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Fixtures & Competitions We’re Watching 📺️ 

Competitions

• Europa League Qualification

• Europa Conference League Qualification

• Copa Libertadores

• Copa Sudamericana

• Saudi Pro League

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup 📋️ 

• Three Lucas Paqueta bookings are under scrutiny in FA gambling probe including the first match of this season (DM)

• FIGC President Gravina hits out at Mancini and De Laurentiis, opens up about Spalletti clause (FI)

• RFEF to hold emergency General Assembly this week in wake of Luis Rubiales kiss scandal (FE)

• MLS commissioner doubles down on no Leagues Cup in Mexico (WST)

• Setback for Liverpool fans as Reds CEO reveals bad news about new Anfield Road end ahead of Aston Villa clash (CO)

Transfer News, Links, & Rumors 📰 🔗 👂️ 

• Bernardo Silva signs Man City contract extension until 2026 (SKY)

• Real Madrid laughed at PSG's £213m demand for Kylian Mbappe (DM)

• Manchester United ‘close’ to completing £34.1m Jean-Clair Todibo transfer (MS)

• Liverpool willing to negotiate with Bayer Leverkusen for 21-year-old prodigy, Piero Hincapie (CO)

• Roma fans dream as Lukaku offers himself for late transfer (FI)

• Bayern Munich agree to sign Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Daniel Peretz (GGFN)

• West Ham close to sealing £38million compromise deal for Ajax star Mohammed Kudus (TS)

• Manchester City eye moves for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze and Wolves midfielder Matheus Nunes (MS)

• Lille enter race to sign Inter Milan striker Joaquín Correa (GFFN)

• Sheffield United agree £18m deal for Aston Villa forward Cameron Archer and remain in talks over loan deal for Man United winger Facundo Pellistri (DM)

• Nottm Forest star Brennan Johnson wants Tottenham move with several English clubs interested (CO)

• Napoli eye RB Leipzig defender Mohamed Simakan (GIFN)

• VfL Wolfsburg eyeing move for Bologna striker Sydney van Hooijdonk (GDFN)

• Fulham keen to trade Monaco target Tosin Adarabioyo for Tottenham’s Eric Dier (GFFN)

• Luis Chavez terminates contract with Pachuca ahead of potential move to Europe (90MIN)

On The Ball 💼 

• Everton face new financial blow as MSP Sports Capital withdraw from exclusivity talks over taking a 25 percent stake in the club (DM)

• Steve Kerr becomes latest US sports star to buy into a European soccer club as the Warriors coach invests in Spain's Real Mallorca (DM)

• Can Italian Football Teams Be Sponsored by Online Casinos and Betting Companies? (FI)

• Harry Kane sets new Bayern Munich record for shirt sales (GGFN)

Data Based 📊 

Coaches Box 🏟️ 

• Nuno Espirito Santo tells Al-Ittihad board Karim Benzema does not suit his style (DM)

• Lionel Messi still ‘unplayable’ and has ‘transformed’ Inter Miami says Nashville SC manager (TS)

• FA will consider Women’s World Cup boss Sarina Wiegman as Gareth Southgate’s successor when he quits England role (SUN)

Throw Ins ⚽️ 

• Spanish club Celta Vigo celebrate 100th anniversary (FE)

• Erling Haaland called out for 400m race by German sprinter Alica Schmidt (DM)

• How appeals against red card suspensions work in the Premier League (90MIN)

• Tactical analysis: How teams are utilizing the box midfield (SKY)

Offsides 👀 

• Second woman speaks over Luis Rubiales sexual harassment – ‘You’ve come to get your kneepads on’ (FE)

• Ronaldinho could return to jail over cryptocurrency scam (MAR)

• Frosinone goalkeeper Stefano Turati handed one-match ban for after 'blasphemous expression' was caught by TV camera (DM)

• Malaga fans hilariously welcome strangers at the airport like new signings in protest at the club's lack of spending after relegation to the Spanish third tier (DM)

Injury Time 🤕 

• Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala sidelined with hamstring injury (GGFN)

• Monaco’s Eliesse Ben Seghir sidelined for “some weeks” with thigh injury (GFFN)

• Chelsea’s Carney Chukwuemeka faces six weeks out after knee surgery (TG)

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