Last Saturday Newcastle beat Norwich 3-0 in the reverse fixture to sit ninth in the table, 14 points above the relegation zone. With safety secured, fans created a carnival atmosphere at Carrow Road after their Brazilian heroes Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes scored.
Footage on social media also appeared to show the France midfielder cupping his ears to the Stretford End before he headed down the tunnel after the full-time whistle.
So how did Toronto FC president Bill Manning manage to pull off the signing of such a marquee player?
Club Brugge have failed to win any of their last 13 matches against English sides in Europe (D3 L10) since beating Chelsea at home in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1995 - they have conceded 35 goals across those 13 games.
Madrid have no fires to put out elsewhere, with Benzema, Toni Kroos and Nacho all still having 18 months left to run on their respective contracts. There is no concern there.
Pep's collapse curse strikes againManchester City's defeat in Madrid was the latest in a long line of collapses from a Pep Guardiola side in the Champions League.
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But when you achieve something great as we have in the Europa League it is natural that our players will attract interest from other teams.
Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsey is set to leave the Italian side this month after Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri confirmed the Welshman is an outgoing player.
For the upcoming A-League Women season, Nevin has swapped the Wanderers for Melbourne Victory, the reigning champions. It is a move that will continue to challenge another of the bright young talents in the Australian game.
Arteta insisted that his side deserved more from the game and reiterated his belief that Arsenal are going in the right direction despite defeat.
Just over 12 months ago, Barca found themselves in a similar situation when they wanted to sign Garcia from City, but could not raise the cash to buy him despite agreeing personal terms and the player being desperate to leave.
In that period, only Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City have amassed a bigger total expected goals for figure than Brentford (7.67).
Second favourites England start their tournament against Croatia on Sunday, and come into the tournament on the back of two underwhelming warm-up friendly victories over Austria and Romania.
Liverpool will send representatives to Argentina this weekend to secure a £50 million move for Porto's Luis Diaz.
It is so difficult against a team who defend the way they defend. In post-match press conference: Up against a team who didn't want to play, didn't want to attack.
He has come into the camp and trained exceptionally well, so we don't see any problems with him, said Carver.
The Guineans had the only real chance of the first half when Seny Dieng saved a low effort from Morgan Guilavogui.
Motherwell substitute Ross Tierney was sacrificed for a more defensive player 18 minutes after coming on, a decision which did not go down well with many in the home support.
Manchester City defender Kyle Walker will remain suspended for three Champions League games after the club lost an appeal against the length of his ban.
Both sets of players looked bemused as Bankes ordered them off the field, while supporters looked just as confused before an announcement over the tannoy confirmed the reason for the second delay.
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Juve are looking for common sense to prevail, but a final outcome for Ramsey is yet to be determined.
It was a nice light-hearted distraction from the bigger overall job which the former Inter Milan manager has in propelling Spurs towards the Champions League places.
We knew they would come and would try to give everything to win the game so in our heads we had to be 100 per cent, we needed to dominate the game and think we did it.
He could, of course, be referring to another report. The full 45-minute interview can be watched here for full context.
They are not a million miles from that right now, and I think Spurs as a club should always aspire to be in that position.
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Palace were the more threatening team, with Jordan Pickford forced to save from Ayew and Wilfried Zaha before England midfielder Gallagher struck in the closing stages of the first half.
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It is a test for us both, Wiegman said. We are only focusing on the game tomorrow, getting a good performance and winning, then after that we will see.
Everton announced a review of the football structure following the departure of Brands and this has to be an opportunity for the club to re-group and to agree on a system which all can live with, and all can follow, from the owner down.
But they went to Bournemouth, and no disrespect to Bournemouth, Liverpool made that match look like an FA Cup tie away at a League Two team, they were that good.
Coman's future was in serious doubt but he has now recommitted at the Allianz Arena and said: I'm very happy because FC Bayern are one of the best clubs in the world and I know we still have a lot of opportunities and big goals here.
Southgate says that build-up of experience could be a key factor. The team are improving, gaining more experience as a collective and individually.
What is certain, there will be plenty of offers from some of Europe's biggest clubs after this performance.
What an occasion for the fans and the players, they can soak that up, added 36-year-old Bonner. They deserve that because it's a memory you can keep.
The project supports smallholder farmers to source, grow, plant and nurture native and productive trees on their land, which remove carbon from the atmosphere as they grow, and provide alternative sources of nutrition and livelihoods to the farmers.
The striker scored 187 goals on his way to five Premier League titles, winning the Golden Boot once.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino described the situation as crazy on Monday, and the world governing body's disciplinary committee will now investigate the circumstances which led to the suspension.
Pick your Scotland team to face Israel Scotland call-up 'surprises' Armstrong after injury return We have a big one at home against Israel and then we need to travel away to Faroe Islands and we hope we can get the results we need.
It was expected United would face competition from Chelsea, and while the ongoing uncertainty surrounding their financial plight could pave the way for a move to Old Trafford, they will not have a clear run at the coveted 23-year-old.
Newcastle are working hard on a wish-list of players provided by Eddie Howe to improve their squad in January and try to survive in the Premier League.
Italy will have to compete in the 2022 Qatar World Cup play-offs after being held to goalless draw by a plucky Northern Ireland side in Belfast.
