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CHRIS WHEELER: We expect more from a vastly experienced defender and World Cup winner. We expect more from a 28-year-old whose team-mates during a stellar career include Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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TOM COLLOMOSSE: Before billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens took control of Aston Villa in summer 2018‚ the club were staring into the abyss. Villa had just lost the Championship play-off final to Fulham and facing another year without Premier League funds‚ the club's financial future was uncertain. Eight years later‚ Villa have qualified for the Champions League for the second year in three. In Unai Emery‚ they have one of the world's best coaches.
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The world's biggest derbies take centre stage
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England's Under-15 World Cup campaign has once again descended into chaos after they beat Bolivia with an uncontested last-kick penalty. The Young Lions were awarded a controversial 41st-minute penalty after No. 11 was brought down‚ despite the contact appearing to take place outside the box. It sparked furious protests from the Bolivian players‚ who immediately surrounded the referee.
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We're all living in Antoine's world
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When it rains it pours at Old Trafford‚ and not just through the leaky roof. The beleaguered club‚ facing a managerial nightmare‚ dressing room unrest and unprecedented fan fury at the board and owners - have now been named the worst transfer operators in Europe. Stats boffins at CIES Football Observatory have put the business of hundreds of clubs around the world under the microscope.
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Exclusive: From Pro Patria to the World: Estrella's new model for running football clubs
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French football superstars Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele have been accused of disrespecting Harry Kane after failing to stand to shake his hand before he won the Ballon d'Or - the prize for the world's best footballer - on Monday night. Humble hero Kane posted last night saying: 'Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.' But Real Madrid striker Mbappe had backed himself before the ceremony saying: 'I always think I'm the best [player in the world] but everyone has their own opinion. Maybe it's a good year for this.' In footage from the London Palladium‚ Kane‚ 33‚ can be seen greeting Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain star Dembele in the theatre‚ while they pay little attention to him.
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Harry Kane cut loose at an exclusive London nightclub after his Ballon d'Or triumph‚ partying into the early hours on Monday night. Joined by wife Katie Goodland‚ his parents Patrick and Kim among those celebrating his crowning as the world's best footballer‚ he was seen dancing the night away in Cirque Le Soir in Soho. Still kitted out in his tuxedo having arrived directly from the glitzy London Palladium ceremony‚ the 33-year-old was filmed bopping at the back of the room‚ sparkler-filled champagne bottles making their way through the packed dance-floor in wild scenes of jubilation.
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Stars of football were pictured on the red carpet ahead of the glitzy Ballon d'Or ceremony at the London Palladium. England captain Harry Kane‚ Spain and Barcelona star Lamine Yamal and Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe are viewed as the frontrunners to land the top prize on the night. Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner was among those from the showbiz world taking to the red carpet ahead of one of the biggest nights in the football calendar.
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De la Fuente on top of the world
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The most prestigious individual honours in world football will be awarded in London tonight‚ with Harry Kane favourite to become the first English winner of the men's Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001. Presented by magazine France Football since 1956‚ it recognises the player judged the best in the world across the previous season. And since 2018‚ there has been the equivalent prize for the women's game. Here's all you need to know about tonight's ceremony...
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MATT BARLOW AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: There were heroes in all quarters and Roberto De Zerbi lavished praise freely‚ but the rain-drenched triumph at Stamford Bridge will go down as the night Mateus Fernandes came of age in a Tottenham shirt. Expectations have been sky high since Spurs paid West Ham what was at the time a club-record £85million for Fernandes in July. Perhaps unnaturally high expectations went with an unnaturally high fee for a young midfielder who did not make Portugal's World Cup squad‚ wall all about potential and still playing most of his international football at Under-21 level.
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MATT BARLOW: As Harry Kane closes in on some of football's most prestigious accolades‚ the man who gave him his big Premier League break fears Tottenham have failed their next generation. Kane's success‚ competing for the Ballon d'Or and becoming England's most-capped player‚ reflects well upon Spurs‚ the club where he came through the youth ranks and scored a club-record 280 goals before leaving for Bayern Munich three years ago. At least‚ it does to a point. For Tim Sherwood‚ the brilliant rise of Kane serves to highlight how English clubs can produce more world-class talent if they are prepared to show more faith.
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'Famous‚ but without the good bits': Inside the world of top-level football referees
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Ken Early: There's a reason the world's best players are staying away from the Premier League
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'Like being a s**t celebrity': Inside the world of top-level football referees
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Andoni Iraola says Liverpool have ‘one of the best' players in the world at one particular skill
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The world's best No. 38?