Football update

🇵🇹💔 𝔼ℕ𝔻 𝕆𝔽 𝔸ℕ 𝔼ℝ𝔸! Cristiano Ronaldo is NOT nominated for the Ballon d’Or for the 4th straight year (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)! 5 Ballon d'Ors and 18 straight years in the top 30... Thank you for two decades of brilliance, CR7!

​❌ 2023
❌ 2024
❌ 2025
❌ 2026

​5 Ballon d'Ors. 18 straight nominations (2004–2022). The end of the ultimate era. 💔👑

🏆 Consecutive UEFA Champions League Campaigns:

👹 Manchester United — 1
💜 Aston Villa — 1
🔴 Liverpool — 3
⭕️ Arsenal — 4
💙 Manchester City — 16

‼️☎️ ℕ𝔼𝕎𝕊: Man City are using AI to compare young players with first-team stars. The aim is to identify weaknesses and link the data to individual training sessions, making the most of every training opportunity.

The system can compare Ryan McAidoo with Antoine Semenyo and identify what he needs to improve to reach Semenyo’s level. City’s academy philosophy also puts players directly responsible for their own development.

The club wants them to study their own data and feedback, identify areas for improvement, and work on them. The ultimate goal remains to develop a player capable of winning the Ballon d’Or in the future.

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‼️💥 𝔹ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will be invited to Carlos Tévez’s farewell match which will be played in December at La Bombonera.

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‼️☎️𝔸𝕃𝕃 ℂ𝕆ℕ𝔽𝕀ℝ𝕄𝔼𝔻: Hansi Flick has decided to keep Barcelona’s captaincy order permanently.

1️⃣ Raphinha
2️⃣ Pedri

The remaining captains were voted for by the players:

3️⃣ Eric García
4️⃣ Frenkie de Jong
5️⃣ Lamine Yamal

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‼️☎️ Man City vs Coventry City in the Premier League:

🐘 Coventry City — 4 wins
🤝🏿 Draws — 4
💙 Manchester City — 2 wins

‼️☎️ 𝔼ℕℤ𝕆 𝕄𝔸ℝ𝔼𝕊ℂ𝔸 on the Man City captaincy group: “Marc [Guehi] was already captain with [Crystal] Palace, he has experience. Gigio [Donnarumma] is captain of the [Italy] national team, he has experience. These are the four captains.

"But I was also thinking about Phil [Foden] because Phil is one of the guys from the house. He's not in that group, but for me, he's also one of the captains, one player that belongs to that group," he told HaytersTV.

‼️☎️𝕆𝔽𝔽𝕀ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃: Mathis Rayan Cherki has been named Man City’s Player of the Month for August 2026! 🇫🇷 ⚽️⚽️🅰️🅰️

A brilliant start to life at the Etihad. 🌟

‼️💥 Arsenal eye superstar signing in January! The Gunners are planning a big attacking addition in Jan 2027, with PSG duo Ousmane Dembélé & Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on their radar. Bournemouth's Junior Kroupi is the alternative if they miss out on both.

ℹ️ Fichajes

‼️💥Carlos Baleba could make his Manchester United debut around September 20 against Fulham, although he may be back slightly sooner.

The midfielder is expected to recover from his ankle ligament injury by mid-to-late September 2026.

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