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1 MO SALAH LIVERPOOL £77M > £143M 2 EDERSON MAN. CITY £21M > £86M 3 LEROY SANE MAN. CITY £77M > £132M 4 KYLIAN MBAPPE PSG £117M > £164M 5 GABRIEL JESUS MAN. CITY £46M > £92M 6 JOE GOMEZ LIVERPOOL £7.85M > £50M 7 PAULINHO BARCELONA £8.75M > £45.8M 8 D. SANCHEZ TOTTENHAM £31M > £68M 9 MILINKOVIC-SAVIC LAZIO £26M > £62M 10 FLORIAN THAUVIN MARSEILLE £38M > £72M…

BLUEBIRDS BOUNCING! It looked like Wolves were going to run away with the title, but Cardiff have gone on an incredible run to try to catch them! They won eight out of nine games from the start of February, and are now one of the faves to get promoted to the Prem! GOLDEN BOOT BATTLE! Of all the EFL Golden Boot battles, the one in the Championship is the tightest! Goal machines Bobby Reid, Matej Vydra, Lewis Grabban and Leon Clarke are battling it out at the top – and there are others not far off too! TOP PASSING ACCURACY DEAD AND BURY-ED! It looks like Bury could be the first side to get relegated in the Football League! The Shakers have struggled away from home this season, winning just…

GIROUD With three goals in his last three starts for France, Olly should lead the line in Russia! JAMES France did lose at home to Colombia though – James inspired his team with two assists! LANZINI Scoring v Italy has given the West Ham ace a great chance of going to the WC! ICARDI The Inter striker has been on fire, but was left out of Argentina’s last squad! AUSTRALIA The Socceroos lost 4-1 to Norway, who haven’t even qualified for the World Cup! WILSHERE After missing both England friendlies, Jack looks unlikely to make The Three Lions’ squad now!…

Massive MATCH mania! Jack loves getting MATCH through the post every week, and he’s been building up this monster collection since 2014. Top effort! WINNER! Congrts to jack who won this week’s Lovell voucher! Wicked Arsen-wall! Take a look at Dexter’s slick Arsenal-inspired room! The big Gunners fan got snapped reading MATCH and searching for the next poster to stick on his wall! Cool collection! Annuals up top, mags in the middle and posters at the bottom – that was Alfie’s chosen formation for this cool picture of his mega MATCH collection! Paderborn heroes! Massive thumbs up to Connor for sending in this sick team pic of Paderborn United – the boys are bossing it over in Germany! ML Snapped! Check out Andrew with ex-Tottenham keeper and the current New…

Mohamed Salah busted 1four nets, but which player scored the other What was the score 2 at half-time Did Liverpool have 3more or less than 60% possession Who started in goal for 4 The Hornets – Heurelho Gomes or Orestis Karnezis Which Liverpool player 5was substituted off in the 27th minute True or False Both 6sides made all three of their substitutions! How many yellow cards 7were there in the game – one, three, four or five True or False Watford 8didn’t have a single shot on target all game!…

GERMANY AWAY We thought the Germany home kit was cool, but their away one is just as awesome! Just like their home shirt, the away strip is based on the nation’s 1990 World Cup-winning design – and Toni Kroos absolutely loves it! BRAZIL HOME Brazil have worn a bright yellow shirt since 1954, and international footy wouldn’t be the same without it! This year’s shade of Samba Gold is exactly the same as their World Cup-winning shirt from 1970 – can Neymar fire his country to glory in it? ARGENTINA AWAY The South American giants will be bossing a black strip for the first time in their long history! Lionel Messi hasn’t had much luck in previous tournos, so maybe the new colour will help bring him an international trophy?…

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC? Gareth Southgate still hasn’t named a full-time England captain, and it looks like he’ll wait until this summer to reveal his World Cup skipper! We’ve been checking out the candidates to see who’ll get the nod... HARRY KANE Games as skipper under Southgate: 4 Kane will be the first name on the team sheet, and he’s scored in every game that he’s been handed the armband! He’s slipped a little bit further down the captaincy pecking order after missing the last four England matches due to injury! ERIC DIER Games as skipper under Southgate: 2 Southgate handed Dier the armband v mega nations Germany and Brazil! He’s never skippered his club and only has 20+ caps – is he too inexperienced? JOE HART Games as skipper under Southgate:…

