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West Ham United’s £10m deadline day signing, Edvin Austbø, has officially opened his account at the London Stadium. ⚒️✨

The 21-year-old Norwegian winger came off the bench in the 77th minute and needed just ten minutes to turn the ball home, securing the crucial second goal to put the game completely beyond Derby County. Joël Piroe and fellow substitute Mohamadou Kanté wrapped up the dominant 3-0 victory for Nuno Espírito Santo’s side.

Acquired as the biggest sale in Viking FK history, the Eliteserien Young Player of the Year is already proving why the board tracked him so closely. A dream start to his career in Claret and Blue with a goal and an assist off the bench. 💀🇳🇴

The heavy metal football of Freyr Alexandersson is officially operating at maximum capacity for Rosenborg BK. ⚪️⚫️🎸

Before the summer break, the club was staring down the barrel of relegation, trapped second from the bottom of the Eliteserien table. Enter Alexandersson. The Icelandic manager has completely transformed the entire layout of the club, earning the Manager of the Month award for August and turning the team into a high-intensity, ruthless machine.

A comprehensive 4-0 demolition of HamKam at the Lerkendal Stadion marks their sixth victory since the summer restart, bouncing back perfectly from their single slip-up against league leaders Bodø/Glimt. The climbing of the standings is well and truly on. 📈🔥

The match began with absolute history. Emil Konradsen Ceïde needed just 16 seconds to smash home the opener, officially breaking the all-time record for the fastest goal in Rosenborg history. The previous landmark was held by Trond Olsen, who took 19 seconds against Sandefjord back in 2009. Remarkably, it also marks the first time in his nine seasons of senior football across Rosenborg and Italian side Sassuolo that the 25-year-old winger has scored in three consecutive league matches. ⚡️🦅

The rest of the fixture entirely belonged to 20-year-old striker Amin Chiakha, whom the club secured on a permanent €5m deal to make him the most expensive signing in Rosenborg history. Chiakha put on a masterclass, registering an assist before bagging a clinical brace to take his personal tally to 11 ELITESERIEN GOALS this season. The permanent status suits him perfectly. 🤫⚽️

From the relegation zone to breaking historic milestones under the lights. The sleeping giants are wide awake. 💀

Football fans, with Alexandersson’s heavy metal football cooking and Chiakha firing, how high can this resurrected Rosenborg side finish in the table? 👇

Konstantinos Tzolakis has been an absolute wall for newly promoted Hull City. 🧱🔥

The 23-year-old Greece international goalkeeper has yet to concede a single goal this season after keeping three consecutive clean sheets against Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Coventry City. 😳🧤

The Tigers knew exactly what they were doing when they shattered their club transfer record to sign him from Olympiacos, shelling out a massive £20 million (€23.3m) fee to secure his services.

Tzolakis arrived in England with serious pedigree, having already won four Greek league titles and famously playing a pivotal role in Olympiacos’ historic UEFA Europa Conference League triumph, where he produced a masterclass of penalty saves. 🏆🏛️

The step up to the Premier League layout hasn't fazed him one bit. Three games played, three shut-outs locked, and the £20m price tag already looks like an absolute steal. 💀

The smallest club in Bundesliga history is officially turning German football completely upside down. 🇩🇪🪄

Hailing from a tiny town of just 13,000 people, SV Elversberg’s maiden top-flight campaign has turned into an absolute fever dream for football purists. After stunning reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen, they produced a seven-goal thriller to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach away at Borussia-Park. 🤯🔥

The tactical resilience from the layout was unreal. Trailing 3-1 shortly before the hour mark, the minnows refused to die. A brilliant brace from substitute Maurice Krattenmacher and a cracking direct free-kick from Felix Keidel capped off a sensational 4-3 comeback victory, sealed in the 92nd minute. ⚽️💀

The manager, Vincent Wagner, even picked up a red card from the dugout before the break, watching the second-half miracle unfold entirely from the stands. 🟥🧠

With 7 goals scored in their opening two fixtures, Elversberg have officially broken the all-time Bundesliga record for the highest goal return by a newly promoted side at this stage. 📈✨

Next up? A historic home clash against heavyweights FC Bayern Munich. The ultimate test for the ultimate underdog story. 🛡️👹

Elversberg have taken 6 points from their first two-ever Bundesliga games, scoring seven goals and conceding five.

