YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE | OPEN THREAD | NOV 25, 2025
Welcome to The Daily Merengue — a place where you can feel free to discuss all things football. Do not be alarmed by the overt RMCF bias. It’s in the name! Shoutout to the Mods who do a fantastic job, Valyrian Steel, Ezek XI, KungFuZizou, NeRObutBlanco, Felipejack, and Juninho. NEVER WALK ALONE Now is the […]
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Elversberg marksman Ebnoutalib linked with Frankfurt and Villarreal
According to Sky Germany, Villarreal CF and Eintracht Frankfurt have entered the race for SV Elversberg's Younes Ebnoutalib.On Friday, November 21, it was reported that the Saarland club were eager to...
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Chelsea “one of the best clubs” claims key figure from tonight’s game
We’ve already covered Enzo Maresca’s pre-match press conference in some detail – how about taking a look at what the Italian’s opposite number, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, has said in the bui...
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🗞️ Front pages: Barça return to Champions League, Madrid in crisis?
Champions League with a stellar Chelsea-Barça, Real Madrid in conflict, and a regrettable incident between teammates mark the national and international front pages for Tuesday, November 25.AsSportMu...
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![](/<figure><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/c7f8ca2c31b620c57f65ba798749cd5c" data-uuid="7a8c77bb-fdf3-3df9-8dc8-69d5140e605e"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">Welcome to The Daily Merengue — a place where you can feel free to discuss all things football. Do not be alarmed by the overt RMCF bias. It’s in the name!</p><p class="has-text-align-none">Shoutout to the Mods who do a fantastic job, Valyrian Steel, Ezek XI, KungFuZizou, NeRObutBlanco, Felipejack, and Juninho.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">NEVER WALK ALONE</h2><p class="has-text-align-none">Now is the time to rally behind Xabi. Real Madrid needs a young manager with fresh ideas that will last here and or the foreseeable future. Our club higher-ups need to back him and get him his ideal set of players and yes, move on from some of these current guys we have here. </p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">OUR MIDFIELD</h2><p class="has-text-align-none">Tchou and Arda are perfect shoe-ins for our midfield. The grey area now is the 3rd man and what his role will be in conjunction to the aforementioned two. If the 3rd man isnt in sync with Tchou and Arda, and complementing them, we’ll keep having these issues. </p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">ONE-LEGGED PLAYERS</h2><p class="has-text-align-none">Barring Fede and Cama, We seem to have a stock pile of players that are only ever good at one position and have only one leg and fade out tremendously when played out of their fav spot. That needs to change also, as it’ll help the already difficult job of the coach. </p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">TRANSFER POLICY MUST CHANGE</h2><p class="has-text-align-none">Our club needs to SEVERELY ADJUST the “Buy the best players Even if they don’t fit the coach’s plan” Policy. The coach gotta figure that stuff out or he’s fired. James Rodriguez has had to suffer at the hands of that policy when a coach that isn’t a yes man, comes in to the club. </p><p class="has-text-align-none"><strong>APOLOGIES!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-none">We apologize for the lack for DT’s yesterday. </p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="Elversberg marksman Ebnoutalib linked with Frankfurt and Villarreal" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/bulinews_articles_290/fe34ed637e96ec4a59b3cb566290f238" data-uuid="06af1104-6805-386d-9a93-eaca3d448ec9"><figcaption>Elversberg marksman Ebnoutalib linked with Frankfurt and Villarreal</figcaption></figure><p>According to Sky Germany, Villarreal CF and Eintracht Frankfurt have entered the race for SV Elversberg's Younes Ebnoutalib.</p><p>On Friday, November 21, it was <a href="https://bulinews.com/elversberg-hoping-extend-top-scorer-ebnoutalib-contract">reported that the Saarland club were eager to try and extend the player's contract</a>.</p><p>However, a winter move in January is already being discussed with the club expecting a fee of around €10million for a transfer.</p><p>The 22-year-old's current deal lasts until 2028 and he has already impressed by scoring 10 goals this season.</p><p>Ebnoutalib – a native of Frankfurt – is a product of the youth academies of SV 07 Heddernheim, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt and Wehen Wiesbaden.</p><p>After short spells with Serie C side Perugia and Regionalliga outfit Gießen, he signed a pre-contract with Elversberg in December 2024. <!