Kazuyoshi Miura will continue to be a professional footballer beyond his 52nd birthday Legendary Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura is still not ready to call time on his playing days after signing an extended contract at Yokohama FC. 51-year-old Miura retired from international football in 2000 after scoring 55 goals in 89 games for Japan. He joined […]

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adidas is 70 years old. Happy birthday adidas. More importantly though, The Brand With The Three Stripes have brought out a new pair of football boots to celebrate their anniversary. The iconic Copa Mundial – widely regarded as the loveliest of all football boots ever made (don’t @ us) – has been given a modern […]

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Pavard will join Bayern Munich in the summer Bayern Munich have announced that they have agreed a deal to sign Benjamin Pavard from Stuttgart in the summer. The 22-year-old full-back starred for France as they won the World Cup in the summer, his stunning strike against Argentina in the round of 16 eventually being named […]

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Timothy Weah is expected to complete a loan move to Celtic Paris Saint-Germain’s Timothy Weah has dropped another social media hint that his loan move to Celtic is imminent. Having followed several Celtic players on Instagram – including recent loan arrival Oliver Burke – the USA international shared a post of him appearing to say […]

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Cesc Fabregas is reportedly close to leaving Chelsea It wasn’t quite the fairytale ending, but it seems Cesc Fabregas has played his final game for Chelsea Football Club. Reports prior to the FA Cup Third Round meeting with Nottingham Forest claimed the Spanish midfielder, who previously played for Arsenal and Barcelona, will leave Stamford Bridge […]

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Fabregas is reportedly on the verge of leaving Chelsea Cesc Fabregas missed a penalty in what reports are claiming to be his final game in English football. The Spanish midfielder stepped up to take the penalty in Chelsea’ FA Cup Third Round tie at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, only for the spot-kick to […]

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Ah, the magic of The Cup… The FA Cup Third Round draw sees Arsenal travel to Blackpool for Unai Emery’s first game as manager in the competition. With the game at Bloomfield Road set to kick off at 5.30, Arsenal were delayed in leaving their team hotel by somebody sitting on top of their team […]

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The Uruguayan defender was briefly linked with a move to Manchester United in the summer Diego Godin has reportedly agreed a deal to leave Atletico Madrid The 32-year-old has established himself as one of the best defenders in world football during his nine-year stint at Atleti, who have consistently been one of the best sides […]

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Manchester City are set to lose another promising young talent Brahim Diaz, who joined City’s youth set-up from Malaga six years ago, is now on the cusp of completing a move to Real Madrid. Similarly to Jadon Sancho, who left City for Borussia Dortmund in 2017, Diaz is said to have become disillusioned with the […]

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Confidently, we’re predicting you won’t – without cheating – get top marks on this… We want you to have a go at naming as many scorers in games that have taken place between Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League.  To make your task a little more straightforward, we’ve given you the club(s) for […]

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Bruno Ecuele Manga knew he and his team were in trouble With Cardiff already a goal down to Tottenham after ten minutes, it was he who looked best placed to deal – to try and deal – with Christian Eriksen, as the little Dane started to take aim from the edge of the penalty area. […]

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Being honest, Hamza Choudhury’s display at Goodison Park on New Year’s Day was far from spectacular Yet in this disjointed, stop-start opening to 2019 in the Premier League – settled by a smartly taken Jamie Vardy finish in the second half – it was difficult not to notice the 21-year-old’s contribution to Leicester’s win over […]

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Javairo Dilrosun spent four years at Manchester City Former Manchester City youngster Javairo Dilrosun has claimed his old club treat players like ‘merchandise’. Dilrosun joined City’s academy from Ajax in 2014 but left for Hertha Berlin at the end of the 2017/18 season after accepting he wouldn’t be able to break into the first team […]

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What a year it’s been Most years are good when it comes to football, but 2018 felt just different, that little bit better. The World Cup during the summer was expected to be one of the worst in memory, played under an autocratic regime which crushes its enemies like flies. But in the end it […]

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Paul Pogba turned in another eye-catching display and Manchester United earned another impressive victory against Bournemouth

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Harry Kane has been awarded an MBE for services to football in the Queen’s New Year Honours following his World Cup heroics in Russia Kane finished as the tournament’s top scorer in the summer with six goals as England made it to the semi-finals – their best performance at a World Cup in nearly three […]

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Joe Cole’s playing days came to an end earlier this year Joe Cole will return to Chelsea in a coaching capacity, the club has confirmed. A statement says the 37-year-old will spend the next six months as part of the coaching setup within the club’s academy. He will work across different various age groups, including […]

