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Bernardo Silva is headed to the Spanish capital, as Real Madrid have confirmed the Portuguese midfielder on a free transfer, signing him to a two-year deal under returning manager Jose Mourinho. Silva departs Manchester City after nine years and four hundred fifty one appearances, leaving behind seventy six goals and seventy seven assists in what was a genuinely remarkable tenure at the Etihad.
And Real Madrid aren't done there. Los Blancos are reportedly in the middle of a full-on transfer spree, with Marc Cucurella already through the door and moves for Denzel Dumfries and Ibrahima Konaté understood to be close. Mourinho is clearly building something with serious ambition, and the Santiago Bernabéu faithful have every reason to be watching this window closely.
Shifting from Madrid to Massachusetts, over twenty thousand Scottish supporters have flooded Boston ahead of their World Cup group stage matches, and the Tartan Army has apparently drunk several bars completely dry. The city's pubs were caught off guard by the sheer scale of the demand, and Boston is getting a crash course in what it means to host one of football's most passionate traveling fanbases.
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