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Portugal are through to the last sixteen of the World Cup, and they did it the hard way — grinding out a dramatic win over Croatia without Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch. The relief won't last long though, because Spain is waiting in the next round, and that is a different conversation entirely.
Shifting to the transfer window, and Chelsea's midfield situation is getting messier by the hour. Enzo Fernández wants out, with his agent making clear the Argentine is demanding things the club simply cannot deliver right now. At a hundred and seven million pounds, selling him won't be straightforward, but keeping an unhappy player rarely ends well either.
And over at Manchester United, Michael Carrick's midfield rebuild just hit another wall. Mateus Fernandes is off the table, and United are now circling back to a twenty two year old alternative according to Give Me Sport. For a club with genuine ambitions of getting back to the top, these repeated transfer misses are starting to add up in a way that can't be ignored.
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