🥐 What’s going on with Bellingham? and 5️⃣ more stories to start Saturday

Apr 4, 2026 - 13:30

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🥐 What’s going on with Bellingham? and 5️⃣ more stories to start Saturday

With a spectacular Atleti-Barça on the horizon, we kick off the day with the five stories most likely to get football fans talking on the morning of Saturday, April 4.

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⚔️ A big night in the league

Atlético and Barcelona play today in the first of the three matches that will pit them against each other over the next ten days, in a twist of the calendar that those of us who love good football can only celebrate.

Today’s clash is a huge one, and it could have a major impact on how the league unfolds.

🤔 What to do with Bellingham?

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Just when Arbeloa, making a virtue out of necessity, has put together Madrid’s best side of the season, he now faces the challenge of bringing the Englishman back into the starting XI.

Without competitive rhythm, with the doubts he left during Xabi Alonso’s spell in charge, and up against a productive Pitarch right where the team’s football is forged, what role will Jude play from now on?

🤯 Messi is still at the top… three years later

It has now been three years since Leo Messi left Europe to wear the colours of Inter Miami in MLS and, even so, he still dominates one particular category with authority.

Since the 2017/18 season, the Argentine remains the player with the most goals scored from outside the box in Europe’s five major leagues. With 40 goals, he is 14 ahead of Kylian Mbappé.

🇧🇷 Are you a coach? Don’t go to Brazil

We are nine matchdays into the Brasileirão and nine coaches have already been sacked: Sampaoli, Diniz, Osorio, Filipe Luis, Crespo, Tite, Vojvoda, Anselmí and Dal Pozzo.

This managerial merry-go-round leaves us with a striking statistic: almost half of the 19 coaches working in Brazil’s Serie A arrived at their clubs in 2026.