#leftback

[newstech24]

Inter Miami left-back Jordi Alba relishing Luis Enrique reunion, and claims PSG boss is 'the most effective'

Jordi Alba is relishing the prospect of going through his former Barcelona boss Luis Enrique when Inter Miami tackle Paris Saint-Germain within the final 16 of the Membership World Cup. Miami gave the impression to be cruising to prime spot in Group A – and a gathering with Botafogo – when objectives from Tadeo Allende and Luis Suarez put them in command in opposition to Palmeiras at Arduous Rock…

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Martinez calls Nuno Mendes ‘best left-back he’s ever seen’ in Ballon d’Or backing

Roberto Martinez called Nuno Mendes the ‘best left-back he’s ever seen’ and backed the Portugal star for the Ballon d’Or award after an incredible season. Mendes played a crucial role in Paris Saint-Germain’s historic treble, which included their first-ever Champions League title. The 22-year-old also scored a goal in normal time along with a penalty in the shootout as Portugal beat Spain to win…

[sportyspectra09]

Manchester City confirm first summer signing - Wolves left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri joins Sky Blues

€35m market value  ©TM/IMAGO Manchester City have confirmed their first major signing of the summer. The Sky Blues have signed Wolves left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri for a fee in the region of €36m. The 24-year-old Algerian defender has reportedly signed a contract until 2030 and will be available for the group stages of the Club World Cup, which starts this weekend. City begin the newly-revamped…

[hubba1892]

Fullback Friends celebrating at full-time

[archivingbarca]

gerardmaartin

(ig story, 16/04/25)

[barcaislifeee]

COMPELLING. ARTISTIC. LOOKING RESPECTFULLY.

[carlottawllms]

Never thought I’d ever see the day Chelsea plays 3 LBs at the same time 😭😂

[n3ver-mor3]

Robbo is leaving too???

[whitehartlane]

jamie what a tackle STILL

[woso-dreamzzz]

The King

Patri Guijarro x Putellas!Reader

Summary: Patri think you're the king of Barcelona

There was barely a few minutes between you and Alexia.

You were older by five minutes but Alexia was taller and the one that everyone assumed was older.

She was La Reina and you were La Princessa, at least to the fans.

She was midfield. You were leftback. She weaved through opposition lines, scoring goals and securing assists while you were a rock at the back, part of Barcelona’s brick wall.

You and your sister practically did everything together regardless of whether or not the two of you were having another one of your petty arguments.

“La Reina!” Patri cheers as Alexia’s corner ball comes in and is neatly turned into the net by you,” La Reina and…”

You turn to look at her, jogging backwards on your way to celebrate with your sister.

“And…” Her throat is suddenly dry as you grin at her.

You look glorious in that moment, jogging backwards, so self-assured as Alexia jumps onto your back.

“And El Rey!” Patri finishes off and somehow your smile widens.

“No more La Princessa?” You tease and Patri just nods.

“Er…yeah,” She says lamely,” La Reina and El Rey. The Putellas sisters.”

“I like it,” Alexia says, still on your back as she ruffles your hair,” My little sister, El Rey.”

“I’m older than you!”

“But I’m taller!”

Alexia laughs as she slides off your back, a kiss pressed atop your head before she moves back to her position.

You shake your head fondly at her before turning to Patri.

“It’s nice for you to upgrade me,” You tease as the match ends,” El Rey. I like that.”

“I..er…” Patri doesn’t want to admit to making a mistake, to being so overtaken by your beauty that she’d gotten tongue-tied. “I thought it was time.”

“Well thanks,” You say, bumping her hip with yours,” I’m going be milk this so much.”

And milk it you did.

So did the club.

La Reina and El Rey.

The superstar sisters of Barcelona.

People called out ‘El Rey’ just as much as ‘La Reina’ and you’d taken your new moniker better than when Alexia first took hers.

You sister was also taking your new nickname better than when she first took hers.

“Ale,” You groan as she tugs you away,” They were fans!”

“They were trying to get in your pants!” Alexia shoots back and Patri’s glad, for once, about how protective your sister is over you. “I won’t let them!”

