Made a World Cup coverage starter pack, going to be adding to it all tournament so feel free to drop recs

👋 to a glut of new followers, suddenly (Have I been added to a list?)

Does anyone else have trouble with Google Docs sometimes accepting accented letters (ã ó etc.) via the push and hold method, and sometimes just...not? It's so bizarre how randomly it decides it's sometimes just not having it at all

Morning 👋 Have you completed your KitTok today 👀 Remember it's now International kits from previous World Cups! www.kittok.co.uk

The most heart-breaking injuries are the ones that occur in the World Cup warmup games, just days away from the tournament itself. Abde Ezzalzouli (Morocco) sprained his knee against Norway yesterday and looks set to be out for 4 weeks. Imagine how he's feeling now...💔

Morocco vs Norway is on ITV4/ ITVX btw

Thankfully Christian Eriksen is reported to be OK, but my god, my head went straight back to Euro 2020 there...horrifying.

Wispa bites > twirl bites

Really cool World Cup memorabilia dive through history by @connorohalloran.bsky.social: 22 tournaments, 22 objects, 22 stories www.espn.com/soccer/story...

After an hour of battling 😁 7a0.com.br/en

The seemingly imminent Real Madrid pursuit of Michael Olisé feels unbelievably pointless We have enough to talk about without needing any of this, thanks

Daniel Peretz signing permanently for Southampton, after spygate, and saying "we go again" is weirdly funny to me. Fantastic signing btw. About €8m for what was arguably the best GK in the Championship from January onward. Thought he'd end up in a top tier.

the World Cup version of 82-0 is fun on its own but it's especially fun because you can build a team with Diego Maradona, Xavi, and Virgil van Dijk and have it fall just short in the final because of Alexi Lalas 7a0.com.br

FOLKS: There’s an NFL game 👀 www.firstdown.studio/build-a-17-0...

Reported on Etsy as plagiarised. If you get a sec, please do the same

Denzel Dumfries to Real Madrid

Sadly for Fulham, Marco Silva to Benfica felt obvious the moment Florentino Pérez set his sights on José Mourinho. A top coach whose quality they will struggle to replace

Delighted to see 18-year-old Lucas Herrington make the Australia World Cup squad. Has been brilliant this season for Colorado Rapids. Had my 🤞 he'd make it.

Altambakti 🫡 Kanno 🫡 We remember you from 2022 🫡

There’s something quite nice about the timing of the parade really. Forces fans to confront the disappointment of the final, process the emotions, then immediately focus on the rich positives of what was still an exceptional campaign. Good for Eze and Gabriel to get the adulation too.

PSA There’s some nice little highlight packages on BBC iPlayer of classic World Cup moments - 2022 final, South Korea’s golden goal vs Italy in 2002, Hagi’s Romania in 1994 etc

I’ll say it one last time: this final being played at 5pm is a pain in the arse

First of the summer on Transfer Talk (also available as a podcast)

Unless Van de Ven is leaving Spurs (no noise of that right now), that’s a perplexing choice from Marcos Senesi… Interested in the answers on this one

More Premier League to Premier League transfers. More £50m+ deals as standard. If that's the case, who is next off the conveyor belt?

Not even remotely surprised Dan is doing something like this 😂

sick

What a season for Evann Guessand 🥇🥇

€80m + sell-on to [Barcelona] it is

Yes

Gonna have to wrap my head around this £70-80m Anthony Gordon to [someone] transfer real quick, because it’s clearly gonna happen

Pretty stunned Nuno Espírito Santo is sticking around at West Ham in the Championship -- if only because appointing club legend Scott Parker for the promotion charge would have been the single most obvious idea anyone has ever come up with. And West Ham don't do complex ideas.

Garner, Bowen, Shaw, Van Dijk and Truffert made it. Rogers didn't, which is a shame, but also entirely understandable.

Hello! I am officially religious, starting now

Arsenal’s party embodies the metropolitan swagger and angst of a divided city | Jonathan Liew

Pep leaving City is a massive opportunity for everyone else. His super power was creating an incredibly high floor, meaning they never dipped out of the top 4. A post-Pep City have to be more fallible and prone to the low points others have all experienced.

I know there’s a lot going on in the Premier League right now, but Aston Villa finishing fourth and winning the Europa League is very, very impressive. 14 other PL clubs had a higher net spend than them this season. They’re ninth in the PL for transfer fees paid for their total squad.

The Portuguese cup final ended HOW

Hench af

Villa have sent some incredibly talented XIs to the Etihad only to lose year after year. Appreciate this wasn’t really a real game, but THIS XI will go down as winners - and that is hilarious

Unfortunately I’m a 2026 football watcher so I can’t really enjoy this turn of events without also wondering what effects UEFA’s SCR limit will have on on their summer moves

Sunderland in Europa is blowing my mind

Good luck to all whose Premier League clubs are still potentially in line to achieve something. This wait all the way up to 4pm is AGONISING; you have my sympathy.

Good luck to anyone playing football in England this weekend. We’re not built for this.

Here's a video I did of my time in Istanbul watching Aston Villa win the Europa League! Sensational experience in one of the world's best cities. Met loads of fellow fans, family & podcasters. Football Nirvana! 🎥 youtu.be/6GpKyciDRR4?... #avfc #astonvilla #Istanbul 🟣🔵

Fair enough thoughts. Playing devil's advocate: We all love Wharton but 2 intl managers have been cold on him. Does his style not suit slower intl play? Spence covers both flanks, crucial given James + Tino are so injury prone (but Spence is inj!) Tuchel loves Burn. Only room for 1 Big Dude? 1/2

My tepid reaction to the England squad: I’m pleased Tuchel has left out the big names that do not fit the style he has implemented (Palmer, Foden). Get the sideshow out of the way now. I’m stunned James Garner (“our mini Valverde”) didn’t make it, and surprised MGW missed the cut too.

How’s Ollie Watkins had TWO iconic looks in the space of a MONTH

📍 The Europa League final