Alex ~ The Critic

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[Rising Stars XI @RisingStarXI]

🇵🇹⚒️ West Ham fans, you’ve signed the 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 Mateus Fernandes replacement in 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩𝗢 𝗦𝗔́ (𝟮𝟭).

• Leadership
• Intelligence
• Composure
• Technical quality

A Famalicão academy player who became club 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 and the 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 player to reach 100 games in Liga Portugal.

Treat him well. Trust him. He will become a Hammers 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🐝 EXCL: Brentford have agreed deal in principle to sign Jaidon Anthony from Burnley.

£17m fixed fee plus £3m add-ons, Anthony to sign a 5 year deal at Brentford. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿

Formal steps to be completed in the coming days. Here we go. ⚡️

[Rob Dorsett @RobDorsettSky]

Breaking: #england v Mexico expected to be delayed by 1hr with renewed lightning in the area around the Azteca Stadium. Kick off now 2am UK time, but could shift later. Players being held in changing rooms until further notice. They cannot go out to warm up.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

🚨Didier Deschamps sent William Saliba to protect Kylian Mybappe from the Paraguay players at the end of the match yesterday.

“Tonight, I asked the two strongest guys to protect him, Kylian Mbappe, at the end of the match.”

[UpYourArsenal🔴⚪🔴⚪♥️ @UPYOURARSENAL04]

The media has disrespected Ødegaard since he was named Captain of Arsenal & Norway at the age of 21

He took Arsenal to our first Title in 22 years

He's taking Norway to the Last 8 of the World Cup. Show some Respect

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli - top Chelsea prospect - signs scholarship terms + will move to pro contract when 17 in January. 16yo midfielder rejected many leading European clubs & pledged future to #CFC. England youth int’l also pursued by France @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/SmfIukOx4j

[LiveScore @livescore]

Martin Ødegaard is 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 from making World Cup history 🅰️👀

One more against Brazil would see him become the first player since records began to assist in each of his first four games 👏

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

Neymar announces he has retired from international football. “I tried. I tried. Now it’s over.”🇧🇷

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🥹❤️ The Cape Verde players waited outside Argentina's bus just for a chance to get a photo with Lionel Messi.

Still barefoot, still in their match kit, with notebooks and phones in hand, patiently waiting for an autograph and a photo with their idol.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

The best Arsenal bargains in the transfer market of recent seasons…

The club know what they’re doing. 💰

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃: For the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘, three different players have scored 7+ goals in a single World Cup edition — Mbappé, Messi and Haaland all hit the mark. 🌟🏆

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Bruno Guimarães is the first Brazil player to fail to convert a World Cup penalty in 40 years (excluding shootouts).

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨⚠️ Erling Haaland on facing Gabriel today: “He’s an amazing player. He just won the Premier League, so… respect to him”.

“Don’t forget also Marquinhos who won two Champions League in a row and Alisson as well”.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🇧🇷 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Brazil are OUT before the World Cup quarter-finals for the FIRST time since 1990.

They will not be among the final eight teams of a World Cup.

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| Brazil recorded their 𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 possession in a World Cup match in recorded history vs Norway (35%). 😱🇧🇷

No Brazil side had ever dropped below 40% possession in a World Cup game since records began in 1966. ❌🏆

[Dean James @DeanJamesAFC]

🚨 || SC #Braga🇵🇹 Assistant Coach and Head of Performance, Antonio #Gómez🇪🇸 has joined #Arsenal🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿’s technical team [Via - @Record_Portugal].

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇵🇹 OFFICIAL: Cristiano Ronaldo confirms this will be his LAST World Cup. 👋🏼

“Yes, it’s my last one. Let’s go and enjoy it”.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Manchester United exploring deal to sign Andrey Santos from Chelsea. No club talks yet - enquiries by multiple suitors to 22yo’s agents. #MUFC keen but will depend on price. #CFC would not block move if suits all parties @TheAthleticFC after @Will_Unwin https://t.co/Tu9nemUkcG

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇩🇪 BREAKING: Jürgen Klopp as new Germany head coach, here we go! 💥

Klopp has accepted to take over; long term contract details, project and RB Group exit still under discussion, but he will be the new head coach.

RB considered Glasner as replacement but he signs at #NFFC.

Klopp is back.

[Rising Stars XI @RisingStarXI]

🇫🇷❤️ 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘́ 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗘́ (𝟮𝟭) wants to win the World Cup for his brother.

🗣️ 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘́ 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗘́:

“𝗠𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗘.

Knowing that he was able to play in the World Cup, I’m very happy for him.

He’s been eliminated but I want to go win the World Cup so that he’s 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗘.”