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✅ DEADLINE DAY DONE DEALS

- Strand Larsen → Palace (£59m)
- Jacquet → Liverpool (£60m, summer)
- Disasi → West Ham (loan)
- Phillips → Sheff Utd (loan)
- Gomes → Wolves (loan)

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February 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
❌ Mateta's £65m Milan move has COLLAPSED.

Failed medical due to knee issue. Palace already signed Strand Larsen as replacement.

Now they might keep both. Chaos.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
🔴 DONE: Liverpool agree £60m deal for Rennes CB Jeremy Jacquet.

- 20 years old
- Joins in summer
- Beat Chelsea to signature

Laurens: "He can become one of the best defenders in the world."
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
⚠️ Cristiano Ronaldo has gone ON STRIKE at Al-Nassr.

Missed Monday's match — not injured. Furious the PIF favoured Al-Hilal while his club signed a 21-year-old Iraqi midfielder.

MLS now 7/4 favourite for his next move.
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🚨 DEADLINE DAY MOVERS
Still in play before Monday 7pm:
▪️ Oscar Bobb → Fulham (advanced)
▪️ Jeremy Jacquet → Chelsea (Rennes want £50m+)
▪️ Mateta → Forest (on hold until Palace sign replacement)
▪️ Strand Larsen → Palace (gone cold)

Plus: Real Madrid eyeing Unai Emery for summer.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🎯 SPURS vs CITY | Sunday 4:30pm

Thomas Frank's job on the line.

▪️ Spurs 14th — 7 draws, 9 losses this season
▪️ City 2nd — back-to-back wins, finding form
▪️ Haaland has 7 through-ball goals (most in PL)

Can Frank survive? Or is Pochettino's return inevitable?
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 AM
🔄 DEADLINE DAY TRACKER

Done deals:
▪️ Paquetá → Flamengo (£36.7m)
▪️ Semenyo → Man City (£62.5m)
▪️ Ward-Prowse → Burnley (loan)
▪️ Douglas Luiz → Villa (loan return)
▪️ Adama Traoré → West Ham (£2m)

Window closes Monday 7pm.

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January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM
⚡ STERLING WATCH

Raheem Sterling is officially a free agent after Chelsea paid off his £325k/week contract.

Seven Champions League clubs circling — including Napoli and Juventus.

Spurs are frontrunners among English clubs. Burnley a wildcard.

Where does he land?
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM
📊 STAKES STAT

5 — English clubs qualified directly for the Champions League round of 16.

Arsenal. Liverpool. Spurs. Chelsea. City.

First time ever in the new format. English depth validated while Real Madrid stumbled into the playoffs.

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January 30, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Draw Day, Deadline Weekend

The Champions League playoff draw could pair Real Madrid with Benfica in a rematch for the ages. Monday's deadline looms. And Thomas Frank's job is on the line Sunday vs City.

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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Chelsea say Cole Palmer is "untouchable."

Man United reportedly interested.

Palmer contracted until 2033. Rosenior calls links "unrealistic."

But The Sun says he's homesick in London...

Genuine story or classic January noise? 🤔

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January 28, 2026 at 4:41 AM
🚨 Aston Villa solved their depth crisis in 48 hours:

✅ Tammy Abraham — £18m from Besiktas
✅ Douglas Luiz — loan from Juventus (option to buy)

Kamara out for the season. McGinn out 6 weeks.

Emery's response? Recruit players who already know the system.

Smart business.

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January 28, 2026 at 4:40 AM
📊 The Champions League has never been this tight.

Positions 6-13 are separated by GOAL DIFFERENCE.

PSG, Newcastle, Chelsea, Barcelona, Sporting, Man City, Atlético, Atalanta — all on 13 points.

18 matches. One kickoff. 20:00 GMT.

Chaos incoming.

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January 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
CL Match Day 8

Eighteen Simultaneous Kickoffs

13 teams sit on 12-13 points. Only Arsenal and Bayern are safe.

Tonight decides everything:
▪️ Newcastle at PSG
▪️ Chelsea at Napoli
▪️ City vs Galatasaray (must-win)

One result changes the entire top 8.

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January 28, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Kylian Mbappé this weekend:

⚽ 2 goals vs Villarreal
⚽ Including a stoppage-time Panenka penalty. What was Brahim thinking....
📈 21 La Liga goals — top scorer

The man is relentless.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM
🇧🇷 Endrick. 19 years old. Three games at Lyon.

▪️ 4 goals
▪️ 1 assist
▪️ Hat-trick vs Metz
▪️ Youngest Lyon player to score 3 in Ligue 1

Real Madrid's loan decision looking very smart.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM
27 games unbeaten.

Then Augsburg came to town.

Bayern 1-2 Augsburg. At the Allianz Arena. Against a team fighting relegation.

Olise hit the bar with the last kick. Dortmund cut the gap to 8 points.

Football, man.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM
📊 5 — Liverpool's winless Premier League run in 2026.

0 wins. 4 draws. 1 loss.

14 points behind Arsenal. Title defence over.

Bournemouth's 95th-minute winner was the final nail.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
United Stun the Emirates!

Arsenal 2-3 Man United

▪️ Cunha's 87th-minute winner completes comeback ▪️ Carrick: 2 wins from 2 (incl. derby)
▪️ Arsenal's lead cut to 4 points

The title race just got interesting.

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January 26, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🌍 Around Europe

🇳🇱 PSV 16 points clear — title race over in January
🇩🇪 Bayern unbeaten, 11 pts clear, Kane on 21 goals
🇮🇹 Inter lead Serie A by 6pt from Milan
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man City top WSL by 6pts

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January 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM
🔄 Transfer Watch

▪️ Crystal Palace in talks for Jorgen Strand Larsen
▪️ Chelsea eyeing Douglas Luiz loan
▪️ Zirkzee still wanted by Roma
▪️ Inter targeting Vicario
▪️ Salah & Vinicius Jr prime Saudi targets for summer

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January 24, 2026 at 12:53 AM
🎯 Sunday's key battle: Bruno Fernandes vs Declan Rice

Fernandes: 62 chances created, 9 assists — league's most creative player

Rice: 11 clean sheets anchored, best interception rate in the top six

Something has to give at the Emirates.

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January 24, 2026 at 12:53 AM
📊 Arsenal have won all 7 Champions League games this season.

On Wednesday, they can become the first English club to go 8-0 in the league phase.

Meanwhile, 8 teams sit on 13 points from 5th to 13th. Chaos incoming.

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January 24, 2026 at 12:52 AM
⚽ Football Digest | Fri, Jan 23

Decision Day Looms

Arsenal host Carrick's rejuvenated United on Sunday. Seven points clear. Perfect Champions League record. This could be the week that defines the season.

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January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
⚽ Weekend Roundup

🏆 Senegal win AFCON in chaotic final
⚽ United 2-0 City — Carrick's perfect start
😤 Glasner: "We've been abandoned"
🛑 Arsenal 0-0 at Forest
✅ Guehi → City for £20m
⬇️ West Ham stun Spurs

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January 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM