Shaka Hislop presents his weekly Power Rankings and you’ll be quite surprised with a few glaring omissions.
All change! Previous members of this exclusive club have fallen after poor results, which means we have a new leader and five new entries.
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Dropping out: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Manchester City, Leicester, Athletic Bilbao
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Frank Leboeuf breaks down what Neymar needs to do to get back in the good graces of PSG fans after failing to leave the club in the summer.

Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Gareth Bale all miss out on the Exploding Heads’ FIFA 20 simulation of the PSG vs. Real Madrid Champions League showdown.

ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens speaks to Neymar’s talent and ability to rise to the occasion following his game winner against Strasbourg,
Barcelona did everything in their power to satisfy Ernesto Valverde’s demands for Neymar but the Catalan club were not able to complete the move as PSG rejected all their offers, said club CEO Oscar Grau.
Valverde’s side were linked with Neymar since the beginning of the summer transfer window after it emerged that the Brazilian wanted to leave the Ligue 1 side only two years after joining them from Barcelona in a €222 million deal.

– When does the transfer window reopen?
– All major completed…

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Frank Leboeuf joins the ESPN FC crew to break down how Paris Saint-Germain came together as a team to defeat Real Madrid 3-0 in the Champions League.

ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol cannot find a positive thing to say about Real Madrid’s performance in their 3-0 defeat at PSG.
Angel Di Maria has told ESPN that Paris Saint-Germain made Real Madrid “weak” in their emphatic 3-0 Champions League win over the 13-time European champions on Wednesday.
The Argentina international scored two first half goals at Parc des Princes as PSG seized early control of Group A, while Thomas Meunier added a late third.
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Speaking after the final whistle, Di Maria refuted that Madrid were weak on the night and insisted the French champions were…

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PARIS — The Spanish team had more Frenchmen (three) than the French team (one). The French team had more Spaniards (two) than the Spanish team (one). Real Madrid’s dark-hued kit looked, at least from a distance, like Paris Saint-Germain’s home outfit, and if you removed the vertical red-blue stripe then PSG’s retro uniform — harking back to the 1980s salad days of Safet Susic — appeared to the untrained eye a knock-off of Madrid’s iconic meringue get-up.
All of which was somehow fitting in a…

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ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol cannot find a positive thing to say about Real Madrid’s performance in their 3-0 defeat at PSG.

Frank Leboeuf joins the ESPN FC crew to break down how Paris Saint-Germain came together as a team to defeat Real Madrid 3-0 in the Champions League.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane fumed at his team’s lack of intensity after the 13-times European champions started their Champions League campaign with a chastening 3-0 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Real, record European champions, were overwhelmed, especially in midfield, and failed to muster a single shot on target at the Parc des Princes.

– Champions League group stage: All you need to know
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“Clearly they were better than us in…

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