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Oct 28, 2026

Kane's Crown, and the Klassiker That Follows

Harry Kane collected the Ballon d'Or in London on Monday and now walks into a first-against-second Klassiker at the Allianz Arena with Bayern's head coach in hospital.

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Oct 21, 2026

Mourinho Walks Back Into the Camp Nou

Jose Mourinho takes Real Madrid back to the Camp Nou on Sunday six points adrift of an unbeaten Barcelona and without Vinicius Junior.

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Oct 14, 2026

The champions of Europe walk into the one place nobody is losing

Paris Saint-Germain, winners of the last two Champions Leagues, visit an unbeaten Manchester City on a matchday that has already produced 32 goals in nine games.

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Oct 7, 2026

The clock started at 7pm on Thursday

Manchester City lodged their appeal against the guilty verdict at 7pm on 1 October, starting a twelve-week clock that will decide when, and how hard, any punishment lands.

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Sep 30, 2026

Guilty: the verdict that rewrites nine seasons of English football

An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of serious financial breaches across nine seasons, and the sanction is still to come.

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Sep 23, 2026

Football's Cold War Reaches the Ballot Box

UEFA and FIFA are at war over who owns the World Cup, and this week the fight moved openly into the 2027 election campaign.

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Sep 16, 2026

The Great Reshuffle Meets Its First Reckoning

Europe's great managerial reshuffle faces its first verdicts as Maresca's Manchester City go four from four and Mourinho's Real Madrid chase Barcelona.

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Sep 9, 2026

Europe Reopens on a Map Nobody Recognises

The Champions League league phase opens on a redrawn map of Europe, with Mourinho at Real Madrid, Maresca at City and the holders PSG 14th in France.

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Sep 2, 2026

The night the window broke its own record, then broke its word

A record 3.46 billion pound Premier League window closed with Enzo Fernandez joining Manchester City for 125m and two agreed deals collapsing after the buzzer.

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Aug 26, 2026

Six days left, and the money has not stopped moving

Six days from the September 1 deadline, a World Cup summer has pushed Europe's most expensive week into the middle of the season.

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Aug 19, 2026

Ten New Voices, One Compressed Summer

Europe restarts 33 days after the World Cup with ten new Premier League managers, Rodri sold to Barcelona and Pep Guardiola gone after a decade.

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