I simply love when newly promoted clubs bring something fresh to the league, and Elversberg certainly do, especially with such a young team!

A fantastic story. ❤️

Frank Lampard’s Premier League ghosts have officially come back to haunt him. 🥶📉

Coventry City’s highly anticipated return to the top flight has turned into a disastrously familiar start for the ex-Chelsea and Everton boss. Following a brutal opening sequence of matches, the Sky Blues remain completely pointless.

Three matches played, three defeats swallowed, and zero goals scored. 😳

The tactical breakdown hits even harder considering the board backed Lampard with a massive £134 million war chest to completely rebuild the squad this summer. While rivals Hull City and Ipswich Town outspent them to break history, £134m is still an astronomical layout for a newly promoted side. 📈💰

Lampard is no stranger to how unforgiving this league can be, having suffered high-profile sackings in his previous stints. Now with Coventry, he faces the exact same uphill battle. While his defensive block showed resilience in chunks against the bigger sides, a complete lack of attacking edge for a £134m team is heavily concerning.

The gap between Championship dominance and elite tier survival is massive, and time is already ticking for Super Frank to find an offensive solution and break the cycle. 💀

Football fans, with £134m already spent, is Lampard destined for another Premier League failure, or can he turn this tactical mess around? 👇

Enzo Maresca maintains his perfect 100% start to the Premier League campaign, but Manchester City were made to sweat for the full three points against Frank Lampard's side. 😮‍💨

The drama began before kick-off, with young midfielder Nico O'Reilly picking up a sudden injury during the warm-up. It forced an immediate, unexpected debut for £100m+ deadline day signing Enzo Fernández, who was thrown straight into the starting lineup. 🧠🇦🇷

The decisive breakthrough came in the 26th minute, with Antoine Semenyo delivering a superb cross to find Erling Haaland, who smashed home a trademark back-post header to separate the sides.

With that single strike, Erling Haaland has officially reached the landmark of 300 CLUB GOALS in his professional career. The breakdown is absolutely ridiculous:

▪️ Molde FK (20)
▪️ Red Bull Salzburg (29)
▪️ Borussia Dortmund (86)
▪️ Manchester City (165)

TOTAL GOALS — 300 ⚽️🔥

Coventry fought back bravely in the second half, even forcing City deep into their own box, but Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marc Guéhi stood completely firm to lock down a vital clean sheet.

Three games, nine points, and the champions keep rolling. He is just inevitable. 💀

FT: STOKE 4-0 CHARLTON!

STOKE GET ONE OVER NATHAN JONES AGAIN 👀😅

Stoke City have absolutely run riot against Charlton, leaving the Potters 4-0 up after just 41 minutes of pure dominance at the bet365 Stadium. 😮‍💨

It was made even better for the home fans that Charlton are managed by ex-Stoke boss Nathan Jones, who didn’t exactly enjoy a good tenure here. Talk about a miserable return. 😳

The script was written by £5m deadline day signing Justin Devenny, who completely stole the show on his immediate debut by smashing home a ruthless first-half brace. Ethan Galbraith and George Hirst wrapped up the first-half destruction, with Galbraith looking incredibly sharp all afternoon. 🤩🔥

Danny McNamara got sent off 5 minutes into the second half to cap off a nightmare game for the Addicks, allowing Stoke to cruise through and control the game with brilliant management.

Fredrikstad are feeling completely robbed after a massive refereeing controversy against Bodø/Glimt.

