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Just had a bad OCD moment. I had to hang the washing out later than expected due to a rain shower, so I hung it up in the dusk. It got harder and harder to see what colour pegs I was holding, and I NEED to have all the same coloured legs in a row. It’s a nightmare if the pegs alternate colours.

🚨NEW for Patrons🚨 Transfer Daily - Pastel De Nata 🔴Gyok close but Madueke too? 🔴Saudi Sesko? 🔴Rodrygo and Eze fading away? All is revealed.... or not www.patreon.com/posts/transf...

New! Arsenal Women Arsecast with @maxrads.bsky.social and I discussing the signings of Chloe Kelly and Taylor Hinds, other areas we’d like to see Arsenal strengthen, then there’s chat about Lia Walti at the Euros and Michelle Agyemang’s future

Leeds United are pushing to sign midfielder Sean Longstaff from Newcastle United. More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

“‘We are courageous in the pursuit of progress. We champion our community and each other. We do the right thing (even when no one is looking).’ This is the moral creed of Arsenal. Their fans are still waiting for them to deliver on it.” By @jonathanliew.bsky.social

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Free Newsletter: Once again there is a new holder the most POWER!! Tremble in fear!!! open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

"Women forced back to living under the Taliban’s increasingly repressive regime have spoken of their desperation as Iran accelerates the deportation of an estimated 4 million Afghans who had fled to the country." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A disallowed Portugal equaliser, then one that stands, then a red card. All after Italy's opener in the 70th minute. Despite the late drama, it's a point apiece. Italy and Portugal's qualification hopes go down to the final round of matches in Group B at #WEURO2025...

Probably the best day of the tournament so far.

Portugal thought they had kept their qualification hopes alive late on against Italy through Diana Silva - but the goal was ruled out for offside. But in the last minute of normal time, they strike again - and this time Diana Gomes' effort stands as they level against Italy.

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Have Arsenal found their Rodri? 👀 Martin Zubimendi has signed for the Gunners in a deal worth £60m. Brand new Football Ramble! 🔗 lnk.to/ramble

Newcastle United have agreed a deal with Nottingham Forest for the signing of Anthony Elanga. More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Belgium show you can do something against Spain, as Spain then show you can do nothing when they turn it on www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Manchester United have withdrawn from secret talks over a record-breaking Amazon Prime access-all-areas documentary next season after concluding it could distract from the progress of the first team. #MUFC 📝 @david-ornstein.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Gold Cup post-mortem: Stock up, stock down… vibes good? Kind of. On what was mostly, in my opinion, a successful #USMNT summer www.mlssoccer.com/news/usmnt-a...

Exclusive Man United held secret talks with Amazon for record-breaking behind scenes documentary. Plug pulled amid concerns by Ruben Amorim as to whether timing was appropriate for first team amid team’s struggles in recent years www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

The 2025 Spain are more purposeful in possession than in 2023. They will concede more chances, and more goals, but if they’re scoring five and six, they’ll probably be alright. www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Gold Cup final viewership on Fox …

Belgian manager Elisabet Gunnarsdottir: “We chose corridor defending, where you never chase the Spanish players from one corner to another because, if you do that, you end up in a bit of a shit show”

🚨TOMORROW, WE DO IT LIVE! AT THE MICHELOB ULTRA PITCHSIDE CLUB🚨 Join Rog and Rory LIVE from NYC after the Club World Cup Semifinal. 5 pm ET on MiB YouTube 🗽 SAVE THIS LINK 🎥: mibcourage.co/3GcJRph

A camera phone doesn’t really do justice to the setting of Thun’s stadium - here’s a substandard image anyway

Confirmation of Thomas Frank's big new-look coaching staff. As reported, Matt Wells remains and Stuart Lewis steps up into a really interesting new first team role. A couple of other intriguing appointments and promotions as well. www.football.london/tottenham-ho...

⚽️ Putellas 22’ ⚽️ Parades 39’ ⚽️ Gonzalez 52’ ⚽️ Caldentey 61’ ⚽️ Pina 81’ ⚽️ Putellas 86’ Spain and Belgium equal the record for the most goals scored in a Women's European Championship match - and the world champions look the real deal in Switzerland. #WEURO2025

What might have been. Paul Kitson, Daniel Amokachi, and Bebeto up top for St Mirren would have been like a Championship Manager fever dream…

Spain have their 10th and 11th goals of #WEURO2025 - they haven't even played two full games. Claudia Pina scored the fifth with the pick of this afternoon's finishes, before Alexia Putellas completed her brace to make it 6-2 to the world champions against Belgium.

this week’s column is on arsenal and thomas partey. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The last half-hour from Spain has been an exhibition, with a goal like that to crown it.

