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🇦🇷 Messi may have played his last game on home soil last night, scoring a brace. 📘 Read @conanriquelme’s “Big Boots to Fill” as he tells the tale of the many great Argentines who followed in the footsteps of Diego Maradona.

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⚪️ Spurs have just announced the departure or Executive Chairman Daniel Levy. He has been with the club for 25 years. 📘 “An Echo of Glory” by Gareth Thomas tells Spurs’ story in the 21st century.

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📅 #OnThisDay in 1989, Gaetano Scirea passed away in a car accident. 👑 He left behind a great legacy on and off the field, inclusive of being a 1982 World Cup champion. 📘 Piero Trellini’s “The Match” tells the story of the quarter-final which is be among the best ever played.

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📅 #OnThisDay in 1913, Bill Shankly was born. He’d spend the last 15 years of his managerial career at Anfield with Liverpool. 📕 Gordon Milne, one of Shankly’s first and most important Liverpool signings wrote “Shankly, My Dad and Me” which tells his story.

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📝 Deadline day is here after a long summer of big money moves. 📕 Jim White & Kaveh Solhekol’s “Deadline Day” takes us behind the scenes of football’s transfer market.

🇭🇺 In the biggest game of the Premier League season thus far, Liverpool won 1-0 with a pair of Hungarians at fullback. 📈 Hungary may not dominate internationally, but it’s good to see them active in top-level football. 📚Here are six reads related to Hungarian football.

📅 #OnThisDay in 2015, Kevin de Bruyne signed for Manchester City. 📘 Lee Scott’s “Mastering the Premier League” is a tactcial analysis of Pep Guardiola’s early Manchester City years, with de Bruyne among the most important pieces.

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🏆 With the #UCLDraw completed, we wanted to highlight a simpler time in club football’s top competition. 📙 Steven Scragg’s “The Undisputed Champions of Europe” tells the history of the European Cup, the trophy that preceded the #UCL

📅 #OnThisDay in 2015, Son Heung-Min signed for Tottenham Hotspur. 🇰🇷 He became a club legend, even participating in putting an end to their 17-year trophy drought. 📘 “Miracle in Bilbao” by Tom Barclay releasing in September and will chronicle the club’s 2024/25 season.

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📅 #OnThisDay in 2012, Luka Modric signed for Real Madrid 🇭🇷 In the previous two World Cups, he has led Croatia to a 2nd and 3rd place finish 📈"Rise of the Underdogs" by Bence Bocsak speaks to the change in landscape by telling the stories of non-dominant footballing nations

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📅 #OnThisDay in 2014, Manchester United broke the british record for a transfer fee on Angel Di Maria. 🇦🇷 @conanriquelme’s “Big Boots to Fill” touches on the forward in a book which looks at a plethora of players following in Maradona’s footsteps.

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🇮🇹 Torino face a tough task to kick off their Serie A campaign visiting San Siro to face Inter Milan tonight. 📕 Roberto Pennino’s “Immortal Torino” tells the story of how the Superga air disaster robbed Italian football of its champions in 1949.

🇳🇱 Johnny Heitinga’s Ajax look to remain unbeaten early in the season as they host Heracles. 📕 @JudgeDyl’s “The Ajax Way” discusses the game’s tactical development through the lens of the great Dutch club.

🇩🇰 Thomas Frank has his first big win as Tottenham manager after defeating Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City 2-0 earlier today. 📚 Nick Brown’s “Buzzing: The Story of Brentford’s First Premier League Season” tells how the Dane revolutionized his first English club.

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🇩🇪 Luis Diaz is set to make his Bundesliga debut for Bayern Munich in under half an hour. 📙 Mark Biram’s “Viva Colombia” gives a social history of Colombian football in fifteen players.

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🦅 Crystal Palace welcoming Fredrikstad to Selhurst Park this evening will mark their first match in European competition of the 21st century. 📘 @StephenCBrandt’s “The Team That Could Have Been” focuses on “the rise and fall of Crystal Palace’s team of the 80s.”

📅 #OnThisDay in 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal. 📕 The forward is touched on in great detail in Miguel Pereira’s recent “Bring Me That Horizon” which looks into the history of Portuguese football.

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🇪🇸 Real Madrid kick off their La Liga campaign in under an hour, hosting Osasuna. 🏆 Los Blancos and Barcelona have won the league in 10 of the previous 11 seasons. 📘 Sid Lowe’s “Fear and Loathing in La Liga” is an examination of the rivalry between the two Spanish giants.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Everton and Leeds United are set to wrap up Matchweek 1 of the Premier League. 📘 @roclufc’s “Marcelo Bielsa vs The Damned United” looks into Leeds’ promotion in 2020. 📘 Lou Reed Foster’s “Fear and Loathing at Goodison Park” is about David Moyes’ first spell at Everton.

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📅 #OnThisDay in 1994, Zinedine Zidane was substituted on for his French debut and scored a brace. 📘 “Sacre Bleu” by @mattspiro is a journey “from Zidane to Mbappe” and serves as a great read for those interested in the 1998, and 2018 World Cup winning sides.

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