Friday 21 August 2020

Man Utd threaten to hijack Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes transfer amid 48-hour deadline

 

Manchester United have reportedly joined the race to sign Gabriel Magalhaes.

Manchester United have entered the race to sign Arsenal and Napoli target Gabriel Magalhaes, it's been claimed. The Red Devils are running on borrowed time, however, as Magalhaes wants to join his new club in the next 48 hours.

Wednesday 19 August 2020

PSG fans fear Neymar could miss Champions League final after swapping shirts with beaten RB Leipzig opponent

 Paris Saint-Germain fans fear Neymar could miss the Champions League final after he swapped shirts with an opponent after Tuesday night’s victory against RB Leipzig.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez can’t keep hands off each other as they kiss on board £5m holiday yacht

 

CRISTIANO RONALDO and Georgina Rodriguez showed their holiday romance is steaming up with a cute snap aboard their luxury yacht.

Neymar Brutally Trolls RB Leipzig After Paris Saint-Germain Reach Champions League Final

 Neymar took to Instagram and trolled RB Leipzig following Paris Saint-Germain's victory in the Champions League - posing with a Red Bull cup and calling himself "father."

PSG romped to a 3-0 semi-final victory over the German side on Tuesday to reach their first ever Champions League final

Leipzig were outclassed by Thomas Tuchel's side and Neymar decided to take a jibe at full-time.

The club are funded by the Red Bull energy drink company and Neymar posted a pictured of himself holding the cup with a caption of: "Father is in the final."

The 28-year-old moved to Paris in an attempt to step out of Lionel Messi's shadow at former club Barcelona.

Victory this evening means he'll be making his first appearance in a final since winning the competition with Barca back in 2015.

PSG dominated Leipzig throughout in Lisbon and took an early first half lead through Marquinhos.

Angel di Maria fizzed a delightful free-kick into the box which the defender nodded home in the 13th minute.

Di Maria then doubled their lead two minutes before the break after a lovely flicked assist from Neymar.

Juan Bernat added a third ten minutes into the second half to emphatically seal the result.

Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann spoke to BT Sport following the game and he conceded PSG were the better side.

"The ticket to the final for PSG was well deserved," he begun.

"First ten minutes we were in the game and had good moments, good counter attacks.

"Then they get the free-kick and the goal then after that, we need five minutes to get back into the game.

"Immediately they get the second goal and it's hard to come back into the game because PSG have a lot of quality.

"It's hard but football is sometimes like that."

PSG will face either Lyon or Bayern Munich in the final on Sunday.


By thesportbible.com



Barcelona chief Josep Maria Bartomeu Has confirmed Lionel Messi summer transfer decision

 

Barcelona are a club in turmoil.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has insisted Lionel Messi will not be sold this summer and will lead the rebuild with new manager Ronald Koeman.

The ramifications of Barcelona's stunning 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on Friday continues at the Camp Nou with sporting director Eric Abidal following Quique Setien out of the club.

The Spanish side have moved quickly to line up Koeman to replace Setien, with his appointment expected to be confirmed this week.

Several players are expected to leave Barcelona as part of a reshuffle under Koeman.

But Barcelona's greatest ever player Messi's future is uncertain after 19 years at the club.

Lionel Messi is unhappy with life at Barcelona (Image: GETTY)

Messi's exit would end a glorious era for him and be a hammer blow to Koeman's plans.

But speaking in an interview with Barcelona TV, Bartomeu was adamant Messi has decided to stick around.

He said: "Messi wants to end his career at Barça and will stay. I regularly speak to him and his father.

"Koeman counts on him and wants to build the team around him."

Bartomeu also confirmed they've held talks with Inter Milan over Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez.

"We spoke to Inter Milan about Lautaro but then the competitions restarted and there hasn’t been any contact since. We’ll see what happens," he revealed.

Despite calls for his resignation Bartomeu intends to remain in his role as president but the date for the next elections has been brought forward to March 2021.

"After considering all options, the board consider this to be the most viable date for the aforementioned elections," a statement read.

"The board understand that an immediate call for elections is not feasible, given that the league season will begin on the weekend of September 12, 2020, and the situation arising from the COVID-19 crisis - both economically and socially.

"Consequently, the club will continue to implement the plan to reverse the sporting and economic situation, based on profound changes to the first team, plus a redefined budget to deal with the new situation caused by COVID-19, before the end of the current mandate."

By Express.co.uk