Table of contents for 18 January 2022 in MATCH!

PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG? New castle are plotting an ambitious deal to sign the Arsenal striker on loan with an option to buy in the summer! He’s one off our Gunners stars on the Magpies wishlist, which also includes Rob Holding, Eddie Nketiah and Mohamed Elneny, so watch this space! ISSA DIOP? Eddie Howe wants to bolster his defence, with West Ham’s Issa Diop one of a number of top targets! The Hammers could be tempted to accept an offer of around £10 million, with Bournemouth’s Lloyd Kelly another alternative at a similar price! AARON RAMSEY? Auba could be reunited with his old Gunners team-mate Aaron Ramsey after Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said that the midfielder was very likely to leave the club in January! Newcastle are one of the front runners…

MLS MARVEL! Pepi joined FC Dallas in 2019 after a loan spell from lower league side North Texas, and made his MLS debut when he was still 16! He only scored twice in his first 24 league games, but exploded in 2021. He became the youngest MLS player in history to hit a hat trick, was Dallas’ top goal scorer and was named the league’s Young Player of the Year! USA SUPERSTAR! Even though he was born in Texas, Pepi could have chosen to play for Mexico instead! He eventually made his debut for the USA in September 2021, netting the second goal in a 4-1 victory over Honduras, before bagging another two in his second cap against Jamaica. He ended the year with three goals from his first seven…

PREM TO PREM! NICOLAS PEPE Club: Arsenal Position: Winger Fee: £25 million We still remember how excited Arsenal fans were when they spent a record sum on Nicolas Pepe back in 2019, but they’re starting to feel a little bit silly now the Ivory Coast winger has flopped in the Prem! Gossips reckon The Gunners want to ship him out on loan with an option to buy this month! NAT PHILLIPS Club: Liverpool Position: Centre-back Fee: £12 million Club: Liverpool Position: Centre-back Fee: £12 million DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN Club: Everton Position: Striker Fee: £40 million The Toffees have missed Dominic Calvert-Lewin this season! He only played four of their first 18 league games of 2021-22, but his injury worries haven’t put off Arsenal or Man. United! The two clubs are considering…

Arsenal Star Man: Aaron Ramsdale Must Do Better: Nicolas Pepe Verdict: Mikel Arteta’s young side are well in the race for the top four! They’ve improved loads from last season! Grade: A- Aston Villa Star Man: John McGinn Must Do Better: Emiliano Buendia Verdict: Dean Smith’s sacking summed up Villa’s poor start to the season, but Steven Gerrard has given them a little boost! Grade: C Brentford Star Man: Ivan Toney Must Do Better: Frank Onyeka Verdict: Most people predicted The Bees would be in a scrap for survival, but they’ve been awesome so far in 2021-22! Grade: A Brighton Star Man: Shane Duffy Must Do Better: Adam Lallana Verdict: Brighton were another side we expected to be near the bottom, but they’ve made themselves well hard to beat! Grade: A- Burnley Star…

PENALTY PAIN! MAN. UNITED3-2 ARSENAL DECEMBER 2 It wasn’t a perfect start to the month for the Arsenal midfielder! He took his second-half goal really well to make it 2-2 at Old Trafford, but then brought down Fred in the penalty area to give away a spot-kick and allow Cristiano Ronaldo to score the winner. Burn! BACK-T O-BACK! EVERTON 2-1 ARSENAL DECEMBER 6 The creative midfielder was Arsenal’s brightest spark against Everton! He stayed composed to tuck in Kieran Tierney’s cross for the game’s opener, making him the youngest Norway international to score in back-to-back Premier League games since 2002! MOTM DISPLAY! ARSENAL3-0 SOUTHAMPTON DECEMBER 11 It was a Man of the Match performance from Martin against Southampton – and his best display of the season so far! He linked…

Leeds are counter-attack kings! Marcelo Bielsa is known for his counter-attacking style, but his side haven’t been very successful at it this campaign! In fact, after 20 Premier League games in 2021-22, they’d failed to score a single goal on the counter! Soccer is an American word! Nowadays we associate the word “soccer” with our American friends, but it actually originated in England in the late 19th century! It was only really in the 1980s that ‘soccer’ stopped being used in the UK. Minds blown! Man. City are the most clinical Prem team! There’s no denying that Man. City and Liverpool are the league’s top scorers this season, but they’re not the most clinical finishers in the Prem! That title goes to Leicester, who’ve converted 11% of their chances –…

