With the World Cup over and pre-season friendlies beginning in earnest over the next week, it feels like the new club season is hurtling towards us at a rather alarming rate. With that in mind, managers are getting increasingly twitchy when it comes to transfers, with coaches around Europe keen to know which players they will and won't be able to call upon over the coming weeks and months.
Jude Bellingham’s “arrogance” is considered to be a good thing and more productive than similar qualities boasted by Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah, with Danny Murphy explaining to GOAL why criticism of England’s No.10 has been made to look “laughable”. A ‘Galactico’ performer from Real Madrid has been starring at the 2026 World Cup finals.
Liverpool fans may well be casting a keen eye over France's World Cup showdown with Morocco on Thursday, as a brewing transfer saga provides an intriguing subplot to the quarter-final. Something of a merry-go-round could well see Les Bleus winger Bradley Barcola end up at Anfield this summer - ironically a result of the Reds losing out to his current employers Paris Saint-Germain in the battle to sign Yan Diomande.
USWNT head coach Emma Hayes was left starstruck at the World Cup after sharing the pitch with two of the greatest players of all time. The Olympic gold-winning manager was invited to perform the ceremonial coin flip before Argentina's dramatic round-of-16 clash against Egypt, bringing her face-to-face with Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah - an unforgettable moment that even had Arsenal legend Ian Wright labelling the USWNT boss "the queen GOAT."
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