Tielemans joins Manchester United, Balogun speaks on World Cup noise
Tielemans to Manchester United, done deal
Your captain is a Red Devil now. Youri Tielemans has signed for Manchester United from Aston Villa, with a contract running to 2031 (1) (3).
The Belgium skipper did not hide what this means to him: "Als zij bellen, moet je geen twee keer nadenken", when United call, you don't think twice (2).
"Hier tekenen voelt ongelofelijk," he said after putting pen to paper. Signing here feels unbelievable (3).
Balogun admits Trump noise got to the US
USA striker Folarin Balogun has opened up about the circus around his overturned red card before Belgium knocked the hosts out.
"A lot of outside noise, and that's hard to avoid," Balogun said, acknowledging the political storm stirred by Donald Trump's intervention (6) (7).
Belgium won 4–1 and silenced it all.
Mechele becomes a father after World Cup exit
Brandon Mechele has shared a photo with his newborn daughter Celestine, born one day after Belgium's World Cup campaign ended (5).
The Club Brugge defender and his partner Caroline Goorden welcomed her into the world, putting football into a different frame.
Sources
- 1. t-online.de — Belgien-Kapitän Tielemans von Aston Villa zu Man United
- 2. nieuwsblad.be — Youri Tielemans realiseert droomtransfer naar Manchester United: “Als zij bellen, moet je geen twee keer nadenken”
- 3. hln.be — “Hier tekenen voelt ongelofelijk”: Youri Tielemans heeft toptransfer naar Manchester United officieel beet
- 5. nieuwsblad.be — Dat plaatst de WK-uitschakeling in perspectief: fiere Brandon Mechele deelt foto met pasgeboren dochter
- 6. theguardian.com — Folarin Balogun: Ban reversal caused ‘a lot of outside noise, and that’s hard to avoid’
- 7. cbssports.com — USMNT's Folarin Balogun admits Donald Trump's FIFA World Cup intervention was, 'a lot of outside noise'