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A new era at Chelsea: on-field success or off-field profit?
Chelsea could have used a tranquil summer for once. Instead, they hired their fourth manager in two seasons by confirming the appointment of Enzo Maresca on Monday and look set for yet another frantic transfer window with several homegrown players, including Conor Gallagher and Trevoh Chalobah, believed to be up for sale.
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Mbappe will make Real Madrid better.
Weekends don’t come much better than the one just enjoyed by Real Madrid. Not content with winning their 15th Champions League title on Saturday, news broke on Sunday that Los Blancos had finally concluded the signing of Kylian Mbappe.
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Kroos has been one of the greatest players of his era
Toni Kroos is the forgotten member of the greats in this generation of midfielders. The German, 34, played his final game for Real Madrid on Saturday, his final game of club football in fact. It just so happened to be the Champions League final, and Madrid’s win, their 15th in all, gave Kroos a sixth career crown.
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Football is entering a new era of unproven managers
We know that football moves in cycles and trends, be it culturally or tactically. Different players, formations and styles come into fashion, and that can begin to impact what is truly important to football clubs, even when they are run like businesses.
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Sancho could be Dortmund’s match-winner in UCL final
Few would have predicted that Borussia Dortmund would make a run to this season’s Champions League final – and even fewer would have called that Jadon Sancho would be an important part of their team.
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McKenna staying at Ipswich would be good news for his development
Kieran McKenna might have anticipated some time to rest and recuperate after guiding Ipswich Town to the Premier League. Instead, the 38-year-old has been the subject of intense speculation about his future with Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United believed to be particularly keen in the Tractor Boys boss.
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Selling Guimarães or Isak would be a step back for Newcastle
Bruno Guimarães donned a Newcastle United bucket hat and roared towards the away end at the Gtech Community Stadium. He’d just scored the fourth goal in the Magpies’ win at Brentford, confirming the three points that all but secured European qualification, unless Manchester United beat neighbours Manchester City in the FA Cup final next weekend.
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Leverkusen are on the brink of European glory.
Bayer Leverkusen are just two wins away from something most would have thought impossible before the start of the season. With victory over Atalanta in Wednesday’s Europa League final and Kaiserslautern in Saturday’s DFB Pokal final, Xabi Alonso’s team will complete an unbeaten campaign in all competitions.
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Ten Hag has only added to the problems at ‘United’.
Eight years ago, Manchester United were in a similar position to the one they find themselves in now. While they were preparing for an FA Cup final, the season as a whole had been disappointing. United had fallen out of the top four and cup glory wasn’t enough for Louis van Gaal to keep his job.
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Saliba is now the Premier League’s dominant centre back
There couldn’t have been a greater contrast between the performances of Manchester United and Arsenal’s centre backs at Old Trafford on Sunday. While Casemiro produced another performance to suggest his days at football’s elite level are over, William Saliba was a brick wall as the Gunners kept it tight at the back in a 1-0 victory.
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It finally feels like Mbappe’s career at the very top can begin
Last week, football’s worst kept secret was revealed. Kylian Mbappe, France’s superstar and arguably the best player on the planet, announced he would be leaving Paris Saint-Germain in a video message to his fans.
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