In-demand Man Utd, Liverpool defensive target ‘optimistic’ as he breaks silence over future
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has spoken about his future and revealed he is talking to the club “this week” and hopes to stay with the LaLiga giants.
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I always overthink in the Champions League, says Man City's Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted that he overthinks and comes up with "stupid tactics" in the Champions League but would not have it any other way as he prepares for Tuesday's quarter-final tie with Atletico Madrid.
Dortmund still look a pale imitation of their best as colour returns to stands
As Covid restrictions begin to ease at last, Borussia Dortmund’s first home sell-out in more than two years was sight to behold. It was something that RB Leipzig’s Domenico Tedesco was keen to pre-warn his young side about – although as he later pointed out in an ESPN interview, it was something the home players were not used to experiencing recently either.
Man City manager Pep Guardiola slams 'stupid debate' around Atletico Madrid
Pep Guardiola said he did not want to spend a single second discussing the idea that Atletico do not play good football.
El 'caso Abidal' se enreda
Según informa El Confidencial este lunes, «el Instituto Nacional de Toxicología (perteneciente al Ministerio de Justicia) no ha encontrado pruebas de que el exjugador del FC Barcelona Éric Abidal, y el supuesto primo que le donó una parte de su hígado en 2012, Gerard Armand, sean realmente familia». La revelación enreda el caso que investiga el Juzgado de Barcelona y en el que están implicados el mismo Eric Abidal, Sandro Rosell, ex presidente del Barça; y Juanjo Castillo, ex directivo azulgrana.
Barcelona | Raphinha no depende de Dembélé
El fichaje del delantero brasileño, Raphinha, sigue muy vivo. Según ha podido saber AS, la llegada del extremo del Leeds no estaría en peligro si finalmente renueva Ousmane Dembélé: los técnicos consideran a ambos jugadores compatibles y hasta necesarios para contar con una plantilla amplia y equilibrada. De hecho, si finalmente el extremo francés aceptara la propuesta blaugrana para seguir en el club, quien podría ver cercenada sus opciones para seguir sería Adama Traoré.
‘He’ll always try and rocket it!’ – Benfica dangerman Darwin Nunez, the forward everyone wants to sign
Most Liverpool fans would be lying to you if they said they didn’t breathe a sigh of relief when the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals were made. There are very much “no easy ties” at this stage of the competition but it is also true that it isn’t too often that a team like Benfica (or Villarreal) get to the quarter-finals. Furthermore this Benfica side isn’t quite at the level of the likes of Ajax or Monaco, both of whom made semi-final runs in the past few years.