Race For 007 🏃‍♂️ 🔫

Fixtures & Competitions We’re Watching 📺️ 

Competitions

• Champions League Qualification

• Europa Conference League Qualification

• MLS

• Mexico Liga MX

• Copa Libertadores

• Copa Sudamericana

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup 📋️ 

• Serie A President urges FIFA and UEFA to take action against Saudi market dominance (FI)

• UEFA committee member backs Luis Rubiales in wake of kiss scandal – “What he did was absolutely okay” (FE)

• Rapinoe: Rubiales' kiss signals 'deep misogyny' (ESPN)

• Tickets for Lionel Messi's MLS debut in New York selling for over $20,000 (DM)

• Liverpool win FA appeal against Mac Allister red (ESPN)

• Sochaux saved: Club to play in third division of French football this season (GFFN)

Transfer News, Links, & Rumors 📰 🔗 👂️ 

• West Ham emerge as new favorites to land striker Romelu Lukaku (CO)

• AZ Alkmaar winger Jesper Karlsson closing in on €11m move to Bologna (GDFN)

• Juventus prepare to beat Atalanta in move for Spezia’s Emil Holm (GIFN)

• Barcelona to be offered €20m for forward Ez Abde by Bayer Leverkusen (FE)

• Chelsea agree £14m deal for New England Revolution’s highly-rated Serbian GK Djordje Petrovic (CO)

• Lazio in discussions to sign Marseille’s Mattéo Guendouzi (GFFN)

• Lyon showing serious interest in Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen (GDFN)

• Milan in contact with Paris Saint-Germain for Hugo Ekitike (GIFN)

• Brighton midfielder Steven Alzate is being pursued by both Fiorentina and Sevilla (DM)

• Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia rejected Newcastle United this summer (GIFN)

• Liverpool and Manchester United will go head-to-head for Bayern’s Gravenberch (GGFN)

• Corinthians’ Adson to join Nantes (GFFN)

On The Ball 💼 

• New Barcelona Sporting Director Deco unhappy early on in reign following disagreement over targets (FE)

• Standard Liege’s poor start part of a wider pattern for 777 clubs (GDFN)

• Construction of new Inter Miami stadium delayed (WST)

Data Based 📊 

Coaches Box 🏟️ 

• Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola undergoes emergency surgery in Barcelona (FE)

• Monaco look revitalized under the smart management of Adi Hütter (TG)

• Spinelli: Allegri will leave Juventus at the end of the season (FI)

• Portland Timbers part ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese (90MIN)

Throw Ins ⚽️ 

• How Chelsea use AI to recruit into their academy (SKY)

• True Cost of Football Investigation: Fans face highest-on-record prices for tickets and shirts (MN)

• Saudi Pro League: the key factors that will decide project’s global impact (TG)

Offsides 👀 

• Sky Sports apologizes for comments on Sean Dyche’s clothes (BBC)

• Controversial Spain manager slammed after video emerges of him touching female staff’s breast during celebration (SUN)

• New England Revolution apologize after staffer sends email claiming they have a '100% chance' to see Messi score against their team! (DM)

Injury Time 🤕 

• Mason Mount out for next two matches after injury picked up against Spurs (TG)

• Marseille’s Geoffrey Kondogbia out for six weeks with knee sprain (GFFN)

• PSG’s Lee Kang-in sidelined with quad injury (GFFN)

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