Martin Macdonald

 
Martin Macdonald • MartinMac1 Football Expert & Football Transfers Live Blog Editor
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Football Transfers Live Blog Editor with almost 10 years experience in producing up-to-the-minute live action around European football and beyond. Regular FootballCritic contributor.

Articles written by Martin Macdonald

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 16: Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne make up the majority

Otavio, Josh Maja, and Cristian Battocchio are in there with 10s.

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Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 16: Three 10s on Tuesday, including Josh Maja

Otavio and Cristian Battocchio also recorded a perfect rating.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 4 Dec: Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

In the absence of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the starting XI, the Senegalese was the star man again.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 3 Dec: Josh Maja (Bordeaux)

Two Bordeaux players hit a 10 on Tueday, but the 20-year-old just edges it among the Ultras chaos.

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Serie A

Serie A Team of the Week, Round 14: Ilicic and Pasalic star for Atalanta

Plus Lautaro Martinez's stock continues to rise at Inter.

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga Team of the Week, Round 13: Embolo leads Gladbach contingent

Denis Zakaria and Patrick Herrmann also feature for BMG.

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Europe

Best Of The Rest Top Five: Turkish Super Lig leads the way with two 10s

Djalma Campos and Burak Yılmaz scored five goals between them this weekend, while another star is born at Ajax.

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Team Performances

Best Team Performances, Dec 3: Talleres awesome in Argentina

They are joined in the rankings by Alanyaspor, Benfica, and Willem II

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Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 15: A week for midfield maestros

The Marseille man is joined in the middle by Xavier Chavalerin and Teji Savanier.

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Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 15: Fulgini unlucky to be on the losing side

Plus some dominating midfield displays from Xavier Chavalerin and Morgan Sanson.

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La Liga

La Liga Team of the Week, Round 15: Pique shuts out Atleti

The Spain international and Lionel Messi ensured victory against Atletico

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La Liga

La Liga Top Five, Round 15: Pique and Messi down Atleti

Plus some impressive performances within the Basque sides.

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Premier League

Premier League Team of the Week, Round 14: Three Spurs stars after defeat of Bournemouth

Plus West Ham's third-choice goalkeeper David Martin keeping a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge.

  • 4 years
Premier League

Premier League Top Five, Round 14: Superstar Spurs

Dele Alli, Son Heung-min, and Moussa Sissoko were all in excellent form versus Bournemouth.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 1 Dec: Noa Lang (Ajax)

The 20-year-old became the first Ajax player to score a hat-trick on his league debut for 60 years.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 30 Nov: Dele Alli (Tottenham)

The Spurs star is flourishing under Jose Mourinho.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 29 Nov: Robin Yalcin (Yeni Malatyaspor)

The defensive midfielder was wearing his scoring boots as he scored two in a 3-3 draw versus Genclerbirligi.

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Team Performances

Best Team Performances, Nov 29: Bayern demolish Red Star

Plus Roma keep their Europa League hopes alive.

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Europa League

Europa League Team of the Week, Matchday Five: Bruno Fernandes the star, Besiktas well-represented

The Sporting captain was in magnificent form versus PSV, while Enzo Roco and Necip Uysal are in after their win against Bratislava.

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, Nov 29: Dare to upset Zlatan, and Inaki Williams record breaker

Plus two big stories from Germany.

  • 4 years
Europa League

Europa League Top Five, Matchday Five: Bruno Fernandes punishes PSV

The Sporting captain is joined by the likes of Daichi Kamada and Vitalii Buyalskyi.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, Nov 29: Dynamite from Dybala

Plus a potential assist of the season from Romelu Lukaku and Sven Bender's first ever European goal.

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Five Games to Watch

Five Games to Watch: Barcelona take on Atletico Madrid

With mammoth clashes also coming from Argentina, Germany, France, and Denmark.

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Europa League

FC Player of the Day, 28 Nov: Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP)

The sought-after midfielder was in supreme form as the Portuguese side blew away PSV.

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