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Bayern Munich's recent 2-2 draw with Hamburger SV was a frustrating one for Die Rekordmeister, but among that frustration there was admiration, too, for the opponent's impressive 18-year-old center back. Luka Vuškovic has been one of the most impressive players in the Bundesliga this season and proved it again on Saturday, scoring the goal to give Hamburg a point from the match.

The closest he got to it was Newcastle United's development squad', a group of players deemed not good enough to sign for the academy itself, but sufficiently talented for the club to monitor them via training sessions a couple of times a week, with occasional games. Released from that setup at the age of 11, Burn played Sunday League football, and by 16, when most players sign their first professional contracts, he was struggling to pin down a place in an amateur Saturday team.

The German national team have perhaps the greatest history of football shirts, and have led the way for football fashion with Adidas for years. They deserve to be named beside Brazil when it comes to iconic kits. While there have already been leaks on what Germany will wear on the pitch during matches in North America this summer, there have now been leaks on what the guys will wear pre-match.

Fulham's late comeback wasn't enough at Old Trafford last time out, as Benjamin Sesko struck a dramatic winner to sink them last weekend. Marco Silva's side had done brilliantly to fight back from two goals down, only for the big Slovenian to hammer a drive into the top corner just three minutes after Kevin had found the top corner. Everton drew for the second successive gameweek, held this time by Brighton and Hove Albion on the south coast.

Real Madrid are interested in signing Phil Foden from Manchester City in the summer of 2026, according to . The Spanish powerhouse reportedly view Foden as 'the final, crowning piece of their New Galacticos puzzle'. Foden is good friends with his England international team-mate Jude Bellingham, who is a star for Madrid. This is the 'primary trump card' that Los Blancos are planning to use to convince Foden to switch to Estadio Bernabeu.

Gaelic games coaching is increasingly benefiting from a different perspective. Some time in the future, Shane Keegan can see the current Donegal manager Jim McGuinness taking charge of a League of Ireland soccer team. And in that future, there's a place for the current Limerick hurling coach Paul Kinnerk as a coach.

They played much better, but we have to manage it much better, even because we know we were 2-0 up, and we just need to win this game, Soucek said. We have to go for counter-attacks again as to score a third goal would be important, but we can't concede three goals, because it's sometimes too easy. That's the mentality we should have [to score a third goal], because the best defence is to attack, so that's what we want, but sometimes when we are winning we go too much to defence, and then they create the chances and we didn't manage that.

Speaking to the press after his team lost the second leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal to Arsenal, Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior said the Gunners staff had behaved disrespectfully.

Barcelona want to sign Bernardo Silva in the summer of 2026, according to Sports Boom. Silva is out of contract at Manchester City at the end of the season, and last season's La Liga champions, Barcelona, are keen on snapping up his services on a free transfer thereafter. However, Barcelona are not the only club that are interested in a bargain deal for Silva.

Jones has 18 months left on his current Liverpool contract, so it could be that it would make sense for them to cash in on him this summer. Curtis Jones looks on from the Liverpool bench (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images) The 25-year-old might also feel it's time for a new challenge, and that he could get more regular minutes at a club like Newcastle.

Yeah, look, I'm sure there will be further interest in Nicolas Raskin come the summer transfer window. He will just have one year left on his contract at Rangers and if there's no new deal agreed, Rangers might be forced into cashing in on Raskin. They won't want to risk him running down his contract and potentially leaving on a free transfer.

It should be noted that Rayo Vallecano made significant efforts, undertaking a complete replacement of the pitch, with the aim of allowing the match to proceed as planned," LaLiga said. " However, adverse weather conditions during the works, as well as the forecast for continued rain in the coming hours, have prevented the pitch from reaching the necessary optimal condition.

Of course, it's no secret that he has form in the itchy feet department, as Villa fans who remember his ill-advised crossed-arms Irons' pose on a live Social Media Disgrace feed before a move to West Ham that never materialised will attest. Eager to worm his way back into the good books of denizens of the Holte End after that particular debacle, Duran proceeded to do exactly that by scoring 12 goals in 27 appearances, a tally that included several absolute worldies.