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PALACE HERO HOMECOMING? Crystal Palace academy graduate Aaron Wan-Bissaka left the club to join Man. United for£50 million in 2019, but MATCH spies reckon he wants to return to his boyhood side! Things haven’t gone to plan for the right-back at Old Trafford so United are ready to cut their losses now! WHAT DEALS COULD HAPPEN THIS SUMMER? The summer transfer window officially opens on June 10 in England and ends on September 1! With almost three months to strengthen their squads, we look at some of the top targets for Premier League clubs… MEGA STAR MOVE? The biggest rumour of the summer so far has to be Neymar to Chelsea! After PSG extended Kylian Mbappe’s contract for three more seasons, Ligue 1 spies started whispering that the Brazil baller…

RECORD TRANSFER! august 5 Man. City broke their first record of the season before it had even started! They landed Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish for a British record £100 million transfer fee, with the England playmaker being handed Sergio Aguero’s old No.10 jersey! SLOW START! august 15 Here’s proof that losing your first game of the season isn’t the end of the world… City lost 1-0 to Tottenham in London, making it the first time in ten years that they’d failed to win their opening league fixture of the season! BACK-TO-BACK ROUTS! august 21 &28 Man. City quickly put their opening-day disappointment behind them with back-to-back 5-0 wins over Norwich and Arsenal! Grealish scored his first goal in a City shirt in the win over The Canaries! CHELSEA SILENCED!…

Man. City Home Shirt 2022-23 The maroon trimon Man. City’s new home shirt isn’t a tribute to relegated Burnley, but to the Manchester club’s past! Their team of the late 1960s and early '70s, which won every domestic title available, wore a similar style shirt, with the crest in the middle. The crown logo inside the neckline is a nod to legendary past player Colin Bell, who was known as 'Colin the King'! Price: £70 puma.com Arsenal Home Shirt 2022-23 If you’re a fan of shirts with collars, you’re gonna love the new Arsenal home jersey! It’s the first Gunners shirt to have a collar since 2017-18, with the lightning bolt design a really ‘striking’ touch. Other than the standout collar, the rest of the design is actually almost identical…

87 He was the third-highest chance creator in the Prem last season, behind only Trent Alexander-Arnold and Bruno Fernandes! 1 Against Wolves, he became the first-ever midfielder to score three goals in a Premier League game with his weak foot! 70 His rocket shot against Leeds in December was clocked at 70mph. Wow! 15 The 15 league goals he scored is a career best for strikes in a single season for KDB! 3 He was the only player to average over three shots and over three chances created per 90 minutes. Danger! 5 No Prem player scored more goals from outside of the box than De Bruyne in 2021-22! 2 He became the first City player to score twice in a PL Manchester derby since Sergio Aguero in 2015! INSTAGRAM…

MOHAMED SALAH MATCH’s tactics for 2021-22 was basically just to captain Salah every gameweek! The joint-Prem Golden Boot winner was the highest points scorer on the game as he recorded his second-highest tally in FPL history. We doubt he’ll ever beat the 303 points he scored in 2017-18! HARRY KANE Despite scoring just nine points after the first seven GWs of 2021-22, and then averaging just two points per gameweek by GW15, the Spurs striker still managed to end the season as the highest scoring forward on the game. Sonny was electric too! ALISSON Proof that premium prices do pay off, the mega expensive Reds keeper was the highest points-scoring goalie on FPL! Even though he had to share the Prem’s Golden Glove with Ederson, it was the Liverpool GK…

ACTION REPLAY How much can you remember from Man. City’s awesome 2-2 draw with Liverpool in April? Name the Man. City CM who scored the opening goal! Two players wore the number 14 shirt in this match. Name one of them! In which minute did Diogo Jota score Liverpool’s first equaliser–13th, 22nd or 35th? Which Man. City forward restored the hosts’ lead in the 37th minute–Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish or PhilFoden? True or False? It was Sadio Mane’s 30th birthday! HIGHER OR LOWER? Karlan Grant bagged 18 Championship goals in 2021-22! Did these stars score more or less? FLAG FINDER! Name the Prem team from their players’ nationalities! NAME THE CLUB! Which womens club’s recent Champo League record is this?…

CAPTAIN JOE WORRALL Getting promoted to the Prem was a huge occasion for all Forest supporters, including lifelong fan Joe Worrall! The Nottingham-born centre-back has spent his entire career at the club and was almost in tears at Wembley after they beat Huddersfield in the play-off final! GAFFER STEVE COOPER Back in September 2021, Forest fans were more fearful of relegation than dreaming of promotion! They were rock-bottom of the Championship table after picking up just one point from their opening seven games, but Cooper came in and totally turned the club’s fortunes around! MIDFIELD MAESTRO RYAN YATES The attacking midfielder joined The Reds when he was a youngster and rose through the ranks at the City Ground! The 24-year-old is now a regular in the starting XI and was…

CRACKING CURLER! TOTTENHAM3-1 LEICESTER MAY1 Sonny started the month with two goals and an assist against Leicester! Both of his strikes were scored with his supposedly “weaker” left foot, including a jaw-dropping curler from long range. It made him only the second right-footed player ever to score ten or more net-busters in a single season with his left foot! ANFIELDOPENER! LIVERPOOL1-1 TOTTENHAM MAY7 For some weird reason, the Liverpool defenders left Son completely unmarked in the penalty area to tap home yet another left-footed goal at Anfield! His opener was eventually cancelled out by Luis Diaz, but it took the South Korea star’s Prem goal involvements in 2022 to 17 – more than any other player! RIVALS RATTLED! TOTTENHAM 3-0ARSENAL MAY12 Fouled for the penalty, elbowed for Rob Holding’s red…

ONLY 6 WEEKS TO GO! QUEENS OF EUROPE? Germany Women have won the European Championship eight times, the most of any women’s side in history – amazing! But their average performances in the 2017 Euros and 2019 World Cup have left many wondering… Have they still got it? THEY’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES! ✔ They dominated Group I to qualify, winning all eight of their matches, scoring 46 goals and conceding once! ✔ They’ll believe! They’re eight-times Euro champs, winning six straight titles from 1995 all the way until 2013! ✔ Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg won the Women’s Euros four times as a player, so she know show to go far! THEY’RE GONNA STRUGGLE! Ⅹ Their 22-year reign as European champions was ended by Denmark in the 2017 quarter-finals! Ⅹ Speaking…

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