Barcelona s interest in Lionel Messi back to the club is obvious , president Joan Laporta has said.
Barca brought Messi to Europe as a youngster, and he entrenched himself as a Blaugrana legend becoming the club s all-time leading scorer and winning seven Ballons d Or while at Camp Nou.
Messi also helped Barca win 10 LaLiga titles and four Champions League trophies during his time in Catalonia, in what was one of the club s most successful periods.
However, financial troubles meant the LaLiga giants did not renew Messi s contract when it expired in 2021, and Paris Saint-Germain swooped to bring him to the French capital on a two-year deal.
The 35-year-old lifted the World Cup with Argentina for the first time last weekend, and his impressive displays in Q…
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Watford will welcome Liverpool to the Vicarage Road on Saturday evening for a game that will be a part of the 28th matchday in the Premier League this season, played between two teams with very different goals towards the end of the campaign.
Watford
It wasn t that long ago when Watford were rightly considered among the toughest teams to beat (outside the top six) in the English top flight. Well organized and very physical in their approach, nobody liked to think about the prospect of playing against them. Well, maybe it wasn t that long ago, but right now it sure feels like it was.
Having taken the team to the 2019 FA Cup final, Javi Gracia sat in the dugout when the season began, only to receive his marching orders a month la…
Aaron Ramsdale would consider a move to Newcastle, but the Magpies are reluctant to meet Arsenal s £50m valuation of the 25-year-old.
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Samuel Iling-Junior: Tottenham and Newcastle are interested in the English winger, 20, with Juventus making him available, according to Italian publication Tuttomercatoweb.
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Borussia Monchengladbach have moved fast to bring in a replacement for Yann Sommer after confirming the signing of Jonas Omlin from Montpellier.
Sommer s eight-and-a-half-year stint with Gladbach came to an end on Thursday when joining Bayern Munich for a fee reported to be in the region of €8million.
Gladbach have turned to fellow Switzerland international Omlin, who made 74 appearances for Montpellier after joining from Basel in August 2020.
The 29-year-old, who earned the most recent of his four Swiss caps last June, has signed a deal at Borussia-Park that runs through until July 2025.
Welcome to Borussia, Jonas Omlin!
The 29-year-old Swiss goalkeeper has signed with the Foals from Montpellier until 30th June 2027
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Juventus are set to welcome AS Roma to the Allianz Stadium in Turin in one of the bigger clashes of the third round of the season in the Serie A, as both teams seek to be a part of the conversations about the top-end of the table right down to the end of the campaign.
Juventus
Until a few years ago the barely disputed dominant force in Italian football, Juventus have been taken off that throne first by one and then the other club from Milan, and it s undoubtedly their aim to retake the crown as soon as possible. Last time out, they finished fourth, whole 16 points behind champions AC Milan, 14 behind Inter, and nine behind Napoli. Though they probably should be happy that they ve at least managed to secure a place in the Champions Leag…
Manchester United are on the brink of elimination from the Champions League, and they suffered a proper humiliation in the Premier League at the weekend, losing 0-3 to Bournemouth at Old Trafford.
While there have been calls for manager Erik ten Hag to be sacked, former United defender Gary Neville says that would make no sense.
The idea of sacking him is absolute nonsense
Gary Neville says Man Utd must stick with manager Erik ten Hag
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Spain consolidated their spot at the top of Group B with a narrow 2-0 win over Kosovo in Wednesday s World Cup qualifying clash.
Pablo Fornals first international goal from a tight angle and Ferran Torres late strike proved the difference as Milot Rashica and Vedat Muriqi were made to rue missed chances for the hosts.
The visitors loss against Sweden was their first in World Cup qualifying since 1993 and ended a 66-match unbeaten run but wins against Georgia and Kosovo have got them back on track.
Luis Enrique s men sit four points clear of Janne Andersson s side, who were beaten 2-1 by Greece on Wednesday, although they have two games in hand.
After Koke s deflected shot brought the first save from Arijanet Muric, Elbasan Rashani fired narrowly wide wit…
The Mail Online understands that Aaron Ramsey is no closer to signing a new contract at Arsenal.
The Wales international is into the final year of his current contract at the Emirates and was linked with a move to Chelsea in the summer.
Should a new deal not be agreed he will be free to agree a move to a foreign club in January, with Juventus previous admirers of his work.
The twenty-seven-year old has been with the Gunners since the summer of 2008 and has since played three hundred and thirty-one times, scoring fifty-eight goals – one of which, the winner in the 2014 FA Cup final victory over Hull City.
He was also part of the squads that won the trophy in 2015 and 2017 while internationally he has made fifty-three appearances for his country, sco…
Chelsea boss Emma Hayes believes her side need to use their Women’s Champions League experience to get a result in their Group D clash at BK Hacken.
The Blues will go to the top of the group if they can beat the Swedish team on Wednesday night.
They were held to a goalless draw by the same opposition at Stamford Bridge last week but will have to face a lively atmosphere in the reverse fixture.
“Every game is a must-win game for us,” Hayes said on the club’s official website. “That is our mentality. We were disappointed with our performance last week. We worked on that, trained really well, played well at the weekend. This place will be rocking tomorrow night. This is going to be a difficult place to play.
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Tottenham should not have been surprised by how Antonio Conte s time at the club ended as he goes into conflict with everyone , says Christian Vieri.
Conte joined Spurs in November 2021 after the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo and guided the north London club to a top-four Premier League finish at the end of his first season.
Despite sitting fourth again this season, performances under Conte were hugely inconsistent with Spurs falling to disappointing exits in the Champions League and FA Cup in recent weeks.
Following an explosive press conference in which the Italian labelled his players selfish , he left the club on Sunday.
However, the breakdown in relations between Conte and the club was something former Juventus, Inter and Italy striker Vieri was ex…