With the match tied at 1-1, the entire Fredrikstad Stadion erupted as Henrik Skogvold found the back of the net, seemingly firing the hosts into the lead. However, the celebrations were instantly cut short by a highly controversial offside flag.

Rather than letting play develop under the VAR layout, the call stood, leaving the FFK camp completely fuming. Speaking directly after the final whistle, a frustrated Skogvold did not hold back:

🗣️ “I think it is shocking. It is human to make mistakes, but then there is a bit of being dead certain that is perhaps a bit small-provoking in those situations there. What I have received information about is that it is stark onside. Our analyst found pictures and thought it was onside. It looks very onside too, if you ask me. It's just heavy. It took our analyst two seconds to find pictures of it. I saw on the TV pictures that they cut out the guy who canceled out the offside. It is very stupid.”

The tactical frustration extended to the dugout. When shown the TV replays of the disallowed goal, Fredrikstad manager Casper Friis Røjkjær raised his eyebrows in complete disbelief:

🗣️ “It is difficult for me to see from here. But we must assume that they have all the tools they are supposed to use, so I must assume that they have seen an offside. But I find it difficult to see it here. We can't do much about it now, but it's frustrating.”

Instead of a historic home victory, the decision turned the game, allowing Glimt to secure the points down the other end.

Football fans, did VAR completely ruin a massive result for Fredrikstad, or did the officials get it right? 👇

Jens Petter Hauge has delivered a massive statement of intent as Bodø/Glimt gear up to travel to Germany for a historic clash against FC Bayern Munich. 🧠🟡

Carrying a slight injury, the winger was rested from the starting lineup away at Fredrikstad. But with the game tied at 1-1, he was unleashed in the 69th minute—needing just four minutes to conjure up a trademark "Hauge special" and secure a dramatic 2-1 victory.

The match-winner wasted no time clearing up the fitness drama, combining his relief with a fearless warning ahead of the Champions League lights:

🗣️ ”There is obviously something that was not quite right today, and it was not the day to take more chances than we already did. Yes, if it had been that bad, I wouldn't have been here. It was a great goal. I hit the touches and the shot well, so it was lovely on a day like today.”

With Glimt extending their incredible winning streak to eight matches, this elite mentality is exactly what is required before stepping onto the biggest stage in football. Hauge is ready to push through the pain barrier for the ultimate European test.

Absolute chaos for the reigning champions, but Viking FK salvage a dramatic late point on a night where everything went wrong. 🔵🇳🇴

Following a quiet first half, the game completely exploded into a nightmare for the visitors. Jesper Daland picked up a straight red card for bringing down Oskar Kapskarmo on a dangerous break, and Sandefjord immediately took advantage with Tobias Børkeeiet firing the hosts ahead.

Viking had a golden opportunity to level from the penalty spot, but skipper Zlatko Tripić rattled his effort against the crossbar. Just when it looked like their title defense was taking a massive hit, marquee Deadline Day signing Henrik Bjørdal stepped up—smashing home a clinical equaliser four minutes into stoppage time to rescue a 1-1 draw. Fellow debutant Erik Botheim also entered the fray in the 75th minute to make his highly anticipated debut.

Dropping two valuable points hurts, especially with Bodø/Glimt winning 2-1 at Fredrikstad to stretch their gap to three points at the top. It caps off a wildly chaotic few weeks for the Stavanger club. Between securing a historic ticket to the Champions League and banking a record-breaking financial windfall from selling fan-favourite Edvin Austbø to West Ham—the biggest sale in Eliteserien history—Viking have been completely reinventing themselves.

The board reinvested that cash in a frantic late hours spree, locking in Bjørdal, Botheim, and Dutch defender Essiën Bassey from PSV to pile the pressure back on Glimt. They stumbled on Friday night, but the real test arrives next as they travel to Germany to face VfB Stuttgart under the Champions League lights. 🛡️🇪🇺

Viking fans, with all the new signings on the pitch, are you confident ahead of that massive trip to Stuttgart? 👇