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Arsenal Champions League path becomes clearer as Mikel Arteta awaits draw

12Feb

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Arsenal Champions League path becomes clearer as Mikel Arteta awaits draw

WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 25: Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta looks on during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Arsenal FC at Molineux on January 25, 2025 in Wolverhampton, England. Arsenal can cautiously start to prepare for a potential Champions League last-16 meeting after Juventus and PSV Eindhoven were involved in the first play-off ties of the season. Mikel Arteta's side are taking their chance to rest and recover. Left without a game this week due to a premature FA Cup exit last month, Arsenal bypassed the need for a further two-legged knockout tie in Europe by finishing third in the group phase. They were behind only Barcelona and Liverpool at the summit of the 36-team league. The top eight sides secured safe passage into the last-16, which sta...

Lille’s Jonathan David becomes top Canadian goal scorer in Champions League history

Jonathan David of Lille celebrates the victory following the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 football match between Atletico de Madrid and Lille OSC (LOSC) at Riyadh Air Metropolitano stadium on October 23, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. After scoring the winner against Real Madrid, Jonathan David came through with a pair of goals to help Lille beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday. With the goals against Atletico, David became all-time top Canadian scorer in Champions League history with six goals, one more than Tomasz Radzinski, according to UEFA. David, a native of Ottawa, came off the bench to replace Mohamed Bayo in the 65th, then converted a 74th-minute penalty kick for Lille's go-ahead goal at the Metropolitano stadium. His second goal, to seal the 3...

Official: Jürgen Klopp becomes Global Head of Soccer for Red Bull group

For Jürgen Klopp, inevitably, there was always going to be a next job after managing Liverpool, with few ever expecting the 57-year-old German to give up the game for good even if it was clear he needed a break and might never re-embrace the stressful life of a manager of a high level football club. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool FC shows appreciation to the fans after his final match in charge following the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield on May 19, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC/Wolves via Getty Images) Today, we know what that next job will be: Klopp will become Head of Soccer for Red Bull group, a role tailor made for him by Oliver Mintzlaff, with the Red Bull Cor...