This is a full-blown crisis of legitimacy at this point.

It's 340 days until the USMNT's next competitive game 🇺🇸

On Wilson's World, a look at How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup, a rare football novel that works. jonawils.substack.com/p/a-football...

Former Arsenal sporting director Edu has been named as Nottingham Forest’s global head of football. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/589...

Hannah Eurlings drew Belgium level against Spain, but as with their first equaliser, it only lasted two minutes. Esther Gonzalez's third goal of #WEURO2025 restored their lead, before Mariona Caldentey took advantage of some pinball in the box to score Spain's fourth.

Minutes per goal involvement (Goals + assists) excluding penalties Premier League. 89 - Salah 2024-25 116 - Saka pre injury 2024-25 111 - Saka Jan to Dec 2024 Clearly not up to speed on return from injury (1 goal, 0 assists in 460 minutes), but hopefully fully fit Saka can recover 2024 form.

OL Lyonnes have confirmed the signing of USWNT midfielder Lily Yohannes from Dutch club Ajax. She has signed a three-year contract with the French club until 2028. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Philadelphian here. I genuinely have never seen Philadelphia so united on one subject outside of sports than this trash strike. Just pay the workers a living wage.

Will Osula with the pre-season vibes 🤣

Straight to work on day one 😍

“I had a message that said: ‘It is just like a bad night out... Move onto the next one’. That’s exactly what we’re going to do.” Georgia Stanway says England are determined to “put things right” in their next #WEURO2025 match. 📝 @charpur.bsky.social & @alirampling.bsky.social

Nice little video here of Zubimendi, and all his BTS stuff before/after signing. Seems like a really chilled, genuine guy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zqk...

Spain retake the lead before half-time - and it's the captain who steps up. Irene Paredes - making her first appearance at #WEURO2025 - rises highest from a corner to head the world champions back in front.

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Spain getting it in #TheMixer about time

Spain have been all over Belgium in the opening 20 minutes... and deservedly take the lead through Alexia Putellas. But less than two minutes later, Belgium respond after Tessa Wullaert's corner is headed in by Justine Vanhaevermaet... Game on in Thun. #WEURO2025

Spain have been all over Belgium in the opening 20 minutes... and deservedly take the lead through Alexis Putellas. But less than two minutes later, Belgium respond after Tessa Wullaert's corner is headed in by Justine Vanhaevermaet... Game on in Thun. #WEURO2025

Arsenal are seeking to structure a deal that would enable them to buy Eze without a big sale this summer - no concrete offers to Palace from anyone yet - Liverpool may come in - his preference has been Arsenal - frustration with Leipzig led to Gyokeres www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Vanhaevermat and corners 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

That is a shocking goal to give away for Spain, a header from a corner two yards out at the near post.

a Beau Leroux/Cristian Roldan central midfield duo would lead us to World Cup glory. In this essay I wil

Idrissa Gueye has signed a new one-year contract to remain at Everton. #EFC Analysis by @paddyboyland.bsky.social ⤵️ Of all those set to become free agents this summer, Gueye was the most important for Everton to retain. He remains the club’s most reliable central midfielder. 🔗 bit.ly/4lh4Wy7

Rodrigo de Paul has emulated many David Beckham haircuts. Is joining his club next? 🦩

Thomas Müller: The eternal Ramdeuter. www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...

The Monday Raven Newsletter flies SOON 🦅 🇺🇸 Rog’s USMNT reflections ❤️ Football Celebrates Jota and Silva 🔥 The Kylian Mbappé derby is here 🇫🇷 PSG overpower Bayern SUBSCRIBE: mibcourage.co/3xQaQz1

A piece on the Cristian Romero transfer noise, the latest on him, when he is set to return to Spurs pre-season training and the familiar feeling to it all. www.football.london/tottenham-ho...

"He’ll always be alive to us. He’ll always be 28 in our hearts. He’ll always be lifting that trophy, those trophies. He’ll always wear the number 20. He always did lead us to victory." ✍️ @thecenci.bsky.social's column... Read here 👇

A new episode of Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham is now live. Podcast and YouTube links below. 🎧 tinyurl.com/yc5nmd8p 📺 youtu.be/4vUFG_6H0cY

I just discovered that, should the Tories be in power and I, a foreigner, was unable to work anymore, I should not be able to claim any benefits, despite paying tax and NI here for over three decades.

Tickets for Chelsea's Club World Cup semi-final are now $13! 😱 Gianni Infantino did say he loved dynamic pricing.... Brand new Ramble! 🔗 lnk.to/ramble

New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social: "zero f*** given" - how illegal betting operators, many Premier League sponsors among them, were promoting their business in London last week, right under the nose of the regulator which banned them. josimarfootball.com/2025/07/07/b...

