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Football journalist for @TimesSport | Previously Spanish football @AFP 🇪🇸

London, England
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Interview with Gerard Piqué. Why football was just a job to him, how modern players got boring and why the game lost touch with the next generation. Plus, his belief Pep will come back & who’d win between that Barca and this City @TimesSport :
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Really don't think it's any exaggeration to say Real Madrid would have sacked Solskjaer five times by now.
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Four Barca youngsters have now scored first La Liga goals this season - Mingueza (21), Ilaix (18), Trincao (21) and Dest (20) - all of them assisted by Messi (33).
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Azpilicueta very measured in press, said #ESP should draw inspiration from how Chelsea won the UCL. "It's not how you start, it's how you finish. People said we were dead, that we were out of the UCL, out of the race for the top four. People write you off but you never give up."
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Pochettino in 2017: "I always say to him, ‘Mousa, when I write my book you will be one of the five geniuses I have been lucky enough to meet'. Maradona, Ronaldinho, Okocha, De la Pena and Mousa Dembele."
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Sep 24 Messi makes 1st start of the season. Barca before: LWDWDL Barca after: WWWWWWW
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#thfc a point off the top of the Premier League and top of their group in the Champions League. Best Premier League total ever after 10 games and 10 wins from 10 at home now under Conte. And still haven’t really got out of second gear.
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Griezmann's best night for Barcelona and it hasn't come out of the blue, he's been really, really good for a while now.
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Messi situation was fixable then Barca failed to speak to him personally, refused immediate elections, hired a middling coach, indicated closest teammates were transferable and had his best friend find out through the media he was done. Did they even want to fix it?
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I wish Messi had said he'd play for free. Just one year. And that he won the UCL playing for free. He didn't have to and Barca didn't deserve it, but imagine how good it would have been. Instead, PSG.
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People are now skiing through Madrid
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Carlos Cuesta got his first job at Atletico from a Twitter message: “If you need someone to put out the cones, I’m here.” Now he’s Arteta’s assistant & something of a coaching wonderkid. On the 27yo from Mallorca becoming the talk of the training ground
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Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett not happy with Zidane's comments. On whether a deal is close for Bale to leave RM, he says: "We are working on it." On Zidane: "Zidane is a disgrace, he shows no respect for a player that has done so much for Real Madrid."
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Days into the season Real Madrid sacked their coach after Ronaldo left: 75. Days into the season Barca sacked their coach after Messi left: 74.
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Total spend of the Premier League's 3 promoted clubs - Watford, Norwich, Brentford - was more in that window than La Liga's top 3 - Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona - combined. In fact if Norwich played in Spain they would have been the biggest spenders in La Liga.
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Another dig at Zidane.
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Madrid fans actually now running to get a seat to see Hazard.
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Not often La Liga trumps the Premier League on planning but their Covid rules make so much more sense. If you have a total of any 13 players available, as long as it includes 5 first teamers, you play. Clear, consistent, and (so far) no postponements.
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Marca this morning: "English football can stop lecturing the rest of the continent about diving. Always going on about how frowned upon it is when a foreigner tries to trick the referee. In pure English football, it's not done. Except in the semi-final of the Euros that is."
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Florentino: "There are Champions League games in the groups that nobody watches, the truth is even I struggle to watch them."
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Last season's top 3 Champions League earners 1. Barcelona €118m 2. Liverpool €111m 3. Tottenham €102m All now using government to pay wages during health crisis
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Conte (shouting): "The players don't want to play under pressure. They don’t want to play under stress. Tottenham's story is this. 20 years and they never won something. Why? The fault is only the club or every manager that comes here?"
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How to stop Messi. @AFPphoto
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Pochettino on Mbappe: "The best players always have absolute confidence. He was feeling calm. He said to me yesterday 'how many times have you won at Camp Nou?' I said once with Espanyol. He told me 'tomorrow you'll win a second'. That's why he's a top player."
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7 years
Arsenal Chelsea fans on train singing together 'we all hate Tottenham' and then 'we hate Tottenham more than you'. Warms your heart
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5 years
League defeats United this season: 8 Barca in 3 seasons: 7 Managers sacked this month United: 0 Barca: 1
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8 years
Bit of the old needle as Millwall fans head past Spurs fans into the visiting end. #thfc
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4 years
Is it possible that instead of replacing Zidane Pochettino does a Zidane and returns from a much needed break to make it all better again?
