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Manchester United learned their Europa League fate this week. All of their remaining fixtures in the competition will be played in Cologne, Germany. The Europa League, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis, will continue throughout August, with Manchester United’s round of 16 second leg against LASK Linz on the fifth of the month. […] READ MORE
Belgium international striker Michy Batshuayi has taken a giant step towards replacing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Borussia Dortmund. The 24-year-old became the first player to score a brace on his Bundesliga debut since the Gabon Aubameyang did so in 2013. Batshuayi arrived at Dortmund on loan from Chelsea on transfer deadline day. He wasted no time […] READ MORE
Last night’s “invasion of the Emirates” by Cologne fans is already being described as the most successful Teutonic migration to England since the Angles and Saxons arrived in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. Although there were almost certainly some English-based German fans among the hordes who descended on north London, it appears that about […] READ MORE
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