Massimiliano Allegri is looking forward to welcoming Luka Modric to Milan... "We're waiting for him to join up with us, he will be here in August. "He’s an important and extraordinary player."

🎙️ A three-part Arsecast Extra on @arseblog.com today: 🔺 Part 1: Zubimendi, Gyokeres and transfer talk 🔺 Part 2: Thomas Partey charges and discussion 🔺 Part 3: Your questions Listen via Acast: shows.acast.com/arseblog/epi...

fair play to Thun, possibly the nicest town I’ve been to for football: Spain v Belgium today. It was either this or Basingstoke v Kingstonian for me this week.

On the links of Rodrigo de Paul to Inter Miami: For this to be possible... Miami would have to lose one DP. Only way. Would likely mean a retirement for Sergio Busquets. It'd be fun... but I for sure wouldn't recommend a $20m fee for a box-to-box midfielder given roster rules.

🇺🇸 USMNT fail at final hurdle - so what now? 🇸🇪 Arsenal close in on Gyokeres 🤕 Fallout from Musiala's fractured fibula 🇲🇽 Jimenez's Jota tribute Today's free TAFC newsletter ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

FIFA have always been a benevolent bunch. So of course seats for Chelsea vs Fluminense are going for $13.40. It's what Gianni always wanted. Marcus and Luke are joined by @otcpod regular David Cartlidge for all the latest football and Brian May news⬇️ lnk.to/ramble

My column from Houston at the end of the USMNT’s encouraging Gold Cup adventure:

A piece on Ethan Nwaneri, the unsigned contract and how young English talents now hold all of the cards. The power of agency... ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

During Paolo Maldini's career he defended against some incredible footballing talent 🛑 Lets look at some of the legends that he faced! A thread 🧵

Southampton are set to sign Damion Downs after a deal worth €8m (£6.8m, $9.4m) was agreed with FC Koln. The move is subject to a medical for the 21-year old striker, who was a second-half substitute in the USMNT's Gold Cup final defeat to Mexico on Sunday. More from @sebsb.bsky.social ⤵️

A few thoughts about what Thomas Frank's Brentford 2.0 approach might look like if you ported it over to the current Spurs squad. And then some more thoughts about how, when it comes to tactical approaches, context always matters. youtu.be/nm4R6PAsOa4?...

Callum Wilson has confirmed he will depart Newcastle United after five seasons at the club.    Callum has played a huge part in our success in recent years and we thank him for all his contributions.   Good luck for the future, CW9! 🫡🖤🤍

The South Stand at Everton's new stadium is at a 34.99° gradient. The legal limit is 35°. The club's new £800m stadium on the banks of the River Mersey is almost complete — @paddyboyland.bsky.social went behind the scenes 🔵 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Understand Spurs are in ongoing talks with Josh Keeley over a new contract with plenty of clubs interested in taking the goalkeeper on loan. More below. www.football.london/tottenham-ho...

Botafogo are in talks to appoint Davide Ancelotti as head coach. Ancelotti departed Real Madrid, where he was assistant first-team coach, alongside his father Carlo at the end of 2024-25. He is currently part of Brazil's coaching staff. ✍️ @mjslater.bsky.social, Mario Cortegana

Marcus Rashford has almost certainly played his last game for Manchester United. But Juan Mata hopes for a scenario which sees the forward thrive at Old Trafford again... Full interview with Mata: bit.ly/404Prkc

tournaments can be so harsh. Iceland qualified for Euro 2025 last July. They've had a whole year of looking forward to it. And now they're eliminated after five days, without being THAT bad, really. Probably second-best in both games but could easily have been two draws.

This week’s Arsenal Women Newsletter focuses on the number 10 position and the various permutations of who else might play there other than Frida Maanum. Arsenal have a lot of midfielders, how Slegers arranges the various pieces is a big source of intrigue awnewsletter.arseblog.com/ten/

Alcaraz, Sabalenka and some (briefly turned off) electronic line-calling. Very enjoyable at SW19

a day in the wimbledon press conference room www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Viktor Gyokeres is a battering ram of a centre-forward — with 97 goals in two seasons for Sporting CP. Would his game translate to the Premier League? Is he the kind of striker that Arsenal need? @thom-harris.bsky.social analyses his style of play, Haaland comparisons and what he would bring.

If you have any questions or topics for discussion for today’s podcast, please send to me and @gunnerblog.bsky.social with the hashtag #arsecastextra Recording at 10am

TELLY GOLD: The end to the BBC broadcast from the 1990 World Cup Final. The game was a total stinker, but Des signs off with a familiar farewell and a moving Nessun Dorma montage. Cue Luciano...