⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

Al-Nassr have DOUBLED their following in just a few hours since announcing the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo :chart_with_upwards_trend:

The Ronaldo effect ™

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Al-Nassr fans appear to be getting their hands on Cristiano Ronaldo kits at the team store :eyes:

(via MUATH_ALJANDAL/Twitter)

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:star2: Only 2 players in Football History have these:

:trophy: League trophies
:trophy: League Cups
:trophy: UEFA Champions League
:trophy: FIFA World Cup
:trophy: UEFA Euro/Copa America
:soccer: Brace In a World Cup Final
:soccer: Goal in UCL final
:medal_sports: World Cup Golden ball
:1st_place_medal: Euro/Copa Best Player
:star: Ballon d’Or
:star2: FIFA Best Player of the Year

Lionel Messi & Zinedine Zidane, The Great Number 10s. :raised_hands:t4::goat:

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:soccer: La Liga Top Scorers All-time:

:argentina: Lionel Messi (474)
:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (311)
:es: Telmo Zarra (251)
:mexico: Hugo Sánchez (234)
:es: Raúl (228)
:argentina: Alfredo Di Stéfano (227)
:fr: Karim Benzema (226)
:es: César Rodríguez (211)
:es: Quini (219)
:es: Pahiño (212)

:fire::fire::fire:

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Cristiano Ronaldo has likely played his final Champions League game. His record in the competition is ridiculous:

:black_small_square: Five-time winner
:black_small_square: Most goals (140)
:black_small_square: Most goals in a UCL season (17)
:black_small_square: Most goals in the knockout stages (67)
:black_small_square: Most appearances (183)
:black_small_square: Seven-time top scorer
:black_small_square: Only player to score in three finals
:black_small_square: Only player to score in 11 straight games

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‘Finished’ Cristiano Ronaldo last season:

:trophy: Most Premier League POTM awards
:trophy: Most Man United POTM awards
:trophy: Man United’s Player of the Year
:soccer: Man United’s top scorer
:soccer: Man United’s Goal of the Season
:bust_in_silhouette: Included in Premier League Team of the Year

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Mbappé and Messi led the way in 2022 :handshake:


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Lionel Messi’s 2022 >>>

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:dart: Most assists in 2022:

:argentina: Leo Messi - 30
:belgium: Kevin De Bruyne - 27
:serbia: Dušan Tadić - 27
:brazil: Neymar - 20
:fr: Ousmane Dembélé - 20

Happy New year. :fire::tada::clap:t4:

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:uruguay: Luis Suarez stats by Clubs:

:es: FC Barcelona: 195 goals & 113 assists
:netherlands: Ajax- 111 goals & 69 assists
:england: Liverpool- 82 goals & 46 assists
:es: Atletico- 34 goals & 6 assists
:netherlands: FC Groningen- 15 goals & 7 assists
:uruguay: Nacional- 8 goals & 3 assists

:trophy: 19 trophies

:white_check_mark: Luis Suarez joins Gremio on a 2-year deal.

LEGENDARY STRIKER. :fire::clap:t4:

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The Premier League remains the best league in Europe, according to UEFA :1st_place_medal::bar_chart::eu:

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:rotating_light: The absence of Neymar in Brazil for Pelé’s funeral is causing a lot of talk in his home country.

Some wonder how he was able to pressure PSG to allow him to return to Brazil for carnival in the past and today not be able to come to pay tribute to Pele.

(Source: @RMCsport )

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Cristiano Ronaldo during his first Al-Nassr press conference:

“In Europe, my work is done. I won everything.”

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Pelé’s coffin is being carried in a fire truck through the streets of São Paulo towards his final resting place half a mile from Santos’ stadium.

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Michael Carrick has won 22 points out of a possible 30 with Middlesbrough, the most by a Middlesbrough manager since Bryan Robson :clap:

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David Gold, Joint-Chairman of West Ham, has died aged 86, the club has confirmed.

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• IFFHS Best Player 2022. :white_check_mark:
• IFFHS Best International Goalscorer 2022. :white_check_mark:
• IFFHS Best Playmaker 2022.:hourglass_flowing_sand:
• Ballon d’Or.:hourglass_flowing_sand:
• FIFA The Best. :hourglass_flowing_sand:

Lionel Messi is coming for every available individual award this season! :goat::face_holding_back_tears:

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Al Nassr had less than 500K followers before announcing the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Since then, they’ve gained over 8.6 MILLION followers in less than one week and have more followers than ALL these clubs :exploding_head:

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The highest topscorers in football history by position! :clap:

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes the Super League could be here by 2025 :flushed:

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