⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

Antonio Rüdiger has donated all his expected World Cup earnings to help 11 children undergo surgery in Sierra Leone, the country where his mother is from, per MARCA

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Benzema says Ronaldo hasn’t reached out to him after winning the Ballon d’Or.

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Aaron Lennon announces his retirement from football :arrow_heading_down:

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Bayern: 82
PSG: 63
Leipzig: 58
Napoli: 57
Manchester City: 57

Bayern have the most goals for teams in Europe’s top five leagues across all competitions. Crushing it :exploding_head:

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:dart: Players with the most assists in the European top five leagues 2022/23:

:argentina: Lionel Messi (10)
:belgium: Kevin De Bruyne (9)
:brazil: Neymar (9)
:fr: Randal Kolo Muani (9)

Kings of Assists. :goat::clap:t4:

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:soccer: Neymar and Vinicius stats this season before the World Cup 2022:

:brazil: Neymar jr. for PSG:
:black_small_square: 20 games, 15 goals and 12 assists

:brazil: Vinicius Jr. for Real Madrid:
:black_small_square: 21 games, 10 goals and 5 assists

Showtime. :mirror_ball:

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:soccer: Most goals for PSG in all competitions this season:

:fr: Kylian Mbappe - 19
:brazil: Neymar - 15
:argentina: Lionel Messi - 12
:es: Carlos Soler - 4
:morocco: Achraf Hakimi - 3

Best front three in Europe. :fire::clap:t4:

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OFFICIAL: Former Chelsea player Gary Cahill announces his retirement from football

:trophy: 2x Premier League
:trophy: 2x F.A Cup
:trophy: 2x Europa League
:trophy: 1x League Cup
:trophy: 1x Champions League

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NYCFC have reached a deal worth $780M to build the first football-specific stadium in New York City, with the 25K-seater expected to open by 2027 in Queens, per The New York Times :stadium:

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:soccer: MESSI GOAL!!!

:point_right: 11th Argentina goal in 2022
:point_right: 44th international friendly goal
:point_right: 91st total goal for Argentina
:point_right: 786th senior career goal

GOAT. :goat::clap:t4:

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:white_check_mark: Messi’s Argentina are now 3⃣6⃣ games unbeaten! They will play to equal the record in their first World Cup game against Saudi Arabia next Tuesday.

:1st_place_medal: :it: 37 games (2018-21)
:2nd_place_medal: :argentina: 36 games (2019-) :chart_with_upwards_trend:
:3rd_place_medal: :es: 35 games (2007-09)
:3rd_place_medal: :brazil: 35 games (1993-96)
:3rd_place_medal: :algeria: 35 games (2018-22)

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The FA have charged Ivan Toney with 232 separate breaches of their betting rules.

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Sébastien Haller announced he will undergo surgery to remove a tumor that he has been receiving treatment for since July.

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:rotating_light: United Kingdom and Ireland have submitted their joint bid to host Euro 2028. :uk::ireland:

(Source: @SkySportsNews)

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3 posts were merged into an existing topic: :qatar: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Latest News, Updates and Discussions

The respect Ronaldo has for Messi :raised_hands:

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:rotating_light::es: NEW:

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has been left ‘surprised’ after receiving a message from the head of the Spanish FA congratulating him on his international retirement, despite having yet to retire for his country.

What is happening? :sweat_smile::rofl:

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:small_blue_diamond:Most assists in football history

:argentina:Leo Messi: 346
:wales:Ryan Giggs: 268
:england:David Beckham: 251
:argentina:Angel Di Maria: 250
:portugal:Luis Figo: 244
:brazil:Neymar: 243
:serbia:Dusan Tadic: 237
:de:Thomas Muller: 236
:uruguay:Luis Suarez: 236
:belgium:Kevin De Bruyne: 235
:fr:Thierry Henry: 235
:de:Mesut Ozil: 234
:portugal:Cristiano Ronaldo: 233
:es:Cesc Fabregas: 230
:us:Landon Donovan: 226


:exclamation:According to some sources, :netherlands:Johan Cruyff, :brazil:Pele and :hungary:Ferenc Puskas have about 330 assists, but they aren’t mentioned in the list; because the exact numbers of their assists aren’t known. Because of the lack of advanced sources (like social media) and not recording assists in their era, their accurate stats are unknown.

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PSG’s Sergio Ramos named BEST DEFENDER OF ALL TIME at Globe Soccer Awards 2022 :trophy:

Efootballnews

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Just a day before the FIFA World Cup kicks off in earnest at Qatar, Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday, shared an exclusive look of his new wax statue for the Madame Tussauds wax museum.

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