20 year old England wonder midfielder, Jude Bellingham, scored on his competitive Real Madrid debut as they began their La Liga season with victory at Athletic Bilbao.
The former Birmingham youngster, who joined the Spanish giants for €103+30m in addons from Borussia Dortmund this summer, got Real’s second goal when he volleyed in from close range in a set piece situation, thus, becoming the first English player to score in a competitive game for Real since David Beckham in 2007.
Arsenal have started the English football season on the front foot by getting the better of Manchester City to win the Community Shield on Sunday afternoon. Arsenal beat City 4-1 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in regular time to win the Football Association’s Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, a match that serves as a traditional curtain raiser to the season. The match is typically played between the winners of the last season’s Premier League and FA Cup, but because City won both as part of the title treble (also containing the Champions League for the first time).
Manchester City have completed the signing of Leipzig and Croatian defender, Josko Gvardiol, in a deal worth €90m (£77.6m). The Manchester club won the race for Croatia international, amid interest from Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid. Gvardiol underwent a physical on Friday and has now signed a five year deal with the treble winners.
13 time Premier League champions, Manchester United have agreed a deal in principle to sign Denmark international striker Rasmus Højlund from Serie A side Atalanta on a five year deal, with an option of a sixth. The 20 year old will move to Old Trafford for a fee of £64m, plus a potential £8m in addons.
Former Manchester City and Spanish playmaker David Silva has bid football goodbye as the 2010 World Cup winner and four time Premier League champion announced his retirement on Thursday. The 37 year old played 436 games across 10 seasons at the Manchester club, having a hand in City’s journey to becoming the best team in England, winning a total of 11 major honours with the club.
Harry Maguire has revealed he has been stripped of the Manchester United captaincy by Erik ten Hag. The England defender retained the armband last season, despite losing his place in the team’s first 11, falling to fourth choice in pecking order. The decision to denounce him as captain also comes with United willing to listen to offers for the 30 year old English international.
Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille have signed Chelsea forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for an undisclosed fee. The 34-year-old Gabon forward signs for Marseille having scored just three goals in 22 appearances for Chelsea after joining from Barcelona last September.
Ex Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy thanked the jury for ignoring what he termed “rumors” as he was cleared of 10 sexual harassment and assault charges, including two serious cases – raping a woman and trying to rape another. The Frenchman broke down in tears as the judge delivered the verdict at Chester Crown Court on Friday.
English midfielder Bamidele Alli was one of English soccer’s biggest prospects in the mid 2010s. He was a member of the England team that reached the World Cup semifinals in 2018, and that after a period when he was a star of Mauricio Pochettino’s young Tottenham side that nearly won the Premier League. However, the attacking midfielder’s career has dipped in recent years, from falling out of pecking order with Tottenham to not getting minutes in Everton and then being loaned to the Turkish league. Apparently, the midfielder was going through a lot of things that affected his mental stability, and he chose to share in an interview with former England defender Gary Neville, opening up on issues that have been affecting him.
The class of 1984 finally has some company as England Under 21 class of 2023 team win the European Championship for the first time in 39 years!!! It was an entertaining and feisty game as two of the European heavyweights went head to head against each other, but the main highlight of the game was the last minute penalty save by James Trafford. The Man City goalkeeper who is set for a move to another club this summer, kept out Abel Ruiz’s low spot kick in the 99th minute after a lengthy VAR check. The 20-year-old then produced another brilliant stop on the follow up before his teammates mobbed him up.
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