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MALCOLMEBIOWEI Derby to Crystal Palace Free Transfer SVEN BOTMAN Lille to Newcastle £35million ALPHONSE AREOLA PSG to West Ham £10.5million TAIWO AWONIYI Union Berlin to Nottingham Forest £17million GABRIEL JESUS Man. City to Arsenal £45million SIMON ADINGRA Nordsjaell and to Brighton £6.9million NICK POPE Burnley to Newcastle £10million RYAN FREDERICKS West Ham to Bournemouth Free Transfer FABIO VIEIRA Porto to Arsenal £30million ANTONIO RUDIGER Chelsea to Real Madrid Free Transfer CALVIN RAMSAY Aberdeen to Liverpool £4 million MARC ROCA Bayern Munich to Leeds £10million YVES BISSOUMA Brighton to Tottenham £25million GAVIN BAZUNU Man. City to Southampton £12million…

Germany Population: 83m Capital: Berlin Gaffer: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Ranking: 5th STRONGEST LINE-UP! DID NOT QUALIFY 2  QUARTER-FINALS 1  SEMI-FINALS 1 WINNERS 8 STAR PLAYER! Alexandra Popp Forward The Germany captain has won over 100 caps for her country and scored more than 50 international goals! This squad is young but the 31-year-old Wolfsburg legend adds a wealth of top-level experience! FIXTURES! June 8 ★ Denmark Brentford, 8pm June 12 ★ Spain Brentford, 8pm June 16 ★ Finland Milton Keynes, 8pm IF THEY WERE AN EMOJI… The undisputed queens of Europe have won this competition a record eight times. Sensational! VERDICT! Star players Dzsenifer Marozsan and Melanie Leupolz are unavailable and will be sorely missed, but this young side still has tons of potential! Spain Population: 47m Capital: Madrid Gaffer: Jorge…

IN HIS GENES! Aguerd has footy DNA! His father and both of his uncles also played professionally, with one uncle earning 34 caps for Morocco and playing at the 1994 World Cup! The new Hammer is desperate to replicate him by appearing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar! AGENT FORNALS! The Morocco international should find it easy to settle in London, because he’s already good mates with Pablo Fornals! They met in Malaga when the Spain star was playing in La Liga and have remained friends ever since. Aguerd has even admitted to asking Fornals some questions about The Hammers before making the move! ACE ATTRIBUTES! The £30m signing – West Ham’s fourth most expensive in history – adds something that their backline was lacking a little bit last…

Netherlands Population: 17m Capital: Amsterdam Gaffer: Mark Parsons Ranking: 4th STRONGEST LINE-UP! DID NOT QUALIFY 9 WINNERS 1  SEMI-FINALS 1 GROUP STAGE 1 STAR PLAYER! Vivianne Miedema Striker With over 100 caps and close to a century of international goals, Viv is a GOAT of women’s footy! She’s won the Euros at youth and senior level, and was top scorer at the 2020 Olympic Games! FIXTURES! July 9 ★ Sweden Sheffield, 8pm July 13 ★ Portugal Leigh, 8pm July 17 ★ Switzerland Sheffield, 5pm IF THEY WERE AN EMOJI… The Netherlands are the tournament’s reigning champions and the current holders of the trophy! VERDICT! As well as Miedema, Netherlands also have new PSG superstar Lieke Martens – she won the Golden Ball for being the best player at Euro 2017!…

Arsenal Youri Tielemans Even though Arsenal have landed Porto midfielder Fabio Vieira, The Gunners are still being linked with Leicester baller Youri Tielemans! He’s got just a year left on his contract, so The Foxes could let him leave for around £25m! Club: Leicester Position: Midfielder ALSO LINKED WITH… Lisandro Martinez Centre-back, Ajax Raphinha Winger, Leeds Seko Fofana Midfielder, Lens Aston Villa Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain The former England midfielder has just 12 months left on his contract and he’s unlikely to extend, so Steven Gerrard is looking to use his Liverpool connections to bag the star on a cheap deal this summer! Club: Liverpool Position: Midfielder ALSO LINKED WITH… Aaron Hickey Left-back, Bologna Calvin Bassey Left-back, Rangers Ryan Kent Winger, Rangers Bournemouth Marcus Tavernier It was only recently that Boro extended their midfielder’s contract for another year,…

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England Population: 56m Capital: London Gaffer: Sarina Wiegman Ranking: 8th STRONGEST LINE-UP! DID NOT QUALIFY 4 RUNNERS-UP 2 GROUP STAGE 3  SEMI-FINALS 3 STAR PLAYER! Ellen White Striker England Women’s all-time top goalscorer is the only player ever to reach 50 or more goals for her nation! She was the joint-top scorer at the 2019 Women’s World Cup with six goals, so she can handle the pressure! FIXTURES! July 6 ★ Austria Manchester, 8pm July 11 ★ Norway Brighton, 8pm July 15 ★ N. Ireland Southampton, 8pm IF THEY WERE AN EMOJI… The hosts go into the tournament on absolute flames, winning the 2022 Arnold Cup in February! VERDICT! There’s real hope and belief that The Lionesses can go one step further than the men’s side last summer and get…

France Population: 67m Capital: Paris Gaffer: Corinne Diacre Ranking: 3rd STRONGEST LINE-UP! DID NOT QUALIFY 6  QUARTER-FINALS 3 GROUP STAGE 3 STAR PLAYER! Marie-Antoinette Katoto Striker France fans were shocked when Katoto was left out of the 2019 World Cup squad despite finishing as the league’s top scorer… She became PSG’s all-time top scorer at 23 years old! FIXTURES! July 10 ★ Italy Rotherham, 8pm July 14 ★ Belgium Rotherham, 8pm July 18 ★ Iceland Rotherham, 8pm IF THEY WERE AN EMOJI… They were eliminated in the quarters in their previous three Euros and two World Cups! Are they cursed? VERDICT! Even without Eugenie Le Sommer and Amandine Henry, France have enough quality to strike fear in any opponent. Their PSG attacking trio are lethal! Italy Population: 60m Capital: Rome…

Stockport superstar! Liam was over-the-moon to see a poster of his favourite side Stockport in a recent issue of MATCH! MATCH x adidas! Josiah created these new adidas x MATCH Predator boots, which we’d love to see in the Prem one day! Coman card! Max drew Bayern baller Kingsley Coman after he found an autographed card of the megastar! Brilliant ball! Wolves fan Liam designed this special-edition footy to celebrate Mexico striker Raul Jimenez! Dream team! England fan Isaac had to have his fave player Harry Kane leading the line for his team in the 2022 MATCH Annual! MATCH vote! Did you see the MATCH Awards results in our June 21 issue? Oliver was one of many readers to send in his votes! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook:…