Tag: Barcelona
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Inter on red alert as Messi buying a house in Milan
Milan’s clubs are on red alert with the father of Barcelona star Lionel Messi buying a house in the city. Jorge Messi, reports Gazzetta dello Sport, is purchasing a house in the Porta Nuova district in Milan with plans to move to Italy this year. Messi has long been a target for Inter Milan and…
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Transfer: Aubameyang wants Barca move
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to join Barcelona this summer. Mundo Deportivo says Aubameyang plans to reject a £250,000-a-week contract extension and ask to be allowed to join Barcelona should they come calling. Aubameyang is in the final 12 months of his current deal and can leave for free next summer. The Gunners are faced…
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Lautaro Martinez decides on Barca move
Lautaro Martinez has vowed to continue “giving 110 per cent” for Inter and repay the confidence shown in him by Antonio Conte as speculation over a move to Barcelona gathers pace. The Argentina international has been strongly tipped to swap San Siro for Camp Nou at the end of the season, two years after joining…
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Setien replacement: Abidal offers Laurent Blanc to Barca board
Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal has offered Laurent Blanc to the board. L’Equipe says Abidal has been instructed by the board to find a replacement for Quique Setien and his No1 choice as a successor is Blanc. Abidal has argued to board members and president Josep Maria Bartomeu that Blanc, as a former player, knows…
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Barca target Aubameyang stalls Arsenal contract talks
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is yet to consider new contract talks with Arsenal after suspending them earlier this season. The Gunners’ captain is out of contract next year and is still yet to commit to a new deal. Should he not pen fresh terms, Arsenal may opt to sell their talisman this summer to avoid losing him…
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Fortune was with Real Madrid – Barca boss Setien
Barcelona coach Quique Setien says Real Madrid deserve to be champions. However, he insists Barca deserved more from the LaLiga campaign. After defeat to Osasuna, Setien stated: “Madrid has a lot of merit. “We deserved many more points. We did not have the fortune of when you win something which is what our rival had.…
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Madrid dethrone Barcelona, win La Liga title
Real Madrid have dethroned Barcelona, winning La Liga title on Thursday, with one game left to spare. Madrid beat Villarreal 2-1 to clinch the title. Rival, Barcelona fell at home by 1-2 to 11 placed Osasuna in a poor showing. If Barcelona had won the match, that would not have still stop Madrid from winning…
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PSG prepared to do Neymar deal with Barca
PSG are prepared to do business with Barcelona over the sale of Neymar. The Brazil captain has refused to consider new contract talks with PSG as he pushes to return to the Nou Camp. And Okdiario’s chief of football Eduardo Inda, speaking on El Chiringuito, has revealed PSG are willing to discuss terms. “Barcelona continues…
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If I was Xavi, I’d never join this Barcelona – Laporta
Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has warned Xavi off a return to the Nou Camp. Al Sadd coach revealed that he turned down the chance to succeed Ernesto Valverde as Barcelona boss in January. Laporta, who is thought to be interested in running in the upcoming presidential elections at the Camp Nou, spoke out against…
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Xavi will be Barca coach sooner – Bartomeu
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has admitted Xavi will become the club’s manager “sooner or later” but revealed the club is ready to back Quique Setien for next season. The Catalans have struggled to impress under Setien and are currently second in La Liga with Real Madrid in pole position to claim the league title.…