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You wonder what Ramos thinks looking at Modric, not asking for those extra years on his contracts but in the end staying even longer anyway, no fuss, just every year playing so brilliantly that giving him another deal ends up being Real Madrid’s only option.
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Conte on players: "Many times we try to find motivational aspects to push the players and create situations to increase tension. Today honestly I did nothing. I left them to face the situation. They showed me they are good people, top men. I'm proud to be the coach of this team."
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Best Coutinho has played in a long time. Confident, adventurous, aggressive. Looking for Messi but not daunted by him. Coming inside but not crowded out. Great to see him playing like that again, hope it lasts.
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Premier League's bottom 5 spent in January: - more than whole of Serie A combined - 2x as much as all of La Liga - 3x as much as whole of both Bundesliga & Ligue 1
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Conte on Ventrone: "I spoke with him on Thursday for the last time. He asked to stay at home because he had a bit of fever. It was incredible, he was worried about missing training. I said Gian Piero, we're talking about health. He was in the heart of every single player."
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Bale misses a pass so Mariano tells him to dig it out like a golf shot
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At Bournemouth #thfc . Kulusevski doing a pretty intense fitness session here. Has done about 30 lengths of the half-pitch now, with maybe 10 secs rest in between. He looks alright.
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Messi at PSG. just what a waste, for everyone.
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Leganes request to sign a replacement for Braithwaite denied by RFEF. Club says: "We are facing unfair regulations, which threatens the integrity of the competition and the right of all clubs to compete on equal terms, and that has caused huge and serious damage to the club."
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2 years
Paratici just answered his phone walking through the mixed zone, name on the screen ‘Antonio Conte mobile’.
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7 years
This idea about Alli and big games. 21 years old, already has goals vs: Man City 2 Chelsea 3 Man U 1 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 2
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Atletico goals conceded under Simeone in CL knock-out games at home: 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0
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Barca were 1st but hired two coaches to make Barca play more like Barca and to make Messi happier and here we are with Barca 10th, playing less and less like Barca and Messi much, much unhappier.
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Just for balance, the same thing happened in La Liga a few months ago - the referee called time early, the game ended, the players (in the changing rooms, boots off etc) had to go back out. All this in a top European league. It's not an AFCON thing.
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Conte: "Until now I try to hide the situation. But there are 10 games to go. People think we can fight? Fight for what? With this attitude, this spirit, this commitment. For seventh? Eighth place? I am really upset."
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A Conte team conceding at almost two goals a game all season is incredible. Kills everything he's trying to do at Spurs. Without that base his plan just doesn't work. #thfc *bottom* of the Premier League table now for goals conceded since October.
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Suspect Courtois has had cosier afternoons
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Conte: "The problem is we have shown we are not a team. We are 11 players. I see selfish players. I see players that don’t want to help each other, don’t play with heart."
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Simeone started Trippier against Real Madrid last season even after 10 weeks banned and 12 games without a kick. He trusted him in all of Atleti’s biggest games and Southgate was there for most of them.
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Messi league goals since 08-09: 23, 34, 31, 50, 46, 28, 43, 26, 37, 34, 36, 25, 21
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Of all English teams to have played City more than once this season, only Bristol City have an aggregate better than -3 ... Arsenal 1-9 Watford 1-9 Leicester 2-8 Burnley 2-8 WBA 3-8 Bournemouth 1-6 Palace 0-5 Liverpool 4-8 Newcastle 1-4 Bristol City 3-5
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World record attendance at Camp Nou for a women’s football match as 91,553 watch Barcelona-Real Madrid tonight. Beats the previous record of 90,185 at the 1999 World Cup final.
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As RFEF point out, if they let Leganes sign a replacement it would trigger a chain with the next club needing to sign and so on. But it doesn't explain the actual point of the rule in the 1st place. If clubs don't plan, they should lose out. Or use their academies.
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Real Madrid's pre #CFC press conference, with Casemiro and Ancelotti. Casemiro says Madrid "played their best 90 minutes of the season last time. But we can't be over-confident. Chelsea are the reigning champions."