Keep reading MATCH for loads of top fantasy footy tips! MATCHTABLE! Here’s our Top 20 before the double-game fixtures in Gameweek 21! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of Gameweek 23’s action! SERGI CANOS MF ★ BRENTFORD £5.5 MILLION With low ownership, Canos can be an ace differential in GW23 at home against Wolves – providing his hamstring is fully recovered! BERNARDO SILVA MF ★ MAN. CITY £7.5 MILLION Even at St. Mary’s, we think Man. City are gonna smash Southampton, so pack in the likes of Bernardo, Foden and a defender! GABRIEL MARTINELLI MF ★ ARSENAL £5.4 MILLION The attacker is an in-form MF costing under £6 million and playing at home to Burnley! What else is there to say?! TRANSFER OUT… We reckon you should…

Arsenal Classics Collection Arsenal and adidas go together like Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka – they were born for each other! The mega brand released this Timeless Classics Collection at the end of 2021, including T-shirts, sweaters and tracksuits based on The Gunners’ groovy look from the 1990s. You can check out the full collection on adidas' website! adidas.co.uk Raheem Sterling Jamaica Boots It’s easy to forget that England superstar Raheem Sterling was actually born in Jamaica, but nothing slips past New Balance! They handed Razza these sick special-edition Jamaica-inspired kicks to celebrate his roots, with the green, yellow and black colours representing the Caribbean country’s flag! newbalance.co.uk Pokémon Legends: Arceus If you got excited by the latest launch of Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, get ready to…

DID YOU KNOW? Huge rivals Inter and AC have shared the same ground since 1947! REDS REUNION! Loads of Premier League clubs were hoping to bring Philippe Coutinho back to the Premier League, but Aston Villa had a secret weapon – Steven Gerrard! The former Liverpool captain played alongside the Brazil baller at Anfield, when they almost won the Prem title together in 2013-14. Can the Villa boss re-ignite Cou’s career after a tough spell? DID YOU KNOW? The deal includes an option to buy the 29-year-old for £33m at the end of the season! DONE DEALS! AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES Arsenal to Roma Loan AXEL TUANZEBE Man. United to Napoli Loan WESLEY Aston Villa to Internacional Loan KACPER KOZLOWSKI Pogon Szczecin to Brighton £8 million HASSANE KAMARA Nice to Watford £4…

NICK POPE BURNLEY We still think goalkeepers are overpowered on FIFA 22, so you don’t need to be spending tons of coins to have a safe pair of hands in net! A lot of Premier League squads start with Leeds’ 77-rated Illan Meslier, but you can land Burnley’s 83-rated GK Nick Pope for just slightly more! EMERSON ROYAL TOTTENHAM Unless you’re swimming in coins and can afford the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold or Kyle Walker, you should be targeting Tottenham right-back Emerson! With a shadow chemistry style, he’ll have 94 pace and 82 defending, which makes him one of the best budget options in Europe! KIERAN TIERNEY ARSENAL The last time MATCH looked, Tierney was on the market for under 1,000 coins, which is a steal for a player of…

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FLIP FORIT! You’ve got a 50/50 chance of getting these questions right. Tick the answer that you think is correct! WIKI WHO? Can you name the WSL star from their stats on Wikipedia? the price is right! Match the stars with the money their current club paid for them! WHERE IN THE WORLD? In which countries would you find these clubs? ACE ACTIVITY FACE IN THE CROWD Spot the ten Prem ballers hiding within the Wolves crowd! ANSWERS Flip For It: 1. Bristol City; 2. Joao Felix; 3. Jadon Sancho; 4. Mo Salah; 5. Jay The Zebra; 6. Jonas Eidevall. Wiki Who?: Toni Duggan. The Price Is Right: 1B; 2A; 3C. Where In The World?: 1. Switzerland; 2. Belgium; 3. France; 4. South Africa. Face In The Crowd: Seeright. MY…