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The date: 2 May 2009. The place: Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid. La Liga game. Guardiola made a decision. He pulled Messi off the right wing and placed him at the tip of the forward formation – but without the job of a traditional striker. Samuel Eto’o went right, Thierry Henry went left, and Messi was […]

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice will be England’s vice-captain for the World Cup. Rice has earned 72 caps for the Three Lions and will be one of the most experienced players in Thomas Tuchel’s starting line-up. The 27-year-old has just helped Arsenal win the Premier League for the first time since 2003-04 and reach the Champions […]

Real Madrid to join Mateus Fernandes race, Brighton reject Spurs’ second Jan Paul van Hecke bid and Harry Maguire could leave Manchester United. Real Madrid are set to join the race to sign Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes, 21, following West Ham‘s relegation from the Premier League. (Sun), external Brighton have rejected a second bid from […]

Feyenoord have sacked manager Robin van Persie after just 16 months in charge of the Eredivisie club. The former Arsenal and Manchester United striker guided the club to a second-place finish and Champions League qualification in his only full season as manager, though they finished 19 points behind winners PSV Eindhoven. The 42-year-old departs just […]

By the time Wesley’s seventh Brazil appearance was cut short, the score was already 1-1 at the home of the Cleveland Browns NFL team. Ancelotti’s side struck first after only seven minutes when Mohanad Lashin was caught in possession on the edge of his own penalty box by Bruno Guimaraes and the Newcastle midfielder tucked […]

Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly against Ukraine but is now conscious, says the Danish Football Association. The game was stopped on 65 minutes when he collapsed and abandoned shortly after, with the 34-year-old able to walk from the field. The former Manchester United and Tottenham midfielder was fitted with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) […]

Tasked with a rebuild of such scale, it is crucial Celtic do not repeat the mistakes of last season. Incomings were left until the end of the summer window, by which time they were already out of Champions League qualifying. Michel-Ange Balikwisha was brought in for a significant fee after weeks of talks and failed […]

BBC Sport understands that none of DR Congo’s players – who all play for clubs outside of the country – have visited their homeland recently, but some support staff and fans have travelled from there. The squad are finalising their preparations in Marbella in Spain after a 10-day training camp in Belgium which included a […]

Bellamy has regularly been keen to stress the need for Wales to increase and improve their player pool. The 46-year-old has used 37 different players during his tenure to date. He has also handed seven players – Karl Darlow, Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Kai Andrews, Joel Colwill, Isaak Davies and Cameron Congreve – their senior […]