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Nadal says in Mallorca his intention is to play at Wimbledon, will travel to London on Monday. "I have not felt so much pain this week. My intention is to try to play at Wimbledon. This week here tells me there is a chance I can play."
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Real Sociedad and people close to Isak very confident that he stays this window. One source said "0% chance" he leaves. #AFC would have to convince Isak and also pay the clause (€90m).
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Real Betis have jumped themselves from 6th to 3rd on their website after deleting breakaway clubs from La Liga table.
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🚨 El @RealBetis elimina de su web a los tres equipos que participarán en la Superliga 😯 Modifica la clasificación de @Laliga y suben hasta el tercer puesto
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Spain or Spanish teams have been in 26 finals in the last 23 years - World Cup, Euros, Champions League, Europa League - and have won all 26. 4 were all-Spanish, 5 v ITA, 3 v GER, 2 v FRA. Against English opposition (Liverpoolx3, Unitedx3, Fulham, Arsenal & Boro), Spain won 9/9.
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Last question of the press conference and Mourinho couldn't resist. #afc #mufc
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Touching Pochettino message to Ryan Mason. "He is and will always be special for me because he represents the change in all the process when we arrived at Tottenham... Don’t worry Ryan, you are going to be a successful person outside the pitch."
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Really enjoyed this interview with Cody Gakpo, the latest Dutch sensation at @PSV . He talked about watching clips of Henry, putting up posters of Ronaldinho, missing out on his big move to #mufc in the summer and growing up with really big feet.
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Pochettino paid for 50 of the club's staff and players to go out for a steak dinner on Wed night... he said "That is tactics too".
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Update - Alli and big games. 21, already has goals vs: Man City 2 Chelsea 5 Man U 1 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 2
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In the last 6 years, only 2 PL teams conceded fewer than 4 goals after 7 games - #thfc 2016 & Southampton 2013, both managed by Pochettino.
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La Liga deal with ESPN will be worth $175 million per year for the 8 years, $1.4 billion total. Biggest US TV deal for overseas football. And bigger than $1 billion deal between NBC and the Premier League, which runs until next year @AFP
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Russian kids here to see England asked who their fave player is. Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane, Welbeck, Kane.
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Trippier will be remembered fondly by Atletico, not least for the huge part he played in the title win last season. Played every minute before his ban and started every game after. First Englishman to win La Liga since Beckham, first ever for a club other than Real Madrid.
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Bale leaves with Lisbon, Mestalla and Kiev, plus more goals for Real Madrid than Ronaldo Nazario, more assists than Beckham, more trophies than Zidane and more goals in Champions League finals than anyone anywhere except Cristiano Ronaldo.
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On Son Heung-min, how he took over from Kane, took charge of a new team and went from Mr nice guy to hard bastard. This is Son’s Tottenham now @TimesSport #thfc
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Longer-term a huge challenge for Xavi but there's quite a lot of low-hanging fruit for him this season. Get out of mid-table, finish in the top 4, make UCL last 16, don't play Pique up front, don't say Barca can't win anything. Crisis creates a lot of margin for improvement.
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Made with goats cheese
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📷 | An Italian chef in Naples expresses his love for Messi.
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Messi-Bartomeu explosive in Season 1 (burofax!). Had its moments in S2 (pre-season will he-won't he). Got unrealistic in S3 (joining Ronaldo, swapping for Jesus...). Really lost its way in S4 (clause 8.2.3.6). Ridiculous ending in S5 (he stays!) but everyone relieved it's over.
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Federer says he got in at 5am. "My head is ringing. I don't know what I did last night. I drank too many different types of drinks I guess."
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1 defeat in 52 games for Barca at home. 1 in 10 years in the Champions League.
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At 10pm tonight people in Madrid came out on their balconies to clap together in support of Spain’s doctors and nurses.
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Conte: "But here we are used to this for a long time. The club has the responsibility for the transfer market, the coaches come here and have responsibility. And the players? The players? Where are the players?"
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Gaya on Diakhaby: "He told us he insulted him in a racist way. We went back out to play because they told us they could penalise us with three points and something more. He asked us to go back, he's gutted, it was a very ugly insult."