“Let them. Ale, I’m-“

“They only want to sleep with the famous El Rey! They don’t want you for you! I won’t let you sleep with someone who doesn’t want you for you!”

“As nice as that is, Ale-“

“No! I won’t! Don’t argue with me!”

“I’m not going to argue,” You say, meeting Patri’s eyes,” Trust me. I’ll only sleep and date people who want me for me. Not El Rey.”

“Good!”

You watch your sister flounce away.

“So, how long are we going to wait?” Patri asks,” To tell her, I mean?”

You grin, sidling up closer to Patri so you can speak directly in her ear over the roar of the crowd. “I was waiting for her to catch on. She seems to be fighting invisible suitors though, can’t see what’s directly in front of her.”

You lace your fingers with Patri’s and you know all of the fans recording this will just write it off as being close friends. You’d always been the more physically affectionate of the Putellas sisters. Alexia showed her affection through slight violence, she always had. When you were younger, she used to tug on your pigtails and squeeze your face or give you a swift little tap on the head.

It wasn’t to be mean and it was never true aggression. It was just Alexia’s way of expressing her love for you.

In contrast, you were full of affection. You gave out hugs liberally as a child and loved holding hands. Kisses were a bit more withheld but only slightly. Family got your kisses and close friends.

It was probably why Alexia hadn’t noticed you and Patri yet.

That evening when she’d bestowed your new nickname, you’d asked her out, suddenly emboldened by the way she got so flustered around you. Despite the way that she’d tried to hide it, you’d noticed it immediately.

Noticed Patri immediately.

Nearly four months later and you were still going strong and Alexia still refused to see what was right in front of her.

You’d like to say it was because you were hiding it, that you and Patri were being so secretive and sneaky. But you weren’t.

Everyone else had caught on from practically the moment you’d gotten together.

Already, you’d been on four separate double dates with Mapi and Ingrid, a further two with Marta and Caro and one with Alexia and Olga, though your sister had thought it was just you and Patri tagging along. Olga had gotten the message loud and clear though and congratulated you in the toilets.

“Yeah, well Alexia’s always thought that you had a stream of potential girlfriends following after you,” Patri says as your sister signs one of your shirts for the fans with narrowed eyes,” But then again, everyone wants to date El Rey.”

You bump your hip against hers. “But only one person gets to.”

[whitehartlane]

this is a really fucking stupid thing to say because as outspoken as benny was about football not being his passion he was always a model professional and was really solid for us. even his social commentary on football came from a place of great thought—he said things like how football was a job and there were more important things to life rather than kicking a ball around. he said that footballers who kiss the badge and go somewhere else for a better payday six months later should be held accountable for it. besides and perhaps even despite all of that, benny was deeply connected to and involved with the local community at tottenham, suggesting during the london riots of 2011 that more of his colleagues should be trying to aid local causes financially and he himself making contributions to the london evening standard’s dispossessed fund. he was frequently seen talking to spurs supporters about the club and about how disenfranchised tottenham was/is. he had an oyster card and would walk up to white hart lane with the supporters before home matches.

benny was a much loved player by both spurs fans and his teammates and is still talked about fondly to this day. zinchenko can fuck all the way off. what’s this cunt even done to write a book about, anyway? and if he’s interested about footballers hating football then he’s got no further to look than his own teammate ben white lol who by own admission doesn’t watch football 🤷🏾‍♂️

zinchenko should keep assou-ekotto’s name out his mouth, as if he’s even fit to lace his boots!!

[ethicaltreatmentofcowplants]

outtakes: mad about dodo/simply lilac (set after this lol)

DODO: (likely woken from the nicest most pleasant dream not involving those piles of laundry the Watcher is using to try and get him to switch to the NEAT trait)

DODO: Wha’?

ARAMINTA: ‘This is about you, not me’. Oh, really now. The self-awareness is astounding. And how dare she? I’m glad however that she has one friend - she certainly made so many on the show…

DODO: Minta.

