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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

[Footy Humour @FootyHumour]

ESPN had us thinking India built a 50-foot Messi statue 😭

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨 José Mourinho: "Vini, Bellingham and Mbappé? The best players ALWAYS want to play with the best.

Ancelotti got the best out of Vini, Tuchel got the best out of Jude and Deschamps got the best out of Mbappé. It's MY JOB to get the best out of all three of them together."

[Born Madridista @bornmadridista0]

🚨🤍 Real Madrid continue to tighten access at the Santiago Bernabéu.

The club has already BANNED MOVISTAR AND DAZN from carrying out their pre-match previews at the stadium.

Now, the press will also NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND PLAYER PRESENTATIONS.

Instead, everyone can watch the presentations FOR FREE ON RMTV, with no cost whatsoever.

MY CLUB. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

🇮🇹 MALDINI REVEALS ALL.

• Guardiola was already writing down Italy XIs
• Why Pirlo was his choice
• How the project collapsed
• Why he disagreed with bringing back Mancini

Some of the biggest revelations from his first major interview with Corriere dello Sport:

1️⃣ Guardiola was closer than anyone realized

💬 “We spent an entire day with Pep in Barcelona. He was very close to accepting. He was even writing formations on paper.

It’s not true that he asked for €20 million. Money wasn’t even a topic. Pep told us: give me one euro less than the last manager and I’m good.

He ultimately rejected because he was tired. He comes from ten exhausting years in the EPL. He just had back surgery. He wanted to rest.”

2️⃣ Why Pirlo was the choice

💬 “Our idea was focused on the technical side, on attacking play, on changing things.

We wanted a young coach who had a history with the Nazionale.

Along with Pirlo we also thought of De Rossi and Grosso, all world champions.

But Malagò told us one of the conditions from Serie A was that we couldn’t touch their coaches.

Pirlo not being a winner is a personal opinion. Whenever I speak with Pirlo he always seems very prepared.

If he was supported by a technical director, he would be the ideal manager.

What résumé did the last two coaches to win a major international trophy have? Scaloni and De La Fuente.

If you only look at the coach, you’re only thinking of today, not tomorrow.”

3️⃣ Pirlo’s Russian contract

💬 “Pirlo was open to getting out of his contract with the Russian company, he’s a good person that didn’t deserve all this.

If there really was the will to have him as Nazionale manager they would’ve found a way to do it”

4️⃣ On Mancini & Conte

💬 “It’s not like I don’t admire Mancini. Mancini and Conte are two great coaches. It’s not a question of friendship. We simply had a different project.”

5️⃣ The project was bigger than the coach

💬 “Reforming Italian football takes time. Creating talent is a long journey.

We wanted to create a new movement that involved all the federal divisions: Serie A, Serie B, Serie C, amateurs, coaches, referees and players.

We had to prepare for both today and tomorrow.

8-10 years are a lot? This is the only point that Serie A was doubtful about. But that was our estimate based on other nations, not only big nations like England, France, and Spain, but even smaller nations like Switzerland”

6️⃣ The turning point

💬 “The first thing I asked Malagò was who would choose the national team manager. He told us that we would choose the manager and he would back our choice. Then the events happened that led to this changing.”

[Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid]

Vini Jr. 2️⃣0️⃣3️⃣2️⃣
@ViniJr

[Yasujiro Mizoguchi @YasujiroOficial]

Rodri ha ganado 1 Champions en 7 años en un City que ha gastado 1.620 millones de euros en fichajes en ese periodo.

Rodri tiene 30 años y viene de una lesión de ligamento cruzado y su año en el City ha sido mediocre. Esta pasada temporada Rodri sufrió un total de 5 lesiones que sumaron 134 días de baja y le obligaron a perderse 27 partidos oficiales. Este historial estuvo fuertemente condicionado por las secuelas de su grave rotura del ligamento cruzado anterior.

Se le pretende fichar por su rendimiento en 8 partidos del Mundial. En el Mundial ha dado 665 pases con un 93% de acierto. Todo horizontal. Ni una sola asistencia.

Es un fichaje de mucho riesgo. Lo desconsejo. Eso sí, si el club decide ficharlo, a muerte con él. Le defenderé como a todos los jugadores que llevan el escudo del Real Madrid en la camiseta.

[Jimmy @FCBJimmy_]

Plettenburg reporting on this one has been incredible. This deal will always be remembered as the one that brutally exposed the lying grifter scammer influencer @FabrizioRomano

[George Weah @GeorgeWeahOff]

1/1 I am saddened by the news of the passing of my former AC Milan teammate and big brother, Franco Baresi, who lost his battle with a protracted illness on July 31. Our paths crossed in the late 90s when I first joined the Italian Serie A club.

[AC Milan @acmilan]

La Storia del Milan è in lacrime per la scomparsa di Franco Baresi. Il suo esempio e la sua profondità saranno, per sempre come la sua maglia numero 6, parte integrante e fondamentale del DNA e del cammino di tutto il Club. Le condoglianze che AC Milan porge alla famiglia tutta di Franco Baresi sono le stesse che ogni tifoso rossonero fa a sé stesso in un'ora così dura.

The entire history of AC Milan is in tears following the passing of Franco Baresi. His example and integrity will be forever etched into the Club's DNA, just as his iconic number 6 shirt is. The condolences AC Milan extends to Franco Baresi's family at such a difficult time are shared by every Rossonero, who feels this loss as their own.

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| NEW: Journalist Florian Plettenberg has accused Fabrizio Romano of jumping the gun on Yan Diomande transfer in “his attempt to be first”.

He says, a total agreement has not been reached with RB Leipzig but Fabrizio wanted to be first based on probability so he just posted the “here we go.”

He added, if it was truly a “here we go” why didn’t Fabrizio drop the real fee agreed upon instead of a vague “over €100M” reporting.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: Fans on social media have been actively criticizing Barcelona fans because they claim their team basically won the World Cup.

· Spain's squad in the 2026 World Cup included 8 Barcelona players. Naturally, Barcelona fans claimed proudly they're basically world champions.

· However, after the official team of the tournament was revealed, it showed that not one Barcelona player was included.

· For this, opposing fans have been mocking Barcelona fans, since not one player from their team made it into the squad.

[TasetiReloaded2 🇧🇫🇳🇪🇲🇱🔴⚫️🟢 @Tasetireloaded2]

Someone should educate Mike about Argentina's history of racism and black erasure.

[fan @NoodleHairCR7]

They made a 40 minute movie of Argentina robberies in the World Cup 2026

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[fan @notrthur]

Messi was using his dog to practice his cheating move 😭

[ُ @Asensii20]

Yeah he’s being RESTED for the big clash against Osasuna

[Tío Orvi(Parodia) @Raul_Orvananos]

Lamine Yamal, durante todo el mundial.

[Adika @Adikastakes]

Jude Bellingham is one of the most lied about footballers in the world right now. When it is time to criticize him he’s spoken about like a plumber or mechanic but when it is time to praise him they start calling him a striker.

[Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid]

🎂 ¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, @ViniJr!

[ُ @Asensii20]

But but Jude Bellingham is a striker and Pedri is actually a midfielder!! 🤓👆