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Messi now with 30+ total goals for Barca in 13 consecutive seasons 31*, 31, 51, 45, 54, 41, 58, 41, 60, 73, 53, 47, 38
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For the other four major European leagues *combined*, January spending fell from €396m in 2022 to €255m in 2023, say Deloitte. For the Premier League *alone*, Jan spending almost trebled, from £295m in 2022 to £815m in 2023. This isn't a good thing.
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Spurs also confident this morning Kane will be OK for United. Cramp, tired v Liverpool, not injured.
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Waiting for Messi to come back... 📷 @paubarrena @AFPphoto
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Jonathan Barnett to @AFP on Bale to Spurs this morning: "It's close but not done. It's a complicated deal." Madrid still pushing for a permanent. No problems, clubs negotiating.
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Some of Spain's female referees are now working full-time in hospitals to help the fight against coronavirus. An exclusive interview with Iragartze Fernandez, one of those that left football behind to join the frontline | w/ @patxi_ve from @AFP @AFP_Sport
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Ancelotti on Bale: "It's not that he didn't want to be on the bench, he couldn't be. He wanted to say goodbye to these fans but he has one last chance, because I think Bale will be fine for the final."
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Goals this season Rashford, Lukaku, Martial, Alexis: 42 Messi: 43
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4 years
Premier League resilience to the pandemic quite something. Comparing 2019 summer spend with this summer in the top European leagues, PL saw a small drop from €1.6bn to 1.4bn. Meanwhile La Liga worst-hit from 1.3bn to 412m, Serie A 1.2bn to 748m and Bundesliga 747m to 321m.
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10 hours later Barca officially confirm participation in ESL "born out of the desire to be best sporting club competition in the world". They leave out Florentino statement. Happy to lead the break-up of football but draw the line at publishing 100 words from Real Madrid.
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Laporta on Koeman: "The situation was not sustainable. We needed to act. We were not on course to achieve the objectives of the season, which is to win titles."
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On Bale's prospects, there's very little optimism Ancelotti's arrival will suddenly transform his situation at Real Madrid. Bale now a financial issue for the club and change of coach hasn't changed that.
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And: "The mistake was so clear it makes (England's) qualification suspicious. Remember that of their seven games played, six will have been at Wembley. It's a shame because it undermines one of the best Euros ever."
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Carlo Ancelotti on Casemiro to #mufc : “We’ve spoken this morning. He wants to try a new challenge, a new opportunity. I understand this, also the club does.”
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Weird scenes at Sevilla where they and Granada made to come back out and play another 60secs after referee Ricardo de Burgos admitted he blew too early for FT. Sevilla hold on for 2-1. Lucas Ocampos: "I've never seen that before. We'd basically taken our kit off."
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Impeccable timing
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Looking forward to watching the US Open this week. Pebble is an amazing course, as long as you drive it well. Cheering for all the #TeamTaylorMade guys this week, especially @djohnsonpga . #usopen
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This picture of London Civil Service playing away at Barcelona in 1926 and winning 4-0.
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Xavi asked if Barca's bad finishes are down to physical issues: "It’s not a physical problem, it’s a problem of how to interpret the game. It’s not a physical problem, it's a football problem."
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Madrid are 3rd. If La Liga started when Zidane was re-appointed they'd be 5th.
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Messi doing goal records again so worth remembering the clubs he's scored most against are the little ones - Sevilla, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Real Madrid.
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UCL/UEL finals last 20 years Spain 16-0 Rest of World
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Barcelona now with the same number of points away this season as Southampton and Southampton have a game in hand.
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Better signs in Spain -Lowest daily death toll (123) in almost 2 months -6 regions with fewer than 10 +cases -Half the country with cafe & bar terraces opening👇
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Pochettino said eight 16yos were training with the 1st team on Wed. "Five years ago when we arrive...kids training with the first team that was crazy. Now eight 16-year-olds training with the first team, that is fantastic."
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#thfc window Keep key players✅ Upgrade Kane cover✅ Find speedy attacking mid❌ Bolster defence✅ 7/10
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Also on youngsters incl Odegaard. Florentino: "We have 35 players and can only register 25...Ceballos, Kubo, Odegaard, we can't fit them all. We're talking with players & their agents. We have a lot of young players, if they can't develop here they can go on loan and come back."
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