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Sampdoria face Juventus in Turin on Saturday We could be wrong here, but something tells us Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero isn’t all that hopeful that his team will spring any surprises when they face Juventus this weekend. The Blucerchiati are currently fifth in Serie A, but their hosts on Saturday are already looking well placed to win […]

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An arrest warrant has been issued for Fernando Forestieri, the Sheffield Wednesday striker Forestieri had been due to appear at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court on Friday after he was charged with using threatening words and behaviour and racially aggravated harassment on July 24, the court said. The charges relate to a brawl following a friendly match with Mansfield Town […]

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Oxlade-Chamberlain was injured during last season’s Champions League semi-final first leg win over AS Roma Liverpool’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could return to training by February, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed. The midfielder needed surgery on a knee injury picked up after a tackle on AS Roma’s Aleksandr Kolarov during last season’s Champions League semi-final at Anfield. It […]

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A strong contender for the next Puskas Award, we reckon… There’s only a matter of days left in 2018, yet this goal is up there with anything we’ve seen all year… and it was scored by a 10-year-old child. With a lofted clearance clearance dropping awkwardly over his shoulder, Lennart Karl, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Under […]

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Netflix has released another must-see football documentary series If, like many a football fan, you’ve used the Christmas break to binge-watch the excellent Sunderland ‘Til I Die in its entirety and are now at a loss as to what to watch next, fear not – this should help fill the void. Netflix has released another football […]

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Carlo Ancelotti says Koulibaly was the victim of racist abuse during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan on Wednesday Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has posted a message of support to his international teammate Kalidou Koulibaly after he was allegedly racially abused while playing for Napoli against Inter Milan on Wednesday night. The Senegalese defender was sent off […]

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Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti said he asked for Wednesday’s game to be suspended three times Inter Milan will play two league games behind closed doors after alleged racist abuse of Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly during a Serie A match on Wednesday evening. A third game will also be played with the San Siro’s ‘curva’ section – the […]

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Sky Sports will be broadcasting more than 40 live football matches from across the Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership over the festive period – culminating in Liverpool’s trip to play Manchester City at the Etihad on January 3. Ahead of this, FootballJOE were invited on a three-day behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes […]

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‘Very disrespectful’ Tottenham legend Ossie Ardiles has accused Martin Tyler and Gary Neville of disrespect after discussing rumours linking Mauricio Pochettino with the Manchester United manager’s job during Spurs win at Everton on Sunday afternoon. United parted company with Jose Mourinho last week, appointing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as interim boss until the end of the […]

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Half of all UK motorists are expected to be on the road at some point during Christmas Eve Drivers are being warned to expect severe delays on UK roads on Christmas Eve. Though fewer commuters are expected, having long since booked the day off work, as many as 2.5  million ‘leisure’ trips are anticipated on […]

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Think of Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham side, which three players immediately spring to mind? No need to answer that (at least not aloud); we probably already know what you’d say anyway… Firstly, the obvious choice: Harry Kane. He’s spearheaded their attack these last few years; he’s bagged most of the goals. Easy. Then, it’s probably Dele […]

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Admittedly, this week has been quite a significant one for drone news With recent events at Gatwick airport in mind, it’s understandable that news of a drone being flown over a German top flight football club’s training ground hasn’t made quite as many headlines on these shores as it normally would do. This, though, has been […]

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Jose Mourinho is gone, and things already appear on the up for Manchester United Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s spell as interim manager got off to an impressive start on Saturday evening as United won 5-1 at Cardiff City – the first time the club have scored five goals in a Premier League game since Sir Alex […]

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The Norwegian will take charge until the end of the season Manchester United have confirmed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the club’s former striker, will take charge as caretaker manager for the rest of the season. Jose Mourinho left his position as manager on Tuesday morning, less than two days after United lost 3-1 to Liverpool […]

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Mauricio Pochettino said all the right things in his press conference on Tuesday. Facing the media hours after Jose Mourinho’s dismissal from Manchester United had been confirmed, he politely wished the Portuguese well before hastily insisting he was thinking only of Tottenham’s congested run of fixtures over the Christmas period. Afterwards, he answered questions on […]

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The Europa League group stages are nearly done with for another year Cheer up though, it’s nearly Christmas. Also, there’s this: a completely pointless quiz in which we ask you to name as many of the 48 teams that have played in this year’s Europa League group stages as you possibly can. Exciting stuff, right? […]

