Mineiro did not lag behind, recruiting both Hulk and Costa to great effect, while Red Bull Bragantino's own corporate-backed, generously-funded model came close to yielding its first trophy with an appearance in the Copa Sudamericana final in November.
Championship fixtures | table | highlightsGet Sky SportsLuton offered very little going forward during the opening 45 minutes.
The Belgian striker, who was starved of service despite making several good runs, had a great chance to break the deadlock at the start of the second half but his first-time effort was beaten away by Ederson.
A €94m (£78m/$105m) move to Real Madrid followed before the Portugal captain then made the switch to Juventus for €100m (£83m/$111m).
But while he lacks the physical presence of his predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo - and the famous beard - Lage has already proved himself to be a worthy successor to the man who brought Wolves back to the Premier League and re-established them as an effective force in the English game.
While Footy Scran relies on audience submissions for the vast majority of their content, Sibley has a tale or two to tell of his own bizarre and depressing experiences when it comes to the beautiful game's often less than beautiful approach to culinary service.
Rangnick told BT Sport: He has been doing that the last couple of weeks - brilliant saves in first half. He is one of the best keepers in the world, I would say.
It's a really positive, friendly and fun place to be, but alongside that there is a tremendous sense of responsibility and honesty when things don't go as well as would like.
Che Adams' goal confirmed Scotland's 2-0 win over Denmark and a seeded place in the World Cup play-offs
Heading into a Champions League clash with Zenit on Tuesday, the holders are having to cope without the services of N’Golo Kante, Trevoh Chalobah, Mateo Kovacic and Jorginho due to a combination of untimely injuries and positive Covid-19 tests.
Tottenham's out of favour winger Bryan Gil is reportedly on the verge of signing for Valencia on a loan deal.
Instead, he reverted to the forward who scored the winning goal for Chelsea in the Champions League final in May.
Real Madrid are leading the race for Rudiger, but the Blues remain more hopeful of keeping Denmark international Christensen at the club for a while longer despite having faced problems in negotiations.
This is a Leeds United who are having to play with their heads and not their hearts and it is proving difficult.
Weston McKennie is another superstar in the USMNT fold, and the Texas-born Juventus midfielder has chosen the Washington Commanders as his NFL team of choice.
He has endured a tough spell at Barceona since joining the club for a reported club record fee in January 2018, spending a season on loan at Bayern Munich after falling out of favour, and playing just 24 times in La Liga in the last two seasons.
What looked like the crucial moment came midway through the second half, the lively Jonny Smith breaking dangerous and teeing up Borthwick-Jackson, who made no mistake as he fired across goal into the bottom corner.
St Etienne, who mounted on a decent challenge despite being a man down as snow fell on the Geoffroy Guichard stadium, are now bottom of the standings with 12 points.
He will be hoping to see some game time against Leverkusen after sitting out 25 games in all competitions at club level and a further 11 fixtures for USA.
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The Seagulls tried to rally before the break, but Neal Maupay skewed an effort over following good play by Bissouma, while Jakub Moder fired over from the edge of the area.
Chris Cadden's exclusion from the starting line-up after suffering a knock saw Hibs move to a 4-2-3-1 formation from the off.
Ahead of the release of his 'ROONEY' documentary on February 11, the Derby County manager has Rooney said: We knew if Chelsea won then they had won the league that day.
On this day in 1886, Arsenal were formed. It, thus, makes sense to reference the Invincibles. Here are the top 10 goals from that season.
His involvement with the tournament has now been blocked on medical grounds – so what were the reasons for Aubameyang's Afcon exit, and when will he feature next for Arsenal? GOAL takes a look.
If you look at our possession, our attempts at goal, we weren't quite clinical enough at the right time.
The France international was initially selected in West Ham's starting line-up, but the club confirmed he was withdrawn after feeling unwell and was replaced by Issa Diop.
Back trouble and a positive Covid test have not helped his case for game time yet Carlo Ancelotti appears pretty set on the fact that Isco does not have a future in this team even when fit.
The Celeste did their best to revert that oversight in November when Lionel Messi & Co. came to visit and racked up 20 infractions, but the result was the same: defeat and a further slip down the qualifying table.
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He thinks I have qualities that can help the team. He can help me a lot, so I think I'm in a good spot.
Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa - Match report and highlightsGet Sky Sports | Live football on Sky SportsPremier League table | FixturesHe was everywhere, in other words, and while his fruitless long-shooting has been a source of frustration for supporters, his long-awaited first goal for Arsenal, headed home from Emile Smith Rowe's corner, showed a set-piece threat they will now hope to see more of.
Borussia Dortmund manager Marco Rose: Almost every day he is confronted with some outrageous speculation, and the way Erling handles it as a young player is extraordinary, I think.
When I was in my early years in Barcelona, I was more anxious about everything, more sensitive for everything, he admits.
Teenage star Charlie Patino is in line to start for Arsenal in this weekend's FA Cup third-round clash with Nottingham Forest.
The manner of the goal gave a new edge to the game and a huge brawl ensued after Billing and Flynn Downes came together.
Asked if he is worried about his future at the club, Solskjaer said: [Losing my job] is not for me to worry about - I work as hard and as well as I can with the staff I've got, top people, professional players but at the moment we're not getting the results.
The top players, they fire the ball at each other and they're trusting the guy they're serving the ball to control it.
Football has a habit of kicking you in the bits where you don't want it and today that happened for us.
Nigel Pearson has done a brilliant job with Bristol City and his team are a totally different proposition to last season.
I didn't think that to be honest, but I knew we would be better. What the boys did last year was really special in such a difficult situation.
Do not even start me on Manchester United, it's no big licks going there and getting a result at the moment.
The Shrimps took the lead through Callum Jones in the 11th minute before Callum Johnson pulled Fleetwood level in the 82nd minute.
Afena-Gyan wasted little time in making an impact on his dream club, scoring three goals in his first four games for the U18s side before quickly being promoted to De Rossi's Primavera outfit, for who he scored four and assisted two in 15 appearances to end the campaign.
It was difficult. I even started to unfollow matches because your focus is on something else or on the family.
With no crowd there, if you asked Man Utd who do you want to play this weekend: Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham or Man City, who do you want to play?
In the modern era, some of them may have been with the same club since the age of nine, then suddenly it is over. It must be like your parents asking you to leave home at the age of 18.
