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Erik Lamela lost his cool with a
#Sevilla
fan who shouted "You have to run more, son of a b***h."
"Say it to my face, your mother's c**t," he yelled back.
22-year-old Tim Pieters scored twice for amateur fourth-tier USV Hercules against
#Ajax
in the biggest upset in
#KNVBCup
history.
Later he found out his university flatmates โฌ15 on him to score and win, and they won โฌ11,265.
Toni Kroos on Benjamin ล eลกko's disallowed goal for
#RBL
against
#RealMadrid
:
โI think he ended up being whistled for offside because he was obstructing him. But the goalkeeper never reaches the ball. It was a goal that should have been given. I canโt find any arguments."
Not just a 40-year wait for the
#CopaDelRey
for
#AthleticClub
, but six heartbreaking finals lost in that period.
What a relief for their supporters. ๐ฆ
Ricardo Quaresma's one career regret is not showing his
#FCPorto
form at
#FCBarcelona
"If I had done at Barcelona what I did at FC Porto, I would be on par with the greats to win a Ballon d'Or," he said.
Mats Hummels is increasingly likely to pick
#RCDMallorca
as his next club.
The Copa del Rey finalists have upped their yearly salary offer by โฌ400,000 and Hummels already has a house there and speaks the language.
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#LFC
are working hard on a summer deal for
#SGE
's Omar Marmoush.
A ยฃ50million deal is being worked on for the forward who has 10 goals in 21 games.
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#Atleti
's no.1 summer transfer target is
#ManCity
's Julian Alvarez.
Despite the move seeming audacious, Atleti have began their approach by contacting the player to see if he's keen to get out from under Erling Haaland's shadow.
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#AlHilal
manager Jorge Jesus has spoken with Raphinha personally on the phone to try and convince him to move to Saudi Arabia.
#FCBarcelona
are desperate for the deal to go through so they can use the funds to purchase
#LFC
's Luis Diaz.
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#AlNassr
are ready to offer Antonio Rudiger a โฌ25million per-season [โฌ480,000 per-week] contract.
The offer is more than double what he earns at
#RealMadrid
.
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After weeks of being linked with the Saudi Pro League,
#SPA
's Alvaro Morata has announced he's staying at
#Atelti
.
"I can't imagine what it's like to win this shirt and I'm not stopping until I have," he wrote on social media.
#Ajax
have announced they will refund fans who travelled to the cup humiliation against USV Hercules:
โWe share that pain and are deeply ashamed.
"It has been decided that all away supporters who have purchased a ticket will be compensated."
Jose Mourinho was asked how he's going to teach
#Fenerbahce
fans to be 'patient' after 10 years without a title.
"By winning. You can't teach what doesn't belong to the culture. It's up to the president and the coach to be patient, but not the fans, they have to be crazy."
Kylian Mbappe has expressed his love for
#SempreMilan
at the Globe Soccer Awards.
"I have always said that if I ever go to Italy, it will be to Milan," he said.
"When I was a child I was a big Milan fan and I always watch their Serie A games. My whole family did."
#LFC
and
#CFC
great Fernando Torres has been promoted to Atletico Madrid B from the U19 side.
The team will compete in the third tier of Spanish football and the job is one level below Diego Simeone at the
#Atleti
senior team.
Marcel Sabitzer has revealed that he won't play for Austria against Switzerland as he isn't 100% mentally fit after
#BVB
's
#UCLfinal
defeat:
"Now I am still in the process of accepting it. For the friendly against Switzerland, we talked and decided that I would not play."
Leon Goretzka on why he has a
#PSG
shirt in his gym:
โItโs Sergio Ramosโ jersey. We exchanged our jerseys.
"It's hanging there because I respect him enormously as a player and I admire him. Yes, I have to use the punching bag, I take off the shirt first.โ
Robert Andrich has joked that his
#Bayer04
coach Xabi Alonso wants
#GER
to beat
#SPA
:
"I asked him this week and he said that for him it was a win-win situation," he said. "I think secretly he wants us to win! The Spanish can write that too."
