Martin Macdonald

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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.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, Jan 4: Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)

The French defender scored two for Los Blancos as Getafe were defeated.

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, 3 Jan: The two faces of Mourinho, Agger hates VAR

Plus Charlton Athletic have FINALLY been taken over.

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Premier League

Premier League Top Five, Round 21: Noble kickstarts Moyes era at West Ham

The Hammers captain scored two against Bournemouth, while Liverpool earn two late entries.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 3 Jan: New Year narrative belongs to Jahanbakhsh

The Brighton star's new-found form continued with a magical overhead kick.

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Championship

Championship Top Five, Round 25: Forest dominate the rankings

Brice Samba, Matty Cash, and Tobias Figueiredo were all key in the victory versus Wigan.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 30 Dec: Outrageous Ayew downs West Ham

Plus a couple of belters from the Championship.

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, Dec 24: Lovely Lukaku, Weary Wanda

Plus a look at what Everton's brand new stadium on the docks of Liverpool will look like.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 24 Dec: Avila head and shoulders above Sociedad defence

The Argentine pulled off a wondrous goal for Osasuna, plus a beauty from Josip Ilicic against Milan.

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La Liga

La Liga Top Five, Round 18: Luis Suarez the assist king

The Uruguayan scored for Barcelona but also impressively recorded a hat-trick of set-ups.

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Serie A

Serie A Top Five, Round 17: Josip Ilicic humbles Milan

Atalanta and Bologna have two players each featured in our rankings.

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga Top Five, Round 17: Koln and Leipzig celebrate wins

Rafael Czichos leads the rankings after his dominating defensive performance.

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Serie A

FC Player of the Day, 22 Dec: Josip Ilicic (Atalanta)

The Slovenian was in supreme form for La Dea, who destroyed Milan on Sunday.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 20 Dec: Stijn Spierings (RKC Waalwijk)

The 23-year-old handed Twente another damaging loss, while also confirming his side's third win of the campaign.

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Five Games to Watch

Five Games to Watch: Two crackers from the Premier League

Manchester City face Leicester, while Tottenham host Jose Mourinho's former club Chelsea.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 20 Dec: Ronaldo rises to the heavens

The Portuguese superstar turned into a NBA player against Sampdoria.

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga Team of the Week, Round 16: Quaison leads attacking line-up

Plus Timo Werner features in attack after his double for RB Leipzig in the thriller versus Dortmund.

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Bundesliga

Bundesliga Top Five, Round 16: Quaison bags a hat-trick for Mainz

Plus two Augsburg stars after the win versus Dusseldorf..

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Football You Missed

Football You Missed, Oct 18: Ozil v China, Forest exodus

Plus the Saint-Etienne fans bring out the pyro...lots of it.

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Goals of the Week

European Goals of the Week, 18 Dec: Vlahovic scores injury time screamer to hold Inter

Plus Milot Rashica stuns Bayern...who go on to win 6-1

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Serie A

Serie A Team of the Week, Round 16: Ronaldo leads Juve contingent

The Bianconeri got back to winning ways after the defeat against Lazio last week.

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Serie A

Serie A Top Five, Round 16: Ronaldo double, and goalkeeper greatness

The Portuguese superstar scored two for Juventus as they defeated Udinese.

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Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 16 Dec: Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace)

The Palace stopper had to be in great form to keep Brighton down to one goal.

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Premier League

Premier League Top Five, Round 17: Kevin De Bruyne guns down Arsenal

Mohamed Salah also earns a place after his superb double for Liverpool.

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La Liga

La Liga Top Five, Round 17: Atletico stars show what they can do

Saul and Kieran Trippier feature, with Rafinha leading the way with the best performance of the week.

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