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Gabon players issue strike threat as country readies for 2017 AFCON hosting

October 31 – Gabon, hosts of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, has been threatened by its players who say they are prepared to go on strike in a row over non-payment of salaries. Chief among four main demands is the back payment of salaries dating from present day back to 2013.

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Football Marketing

Bournemouth launch predictor game app with Deliveroo prizes

October 31 – Premier League Bournemouth have launched a new app with takeaway food delivery service Deliveroo and incorporating a fantasy football and predictor game. The app has been developed by Irish fan engagement company Sportego.

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AFC News

Saudis scupper bomb plot targeting World Cup Qualifier vs UAE

October 31 – Saudi authorities say they foiled a terrorist bomb plot due to have been carried out earlier this month at a World Cup qualifying match.

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Africa

Belgian Leekens returns to Algeria for second spell with national team

By Samindra Kunti

October 31 – It has been a busy week for Belgian George Leekens (pictured) who is returning to Algeria as national team coach just days after being sacked by his club Lokeren.

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Integrity

Above criticism? Barca take Tebas to TAS over player conduct comments

October 28 – Barcelona have reported La Liga president Javier Tebas to Spain’s highest sports court, the Administrative Court of Sport (TAS), after he questioned their players’ conduct in last weekend’s 3-2 win at Valencia when Lionel Messi scored a stoppage-time penalty.

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Premier League

Doors are starting to close on West Ham and their violent fans

October 28 – England’s Football Association has launched an official inquiry into the fan violence that marred Wednesday’s League Cup tie between West Ham United and Chelsea at the former’s new London Stadium.

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Finance

Sevilla, Atlético and Dortmund challenge myth that big spend means big win

Transfer money record

By Paul Nicholson

October 28 – The accepted football wisdom is that if you throw big money at buying your playing squad then you will win. The reality of this rule of thumb is different and as a rule is challenged by a Football Benchmark analysis that examines the average net player trading activity, between the 2011-12 and 2014-15 seasons, of top European football clubs.

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Performance

Zubizarreta joins McCourt’s Marseilles revolution

October 28 – Marseille have named Andoni Zubizarreta as their new sporting director as American owner Frank McCourt starts a revamp of the club. 

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Football Marketing

Double top: Man Utd return to lead weekly Twitter and Facebook rankings

By Paul Nicholson

October 28 – It has been a strong week for growth in Twitter numbers with nearly 270,000 new followers across the Premier League clubs who were seemingly unaffected by the hackers who broke into the US based Dyn servers that brought the social media platform down.

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Performance

Mourinho falls foul of FA as ref comments land him back in ‘difficult’ position

Mourinho outburst

October 28 – He’s only been back in English football for less than half a season but the self-styled Special One has already fallen foul of the officials.

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FIFA

Dark night at the museum as FIFA clears out CEO as numbers miss target

FIFA Museum

October 28 – FIFA has confirmed reports in the Swiss media by admitting the CEO of its much-touted €128 million museum is leaving, a clear cost-cutting move amid reports of poor visitor numbers since it opened in February.

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Concacaf

USL adds Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury to league for 2017

By Paul Nicholson

August 28 – The United Soccer League (USL) the third tier of the US professional game has won over two teams from the second tier of US soccer, the NASL, for the 2017 season. Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Ottawa Fury will join Reno 1868 as expansion sides.

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Premier League

Crowd violence returns as West Ham turn London’s Olympic Stadium into battleground

October 27 – Some supporters said the scenes were reminiscent of the dark days of English hooliganism as crowd trouble marred West Ham’s League Cup fourth-round home win over Chelsea on Wednesday, with police making seven arrests.

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Performance

Guardiola reflects on his record winless streak as the going gets tough

October 27 – He is hailed as the brightest and most sought-after manager of his generation but has now suffered his worst ever winless streak of six games in all competitions.

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FIFA

Out with the old? FIFA museum faces budget crunch as Infantino seeks cost cuts

FIFA Museum

By Andrew Warshaw

October 27 – Gianni Infantino’s first task as FIFA president six months ago was to open FIFA’s new museum in Zurich and describe it as “the place where football will be lived and breathed.”

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