Alex Bysouth
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- 7
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- Oct 1, 2026
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David Beckham, Harry Kane, Gareth Bale: Ranking the best British exports this century (opens the original)
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Gazza's baggy Roman shellsuit, John Charles plundering black-and-white goals in Turin, King Kev's floodlit perm dazzling Volksparkstadion terraces, Glenn Hoddle's minuscule Monegasque shorts. They were all trailblazers and trendsetters, their tales relayed through continental dispatches and espresso-fuelled Saturday morning showreels. Yet what was once an exotic European escapade for Britain's star footballers is now a well-trodden pilgrimage, as an increasing number of players eye opportunities
Football scouting: Hidden gems and the race to discover emerging talent (opens the original)
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The world's biggest clubs were all aware of the teenage sensation turning heads for Universidad de Chile, the one dubbed his generation's Alexis Sanchez. "When we signed Dario Osorio, it was not because no-one knew about him," Kristian Kjaer, technical director at Midtjylland, tells BBC Sport. Osorio was on the radar of AC Milan, RB Leipzig, Salzburg and a number of other English and German clubs before he left Santiago for Denmark at the age of 19. It was a carefully considered pathway. After t
FPL: Ranking the most iconic fantasy football picks ever (opens the original)
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Scanning the newspaper, inky fingers and fuzzled minds, scrambling for the calculator and jotting down the codes for Julian Dicks and Juninho. These lads will carry the team until you remember to pick up the house phone and cash in a transfer a few months down the line. Before templates and triple captains there was a world of fantasy football that existed by writing out your XI and ringing in the names. Parents used it as a summer-holiday maths lesson. Yet whether in print or online, there's no
Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool: Ranking Europe's greatest dynasties (opens the original)
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Some find success sweet but fleeting, others spend years building to the pinnacle, and then there are those whose lasting glory evolves into a dynasty. Paris St-Germain begin their Champions League campaign on Wednesday hoping to enter that bracket, attempting to become continental champions for a third successive season. To mark this, we're looking at how the Parisians compare to those clubs who have enjoyed the most dominant eras in European competition. Some will point out that football exist
Ranking the biggest game-changing transfers of the Premier League era (opens the original)
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The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night. Now comes the moment for new arrivals to make their mark on the pitch rather than the balance sheet. Throughout the Premier League era there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle. I've ranked my top 10 b
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