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  • Spanish club Almeria want £26m for Sadiq

    Spanish club Almeria want £26m for Sadiq

    LaLiga second division club Almeria will demand £26m to sell Nigeria forward Umar Sadiq to potential suitors this summer.

    Sadiq has a £51.6m release clause in his contract but according to reports, Almeria are willing to lower the price.

    The 24-year-old has attracted attention from a number of European clubs after netting 28 goals with nine assists across all competitions last season.

    He started off the 2020-21 season at Serbian club Partizan Belgrade , which saw him score six goals in ten games.

    But in October 2020, the former AS Roma player joined Almeria and he continued his goal-scoring exploits finding the back of the net 20 times in the league.

  • LaLiga: Barcelona to offload six players in January

    LaLiga: Barcelona to offload six players in January

    Barcelona are planning to sell as much as six players in the January transfer window, Marca reports.

    New manager, Ronald Koeman, is still shaping his squad at the Nou Camp, having completed no less than 14 deals in the summer.

    The likes of Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic were all moved out, while Miralem Pjanic, Francisco Trincao and Sergino Dest arrived.

    However, the club is planning to sell defenders Junior Firpo and Samuel Umtiti, who have been deemed surplus to requirements.

    Matheus Fernandes only arrived in the summer after agreeing a deal in January, but he is also on the list to be axed, as well as Danish striker Martin Braithwaite, who has been used regularly off the bench this season.

    Barca will also loan out youngsters Riqui Puig and Carles Alena, who are on the fringes of Koeman’s squad.

  • Messi claims new La Liga record in Barca win

    Messi claims new La Liga record in Barca win

    Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up two more as Barcelona won 4-0 at Mallorca on Saturday on their return to La Liga action.

    The match came after a three-month interruption to the season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Arturo Vidal gave Barcelona a second-minute lead and Martin Braithwaite and Jordi Alba added further goals.

    Then Messi wrapped up the win at the death.

    The scoreline made the league leaders five points clear of title rivals Real Madrid, who play on Sunday.

  • Real Madrid win first La Liga title since 2012

    Real Madrid win first La Liga title since 2012

    Real Madrid won first La Liga title since 2012 thanks to a final-day 2-0 victory at Malaga on Sunday and in spite of FC Barcelona’s 4-2 win over Eibar.

    Cristiano Ronaldo scored early in the game to settle the nerves, latching onto Isco’s through ball to step around Carlos Kameni and tap into an empty net.

    Karim Benzema then added their second goal after the break after Kameni had parried Sergio Ramos’ shot.

    Real, who had only needed a draw to win the title, now face Juventus in the Champions League final aiming to complete a double

    FC Barcelona, who had won the past two titles, came from 2-0 down to beat Eibar 4-2 at the Nou Camp.

    But they had also needed Real to slip up if they were going to retain the trophy.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Real Madrid finished with 93 points, while FC Barcelona ended with 90 points to stay second.

    The result means Zinedine Zidane, in his first full season as Real boss, has recorded another first.

    He is the first manager to lead Madrid to the Spanish league title since Jose Mourinho did five years ago.

    If Real beat Juventus in Cardiff, they will become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League.

    Zidane had won the tournament six months into the job last summer.

    NAN