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Marcotti's 2025 wishes: Club World Cup success, tough questions for MLS, more

As the new year begins, Gab Marcotti takes his annual look ahead to the next 12 months in soccer and lays out the things he would like to see in 2025.

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JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW

Best fits and predictions for football's top 2025 free agents

New Year's Day marks the official start of the January transfer window, during which players over 23 with six months left on their contracts can negotiate with new teams. What will these 21 stars decide to do?

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13 players who could move in January: Rashford, Gyökeres, Zubimendi, more

This January transfer window is set to be busy as plenty of top clubs and players need to make deals.

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THE VAR REVIEW

Why Ipswich's penalty vs. Chelsea stood; how Pedro escaped a red card

Were Ipswich Town fortunate to get a penalty against Chelsea? Should Joao Pedro have been sent off against Brentford?

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TRANSFER TALK

Transfer rumors, news: Real Madrid's Güler on Arsenal radar

Arsenal have an eight-player shortlist amid plans to make a statement signing. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.

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'Not in my mind' - Slot on potential new January signings at Liverpool

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THE TOE POKE

The art of scoring: Stars such as Alonso, Guardiola, Havertz, Xavi sketch their favourite goals

Scoring goals is the real art of football, and one journalist has spent years getting some of the game's greatest players to draw their favourites.

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LOOKING AT 2024

Did any of 2024's top players break through the 'Messi-Ronaldo Line'?

Who, if anyone, has reached the sort of numbers in 2024 that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were posting when they were respectively the same age?

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