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‘I’m fed up of broadcasting channels who have a huge voice allowing this sort of sh*t to be said’ Bournemouth’s Tyrone Mings has announced he’s pulled out of an interview with TalkSport in protest at some of its coverage of the alleged racist abuse of Raheem Sterling. Sterling had responded to the alleged comment, made […]

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Thierry Henry has had a difficult enough start to life as a football manager Having taken the job as AS Monaco boss earlier in the season, Henry has so far been unable to completely transform their fortunes with the club still languishing near the foot of Ligue 1 (although they have won two of their […]

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The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup takes place in the United Arab Emirates this month Despite all their early season woes, Real Madrid look clear favourites to win the tournament which they, along with Copa Libertadores winners River Plate, will enter at the semi-final stage. Though some might mistakenly believe that Gareth Bale is the only […]

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“I’m deeply ashamed by my own behaviour and I feel really bad.” The Chelsea supporter caught on camera screaming insults at Raheem Sterling has denied racially abusing the England international. The incident happened during Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at the weekend, with footage – which appeared to show the man calling Sterling a […]

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“Embarrassing”

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The players will be reminded of their responsibilities Several Arsenal players will be spoken to by the club after images emerged of them allegedly inhaling nitrous oxide – also known as ‘hippy crack’ or laughing gas. Alexandre Lacazette, Matteo Guendouzi, Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were seen allegedly inhaling the substance from balloons in CCTV […]

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“Absolute disgrace” Celtic’s Scott Sinclair has hit out at a fan who aimed a racial slur at him during Celtic’s Scottish League Cup final win over Aberdeen on Sunday. His side leading 1-0, Sinclair saw a controversially awarded penalty saved by Joe Lewis early in the second half of the game. In footage of the […]

7 years ago

Frenkie De Jong has reportedly decided to join Paris Saint-Germain Ajax youngster Frenkie De Jong will ‘almost certainly’ join Paris Saint-Germain, according to a report in his homeland. The 21-year-old is currently one of the most highly rated young players in world football and he, along with teammate Matthijs De Ligt, has been linked heavily […]

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Steffen is expected to be sent out on loan Manchester City have reportedly tied up a deal to sign US international goalkeeper Zack Steffen. According to Goal, Steffen, who has played for Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew in recent years,  signed a contract with the Premier League champions after completing a medical on Thursday. City […]

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Brace yourselves, everyone Mesut Ozil hasn’t played football in nearly a month, and some Arsenal fans (or probably just one of them) have an interesting theory as to why – the kind of theory we’d like to stress we don’t necessarily believe, but thought some of you might find amusing all the same. Ready? Good. […]

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Arsenal’s second and final goal at Old Trafford on Wednesday night has been ruled as a Marcos Rojo own goal Alexandre Lacazette has tweeted the Premier League about their decision to record one of Arsenal’s goals against Manchester United as a Marcos Rojo own goal. Having gifted possession to the visitors in the second-half, the […]

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Pre-season can be gruelling for professional footballers A time to improve fitness and sharpness for the new campaign, players’ progress is monitored closely by their clubs – perhaps not closely enough, judging by Stefan Kiessling’s recent admission. The 34-year-old called time on his playing days at the end of last season, bringing to a close […]

7 years ago

Betting company adverts will not be shown during live sports broadcasts Britain’s most prominent gambling companies have reached an agreement over a ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban over television adverts during live sport. Following political pressure to reduce the number of betting adverts on TV, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), which includes the likes of Ladbrokes, Paddy Power […]

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George Weah’s son has hardly featured for Paris Saint-Germain this season Timothy Weah, the son of former Ballon d’Or winner , George, could be set for a move to England this summer. Weah Jnr’s playing time has been limited at Paris Saint-Germain this season. Despite scoring in their Ligue 1 opener against Caen in August, […]

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Ah, Matteo Darmian. Remember him? Heavily linked with a move back to Italy virtually from the moment he joined Manchester United three years ago, Darmian somehow remained  ’48 hours away from sealing a transfer to Juventus’ for the entirety of the summer transfer window, only for him to stay put at Old Trafford. With a […]

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Arsenal look poised to let another high profile member of their squad leave on a free in the summer Following the news that Arsenal have withdrawn the offer of a contract made to Aaron Ramsey, it’s now being reported that Danny Welbeck will be allowed to leave the club on a free. Welbeck arrived at […]

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While Arsenal boss, Wenger attempted to sign at least 30% of the 7.7bn people on planet earth

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