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Barcelona are set to welcome Levante to the Camp Nou on Sunday afternoon in the seventh round of the La Liga season, though it will actually be match number six for the Catalan club.
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Given where this great club was only a few years ago, it s hard to believe what is happening to them these days.
A new era has begun at the Camp Nou this summer. The club suffered greatly from years of dubious transfer decisions, which saw them spend vast amounts on players that never justified such outlays. Most notably, the arrivals of Ousmane Dembele in the summer of 2017, Philippe Coutinho in January 2018 for €160m, and Antoine Griezmann in 2019, cost them over €300 million combined. Dembele has been severely hampered by injuries…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Raphael Varane has held Manchester United in his heart for the past 10 years as the defender prepares for a possible debut against Southampton.
The France international was presented to fans at Old Trafford ahead of the 5-1 win over Leeds United last week, having signed a four-year deal after Real Madrid accepted an initial fee of around £34million.
The 28-year-old was wanted by United when he was a rising star at Lens, but he chose to join Madrid in 2011, where he went on to win three LaLiga titles and four Champions Leagues among a host of honours.
Solskjaer says Varane has conducted himself impressively in training this week ahead of the game with Southampton at St Mary s Stadium on Sunday and believes Varane has fulfilled something …
Stefano Sensi scored the winner as Inter required extra-time to edge past Empoli 3-2 in the Coppa Italia last 16 on Wednesday.
Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring after just 12 minutes at the San Siro, but Empoli turned things around as substitute Nedim Bajrami equalised before the visitors fortuitously took the lead when Ionut Radu deflected into his own net.
Andrea Ranocchia produced an acrobatic stoppage-time equaliser to send the tie to extra-time and substitute Sensi delivered the decisive strike after 104 minutes.
Victory meant Simone Inzaghi s Serie A leaders squirmed through to the quarter-finals for the 18th time in 19 seasons.
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Inter deservedly took the lead when Sanchez nodded Denzel Dumfries cross into the bottom-le…
We didn t have this kind of conversation, to be honest, Klopp said, when asked if there was a coaching element to their talks. We had a very private conversation.
Klopp s players, who play Newcastle United on Wednesday, were so awestruck in the presence of Kerr that their German boss hoped they could show as much interest when he addresses them.
A fantastic guy. It was a pleasure to meet him, Klopp said. I took a picture when he spoke to a couple of the players and said to the boys, If you looked one time as concentrated when I talk to you, it would be really cool .
I told him what we were doing. The training grounds for football and basketball look slightly different and he liked everything that he saw.
The one moment I was really, really happy …
Manchester City are interested in signing Dario Osorio from Universidad de Chile, according to . The report has claimed that last season’s Premier League winners City are among the clubs who have scouted Osorio this season.
Osorio has been on the books of Universidad de Chile since 2015 and is rated as one of the best young players in Chile. The 18-year-old midfielder is hugely talented and could develop into one of the best players in the world in the coming years. The teenager has already played twice for the Chile national football team.
If City are to be successful in their quest to sign Osorio, then they have to beat a number of clubs to the signature of the teenager compared to compatriots Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel. Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelon…
Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th career appearance with his first ever goal in the World Cup knockout stage as Argentina reached the quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday.
Australia were content to frustrate their opponents at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, but Messi carved the Socceroos open in trademark fashion as half-time approached – picking out the bottom-left corner to net.
If Argentina s first goal was sublime, their second bordered on the ridiculous as Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan gifted possession to Julian Alvarez, who made no mistake to seal the win.
Australia halved the arrears when Craig Goodwin s effort deflected off Enzo Fernandez and beyond Emiliano Martinez, but Argentina never looked likely to be pegged back as they teed up a qu…
Al Hilal lifted the AFC Champions League trophy for a record fourth time as Nasser Al-Dawsari s memorable first-minute strike set them on the way to a 2-0 win over Pohang Steelers.
At the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, left-back Al-Dawsari produced a spectacular opener, and a clinical finish after the break from Moussa Marega tied up the triumph.
The breakthrough came inside 17 seconds with a remarkable long-range strike from Al-Dawsari, who snatched the ball in midfield and drove forward before lashing into the top-left corner from 28 yards with his left boot.
There was almost an equally dazzling reply from Sin Jin-ho in the 12th minute when he rattled the bar from the edge of the penalty area, the fingertips of goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayoof preve…
Antonio Conte remains hopeful that Tottenham and Hugo Lloris will be able to reach an agreement over a new contract for the Frenchman.
Lloris, 35, has entered the final six months of his contract and is now able to discuss an end-of-season free transfer with foreign clubs.
One of those he has been linked with is boyhood club Nice, where Lloris came through the academy and then spent three years in the first team before making the move to Lyon in 2008.
Lloris joined Spurs in 2012, and helped the club become a regular in the Champions League under Mauricio Pochettino, who guided them to the final of that competition in 2018-19.
The shot-stopper was made Tottenham captain in 2015, while he has worn the armband for his country since 2012, leading Les Bleus to…
Wales will benefit from the experience of Friday s Nations League draw with Iceland despite squandering a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2, believes boss Craig Bellamy.
Bellamy s reign began with a positive return of four points from Nations League matches against Turkiye and Montenegro, but they suffered their first major setback under him on Friday.
Brennan Johnson and Harry Wilson scored to give Wales a 2-0 half-time lead at Laugardalsvollur, only for Logi Tomasson s strike and Danny Ward s own goal to earn Iceland a point.
Despite Iceland registering the most shots they have ever recorded in a Nations League match (20), Bellamy was not too disheartened by the result.
It was good, I enjoyed it. It was what I expected to be honest, I said going out second half tha…
John Terry led tributes to former Chelsea and Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu, who was confirmed to have died in the earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month.
Atsu was reported to be missing in the immediate aftermath of the tremors that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6.
The former Ghana international joined Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor last September and scored for the side the day before the earthquakes.
After the tremors caused the collapse of the apartment block in which Atsu was living, his club initially said he had been recovered from the rubble and hospitalised, but that was later confirmed to not be the case.
Following confirmation of Atsu s death on Saturday, Terry – who was a team-mate of Atsu s durin…