Former
#OM
head coach Jorge Sampaoli has caused controversy with his comments about
#PSG
's Ousmane Dembele.
"He plays like an autistic person: he starts the action and finishes it all by himself. He doesn't have the ability to make a teammate shine, he only himself."
Carlo Ancelotti joked he got screened by Jude Bellingham when asked about the midfielder's
#RealMadrid
return:
"Yesterday I got angry with Bellingham because I called him and he didn't answer. I told Vinรญcius to call him and he answered straight away."
Dayot Upamecano has admitted he doesn't know what's happening with his
#FCBayern
future but said of new coach Vincent Kompany: "He is a defender I liked a lot. But I have not had any discussions with him yet."
#AVFC
's Emi Martinez was up to his usual antics last night - the
#ARG
keeper was jeered all match by Chile fans as he made a number of incredible saves, and then jumped on the billboard to celebrate in front of them after Lautaro Martinez's 88th minute
#CopaAmerica
winner.
After a deal with
#OM
collapsed,
#BVB
's Yousoufa Moukoko is now in advanced talks with
#RealBetis
.
Moukoko is prepared to give up a portion of his salary to get the deal done, which is likely to be a loan with a โฌ15m option to buy.
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Rafa Silva will be the next headline arrival in the Turkish
#SuperLig
.
The
#SLBenfica
great is in advanced negotiations with Galatasaray and has been offered a two-year contract with a salary of โฌ3.5million.
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Sergio Ramos went after a
#SevillaFC
fan who was shouting over his post-match interview.
โHave a little respect, we're talking," he yelled.
"Respect the people and the shield, what are we talking about. Respect people and shut up now."
BREAKING: Ruud van Nistelrooy is on his way to England to sign a two-year deal as
#MUFC
's assistant manager.
The former
#PSV
head coach had offers from Burnley, Club Brugge and sides in Germany and Spain, but opted for his former team.
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Dani Olmo was asked if he's afraid of Jude Bellingham ahead of the
#euro2024
final:
"I am not afraid of him. Bellingham, like Morata in our national team, is a reference. He is a player to be reckoned with, always in the thick of things. But we are not afraid of anyone."
Former
#MUFC
and
#Juventus
man Paul Pogba has said a story that quoted him as having 'lost himself' is fake news.
"Old sarcastic comments were falsely presented as authentic and current in order to generate clicks," he said. "I'm still alive, don't worry!"
#SGE
head coach Dino Toppmรถller is one of
#AlIttihad
's 'preferred candidates' to manage the Saudi side next season.
Toppmรถller has a contract until 2026.
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Florian Wirtz's father and agent has dealt a blow to
#RealMadrid
,
#FCBayern
,
#LFC
and
#MUFC
.
โAt the moment everything is geared towards Florian playing with
#Bayer04
next season," he said.
Carlo Ancelotti wants
#RealMadrid
president Florentino Perez to re-sign Ferland Mendy rather than focus on a Galactico signing like Alphonso Davies.
His contract expires in 2025 meaning he could depart this summer before becoming a free agent.
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Having guided Beerschot back into the Belgian top flight and been linked with a move away,
#LFC
great Dirk Kuyt has now signed a contract extension and will coach the team in the Jupiler Pro League.
Uli Hoeness has responded to the flood of criticism after he said
#FCBayern
manager Thomas Tuchel prefers to buy players than improve the club's young talent...
Alphonso Davies has re-entered talks with
#FCBayern
over a contract extension.
The left-back looked likely to join
#RealMadrid
on a cut-price deal before his contract expires, but the Spanish side have cooled their interest.
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Denzel Dumfries caused a stir during
#FCIM
's title parade by holding up a fan's banner that referenced his red card incident with Theo Hernandez during the Milan derby.
Raรบl has informed
#RealMadrid
that he will stay another season as youth team coach.
BILD had reported that he was keen on a
#Bundesliga
move, but with no job opportunities opening up, he's decided to stay.
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