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🚨🎙️ Nico O’Reilly: “When you’re young, your friends are going out partying, but you have to say, ‘No, I can’t. I have training.’ ❌🎉

Those are the sacrifices you make if you want to become a footballer.

I’ve dedicated my whole life to football. ⚽️

You don’t really grow up like a normal kid.”

🇸🇦 New Al Nassr coach on why he accepted the job:

“Getting the opportunity to coach Cristiano Ronaldo’s team is not something that happens every day.

Now, I can become a small part of Ronaldo’s story.”

🚨🎙️ | Bruno Fernandes:

“I like to score penalties because people always MOAN that I miss.” 😂❤️

🚨🇪🇸 SHOCKING: Marcos Llorente has RETIRED from international football at just 31!

🎙️ Llorente: “I know I’m still young but this is a personal decision I’ve thought about very carefully. It comes from the heart.”

“It has been an honour to represent my country.” ❤️🇪🇸

A surprising decision while he still has plenty of football left in him.

🚨 CONFIRMED: Barcelona will go again for Julian Alvarez in January.

🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: "Mourinho is a great COACH, I'm convinced he's going to do a great job here.

REAL MADRID is my HOME, it's FAMILY, it's EVERYTHING, I've had a great time here, when Real Madrid plays I always sit in front of the TV."

Nominations for Premier League Player of the Month of August.

🤬🇵🇹🇪🇸 José Mourinho did NOT HOLD BACK with Raúl Asencio after he got done for drink driving:

🗣️ “I spoke with him when I arrived, based on things from the past. Since I got here, I no longer talk about situations outside Valdebebas.

A Real Madrid player has to be one 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 12 months a year.

Everything you do outside your professional area continues damaging the prestige of Real Madrid, which is untouchable.

And with that, I'm basically saying that I'm not happy. Everyone makes mistakes, but accumulated mistakes are a different thing.”

🚨🎙️ José Mourinho on Messi’s Argentina farewell:

“Talking about Messi is difficult. There are simply no words to describe his quality.”

“At 39, he came to the World Cup and still showed us who he is.” 🇦🇷

“He’s one of those players football will truly miss. I’ll even have to watch MLS just to enjoy his final years.” 🐐