--filtered--> </p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="Chelsea “one of the best clubs” claims key figure from tonight’s game" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_chelsea_news_articles_133/412ef407b9f08ef6e5a2375ceb6d8b76" data-uuid="a7bb35e8-7dfb-3df0-888d-9b80ca8d89f3"><figcaption>Chelsea “one of the best clubs” claims key figure from tonight’s game</figcaption></figure><p>We’ve already covered Enzo Maresca’s pre-match press conference in some detail – how about taking a look at what the Italian’s opposite number, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, has said in the build up to tonight’s game in the Champions League?</p><h2>Chelsea “one of the best clubs” claims Flick</h2><img height="675" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_chelsea_news_articles_133/1f7bc94574d55c8a728f12b1a0a4e373" width="1200" data-uuid="5830e5f2-9e11-3ed9-9576-e4358ab0edcf"><p>A generic group photo of Chelsea. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)</p><p>Former Germany manager Flick was full of praise for the Blues and their development as a team. He clearly is a huge fan of Enzo Maresca and what he’s doing.</p><p>“For me, Chelsea are one of the best clubs in the world. The evolution of this club has been fantastic. They have very good young players and a great coach. I really appreciate what they’re doing,” the Barcelona coach said in his presser yesterday.</p><p>“They are proactive with the ball, and so are we. They want to press and we do too, both teams want the ball.”</p><p>He also had wider comparisons to draw between the age and development of the sides:</p><p>“Chelsea’s development is fantastic, both the players and the coach. It’s great to watch them play. They’re a young team, and for us it has to be a good match; we have to compete. We have confidence and we will fight as we always do.”</p><p>Well given all of the above, we should be expecting a really exciting and open game tomorrow. We’re not sure it will quite play out like that…</p><h2>In Barcelona build up news…</h2><p>We don’t expect to see Cole Palmer tonight – he’s been very much ruled out by his manager. But there’s no doubt that he’s getting close to a return from injury, <a href="https://chelsea.news/2025/11/chelsea-sky-sports-team-news-note/">despite a unique setback.</a></p><p>Lamine Yamal was compared to Estevao Willian in the press conference, and you can imagine just how Enzo Maresca <a href="https://chelsea.news/2025/11/yamal-maresca-future-comparison/">dealt with that comparison.</a></p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="��️ Front pages: Barça return to Champions League, Madrid in crisis?" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/d308ad7ec163c319bc6e1cf4e5b0df21" data-uuid="fd4597bb-9908-3a58-bdee-812f4b17e7f7"><figcaption>🗞️ Front pages: Barça return to Champions League, Madrid in crisis?</figcaption></figure><p>Champions League with a stellar Chelsea-Barça, Real Madrid in conflict, and a regrettable incident between teammates mark the national and international front pages for Tuesday, November 25.</p><h2>As</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/0d0662e169647e67238019bcecff2f63" width="300" data-uuid="4b504436-0649-33f6-88c0-61f76fa4cac8"><h2>Sport</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/ffe706c69f0db3b9664f15215a818fbf" width="300" data-uuid="3182363b-7794-3772-b9f8-6ea0af40d3cb"><h2>Mundo Deportivo</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/b11db12e7c0bf3c5b37d36384a4ba749" width="300" data-uuid="6b9c57d0-63fe-35fa-9ca1-561cff46f792"><h2>Marca</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/6e821e23a08d8c33d861856567fa9cb9" width="300" data-uuid="b7b5d797-5f2d-3e8a-ba19-0580db2c1f63"><h2>Superdeporte</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/74bbb969b0de16ff80f066e1e0cd2267" width="300" data-uuid="a4f1fccc-98b1-3765-983c-218a930fec63"><h2>Estadio Deportivo</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/6457f56fc60628ee8152b9049a5e28ef" width="300" data-uuid="0cd531cb-e121-3007-8e83-d474003939eb"><h2>The Times</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/c7a406366cdafc8ee22995a14d350247" width="300" data-uuid="0049d2c9-e655-3511-9598-d10e1f33b11e"><h2>Gazzetta dello Sport</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/aace7f628b6ea41800b142ef0332bbc6" width="300" data-uuid="6d3cc952-b4e2-3f92-b203-a085ff32ea01"><h2>L'Equipe</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/e93c312dafee4b31a6ff2609bdf20078" width="300" data-uuid="11cc90f8-7daa-3b29-8b80-4e528a54b787"><h2>A Bola</h2><img height="300" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/onefootball_articles_802/4d474c02c00f4edaf872bbb387c1878a" width="300" data-uuid="af06791a-cede-38d9-b491-73f227c9b06f"><p><em>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. <a href="https://onefootball.com/es/noticias/portadas-el-barca-a-la-champions-el-real-madrid-en-terapia-41999822">You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.</a></em></p><hr><p>📸 LLUIS GENE - AFP or licensors</p>)