Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Liam Delap and Joao Pedro Offer Chelsea Two Effective No. 9 Options
Joao Pedro all but paid back his £60m transfer fee in his first two games for Chelsea. The Brazilian forward bagged a brace in a 2-0 win over Fluminense to make the Club World Cup final before scoring another in a 3-0 demolition of Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
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Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid Revolution Is Already Taking Shape
Xabi Alonso surely wishes he was remoulding Real Madrid behind the closed doors of pre-season. Instead, Los Blancos’ new manager is having to do his work under the spotlight of the Club World Cup. Alonso has had no choice but to build the plane while flying it, but Real Madrid are starting to soar with the Spaniard at the helm.
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Depth or Difference-Maker? Assessing Arsenal’s Pursuit of Noni Madueke
For two clubs with a rivalry so deep, Arsenal and Chelsea have exchanged a lot of players in recent times. Indeed, Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz, Jorginho, Willian, David Luiz and Olivier Giroud have all swapped one London club for the other with Kepa Arrizabalaga another player to go between the two teams, joining the Gunners from the Blues.
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Jobe Bellingham Impresses Ahead of 2026 World Cup
As if one Bellingham wasn’t enough for the top level of European football to handle, there’s now two of them. Jude Bellingham is one of Real Madrid’s best players and his younger brother Jobe is now proving his worth for Borussia Dortmund after joining the Bundesliga giants from Sunderland earlier this summer.
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Is Jamie Gittens ready to become the winger Chelsea need?
Chelsea wanted a new winger this summer and by all accounts they have one. Recent reports claim the Stamford Bridge club have agreed a deal to sign Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for £55m with the 20-year-old set to have a medical at some point this week.
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Tottenham must strengthen in these three key positions
Tottenham Hotspur’s first big move of the summer was to change manager. Despite guiding the North London club to Europa League glory, Ange Postecoglou was shown the door with Thomas Frank appointed in his place as Spurs’ new boss.
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Jackson red card may jeopardise his Chelsea future
Four minutes. That’s all it took Nicolas Jackson to see red after coming on in the second half of Chelsea’s Club World Cup game against Flamengo. The Blues were already trailing when the striker was sent off for a studs-up tackle on opposition defender Lucas Ayrton, but with 10 men they stood no chance of a comeback.
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Wirtz signing is a landmark moment for Liverpool
The race to sign Florian Wirtz has been intense, but Liverpool are set to cross the line first. Many of Europe’s biggest, and richest, clubs wanted the German superstar. Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid were particularly interested, yet a summer switch to the Premier League proved most enticing to the 22-year-old.
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Club World Cup: A preview of Manchester City’s next era.
The Manchester City team that plays the club’s opening game at the 2025 Club World Cup could be very different to the one that finished the Premier League season. That was only a few weeks ago, but City have been busy.
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Club World Cup must be taken seriously by Europe’s top teams
After years of planning, the expanded Club World Cup will kick off on Saturday. Originally slated for 2021, the 32-team tournament has become a defining symbol of Gianni Infantino’s tenure as FIFA president.
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Sesko may not be the striker that Arsenal need
Arsenal need a new centre forward. Anyone who watched how the Gunners’ 2024/25 campaign fizzled out in the Premier League and Champions League knows this with Mikel Arteta seemingly among those aware of his team’s deficiency in the forward line.
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