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Bayern Munich have no plans to sign Guéhi in the winter transfer window.

Reports indicate that Bayern Munich does not intend to sign Guéhi in the January transfer window. They still hope Guéhi will remain at Crystal Palace to finish the season and are looking to sign him as a free agent in the summer.

The transfer rumors linking the player to Manchester City are seen as a bad omen for Bayern's transfer plans. Currently, Bayern is focused on securing a contract extension for Upamecano, whose current contract expires in a few months.

Chelsea interested in Vinícius, preparing €150 million offer.

The December 2025 edition of the FIFA Men’s World Ranking – the last of the year – has landed following the latest 42 international fixtures, with the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 having taken centre stage.

Fresh from clinching the regional crown in Doha, Qatar, Morocco (11th, unchanged) are just short of breaking into the top 10 for the first time since April 1998, trailing Croatia (10th, unchanged) by just 0.54 points. Spain (1st, unchanged) remain top of the pile having knocked second-placed Argentina (2nd, unchanged) off their perch in the September instalment, while France (3rd, unchanged) complete the podium in the end of year line-up.

Alongside Croatia, fellow top 10 nations England (4th), Brazil (5th), Portugal (6th), the Netherlands (7th), Belgium (8th) and Germany (9th) remain unchanged.

The biggest climbs happened further down the ranking, with just three teams climbing more than one place: Jordan (64th, up 2), who pushed the Atlas Lions all the way before finishing runners-up at the FIFA Arab Cup 2025, Vietnam (107th, up 3) and Singapore (148th, up 3).

Kosovo (80th, unchanged) emerge as the year’s standout side after registering 89.02 points, more than any other team, owing to their impressive record of seven wins and two draws across 10 outings in 2025. All told, they achieved a year-high 19-place surge in 2025.

Other standout performers include Norway (29th, unchanged), who earned 68.70 points, and Suriname (123rd, unchanged), who have shot up 15 places since the December 2024 ranking. Twelve other nations have also climbed between 10 and 14 places over the past year.

The top-50 breakdown by confederation at the end of 2025 is almost identical to that at the close of last year, with 26 nations being affiliated to UEFA, seven to CONMEBOL (down 1) and CAF, five to Concacaf (up 1) and the AFC, and none to the OFC.

The full ranking can be found on Inside FIFA.

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Xabi Alonso ‘returns the favor’ to Vinicius.

The player is still processing the latest episode: the loud jeering from club members when he was substituted ten minutes before halftime against Sevilla, a game in which he had also worn the captain’s armband.

The Brazilian’s first instinct was to post an enigmatic message on Instagram, sharing a brief caption (“…”) and changing his profile picture from a Real Madrid image to one of himself wearing the Brazil jersey. The reality is that, in a way, what happened during and after the Sevilla game – intentionally or not – saw Xabi Alonso return Vinícius to the same situation he faced after El Clásico, when Vini angrily complained about being taken off and later issued an apology statement that did not even mention the coach by name.

Against Sevilla, Xabi Alonso exposed Vinícius to the court of public opinion with the substitution. He wanted to keep Kylian Mbappé on the field, who was in fine form and chasing the record of 59 goals in a calendar year. He also kept Rodrygo on, who, after an outstanding performance, would have been applauded by the Bernabéu crowd. Even so, after the scene, Vini once again embraced Xabi, as he had done in previous matches – most recently against Alavés, when the Brazilian bailed the Tolosa-born coach out with an assist, fittingly, for Rodrygo.

Xabi’s message in the postgame press conference was far more measured, delivered without the tension of the match still unfolding. He did not publicly defend Vinícius when asked – twice – about what had happened. In response to the first question, he simply said, “The crowd is sovereign,” before moving on to a topic that had nothing to do with Vinícius.

When asked again about the whistles aimed at Vini, Xabi Alonso said that everyone had said their goodbyes for the vacation and that the issue had not been discussed in the locker room. Two answers that fell well short of offering public backing for his player – a gesture Vinícius would have greatly appreciated.

All the same, the forward remains calm, using the break to reset after the tension of the first half of the season and aware that the best version of Vinícius has yet to be seen in the final stretch, just before the Club World Cup and the Madrid’s biggest games.