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• Koeman and Lovren on collision course at Southampton - Reuters

• Liverpool confirm Suárez move to Barcelona for around £75m

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  Liverpool have agreed to sell Luis Suárez for £75m to Barcelona, who have arranged a five-year deal with the striker
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• World Cup final webchat!

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  Daniel Taylor is online NOW from Rio de Janeiro to answer your questions about football's biggest match
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  • The view from Germany: nation hails ambassadors
  • The view from Argentina: euphoria on the streets

• Arsenal complete Sánchez signing

  Premier League: Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Alexis Sánchez from Barcelona for around £30m
  • Evra set for £2m move to Juventus
  • Chamakh to sign two-year deal with Palace

• Police: ticket tout suspect a 'fugitive'

  Brazilian police now consider Ray Whelan, the director of Fifa's hospitality company, a fugitive
  • Brazil has been scarred, says sports minister

• Day by day: the road to the final

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• World Cup's best bits, brick by brick

  
  Video: From Pepe's butt to Suárez's bite, via Brazil's humiliation and more, unique highlights from Brazil 2014
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  • Neymar: 'I could be in a wheelchair'
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• Nasri signs five-year contract with Manchester City
  
• Mandzukic joins Atlético Madrid from Bayern
  

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  Romero thanks Van Gaal after saves

  World Cup: Argentina's goalkeeper thanked Louis van Gaal for the help he gave him at AZ Alkmaar
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  • Mascherano: reaching final lifted my soul

• United job does not scare Van Gaal

  Ryan Giggs is confident that Louis van Gaal will not be afraid of the challenge of taking over at Man Utd

• Nasri signs new five-year City deal

  Samir Nasri has signed a new five-year deal with Manchester City, committing him to the club to 2019

• Chamakh to sign new Palace deal

  Marouane Chamakh has agreed a contract to remain at Crystal Palace after taking a pay cut

• Lloris signs five-year Spurs contract

  France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has committed his future to Tottenham and praised Mauricio Pochettino
  • Tadic joins Saints from Twente

Interactives

• World Cup top 100 players of all time

  
  Look through the Guardian's choice of the World Cup's top 100 players chosen by our panel of experts
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  • Full breakdown of how the judges voted
  • Barney Ronay: difficulties and joys of choosing

Work for idle thumbs

• You are the Ref: Joachim Löw

  
  Paul Trevillion's classic strip features an exhausted defender, a defender's goalline instinct and a fashion faux pas
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• Di Stéfano and Carry On Carlton

  Classic YouTube: Also featuring Mertesacker Emptiness and painfully inevitable defending
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  • While away the hours in our YouTube archive

• World Cup dancing and arm-folding

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• Miguel Herrera

  The Gallery: The Mexico manager stars as Peter Griffin. Next week: your World Cup highlights
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Our favourite things this week

• 1) Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero play football tennis in training
  
• 2) BBC: The perfect World Cup shootout penalty
  
• 3) Richard Swarbrick: World Cup animations
  
• 4) Nick Hornby: England have always failed at international football
  
• 5) Panini Cheapskates
  

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• Where the World Cup will be won

  Michael Cox: Lionel Messi and Bastian Schweinsteiger will be key players on Sunday
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  • Germany wary of Messi's threat
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  • The view from Argentina: euphoria on the streets
  • Sport Network: Argentina v Germany in statistics

• Will Liverpool miss Suárez?

  Andy Hunter: Luis Suarez's Anfield career leaves some glorious and some gory memories
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  • 12 defining moments of his Liverpool career
  • Suárez's four-month biting ban upheld

• Sánchez shows Arsenal want to fight

  Amy Lawrence: Arsenal's signing of Alexis Sánchez shows they are finally ready to compete
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• The forgotten story of Cliff Portwood

  Kieran Pender: From English football to singing on Aussie TV, with help from the '66 World Cup squad
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• Did Vlaar's penalty nearly spin in?

  Alan Smith: Ron Vlaar's penalty was initially saved by Sergio Romero – but did it nearly spin back in?
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• United eagerly await Van Gaal

  Jamie Jackson: Louis van Gaal's CV been enhanced in Brazil and his United arrival is eagerly anticipated
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  • Jamie Jackson: Hummels would be good fit at United

World football

• Mandzukic joins Atlético Madrid

  Atlético Madrid have confirmed the signing of the Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic from Bayern Munich

• US Open Cup has all-MLS last four

  Graham Parker: Carolina fall to Dallas, Atlanta lose to Chicago and Union beat Revolution and dust storm
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  • Legacy hinges on MLS not Letterman
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• Galatasaray appoint Prandelli

  Galatasaray have appointed Cesare Prandelli as their new coach after the Italy manager stepped down

• Melbourne Victory sign Delpierre

  A-League: Melbourne Victory have signed French defender Matthieu Delpierre on a one-year deal
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