Bukayo Saka has averaged 1.7 goal contributions per 90 at the 2026 World Cup so far, more than any other England player.
Should he start for the Three Lions against DR Congo in the round of 32?
Messi in his prime played 10 consecutive major tournament matches without scoring a goal.
2007 Copa America
2010 World Cup
2011 Copa America
But a 41-year-old Ronaldo is supposedly washed because he hasn’t scored in his last 10 major tournament games. 😂👍
Must be easy being Bruno Fernandes, write a clubs season off by November get worshipped for it because you rack up some assists in the dead rubbers that follow, play in your first competitive game in months drop a 0/10 and Ronaldo that just won a league title gets the blame 💀
“I wrote this because I can’t speak about it.
I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on.”
@RBLeipzig and @equipenatciv winger Yan Diomande on the life of his sister, Roxane. https://t.co/6wQmpdWTSi
It's all worked out well for #Arsenal and William Saliba, but six years ago it seemed unlikely he'd make it in north London. The Frenchman was "very low" and convinced he had no future under Mikel Arteta. In today's L'Equipe, Saliba describes 2020 as "the worst year of my life".
Saliba tragically lost his mother, the most important person in his world, was angered by Arsenal's refusal to let him play for St Etienne in the French Cup final, then - after one poor performance in pre-season - found himself frozen out for five months by Arteta.
"I was in a bad way," he says. "I was never in the squad. I wasn't even on the list for the Europa League. They'd paid €30m for me yet I was playing for the U23s. My spirits were very low because I knew that even if I trained well I wouldn't play. With the loss of my mother, nothing was going right, everything was hard."
Saliba didn't tell Arteta about his mother because he didn't want to be "picked out of pity". Loan spells at Nice and Marseille helped him rebuild. "It allowed me to reset, both in a football and an emotional sense."
Arteta has done many great things at Arsenal, but the idea that Saliba's early years in north London were all part of a carefully managed development plan doesn't stand up to scrutiny. He was cut from Arsenal's plans. When Saliba was at Marseille, he was convinced he'd never play for Arsenal under Arteta.
But he is an extremely tough character, and when Tomiyasu was ruled out of Arsenal's 2022/23 opener against Crystal Palace, Arteta had little choice but to hand Saliba his debut. The young centre-back turned in a masterclass and has been undroppable since.
"William was so solid mentally because, quite honestly, (in 2020) it was difficult to imagine that one day he might make it (at Arsenal)," says Saliba's first coach and mentor Fabio Frasconi. "95% of players who went through what he did would have given up."