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Federico Valverde's future at Real Madrid is suddenly very much in question. Reports indicate the dressing room has turned on the Uruguayan midfielder, with teammates pushing for him to be sold this summer. For a player once seen as a cornerstone of that squad, this is a stunning fall from grace, and Madrid's summer window just got a lot more complicated.
Across the Channel, Thomas Tuchel made a brutally honest call leaving Cole Palmer off England's World Cup roster. The Germany-born manager said Palmer was simply "not very influential" for Chelsea this season, and individual form wasn't there. Harsh words, but Tuchel isn't building a feel-good story, he's building a squad, and Palmer paid the price for a difficult club campaign.
Meanwhile in South Korea, history was made on the pitch in the most unexpected way. North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC became Asian club champions, defeating Tokyo Verdy Beleza one-nil in the Asian Women's Champions League final. It was the first North Korean sports team to compete in the South in eight years, and captain Kim Kyong Yong delivered the decisive goal just before the final whistle.
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