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English culture where less talented players try to ruin talented players careers. Full of envy

No one does it like Lamine Yamal 🤯

Don’t blame Dowman at all for that reaction, that’s a potential leg breaker from the Fleetwood player. Nasty, nasty challenge.

30 year old Grown man trying to break a 16 year old kid's legs

Might as well play the hits. Now going to mute my phone for a week

🚨 Toni Kroos on Harry Kane winning the Ballon d’Or ahead of Kylian Mbappe: “I’ve seen some people saying Mbappe was robbed. I don’t agree. Kylian is an exceptional footballer. I know what he can do, and I watched his performance against Barcelona. Scoring twice in a Classico is impressive. But I think people have become confused about what they’re actually arguing. Are we discussing who is the more exciting player to watch? Who is faster? Who can dribble past 3 defenders? Or are we discussing who had the better season? Because those are different conversations. I remember something from my time at Madrid. After one match, we were sitting in the dressing room and one of the younger players was watching highlights on his phone. He showed me a goal and said, ‘Toni, look at this. Incredible player.’ I watched it and said, ‘Yes, very good.’ Then he showed me another clip. And another. Eventually I asked him, ‘Did his team win?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ I told him, ‘Then maybe we should find that out before deciding he’s the best player on the pitch.’ He laughed, but I wasn’t really joking. Football has become very focused on moments. A player scores a spectacular goal, everybody shares the video, and suddenly we’re discussing whether he’s the best in the world. But a season isn’t one moment. It’s what you do in February when your team is struggling. It’s how you perform when the opponent knows exactly what you’re going to do. It’s whether your teammates can rely on you every week. That’s why I respect Harry Kane so much. People look at him and see a goalscorer. But watch what he actually does. He comes short to receive the ball. He helps his midfielders. He sees passes that some midfielders don’t see. And then, somehow, he’s still in the penalty area when the chance arrives. I remember playing against Tottenham when Harry was there. Before the match, we discussed his movement, because you couldn’t simply tell your centre-backs to stay close to him. If they followed him, he could create space behind them. If they stayed where they were, he could turn and find somebody running into that space. I remember saying to one of our defenders, ‘Don’t let him make you decide everything for him.’ He looked at me and said, ‘That’s easier to say when you’re not the one marking him.’ He had a point. And Harry has been doing that for years. The difference now is that he’s finally receiving the recognition that should come with that level of consistency. Mbappe can do things Kane cannot do. Of course. But Kane can also do things Mbappe cannot do. And I don’t understand why admitting that has become so difficult. I played with Cristiano Ronaldo. I know what a truly exceptional attacker looks like. But even Cristiano understood that football isn’t decided by how impressive you look in a thirty-second video. You have to produce. Again and again. Harry has done that. And the funny thing is that people are now using Kylian’s two goals against Barcelona to argue about an award that recognises an entire season. It was a brilliant performance. But if you need to explain why somebody deserved the Ballon d’Or, you should be able to discuss more than what he did yesterday. Harry Kane won the award because of what he delivered over the season. Not because he shouted the loudest. Not because he had the most supporters arguing for him online. And certainly not because somebody felt sorry for him after his years at Tottenham. He earned it. You can prefer Mbappe as a footballer. That’s your opinion. But preferring a player doesn’t automatically mean he deserved every award that somebody else won. I think that’s something football supporters should learn to separate. Tonight belongs to Harry Kane. And I don’t think he owes anybody an apology for that.”

Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise. 🏆

🗣️Thierry Henry: “It’s your third one right? But is it the one you really wanted to win?” Yamal: (laughs) No”😭😭😭😭

🚨 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 🧤🏆 He played every minute of Spain’s World Cup campaign and conceded just one goal, playing a massive part in Spain winning the World Cup 👏🇪🇸 He also made history by reaching 650 (!) consecutive minutes without conceding a goal at the World Cup, setting a new record 😲🧼 In 2024, he finished as runner-up behind Emiliano Martínez after an impressive EURO campaign. Now, he’s getting his well-deserved recognition 👏 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆): 2026: Unai Simón 🇪🇸🏆 2025: Gianluigi Donnarumma 🇮🇹🏆 2024: Emiliano Martínez 🇦🇷🏆 2023: Emiliano Martínez 🇦🇷🏆 2022: Thibaut Courtois 🇧🇪🏆 2021: Gianluigi Donnarumma 🇮🇹🏆 2019: Alisson 🇧🇷🏆

About to be runner up in the Champions League David Raya played against @LincolnCity_FC 👍

Burnley have sacked manager Nicky Hayen with the Clarets sat in the Championship’s relegation zone 🚨