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Tottenham sack Stellini, US soccer has a new sporting director, Real Madrid replacing pitch for fifth time this season, 777 Partners circling around Everton, Arsenal women’s plane catches fire on runway, Barcelona secures stadium financing, a potential new LaLiga logo leaks, an interview with ChatGPT on the future of football business, and a giant Pele doll with a hand for a penis leaves fans freaked out in Brazil.
Good Morning,
Tottenham sack Stellini, US soccer has a new sporting director, Real Madrid replacing pitch for fifth time this season, 777 Partners circling around Everton, Arsenal women’s plane catches fire on runway, Barcelona secures stadium financing, a potential new LaLiga logo leaks, an interview with ChatGPT on the future of football business, and a giant Pele doll with a hand for a penis leaves fans freaked out in Brazil.
Let’s get on with it.
Table Tops
Fixtures We’re Watching
Starting Lineup
US Soccer names Matt Crocker as next sporting director (WST)
Municipality of Naples lodges request to FIGC for Napoli-Salernitana to be postponed for safety reasons (FI)
Construction and the Bernabeu causes Real Madrid to replace pitch for fifth time this season (ESPN)
EFL confirm play-off dates as season heads towards conclusion (SKY)
Media claim 777 Partners now close to buying Everton – Have ‘substantially surpassed’ MSP Sports Capital (SW)
ECA not good for domestic leagues, says La Liga president (TG)
Plane carrying Arsenal women's team bursts into flames on runway, all players evacuated safely (DM)
Transfer Rumors
Chelsea could revive interest in PSG superstar Neymar this summer (CO)
Marseille target USA international Timothy Weah (GFFN)
Emerson Royal’s dad says Tottenham defender ready for ‘bigger leap’ and believes Real Madrid are right fit (TS)
Liverpool begin chase for highly rated midfielder, Yunus Musah, from struggling La Liga side (CO)
Pepe extends Porto contract to 2024 (FE)
Eintracht Frankfurt interested in €15m-rated PSG center back, El Chadaille Bitshiabu (GFFN)
Crystal Palace 'offer Wilfried Zaha new £10million-a-year deal' to make him club's top ever earner (DM)
Official: Danilo Cataldi extends Lazio contract (FI)
Chelsea forward, Kai Havertz, linked with Spanish giants ahead of the summer (CO)
Atletico Madrid chief openminded on Joao Felix return (FE)
Data Based
The Wisdom of Crowds: Can Multiple Voices Outperform Football Experts and Big Data? (AFC)
Haji Wright is one of the top goalscorers in the Turkish Super Lig this season with Antalyaspor ⚽️🇺🇸 #Antalyaspor
His form has reportedly garnered interest from the Premier League 👀 #PL
— Total Football Analysis (@TotalAnalysis)
4:15 PM • Apr 24, 2023
Offsides
Fan gets arrested for spitting at Ipswich goalscorer Wes Burns during Peterborough clash (DM)
Giant Pele doll with ‘hand for penis’ leaves fans terrified after kicking off cup final in Brazil (SUN)
171 Juventus fans sanctioned after Lukaku abuse in Coppa Italia semi-final (FI)
D.C. United suspend defender Mohanad Jeahze after his arrest in Sweden amid assault allegations (DM)
On The Ball
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5:39 PM • Apr 24, 2023
Throw Ins
💣🇪🇸💣 All-New La Liga Logo Leaked:
— Footy Headlines (@Footy_Headlines)
10:15 AM • Apr 24, 2023
Injury Time
Rankings
Meme Brace
The best pitch invader ever 🤣
— Football Twats (@FootbaIITwats)
5:20 PM • Apr 20, 2023
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