Kylian Mbappe opened his LaLiga account at the fourth time of asking with a brace to fire Real Madrid to a 2-0 home win over Real Betis. The Frenchman, who came into the club with high expectations on his shoulder, despite coming in for free, had failed to score in Madrid’s opening three league fixtures, which resulted in the champions dropping points at Mallorca and Las Palmas, before netting a brace today.
Everton had a week to forget in the Premier League, as their woes continued after they bottled a two goal lead against Bournemouth to record their third loss in three Premier League games this season. The Toffees were two goals to the good at Goodison Park until the 87th minute, where it all went wrong for them as they managed to concede three in the last moments of the game, leaving them at the bottom of the league with 10 goals conceded and a -8 goal difference.
Napoli have reportedly reached an agreement with Chelsea to sign Romelu Lukaku after weeks of negotiations. The Serie A side have agreed a deal with Chelsea Football Club to sign the 31 year old for €45m [€30m+€15m in addons].Napoli had an initial loan offer with an obligation to buy worth around £25.5m turned down by Chelsea, but the Blues have now got the fee they wanted, although it remains to be seen how attainable the €15m addons are.
Chelsea Football Club have completed the signing of Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid in a deal worth £46.3m, with Conor Gallagher moving in the opposite direction for £36m. The Blues paid a £42m fixed fee for Felix, plus £4.3m in addons, while the Portugal international has signed a six year contract at Stamford Bridge, with option to extend for one more year.
Manchester City ace Philip Walter Foden has completed an individual award treble by being named as the 2024 Professional Football Association (PFA) Player’s Player of the Year, just three months after winning the FWA Footballer of the Year award and Premier League player of the season, following Manchester City’s fourth Premier League title win in a row.
The long awaited new Premier League season kicked off on Friday night as Manchester United edged past Fulham in a 1-0 victory, as new signing Joshua Zirkzee opened his account by guiding the ball into the net with a simple left foot finish into the bottom left corner. The Dutch striker announced himself at Manchester United by scoring a late winner on his debut to secure their 1-0 win over Fulham for Erik ten Hag’s side.
The current reigning Champions of Europe, Real Madrid added to their massive trophy cabinet by beating Serie A side Atalanta 2-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup.
West Ham have signed Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug from Borussia Dortmund for £27m plus addons that could raise the fee to about £32m. The 31 year old, who joined Dortmund from Werder Bremen last summer, scored 15 goals in 46 games in 2023/24 and finished as a Champions League runner up. He also netted twice during hosts Germany’s run to the Euro 2024 quarterfinals, despite not starting a match.
Spain reached their second successive Olympic men’s football final when they beat Morocco 2-1 thanks to second half goals from Fermin Lopez and Juanlu Sanchez at Marseille Stadium on Monday afternoon. La Roja fought back after Morocco went ahead to earn the chance to improve on their silver medal at the Tokyo Games last time out where they were second to Brazil courtesy of Malcom’s extra time winning goal.
Pep Guardiola says he has not ruled out signing a new contract with Manchester City. The Manchester City gaffer’s current deal is due to expire next summer and appeared to hint after steering City to a fourth successive Premier League title in May that next season could be his last at the club. However, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss on Friday opened the door for his time at the Etihad to be extended into a 10th year.
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