Tag: Barcelona

  • Inter Milan draw up €500m for Messi contract

    Inter Milan draw up €500m for Messi contract

    Inter Milan’s Chinese owners are putting together a massive budget to bring Lionel Messi to Italy this summer. Now inside the final year of his current contract, talks over a new deal between Messi and Barcelona have been suspended. Nothing is expected to resume until after Barca’s Champions League campaign concludes. In the meantime, Inter…

  • BREAKING: Pedro bids farewell to Chelsea after excruciating humiliation

    BREAKING: Pedro bids farewell to Chelsea after excruciating humiliation

    It is the end of an era as Pedro Rodriguez has bid farewell to Chelsea FC after the London club was dumped out of the UEFA Champions League following an excruciating humiliation in the hands of Bayern Munich. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pedro, who is out of contract with the Blues, announced leaving Chelsea on Sunday…

  • Champions League: Barcelona thrash Napoli to reach quarter-finals

    Champions League: Barcelona thrash Napoli to reach quarter-finals

    Barcelona have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League after thrashing Napoli 3-1 to qualify on 4-2 aggregate. The first leg in Napoli had ended 1-1. Clement Lenglet scored Barcelona’s first goal on 10 minutes after a well-executed corner kick. He rose highest and planted a powerful header beyond the goalkeeper, inside the left post.…

  • EPL: Arsenal agree terms with Coutinho

    EPL: Arsenal agree terms with Coutinho

    Arsenal have struck personal terms with wantaway Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Sport says he will arrive at The Emirates in a season-long loan deal – after a whistle-stop tour of their training ground. The North Londoners have fixed up a deal with Nou Camp chiefs. Coutinho, linked with Chelsea, is not wanted at Barca, who…

  • Coutinho to join Arsenal on loan

    Coutinho to join Arsenal on loan

    Barcelona playmaker, Philippe Coutinho, is set to join Arsenal on loan this summer. According to Spanish newspaper, Sport, Arsenal’s loan pursuit of Coutinho is at an ‘advanced’ stage after Barcelona have so far failed to find a club that will sign the midfielder permanently. Coutinho’s agent, Kia Joorabchian, has been working on securing a move…

  • Aubameyang urges Arsenal to sign one Barca’s key player

    Aubameyang urges Arsenal to sign one Barca’s key player

    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reportedly wants Arsenal to sign Ousmane Dembele this summer. The Gunners are hopeful Aubameyang will sign a new contract this summer. And Le10Sport claims the Gabon striker wants to see who Arsenal will sign to get a sense of the club’s ambition. One player he would not mind seeing is Dembele, who played…

  • Arteta calls Rakitic directly to detail Arsenal plans

    Arteta calls Rakitic directly to detail Arsenal plans

    Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has made a move for Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic. The Croatia international, 32, has been weighing up his options at the Nou Camp, though is refusing to simply be offloaded by the Catalans. Rakitic has refused to be part of swap proposals involving PSG and Inter Milan over the last six…

  • La Liga: Arthur refusing to play for Barca

    La Liga: Arthur refusing to play for Barca

    Barcelona midfielder Arthur has told the club he does not want to play for them anymore as the midfielder refuses to return from Brazil, Goal reports. The Brazil international will join Juventus this summer after a deal worth €72 million (£66m/$81m) plus up to €10m in bonuses was agreed in June, but his contract with…

  • Barca make Coutinho proposal to Arsenal, but…

    Barca make Coutinho proposal to Arsenal, but…

    Arsenal have turned down an initial proposal from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho. Barca are desperate to find a buyer for Coutinho as they seek to balance their budget for the coming season. Arsenal are keen, but not at the terms proposed by the Catalans. Foot Mercato says Barca have offered Coutinho to Arsenal in exchange…

  • Inter plot bank busting contract offer for Messi

    Inter plot bank busting contract offer for Messi

    Inter Milan are planning a bank busting contract offer for Barcelona captain Lionel Messi. The Argentine is in the midst of a frosty rift with Barcelona chiefs and the Serie A side look set to try and take advantage of the feud with a “2021 assault”. Gazzetta dello Sport says Messi’s deal runs out next…