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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter The man who completed football had everything except a starting berth for the biggest club games. Julian Alvarez’s medal collection includes the World Cup and the Copa America, the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, the Club World Cup and the European Super Cup, the Premier League and the Argentine Primera League, some of them more than once.He has been at Manchester City for two seasons and won more silverware than the club earned in the first…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Rangers’ Champions League hopes were handed a dramatic late boost when Cyriel Dessers levelled for a 1-1 draw with Dynamo Kyiv in Poland.The first-leg of the third qualifying round tie was played at the Arena Lublin due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and although Philippe Clement’s side made a good fist of the first half and hit woodwork they found themselves behind at the interval to a 38th-minute goal from Kyiv captain Andriy Yarmolenko.An open game…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA market strategy known as the ‘carry trade’ is partly behind the mayhem that swept across world markets this week.Carry trades involve borrowing at low cost in one currency to achieve higher returns from investments in another currency. One of the most recent examples has been to borrow Japanese yen, expecting the currency to remain cheap against the U.S. dollar and for Japanese interest rates to remain low. The borrowed funds would then be invested…

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxingSign up to our free sport email for all the latest newsEmma Hayes didn’t win seven Women’s Super League titles with Chelsea by chopping and changing a winning formula.So, if the vocal fans that follow the USA women’s football team on social media were expecting anything else, they will get used to being disappointed.The Londoner takes her new team into the Olympic semi-finals against Germany in Lyon tonight having fulfilled her first mission – restoring their self-belief after early World Cup exit in…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Chelsea will discover their Europa Conference League play-off opponents on Monday when the draw is made in Nyon, Switzerland.The Blues have endured a tough start to pre-season, with defeat to Manchester City on Saturday. And there is an early test in their 2024/25 campaign as qualifying for the Europa Conference League begins.After Manchester United’s victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup final in May secured Erik ten Hag’s side a place in the Europa League, the…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Manchester United are exploring options to keep parts of the current Old Trafford stadium, potentially for the women’s and academy teams, should they press ahead with the construction of a new stadium. Such plans would see the club retain iconic elements of the historic ground, especially the pitch, on which so much of United’s mythology has taken place.United minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants the club to decide on stadium plans by December after a recent review,…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThere’s a scene in The Years, Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece memoir, when a version of the author (played by Romola Garai) is describing the book she one day dreams of writing. “It’s about people and memories and time,” she explains, laying out the central themes of not just The Years, but of Ernaux’s oeuvre. At every age and stage, personal and world events have enriched Ernaux’s life and work, which is both fiction and biography,…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter France forward Kylian Mbappe is reportedly set to become the new majority owner of French Ligue 2 side SM Caen as part of a £17m takeover. The 25-year-old, who signed for Real Madrid earlier this summer after a long-running transfer saga and was unveiled in front of around 80,000 fans, is set to become one of the youngest football club owners in Europe. He has reportedly invested around €15m (£12.6m) of his own money via the Coalition…

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and moreStay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Until a week ago, I had never heard of Hannah Gavron. Now I know that she was a pioneering feminist and sociology lecturer, whose work spoke to a generation of women desperate to break free of the stifling patriarchal conformity of 1960s Britain. But in some respects, perhaps my lack of awareness wasn’t surprising; her seminal book, The Captive Wife, only gained traction posthumously, having been published a few…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Arsenal are set to comprehensively elevate their squad after expressing an interest in Mikel Merino and signing Riccardo Calafiori.After losing a fiercely contested title race with Manchester City, the Gunners look to leave no stone unturned by entering this season off the back of a successful summer transfer window.However, while they are eager to strengthen their defensive, midfield and attacking options, Arsenal must find solid replacements for Emile Smith Rowe and Thomas Partey, who are both linked…