ARAMINTA: And to imply that I would ever treat someone unfairly simply because they were friends with a person I didn’t take to? She’s certainly colouring me with her own view of the world. Perhaps if she’s so concerned, she should gatecrash and interrupt me at my job and take up my time - and everyone else’s - with her astoundingly well-timed bursts of paranoia-

DODO: Minta, you’re adorable. But the island was the first time you lived away from home and you’ve never played a team sport before. Or had a job with colleagues who you had to cooperate with, whether you got along with them or not. And right now, I can totally tell?

ARAMINTA: (pauses) How so?

DODO: You don’t know how to reconcile it when you don’t like a sim who doesn’t have the ‘EVIL’ or ‘MEAN’ trait. Sometimes two sims just don’t like each other, and it doesn’t mean that one of them is ‘good’ or the other is ‘bad.’ Shay’s not ‘bad’. She’s just, to you it seems anyway, annoying. 

ARAMINTA: (dry chuckle) You could say that.

DODO: Also you can go out, do your horsey thing, and leave it all in the stadium. Not everyone can separate things that easily. There’s a leftback on Britechester who, like, hardly anyone who knows him away from football has a bad word to say about him. And rationally I know that he’s a decent guy. But as an opponent he’s really uncompromising, he deliberately gets beneath your skin, messes with your head - and he pushes the rules to their limit. To me he’s just a fucking dick.

ARAMINTA: You mean J. Huntington Jr? But he’s always so polite.

DODO: And I’m sure he is. To people who aren’t Foxbury players and who don’t play on opposition teams. But you see what I mean? Maybe Shay can’t be someone’s friend and compete against them at the same time. Maybe she didn’t want to make any other attachments because she didn’t want to hurt a friend.

ARAMINTA: That makes sense. I just wish things were different.

DODO: It doesn’t mean you’ve failed if you don’t like everyone you meet. Or if not everyone likes you. You know that you haven’t forgotten about me and it’s not like you’re going around hitting on all the contestants, so what does it matter what anyone else thinks?

ARAMINTA: I think - sometimes I worry that I’m nice to people not just for the sake of being nice, but because I want them to like me. I mean, it’s important to me to treat others well in and of itself. So why isn’t it enough?

DODO: Welcome to the world of being a pixel person with complexities, Minta. Being liked is just a natural thing to want. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Anyway, I think that someone needs a hug.

ARAMINTA: (straightens expectantly)

DODO: Yeah, the butler was looking kind of down earlier?

ARAMINTA: You’re a scamp.

DODO: You like it, c’mon. Also, that’s kind of why I’ve been leaving the toilet seat up all the time. Just so you won’t forget about me and flirt with all the contestants.

ARAMINTA: Sure, Dodo. Sure…

dodo harper by @akitasimblr. also shay i love you, promise - ginger solidarity (shay by @changingplumbob)

[hubba1892]

all of this is so amusing to me but Leroy needing to be calmed down by Marko fucking Arnautovic really was the icing on the cake

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

How is Esmee defensively? I feel like she hasn’t really faced good competition yet but do you think she could start an important Champions League game ahead of Rolfö? And don’t think she’ll hold her own defensively?

esmee has improved a lot defensively but she's certainly not a pure defender. when she plays as left back, it's often her running up the wings and the right back 'staying at home' to cover position defensively. but she has the speed to track back and has a decent record when it comes to duels won.

and no good competition? 🤔 she played the full 90 minutes against real madrid during el clàssic and against man city as leftback (which was the most important match of the year so far) and had the most chances created. i think pere rates her very highly and she would definitely keep challenging rolfö in that position, which is good for the both of them.

well, it's bad news for vanegas. it looks like she has hurt her knee. hopefully it's not the dreaded injury 😔

anyway for barça, if we are getting laia aleixandri next year, then i would rather focus on the esmee and rolfö interplay for left back. we can also loop in ona on the left whenever and she'll kill it.

i'd rather give jana more substantial minutes on the right as well. and try out some more la masia kids.

we'll see what happens with her! just read that jaedyn shaw is leaving the wave, so lots of changes happening 🙏

[63lvr]

the leftbacks r a bit stupid but theyre cute so it doesnt matter 🤷‍♂️