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Today’s briefing is a ~3 min read:

• Daniel Levy’s “bonkers” bonus system 🤑

• Key facts this week: Nottingham Forest’s unbelievable home-record stat 📊

• This week’s FPL flops 🥴

Champions League Results - Tuesday 7 November

🗞️ Morning Brief

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TONIGHT 🏆

LEVY’S “BONKERS” BONUS SYSTEM 🤑

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is notoriously tight-pursed.

The 61-year-old businessman does not budge… especially when it comes to player bonuses.

And this week Ben Foster has lifted the lid on the “bonkers” system that makes it “almost impossible” for players to receive bonus payments.

The only way to receive a bonus is to beat one of the big boys in the league. How that’s defined is unclear.

But, here’s the catch.

A 1-0 win isn’t good enough in Levy’s eyes.

The players must by two clear goals in order to warrant a bonus.

Imagine that: Spurs players are the only ones sulking after beating City 2-1…

Key facts this week 🤔

⏱️ The ball was in play just 43% of the total match time in Monday’s Spurs vs Chelsea thriller. That’s the lowest in the league over the past two seasons.

👻 Manchester City matched their record for the third time with 13 consecutive league wins against Bournemouth (13).

🥴 Romero has been sent off four times in all competitions for Tottenham. This is more than any Premier League player since his debut.

👏🏼 Nottingham Forest has only lost two of their last 20 home games in the Premier League. Only Manchester City and Liverpool have lost fewer in the same period.

😂 Nicolas Jackson has now achieved a league hat-trick before Marcus Rashford…

🤔 Ange Postecoglou suffered his first home league defeat as a manager in England or Scotland, in his 43rd game on home soil in charge.

FPL FLOP OF THE WEEK 🥴

Gameweek 11 was bad for all FPL managers.

The average score was 32 points. The lowest average score this season.

Salah flop, Haaland injury, Saka blank, Watkins tut. This week wasn’t good for anyone.

But, some managers didn’t just do badly. They did so badly, it’s kinda funny….

So, in the spirit of flopping, we have curated the biggest flops of GW11 for your entertainment.

Here goes… (The last one is our favourite)

1 Point

Triple Spurs’ defence is suspect anyway. Two red cards must have been hard to take….

Minus 1 Point 

Suspect team…:/

Minus 4 Points

After regretting taking Haaland out, this FPL manager took -20 before GW11!

EXTRA-TIME ⏱️

When Pope Francis asked you to ref a game, you can’t say no. Confused? So are we. Circo Immobile was once asked to referee a charity match between Lazio’s employees and a Vatican XI. He awarded two penalties in a 7-7 draw. Must be difficult playing against a team with god on their side…

Wags at War is the perfect Christmas for anyone who loves Wagatha Christie. Rebekah’s North Sea phone and Coleen’s Leopard print notebook are sold separately.

Ray Parlour knows how to celebrate. Spurs’ loss on Monday means that no team has the chance to match Arsenal’s Invincible run. And Parlour couldn't help but throw his very own party.

Bradley Walsh is stunned by football trivia. The Chase presenter and former Barnet footballer thought he was sure about the rules of the game. Until he wasn’t….

MEME 😂