Barcelona have signed Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid.
The Portugal forward has joined Barcelona until June 2024, with no option for a permanent transfer.
“The club wishes to thank the player publicly for the financial effort made and his desire to wear the Barca shirt,” read a Barcelona statement.
Philippe Coutinho has put pen to paper on a new double your money five year contract with Liverpool,.
The Brazil international moved to Anfield from Inter Milan in the summer of 2013, and has so far racked up eighty-one in all competitions, scoring ten goals.
He is now set to earn around £70,000 per week until his contract runs out at the end of the 2019/20 campaign.
The 22 year old has been one of the stand out performers for Brendan Rodgers’ side so far this season, netting in the win at Queens Park Rangers in October and the 2-2 draw with Arsenal in December.
He has just five caps for Brazil, and was not part of the hosts’ World Cup squad last summer though has featured in four friendlies since.
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Former French national keeper Gregory Coupet launched a tirade against his old boss Raymond Domenech on Monday, comparing his running of Les Bleus to a dictatorship.
The players cannot speak, they are bound. I can speak because I ve left. It s a dictatorship that has been implemented
The FFF (French football federation), the staff and all those connected need to take a good look at themselves in the mirror, the Atletico Madrid stopper told France Football magazine.
It is the whole that makes the French team Domenech is playing with the people, but ends up breaking his word.
It s all very sad because there is enormous quality being wasted.
Domenech has come under heavy criticism since he took over in 2004, with his most vociferous detractor…
Real Madrid announced the signing of Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported fee of €60million on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old arrives in Spain as one of Europe s most prolific young forwards and Los Blancos notoriously demanding fans will expect the Serbian to hit the ground running after their torrid 2018-19 campaign.
Jovic is likely to compete with Karim Benzema and Mariano Diaz for the central striking role in Zinedine Zidane s starting XI.
We look at last season s statistics, courtesy of Opta, to see how Jovic compares to his new team-mates.
Vielen Dank für deinen Einsatz, Tormaschine! Alles Gude und viel Erfolg in Madrid!
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht)
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Market: Middlesborough to beat Barnsley
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Still firmly in contention to secure a playoff position come the end of the season, on Saturday afternoon Tony Pulis Middlesborough side will be looking to shore up their chances of booking a return to the Premier League when they welcome a Barnsley side who find themselves in their own battle the other end of the table.
For the hosts on Saturday afternoon, Tony Pulis revitalized Middlesbrough side will be glad to know that they re still in prime position to occupy one of the lucrative playoff spots come May. Currently sat sixth in the Championship table, Boro will know that they re only three points away from dropping all the way down to 10th and the former West Brom boss will know the importance of keeping up their recent…
Manchester City wantaway goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon has revealed that he could join Fiorentina in the summer transfer window.
The Romanian is unhappy with his status at Etihad and has recently expressed his desire to leave.
Pantilimon was omitted from the starting line-up in the FA Cup final against Wigan despite being previously told he would start at Wembley and that seems to have been the last drop.
The experienced shot-stopper has hinted that a summer move to Serie A could be on the cards.
I am 26 years old, I m in the middle of my career and I cannot be happy to play five games a season, Pantilimon told La Nazione.
The interest of Fiorentina? My agent deals with this, I just think of working and improving.
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New Valencia signing Shkodran Mustafi insists the team have nothing to fear in La Liga this season.
The 22-year-old moved to the Mestalla from Serie A side Sampdoria on a five-year deal on Wednesday, fresh from winning the World Cup with Germany.
Valencia could only muster an eighth-place finish in Spain s top flight last season, as Atletico Madrid broke the domestic dominance of Barcelona and local rivals Real to win the Liga title.
Despite the obvious strength in depth in Spain, centre-back Mustafi believes Valencia are capable of competing with the best.
Despite all the big teams in La Liga, Valencia should not hide, he said at a news conference. This is a great team, and the team is capable of beating any other side. We must fight and not hide.
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Mauro Icardi opened the scoring and Achraf Hakimi started as Paris Saint-Germain got their pre-season up and running with a 4-0 win over Le Mans.
Wing-back Hakimi, signed from Inter after he helped the Nerazzurri win Serie A last season, was handed his first, unofficial start for PSG in the training ground match on Wednesday.
The former Real Madrid youngster teed up PSG s second goal, squaring for Ismael Gharbi to sweep home from the centre of the area.
Mauricio Pochettino s team had gone ahead in the 12th minute against their second-tier opposition, with Icardi on hand to head home after the Le Mans goalkeeper had parried Julian Draxler s cross into his path.
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Rob Page says he has cleared the air with Football Association of Wales chief Noel Mooney after their public spat last month.
Mooney put Page’s future in the spotlight four days before the Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia by saying the manager’s position would be reviewed if Wales did not qualify for Euro 2024 automatically.
Subsequent media reports suggested Mooney had wanted fellow Irishman Roy Keane, the former Sunderland and Ipswich manager and TV pundit, to replace Page following June defeats to Armenia and Turkey.
Page is just over 12 months into a four-year contract and promised to “ignore the noise” during the build-up to a game that Wales eventually won 2-1 to move into the second automatic qualifying place in Group D.
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Paul Pogba appears set to be granted his move away from Manchester United.
Pogba has been linked with a return to Juventus and a blockbuster transfer to Real Madrid since revealing it could be a good time for a new challenge .
And United may not stand in his way as the Red Devils look to rebuild in Manchester.
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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants Paul Pogba out of Old Trafford, according to the Daily Star.
Solskjaer has reportedly been told he only has £100million to spend after the Red Devils finished sixth in the Premier League last season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants Paul Pogba out of Man United to help increase POOR transfer budget
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Relegation-threatened Stoke City face a crunch clash in their Premier League survival push on Sunday as they prepare to play host to top-six challengers Burnley at their Bet365 Stadium.
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The Potters head into the Sunday showdown five points adrift of safety in the Premier League. With only four games remaining the forthcoming fixture is a ‘must win’ for Stoke City who are coming off from a frustrating 1-1 draw at West Ham.
Paul Lambert’s men were seconds away from claiming three vital points but were heartbreakingly denied a win by Andy Carroll’s last-gasp equalizer at the London Stadium last weekend. It was the substitute Peter Crouch who had given Stoke City the lead…