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

24Oct

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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...

Liverpool to compete with Chelsea, Arsenal and Aston Villa for 26-goal star

Liverpool are reportedly keen on signing Jonathan David from French outfit LOSC Lille. The Canadian international striker is a man in demand this summer and a report from CaughtOffside claims that the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa are keen on the player as well. The French outfit are holding out for a fee of around €45-50 million, and it remains to be seen whether Liverpool can get the deal done. Liverpool are prepared to offer him a long-term contract of around four to five years. David will be attracted to the idea of playing for a big club and Liverpool are certainly one of the biggest in the world. They could certainly use more quality and depth in the attacking unit and the Canadian international would be a useful acquisition. He will add goals and creativity to the...

Lille defeats Fenerbahce in Champions League qualifying

Canadian Jonathan David's 118th-minute penalty for France's Lille on Tuesday ended Turkey's Fenerbahce's hopes of making the revamped Champions League.Lille advanced as the 3-2 winner over Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce after two legs in the third qualifying round.David's penalty lifted Lille into a 1-1 draw Tuesday. Lille won the first leg 2-1.Fenerbahce scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time through Bafode Diakite's own-goal to go 1-0 ahead in the second leg in Istanbul and take the match to extra time.Mourinho was hired in June on an $11-million annual salary to try to win Fenerbahce’s first Turkish league title since 2014. He was attempting to get his new team into the revamped 36-team league stage of the Champions League, which he won with Porto in 2004 and Inter ...