[Fabrizio Romano] Terrible moment for Bayern with their 7th defeat this season — 11 defeats in 44 games under Thomas Tuchel. …and Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen go 8 points clear on top of the Bundesl (x.com)
[David Ornstein - T1] Man Utd make Ashworth top target to become sporting director (also PL approved SJR's takeover) (theathletic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11927614...
Ivory Coast beat Nigeria to win AFCON title (www.espn.com)
[OptaJoe] Aged 21 years and 7 days, Rasmus Højlund is the second-youngest ever player to score in five successive Premier League appearances, only behind Nicolas Anelka for Arsenal (19y 239d) (x.com)
What is Relationism? Recognising Patterns in Football’s Alternative Paradigm. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Blue cards to be introduced into football for sin-bins under Ifab trials [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
TLDR - Blue cards will be for dissent and cynical fouls. Two blues means red. Blue plus yellow also equals red....
Nations League draw: France to play Italy, Belgium in group stage (lemmy.ml)
LEAGUE A...
[FA Cup] Last 16 teams and their position in the English Football Pyramid (lemmy.world)
Referees committee president reported for allegedly manipulating VAR images to harm Real Madrid - reports (madriduniversal.com)
“Now, according to reports from El Debate, the president of the referees’ committee Luis Medina Cantalejo has been reported for alleged manipulation of VAR images with the aim of harming Real Madrid.”
Los Angeles, Seattle selected as USMNT match cities for 2026 World Cup (www.starsandstripesfc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11618012...
Happy Birthday Cristiano Ronaldo!, CR7 turns 39 (newshint.in)
Wolves 3 - [4] Manchester United - Mainoo 90+7' (dubz.link)
[OptaJoe] 18 - Four of the last five 90th minute winning goals in the Premier League by players aged 18 or younger have been Manchester United players. Carrington (twitter.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11461872...
[Stick To Football] Carragher shares the Text he got from Gary Neville after the Klopp news dropped (youtu.be)
FIFA: $9.63bn spent on intl. transfers in 2023 (www.espn.com)
The figure also smashed the previous record set in 2019 by more than $2bn, with English clubs spending the most with a new high of $2.96bn while four countries’ associations received more than $1bn in transfer fees in 2023.
Nice bicycle goal by Arthur Cabral (E. Amadora 1-4 Benfica) (streamion.me)
Arthur Cabral , Benfica striker, scores a beautiful goal today against Estrela Amadora....
[Laurie Whitwell] MUFC statement on Marcus Rashford (x.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11345649...
Less than 24hrs after Klopp, Xavi quit Barca job (www.thejakartapost.com)
I think this is the best for the club, the performance is abysmal, yes you can’t blame Xavi for Barca trainwreck but the result also tells the story.
[FA Cup] 5th round draw (imgur.com)
League in parantheses...
From heavyweight clash to potential upsets: Previewing the Asian Cup round of 16 (www.espn.com)
In the blink of an eye, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup is now down to the knockout round.Two weeks of riveting group-stage action has delivered a last 16 with plenty of usual suspects but also a handful of surprise high-fliers.There will be no more second chances with teams needing to win four matches on the trot from now till Feb. 10...
Rashford missed Man United training hours after attending Belfast nightclub (theathletic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11270512...
[LFC Official] Klopp to leave Liverpool at the end of the season (x.com)
[LFC youtube] ‘Why I’ve Made The Decision To Leave Liverpool’ | Jürgen Klopp | The Full Interview (www.youtube.com)
Andriy Shevchenko elected president of the Ukrainian Association of Football (twitter.com)
Watch his interview on The Rest is Football podcast if you haven’t, it’s a good one