On This Day in Football History ⭐

Eight years ago today, Manchester City signed Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg after he was ‘rejected’ by Chelsea.

:black_small_square: 96 goals
:black_small_square: 153 assists
:black_small_square: Two-time PL POTY
:black_small_square: 15 trophies

Safe to say it worked out :large_blue_circle:

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An 18-year-old Wayne Rooney joined Manchester United on this day in 2004.

He won 17 trophies, became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, and delivered plenty of BIG moments :red_circle:

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𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 goal in the Copa del Rey final.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 goal in the Champions League final.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 Wales sign.

10 years ago today, Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid.

It was a ride :roller_coaster:

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Three years ago today, Chelsea signed Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.

He went on to score the winner in the Champions League final in his first season, before being sold to London rivals Arsenal this summer.

It’s been some three years :sweat_smile:

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:top: The greatest African striker in history retired 4 years ago to the day:

:trophy::trophy::trophy: Champions League
:trophy::trophy::trophy: La Liga
:trophy::trophy: AFCON :cameroon:
:trophy::trophy: Copa del Rey
:trophy::trophy: Italian Cup
:trophy::trophy: Spanish Super Cup
:trophy: Club World Cup

Mr. Samuel Eto’o. :saluting_face:

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On this day in 2008, DEFENDER Robert Lewandowski made his debut for Poland :poland::baby:

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It’s been two years since Cristiano Ronaldo made his second Manchester United debut.

Of course he scored twice at Old Trafford :house:

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14 years ago, Emmanuel Adebayor ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the fans of his former club Arsenal.

Prime Barclays :sweat_smile:

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On this day in 2008, Sergio Busquets made his Barcelona debut.

Over the next 13 years, he became Leo Messi’s most played with teammate at Barça (567 matches).

Now they continue their partnership in Miami :hugs:

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10 years ago today, Gareth Bale scored his first Real Madrid goal on his debut.

He ended up with 106 of them :dart:

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23 years ago today, Lionel Messi arrived in Barcelona to start a legendary run :goat:

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A year ago today, Roberto De Zerbi replaced Graham Potter at Brighton.

He’s got them playing some of the best football in Europe :brain:

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:date: On this day, in 2003, Ruud Van Nistelrooy missed a stoppage time penalty, after Patrick Vieira had been sent off minutes earlier, in the iconic ‘Battle of Old Trafford’ between Manchester United and Arsenal. :eyes::facepunch:

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On this day, 29 years ago, Paul Scholes made his Manchester United debut:

◉ 718 games
◉ 155 goals
◉ 25 trophies
◉ 20 seasons


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It’s been 20 years since Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a penalty against Arsenal and Martin Keown gave us one of the most iconic pictures in football :flushed:

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Eight years ago today, Robert Lewandowski really scored five goals in nine minutes :saluting_face:

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:date: On this day, 31 years ago, David Beckham made his debut for Manchester United. :heart:

The rest is history. :top:

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Premier League :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:
FA Cup :trophy::trophy:
Champions League :trophy:

On this day in 1992, a 17-year-old David Beckham made his Manchester United debut :red_circle:

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5 years ago today, Eden Hazard scored THAT solo goal against Liverpool :zap:

Prime Eden Hazard was DIFFERENT.

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:spiral_calendar: #OnThisDay in 1960, the League Cup officially began! :trophy:

:heart_eyes: Tell us your favourite memory from this competition…

#EFL | #CarabaoCup

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