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 ⚡BREAKING: Xavi has announced he will step down as head coach of Barcelona at the end of the season!  
 ⚡𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Manchester United are NOT planning to offer Anthony Martial a new contract.

The Frenchman is set to be released on a free when his deal expires in the summer if he does not find a new club this month.
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  ⚡DEAL DONE: Sheffield United have signed Ben Brereton Diaz on a loan deal from Villarreal. 🇨🇱 
 ⚠️In a surprising twist, UEFA opts to SCRAP the proposed Champions League format, opting to STICK with the tried-and-true current setup! 
 📝 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Hwang Hee-chan has signed a new contract at Wolves until 2028. 🇰🇷 
 Bayern Munich would agree to negotiate with Real Madrid for the transfer of Alphonso Davies as part of a player exchange!

The German side are particularly interested in Rodrygo.

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 ⚡Real Madrid are interested in signing Arsenal and Chelsea target Brentford star Ivan Toney in the January transfer window.
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 Arsenal have rejected an approach from a Premier League club for keeper Aaron Ramsdale as speculation grows about his future.
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 ⚡ Florian Wirtz is leaning towards joining Bayern Munich over moving abroad when he makes a switch from Leverkusen.
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 Antonio Conte will be the head coach of Juventus in 2024-2025. There is already an agreement in place.
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 Barcelona have decided to put Joshua Kimmich as a priority transfer target
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 ⚡Manchester United are gearing up for another squad clear-out across the two transfer windows in 2024.

More than 10 players could leave the club.
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 💰The Top 10 Highest Transfer Market Values:

1⃣ Haaland - £211.2M
2⃣ Vini Jr - £169.1M
3⃣ Saka - £168.7M
4⃣ Bellingham - £163.9M
5️⃣ Rodrygo - £158.6M
6️⃣ Pedri - £152.9M
7️⃣ Gavi - £149.7M
8️⃣ Musiala - £146.5M
9️⃣ Foden - £143.2M
🔟 Mbappé - £140M
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 FIFA will have to pay Barcelona €20,548 compensation for each day that Gavi will be out injured.
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 Kylian Mbappé has agreed with PSG that various bonuses will not be paid to him for the moment. ❌

The bonuses add up to approximately €80M.
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 🏥Bad news for Villarreal and Spain winger Yeremi Pino as he torn his ACL.
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 “Mikel Arteta has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3.1”.

“It happens following comments that he made in media interviews after Arsenal’s Premier League game against Newcastle United on Saturday 4 November”.
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 💰Manchester City have announced a recording breaking revenue of £712.8m — the highest revenue ever made by an English club.

They also paid out record salaries too: £422.8m to 520 employees.
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 Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold leaves the club by the end of the year.
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 FC Bayern have completed the signing of Nestory Irankunda from Adelaide United.

17 year old winger will join the club on 1 July 2024. 🇦🇺
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 ⚡ Nuno Espirito Santo has been sacked — Al Ittihad decided to fire the coach.

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 Pepe becomes the oldest player ever to score in #UCL with 40 years and 256 days old.

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 🏥Newcastle’s Eddie Howe confirms Burn will be ruled out for “couple of months” with a back injury. 
 Harry Kane has been staying in a £10,000-a-night suite at Munich’s Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Hotel. With his entourage and add-ons his tab is as much as £1million since August.
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 Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips has emerged as Juventus' number one transfer target in January.

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 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag feels his relationship with Jadon Sancho is beyond repair and the club must look to try to offload the 23-year-old in January.

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 Understand both City and player side consider Kalvin Phillips’ January exit ‘very likely’ at this point.

Kalvin will still fight to play as much as possible in the next two months but his plan is to be regular starter elsewhere in 2024.

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 ⚡Jim Ratcliffe is close to buying 25% of Manchester United.💰 
 Jarrod Bowen has signed a new seven-year contract at West Ham until June 2030. ⚒️

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 Gabriel Martinelli had FOUR trials at Manchester United before Arsenal signed him.👀

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 ⚡ Paul Pogba risks up to 4 years of suspension.

This sanction could be reduced to 2 years if he demonstrates he took the doping product unintentionally. 

Juventus have already suspended the payment of his salary and could now decide to terminate his contract following this positive test. 

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 Manchester City will compete with Barcelona to sign 20-year-old Xavi Simons from PSG next summer. 

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 💰Lamine Yamal's release clause at Barcelona is now €1 BILLION.

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 Antony will remain on indefinite leave from Manchester United - despite flying back into the UK on Tuesday.

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 Barcelona have been charged with suspected bribery for payments worth more than €7 million made to companies linked to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, José María Enríquez Negreira, judicial sources have told Spanish news agency EFE.

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 🚨 Manchester United are weighing up a move for Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, if they decide to show André Onana the exit door after his poor start to life at Old Trafford. 

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 Three games as starter for AS Roma, three goals scored for Romelu Lukaku

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 First hat-trick and also two assists for Harry Kane at Bayern 

Harry Kane scored 7 goals in his first 5 Bundesliga games, breaking the club records of Gerd Müller (1965), Miroslav Klose (2007) and Mario Mandžukić (2012).

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 ⚡Léo Dubois has left Galatasaray and joined İstanbul Başakşehir on loan. 🇹🇷

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 Cristiano Ronaldo is now set to sue Juventus for not paying him an amount of €19.9M as they had tried to save finances during the COVID era.

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 💰Manchester City have pocketed around £150m over the last 3 transfer windows thanks to the sales of academy players. 

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  Mason Greenwood will be included in EA Sports FC 24 when the game is released later this year. 🎮

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 🎙️ Erik Ten Hag on Jadon Sancho and the importance he places on standards at Manchester United: 

"His principles is what my decision is based on. That is not about me, and to be strict. No. This is in favour of the team. Yes, even [when it could be a disadvantage to the team]. Everyone can make their opinion about that.

"You're saying something very important, but it's in favour of the team, that's what my decision is based on. It's not about me. No. It's in favour of the team."

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 ⚡Poland are set to sack Fernando Santos as head coach 
 BREAKING: Hansi Flick has been fired, he’s no longer German national team head coach

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 Arsenal is in the process of continuing discussions with Martin Ødegaard regarding a new long-term deal in the upcoming weeks or months. This initiative aligns with the club's strategy of securing their top players for the future, following recent contract extensions for the likes of Saliba, Gabriel, Saka, Ramsdale, Martinelli, and Nelson. 🔴⚪️ #AFC

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 Officially completed! Newcastle has successfully secured the talented winger Trevan Sanusi, born in 2007, from Birmingham City. Newcastle emerged as the victors in the competition for his signature, as more than five clubs were involved in the race. ⚫️⚪️ #NUFC

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 Enzo Fernandez could be seriously considering an early exit from Chelsea if his situation in the team does not improve, as the level of football has been below expectations.

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