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Iran are set to fire off an official complaint to FIFA over travel restrictions they're facing ahead of the two thousand twenty six World Cup. It's a significant diplomatic flashpoint heading into the tournament, and FIFA will now have to respond to concerns that could affect how the Iranian squad prepares and moves throughout the competition.
Shifting to the transfer market, Tottenham are holding firm on Micky van de Ven despite serious interest from Liverpool and Barcelona. Manager Roberto De Zerbi is adamant the Dutch defender stays put, even after Spurs missed out on European football next season. That's a bold stance when two of Europe's biggest clubs come knocking, but Tottenham aren't blinking.
And in Buffalo, new head coach Joe Brady is opening up about the emotional toll of Sean McDermott's firing. Brady says he was broken by the news, fully expecting his own time with the Bills to be over as well. He wasn't sitting there eyeing the top job — he was grieving a mentor. That kind of honesty from a first-time head coach heading into a new season says a lot about the man running that locker room.
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