assists
:handshake:t4: 13 goal contributions
:trophy: UCL Champions

He won the Ballon D’or that year. :fire::clap:t4:

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:brazil: Dani Alves career stats:

:tshirt: 1018 games
:dart: 236 assists
:soccer: 76 goals
:handshake:t4: 312 goal contributions
:trophy: 43 trophies

:medal_sports: 8× FIFA FIFPro World Eleven
:medal_sports: 5× UEFA Team of the Year
:medal_sports: 5× ESM Team of the Year
:medal_sports:Copa América Team of the Tournament
:medal_sports:Confederation Cup Team of the Tournament

:star: Only Right-Back to get featured in team of the season of 3 different European Leagues.
:star: Only Right-Back to win MVP in Major International Tournament and UEFA Tournament.
:1st_place_medal: Most Assists as a Right-Back

:trophy: Won League Titles in 3 different European Leagues.
:trophy: Most decorated footballer in the history of Football.

The Best Right-Back of all time. :fire:

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Club América celebrate their 106th birthday today.

Some of the cleanest kits in the game :fire:

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21-year-old Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in his first season for Napoli:

:black_small_square: Seven goals
:black_small_square: Seven assists
:black_small_square: Five G/A in the UCL

Baller :boom:

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:black_small_square: 2x Copa Libertadores
:black_small_square: 1x Copa Sudamericana
:black_small_square: 3x Copa Argentina
:black_small_square: 3x Recopa Sudamericana
:black_small_square: 2x Supercopa Argentina
:black_small_square: 1x Argentinian Primera División
:black_small_square: 1x Trofeo de Campeones

River Plate’s most successful coach, Marcelo Gallardo, will leave the club after eight years :trophy:

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The MLS 2022 Landon Donovan MVP award finalists:

:black_small_square: Chicho Arango
:black_small_square: Andre Blake
:black_small_square: Sebastián Driussi
:black_small_square: Hany Mukhtar
:black_small_square: Chicharito

:sparkles:

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You can always debate on who’s the better player, but you can never debate on who puts more influence on people around the world. :heart:

Cristiano Ronaldo’s influence is just unmatched! :raised_hands::portugal:

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:black_medium_small_square: 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟖:

:black_medium_small_square: :argentina: Argentina :vs: Portugal :portugal:

:black_medium_small_square: Conversation between a 9-year old and his father

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐒𝐨𝐧: “Dad, what’s the name of the guy captaining Argentina? Gosh, he’s so good!”

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐃𝐚𝐝: “That’s Lautaro Martinez.”

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐒𝐨𝐧: “Daaaad, look! That man in red, he’s so damn good as well! What’s his name?”

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐃𝐚𝐝: “That’s Joao Felix, he’s the captain of the Portuguese team.”

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐒𝐨𝐧: “Wow dad, these two are like the best players I have ever seen! Is there anyone who is even nearly as good as them?”

:black_medium_small_square: 𝐃𝐚𝐝 (gets a little emotional, and then replies with a smile): “You still don’t know something, my son. Let me tell you a story about two guys…” :sob::broken_heart:

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2018 champion N’Golo Kanté isn’t expected to be fit in time for the World Cup, per L’EQUIPE

Damn :broken_heart:

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A Brazilian investment firm has demanded that Neymar be imprisoned for five years for fraud and corruption.

Neymar is allegedly facing accusations in relation to his 2013 move from Santos to Barcelona. The player was sold for less than his current market value, according to DIS, the investment firm that held 40% of the rights to the PSG star. DIS claims they did not receive a fair share of the fee.

When Neymar was 17 years old, the investment group spent €2m to purchase a 40% stake in his rights. Neymar cost Barcelona €57.1 million when he was acquired from Santos; €40 million went to his parents, while €17.1 million, or 40% of it, went to DIS.

However, the investment firm claimed that they should have been paid more because Neymar was not sold to the “highest bidder.” In a press conference, their attorney Paulo Nasser stated (per the BBC):

“Neymar’s rights have not been sold to the highest bidder. There were clubs that offered up to 60m euros.”

The club presidents at the time, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, are also being sought after by DIS in addition to the five-year prison sentence and a “149 million euro fine.”

According to the article, the Spanish prosecutors want to condemn Neymar to two years in prison and punish him 10 million euros.

(Source: Football Hub)

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Paul Pogba’s chances of playing in the World Cup have improved with the midfielder potentially returning to Juventus training next week, according to L’EQUIPE

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:soccer: Most goals + assists in Eredivisie this season so far:

:netherlands: Cody Gakpo: 15 - 9 goals, 6 assists
:netherlands: Xavi Simons: 9 - 6 goals, 3 assists

All eyes on Them. :fire::clap:t4:

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BREAKING: Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

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:black_medium_small_square: 1600+ Goals :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 500+ Assists :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 10 Golden Boots :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 12 Ballon D’ors :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 9 Champions Leagues :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 18 League Titles :white_check_mark:
:black_medium_small_square: 4 International Trophies :white_check_mark:

In one picture :argentina::portugal::heart:

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Josh Sargent is joint-top scorer in the Championship with eight goals for Norwich :us:

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El Tráfico in the conference semifinals.

Galaxy beat Nashville to advance in MLS Cup Playoffs for a meeting with LAFC :boom:

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Real Madrid vs. Barcelona
Liverpool vs. Manchester City
PSG vs. Marseille

Sunday is going to be fun :popcorn:



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:argentina: Leo Messi stats this season: 8 goals, 8 assists
:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo stats this season: 2 goals, 1 assist.

:fire::fire::man_shrugging:t4:

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Drake’s got a lot of faith in Arsenal and Barcelona today :money_mouth_face:

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