Table of contents for 7-Jan-2020 in MATCH!

MAJA MOVE? Ex-Sunderland goal king Josh Maja could be returning to England! Gossips reckon Chelsea are leading the race to sign him! REMEMBER THE NAME! Rangers’ wonderkid winger Kai Kennedy is only 17, but he’s attracting interest from top sides like Bayern Munich, Roma and Man. City, so he could be getting poached soon! GOMES GOING? Angel Gomes is Man. United’s youngest-ever Prem player, but the 19-year-old could be on the move! His contract ends this summer, and clubs are circling him!…

Before joining The Gunners, Auba spoke of his desire to one day play for La Liga giants Real Madrid – and that dream could become a reality very soon! The Spanish side want him and could offer money plus Luka Jovic, who hasn’t really settled since joining from the Bundesliga last summer, to land their man! Speed king Traore has all the potential in the world, but this season he’s finally living up to the hype! After scoring a screamer and putting in a monster display against Spurs last month, we’ve heard that the Tottenham players told boss Jose Mourinho they need to snap up the Wolves superstar ASAP! Since Fernando Llorente left last summer, Spurs haven’t had an experienced back-up for Harry Kane, and spies say Jose Mourinho has…

THE LOWDOWN WHO? The two biggest clubs in Wales – Cardiff and Swansea! WHERE? The clue’s in the name – the cities are around 42 miles apart on Wales’ south coast! WHAT’S THE BEEF? This is one of the fiercest derbies in the UK – at one point, away fans were even banned from attending! The two cities are huge rivals, and the clubs scrap it out to be top dogs in Wales. In 2011, Swansea won the race to become the first Welsh team to play in the Prem, and met Cardiff there for the first time in 2013-14! HEROES & VILLAINS Wales legend John Toshack hit 100 goals for Cardiff, but ruined his legacy by becoming Swansea’s player-manager and taking them from the fourth division to the first!…

Liverpool ‘Six Times’ Blackout Collection Back in November, we showed you Liverpool’s ‘Six Times’ Collection, celebrating the club’s epic European history! Well… New Balance have now decided to spray all the cool gear in black. It's proper classy! newbalance.co.uk Top-Quality Controllers Got some leftover Christmas cash and don’t know how to spend it? Check out these cool Scuf Gaming controllers for Xbox and PS4! They've got even more bangin' designs and colourways on the website for you to take a look at! scufgaming.com Arsenal Retro Collection Arsenal and adidas have wound back the clock 30 years for this retro Originals collection – including a re-make of The Gunners' famous Bruised Banana away shirt, which this season's away jersey is actually based on! A crew neck sweater, tracksuit tops and bottoms…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH Facebook page now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! SON The Spurs star got the ball just outside his Eown DERS area v Burnley, and then ran the whole length of the pitch before placing it into the net! GRE ALISH On the first day of the month, the Aston Villa skipper scored a screamer v Man. United! He cut into the box, before curling a shot into the far corner! DE BRUYNE The Man. City hero put in one of the best individual displays of the season v Arsenal, and scored two total stunners! SALAH There was no stopping Salah over…

DID YOU KNOW? Craven Cottage is the second-oldest football ground in London – only Stamford Bridge was built earlier! STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Fulham BUILT: 1896 CAPACITY: 25,700 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 49,335 v Millwall, October 1938 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Chelsea LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: The Riverside, Middlesbrough, 218.5 miles…

DREAM TEAM SPURS v THE REDS Tottenham take on Liverpool this weekend – check out their best XI! FIFA-LUTION It’s crazy how much Aaron Wan-Bissaka has improved in the last three FIFAs! FIFA 20 – HIDDEN GEMS Snap up these wonderkids on Career Mode as soon as you can – they’ll become superstars! JONATHAN DAVID With an OVR of 75, David is already a good forward, but he has the potential to be world class as a CAM or up front! He uses his pace and dribbling ability to create chances, and his five-star weak foot to bury them! DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI Szoboszlai already has tons of creative ability, with 80 dribbling, 72 vision and 81 free-kicks, and he’ll improve loads! The 19-year-old has the versatility to play on either wing…

100 Jurgen Klopp became the second-quickest Premier League boss to reach 100 wins! Trezeguet’s goal for Aston Villa v Chelsea last month, assisted by Ahmed Elmohamady, was the first-ever Prem goal to be scored and assisted by Egyptians! 105 In his first 100 matches for PSG, Kylian Mbappe was directly involved in 105 goals! 144 Barcelona a r aand Spain wonderkid winger Ansu Fati’s new contract contains a release clause worth around £144 million. Wow! 10 Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema was the first player in the Women’s Super League to hit ten goals this campaign. Deadly! Freddie Ljungberg used to model Calvin Klein underwear while playing for Arsenal! 35 Tottenham have lost more Prem matches v Man. United than any other team! 9 Aston Villa have lost their last nine…

BAMBOO SHINNIES! League Two team Forest Green are trying to be the world’s ‘greenest’ club, and their latest step has been to create shinpads made from bamboo! PES PERFECTION! On one of their latest data packs, eFootball PES 2020 made some jaw-dropping improvements to some of the grounds, including Old Trafford and the Allianz Arena! BLACKOUT BEAUTY! We were big fans of Dortmund’s blackout 110-year anniversary shirt, but we can’t understand why they didn’t have a blackout badge on the shorts as well!…

MARTINELLI ARSENAL DID YOU KNOW? He scored a goal on his full Premier League debut against West Ham in December 2019! RODRYGO REAL MADRID DID YOU KNOW? He scored a ‘perfect hat-trick’ in just his second Champions League match for Real! FATI BARCELONA DID YOU KNOW? His December goal v Inter saw him become the Champo League’s youngest-ever goalscorer! HAVERTZ LEVERKUSEN DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? He’ he second-youngest player of all ti e e 25 B desliga g s. Total baller! s t me to scor un oal DAVIES BAYERN MUNICH DID YOU KNOW? He scored his first goal for national side Canada when he was just 16 – a new record! JAMES CHEL SEA DID YOU KNOW? He became Chelsea’s youngest-ever scorer in the Champions League when…

SHEFFIELD UNITED v WEST HAM Friday, 8pm There’s history between these two! When Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League in 2007, they blamed it on The Hammers and their dodgy signing of Carlos Tevez! Now The Blades are back in the big time, their fans will give West Ham a red-hot welcome at Bramall Lane, and hope for a big win to get their own back! ASTON VILLA v MAN. CITY Sunday, 4.30pm Villa star Jack Grealish is trying to catch Gareth Southgate’s eye and break into the England squad, and this is the perfect game to impress. If the home side’s captain can outplay world-class playmakers like Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva, he’ll have a great chance of going to this summer’s Euros! TOTTENHAM v LIVERPOOL…

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