Come for @stighefootball.bsky.social’s report on what makes NEC Nimegen Europe’s most wildly attacking team. Stay for the introduction to the club’s eccentric billionaire owner, Marcel Boekhoorn. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

We surveyed LALIGA players to rank how they feel about their fellow contemporaries 👀 spr.ly/6017B6XUn

Brilliant insight into what it's like coming in from outside football to take over a club. @sidlowe.bsky.social sat down with Mallorca's owners, as they celebrate 10 years in charge, for a 1-hour TV special and this fascinating written feature. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Xabi Alonso returned to Real Madrid as a club legend and one of the most sought-after coaches around, but he lasted 233 days. What happened? Great job from ESPN's @alexkirkland.bsky.social, Rodra and Rodrigo Faez laying bare how Xabi's reign was doomed from the start. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

This is an amazing opportunity to make your mark on ESPN's football coverage. If you can be based in London, then this could be you: jobs.disneycareers.com/job/london/e...

How Viktor Gyökeres became a goal machine, and what he’ll bring to Arsenal. Top work by @jamesolley.bsky.social, @stighefootball.bsky.social and @tkkarlsen.bsky.social www.espn.com/soccer/story...

FC United of Manchester, founded in opposition to the Glazers' Man United takeover, were told they wouldn't last 'til Christmas. Two decades on, they're still here. Great piece by @paul-c-watson.bsky.social

Few players can match Xabi Alonso's CV, and he's already among the elite in his second career as a manager. Here's the full story of his rapid rise in the coaching world, with brilliant reporting and analysis from @alexkirkland.bsky.social and @espnbillc.bsky.social www.espn.com/soccer/story...

A year that started with Raphinha weighing up an exit, Lamine taking exams & Szczesny on a beach in Marbella has ended with the LaLiga trophy & a domestic treble. Barça defied their longest title odds in 15+ years to become youngest champs this century www.espn.com/soccer/story...

One of Barça’s big strengths, says the Rayo coach, is that Flick has convinced them to run more than almost anyone. On their sprinting stats, a fitness team led by Julio Tous & keeping players like Pedri injury free. Help from Victor Moses, Luis García & Ronald Araújo global.espn.com/soccer/story...

Want to join the ESPN FC team? We are now looking to fill a U.S.-based Associate Editor role to work on our digital soccer coverage. disney.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/disneycareer...

These are the greatest goals of the year that you've never seen. The People's Puskas Award is for the scorer of the best goal in an amateur game captured on a Veo camera, and the 8 nominees are incredible. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been such a constant, dominant presence over the past two decades that it’s hard to do the story of his career justice. But we did, thanks to the excellent work of so many great people across ESPN.

Love him or loathe him, you can't doubt the juggernaut that is Cristiano Ronaldo. www.espn.com/espn/feature...

Barça were 10pts clear of Atlético in November. After losing to them, they end year 3pts behind them having played a game more. Flick was proud of performance but it was a 3rd straight defeat at home, Sorloth’s 90th minute winner proving wild ending to intriguing game global.espn.com/football/sto...

Barça took 33/36pts from first 12 LaLiga games, but just 5/18 from next six. What's happened to Flick's team ahead of huge game v Atlético? High line analysis from those who've taken points from them, staggering offside stats & 10 players already on 1,500+ minutes: www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...

Jesús Navas is retiring. The only player who links Spain 2010 with Spain 2024, and a record-breaking legend with Sevilla. Wrote about him for ESPN FC ⬇️ www.espn.com/soccer/story...

An in-depth look at how Viktor Gyökeres seemingly came from nowhere to be the striker wanted by Europe's elite. The story of his early career by @jamesolley.bsky.social, technical analysis from @tkkarlsen.bsky.social and number crunching by @stighefootball.bsky.social. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Went to Valencia for their first game since fatal flooding in the region last month. An emotional day, lots of tears, a beautiful homage & a fitting first scorer in Tárrega, whose family home was among those flooded… plus a first (much needed) win since September www.espn.com/soccer/story...

The squad, the stadium, the Ballon d’Or, the Super League: the issues facing Real Madrid, and what's next www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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