Portugal 2018 Home & Away Shirts The champions of Europe will be heading to Russia in two wicked new kits! The golden Nike swoosh and number on the home shirt is a nod to their success at Euro 2016. Sweet! Home: £64.95 store. nike.com Belgium 2018 Away Shirt No wonder Dortmund goal king Michy Batshuayi is so happy – the bright yellow Belgium away kit is super slick! Price: £69.95 adidas .co.uk Brazil 2018 Away Shirt Brazil’s away shirt is epic, too! The cool star pattern design represents the first time they won the World Cup in blue back in 1958! Price: £64.95 nike. store.com France 2018 Away Shirt Solid CB Samuel Umtiti loves France’s away kit! This year's shirt has blue and red dashes, instead of just being plain…

MERSEYSIDE DERBY Everton v Liverpool It’s hard to see anybody being able to match Liverpool legend Ian Rush’s record of 25 goals in the derby. Of the current crop, Leighton Baines has played the most matches in the fixture with 20! Most wins: Liverpool – 90 Top scorer: Ian Rush – 25 Most games: Neville Southall – 41 MANCHESTER DERBY Man. City v Man. United Sergio Aguero could level Wayne Rooney’s record in this fixture with a treble, but he’s still not 100% fit! Vincent Kompany will play his 23rd derby, but he’s still a long way off Ryan Giggs’ apps record! Most wins: Man. United – 72 Top scorer: Wayne Rooney – 11 Most games: Ryan Giggs – 36 MADRID DERBY Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid With both teams…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH Facebook page now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! MATIC The DM’s epic long-range half-volley was defo the perfect way to complete Man. United’s dramatic comeback against Palace! VARDY The technique for Vardy’s goal v West Brom was out of this world! He watched the ball float over his head before volleying into the bottom corner! SALAH The on-flames Liverpool hero is looking for back-to-back POTM wins after an awesome four-goal display v Watford! SILVA The classy City playmaker scored and assisted loads in March, but does he get your vote over Salah and co? THE RESULTS! We’ll reveal the winners in…

Southampton are a selling club! NOT TRUE!  Southampton have sold some top stars in recent seasons, so people call them a selling club, but they’re not! In the past three seasons they’ve sold nine players, but they’ve used that money to buy 16! Mourinho always parks the bus! HE DOESN'T! Jose definitely likes his side to be defensively solid, but he also likes them to attack! Man. United have spent 30% of game-time in the final third this season – that’s the same amount as Liverpool and even more than old club Chelsea! Ronaldo is the free-kick king! NOT REALLY! There’s no doubt that CR7 can hit a mean free-kick, but over the past four La Liga seasons he’s netted with only 9.4% of efforts! Prem heroes Willian and Alexis…

ANGEL DI MARIA PSG FAB FACT! The wicked Argentina wizard has lifted a league trophy in Portugal, Spain and France. Legend! CHARLY MUSONDA CELTIC FAB FACT! Musonda chose the No.67 shirt at Celtic coz 1967 was th European Cup! RONALDO CRISTIANO REAL MADRID FAB FACT! Th e footy legend is the all-time top score r for both Real Madrid an d Portugal! What a hero! DIMITRI PAYET MARSEILLE FAB FACT! The trick machine was named Marseille captain for the 2017-18 season by coach Rudi Garcia! JESUS GABRIEL MAN. CITY FAB FACT! Th e Cit y superstar grew up playin g stree t footbal l i n his home countr y Brazi l – that’s where wher e h e learnt hi s sic k tricks! JUAN CUADRADO JUVENTUS FAB FACT!…

1 BOBBY MOORE 90 CAPS As well as captaining The Three Lions to World Cup success, Moore was also England’s youngest ever skipper at 22. Legend! 2 BILLY WRIGHT 90 CAPS Wright wore the armband in the 1940s and 1950s, and he was also the first player in history to win 100 international caps! 3 BRYAN ROBSON 65 CAPS The all-action star bossed England’s midfield in the 1980s. If he’d had fewer injuries, he defo would have won tons more caps! 4 DAVID BECKHAM 59 CAPS Becks always stepped up as skipper. His last-gasp free-kick against Greece fired England to World Cup 2002. What a hero! 5 STEVEN GERRARD 40 CAPS Stevie G skippered the team plenty of times before being given the permanent armband ahead of Euro 2012! Stats…

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