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ESPN Marcotti: I will be surprised if Ibrahimovic stays at Milan Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images Claudio Reyna went to Germany at 21 and went on to become a USMNT legend. Now his son Gio, 17, is doing the same. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images From Jordan Henderson’s barber to lifelong season-ticket holders,
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Julien Laurens explains FIFA’s proposed rule changes with football leagues around the world suspended. Gab Marcotti explains FIFA’s options for completing July 1st transfers if league seasons remain unfinished. Football mirrors life. And football governments sometimes mirror real governments. As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc — first and foremost with human life, but also the
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FifPro General Secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffman explains covid-19’s financial impact on even the biggest clubs. FIFA has recommended extending players’ contracts which were due to end in June and said it will allow transfer windows to be moved to allow for extensions to the current European season caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it said Tuesday. –
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta explains how coronavirus affected him and his family. Global players’ union FIFPro has called on soccer clubs to stop firing players or cutting their salaries before talks. FIFPro says it’s “extremely concerned” that clubs in several countries “have begun to immediately lay off players or unilaterally reduce their salaries” because of
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Barcelona and Real Madrid players are pictured ahead of a friendly Clasico matchup in Miami. The FIFA Stakeholders Committee has recommended that football’s governing body should formally prevent leagues from holding official matches outside of their home territories. The committee released a statement after meeting on Thursday in Zurich, Switzerland, saying: “With regard to matches
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that Iranian women will be able to watch men’s football from October 10th, 2019. USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe reflects on a ‘surreal’ year for her after winning best women’s player at the Best FIFA Football Awards. FIFA president Gianni Infantino lambasted Italian football authorities for “hiding the truth” about racism
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