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THE DEAL! Spies reckon United have been tracking Sancho for ages, and they’ve finally reached an agreement – including a huge buy out clause! All that’s left is to agree a price with Dortmund, but a figure of around £109 million is expected to be enough, which would be a new British transfer record! ANTI-UNITED CLAUSE? When Man. City sold youngster Brahim Diaz to Real Madrid, they added an ‘anti-United’clause, basically meaning that Real would lose out on big money if they sold him to The Red Devils! However, they didn’t add that clause when Sancho left in 2017, so Dortmund aren’t against selling to United! SANCHO CONFIRMS? Last September, the winger said he wouldn’t mind a return to England, but he left an even bigger hint recently on social…

YOUCEF ATAL NICE With 90 sprint speed and 92 acceleration, Atal has the pace to burst up the right flank! The proper attacking full-back also has a five-star weak foot, four-star skills and top agility and dribbling, so he’s probably even more effective as a right winger a bit further up the pitch! REECE JAMES CHELSEA The Blues young gun, who can also play at CDM, costs around £5 million, so even some Championship sides with big budgets can snap him up! You won’t regret it, either – James has got the potential to hit the late 80s! FABRICIO BUSTOS INDEPENDIENTE There are some hidden gems in Argentina, including rapid RB Bustos! He’s actually a really similar player to Atal – he’s got high pace stats, the potential to reach…

FACTFILE Age: 20 Club: Man. United Position: Forward Country: England HERO GROWING UP! ELLA SAYS: “Cristiano Ronaldo. When he played for Man. United I used to watch clips on YouTube of him doing his skills in matches, and then I’d go out into the garden and practise them! I loved the way he played, his passion for the game and just how hard working he is. I wanted to be just like him and just as skilful as him!” SCHOOL DAYS! ELLA SAYS: “I worked hard because I wasn’t the cleverest. I had to revise a lot for my exams, but I passed them all! I loved all my teachers and still stay in contact with some now. My favourite subject was PE. I went to every single after school…

THE TIME OFF! ROMELU SAYS: “I miss the competitiveness, I miss training sessions and I miss playing in front of the fans. Right now is a moment for me to analyse my game and see what I’ve done in the last six months, and then to take it forward and try to add something else!” PLAYING FOR INTER! ROMELU SAYS: “Inter were my team in Italy when I was a kid, so it’s a dream to play here.I loved R9 Ronaldo–he was here when I was six or seven–and then later Adriano. I still remember the UEFA Cup final that Ronaldo played in and won in 1998!” WORKING WITH CONTE! ROMELU SAYS: “Antonio Conte has helped me get more assists. When we analyse our game and see positions when we…

THIS WEEK… TWO-TOUCH FINISHING! Do youenjoy scoringgoals? Grab apartner, head to the garden andset up agoal with anytwo itemsyou’ve gotlying around andwork on your shooting tekkers! You’ll become lethal in frontofgoaland score from anywherewithonly two touches–justlike HarryKane! Here are To pTe kkers’ tips… Tr ytotakeyour first touchintospace! Strike themiddleofthe ball with your laces! Keep your head over theballwhile striking! THE CHALLENGE… Now practise this week’s Top Tekkers drill at home! Use a goal or lay down any objects you can find as posts. Set up a rectangular area, five stepswide by four steps long. Make sure the area is around ten steps from your goal. Place a marker one step inside each post, so you have corners to aim your shot at. Your partner passes you the ball when you’re…

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DID YOU KNOW? Over 46,000 fans attended Sunderland’s 2018 game against Bradford – a League One record! STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Sunderland BUILT: 1997 CAPACITY: 49,000 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 48,353 v Liverpool, April 2002 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Newcastle LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: Fratton Park, Portsmouth, 285 miles…

Premier League footballers run on average between 9.8 and 11.8 kilometres per match. Wow! Leicester’s Ricardo Pereira used to play as a striker in Portugal! 34 Dayot Upamecano has completed more league and CL take-ons than any other centre-back in Europe’s top five leagues! 43 Ex-Real Madrid and Bayern midfielder Ze Roberto played professional football until he was 43 years old… 50 …but Kazuyoshi Miura holds the world record as the oldest pro footballer to score a competitive league goal at 50! 22 Achraf Hakimi recorded the fastest top speed in Bundesliga history in 2019 – over 22mph! 93 Toni Kroos has a higher pass completion rate than any other La Liga player this season! 2172 Ederson has played more PL minutes in 2019-20 than any City star!…

CARDBOARD CRAZIES! Borussia Monchengladbach fans are paying for cardboard cutouts to be displayed at their ground – and they’ll stay there if the Bundesliga returns behind closed doors! GROOVY GUANGZHOU! Check out the design of Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande’s jaw-dropping new stadium, which will host over 100,000 fans! They started building it recently and gossips say it’ll cost over £1 billion! COOL KIT COMP! Italian club Pescara held a competition for kids to send in their kit designs – this sick shirt was created by a six-year-old, and will be worn by the Serie B side next season. Awesome! HORROR HAIR! It looks likethe battery died on Antonio Rudiger’shair clippers halfway through trimming his barnet! Nightmare, Toni! BONKERS BAYERN! The Bundesliga giants have finally returned to training, and one of…

1 Gnabry joined Bayern for less than Є7 million in 2018 - thats a bargain considering he's probably worth around ten times that now 2 Gnabry started off his career in Arsenal’s academy way back in 2011, after having spells at six different German clubs’ youth teams! 3 After campaigns with Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim, Bayern swooped to sign him in 2018 – and he won their Player Of The Year award in his first season! 4 He shone big time for Germany at youth level – he was top scorer at the 2016 Olympics, then won the Under-21 Euros in 2017! 5 He stepped up to the senior side with ease, too – he hit a hat-trick on his international debut, and has scored 13 goals in just 13…

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