Philippe Coutinho has completed his season-long loan move from Barcelona to Bayern Munich, who have an option to make the deal permanent for €120million.
LaLiga champions Barca revealed the potential future fee is on top of an initial €8.5m loan payment.
The figures fall short of the €160m deal that Barca negotiated with Liverpool in January 2018.
Coutinho s switch from England to Spain attracted plenty of fanfare but he failed to deliver on expectations and spent periods out of Ernesto Valverde s preferred XI last season.
Barca are reported to have offered the midfield misfit to Paris Saint-Germain in a player-plus-cash exchange for Neymar.
Premier League clubs Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham were also linked with the former Inter …
Diego Forlan has received the Adidas Golden Ball award after being voted the best player at the World Cup in South Africa.
The Uruguayan international was presented with the prestigious award by German football legend Franz Beckenbauer at a ceremony in Germany on Tuesday.
German winger Thomas Mueller was presented with the Golden Boot award as the top scorer at the World Cup, while Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas was received the Golden Glove award.
Forlan netted five goals in South Africa as Uruguay made the semi-finals before losing to Spain, and joins Zinedine Zidane, Oliver Kahn and Ronaldo on the list of past winners.
It is obvious that this award is great for me, but it is for the work of the whole team, Forlan said.
The goals that I sc…
West Ham United are interested in signing Ivan Toney from London and Premier League rivals Brentford in the summer transfer window, according to Florian Plettenberg. The Sky Germany journalist has reported on X that West Ham have inquired about a possible deal for Toney.
Plettenberg has noted that Brentford want £30-40 million in transfer fees for Toney. Arsenal and Chelsea are also keeping tabs on the situation of the 28-year-old England international striker, so the Hammers, who are aiming to win the UEFA Europa League this season, are not going to find it easy to convince Toney to make the switch to London Stadium in the summer of 2024.
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Toney has made 12 starts and one substitute appearance in the Pre…
Arsenal have confirmed the signing of teenage Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli from Ituano.
The 18-year-old has joined on a long-term deal and is the Gunners first signing of the close season.
Martinelli was named in the 2019 Team of the Year for the Campeonato Paulista and was rewarded with a chance to join Brazil s senior team for a training camp in May.
He will link up with his new team-mates for pre-season training at Arsenal once the deal, reported to be worth £6million, has been ratified.
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Speaking to Arsenal s official website, Martinelli said: It is a dream since I was a child and also my family s dream for me to be playing in Europe and playing for a big team …
Erik ten Hag has confirmed Harry Maguire will stay on as Manchester United captain this season.
Maguire was named skipper by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in January 2020 following Ashley Young s exit from Old Trafford.
The England international endured a difficult campaign both on and off the field last season, leading to suggestions David de Gea or Cristiano Ronaldo would take the armband instead.
Speaking after being unveiled as United s new manager in May, Ten Hag said he had yet to decide who would captain United in his first season in charge.
That came after interim boss Ralf Rangnick had suggested during his short stint at the helm that it should be down to the players to vote on who captains the side.
However, Ten Hag clarified at a news conferen…
Lionel Messi led Inter Miami s comeback, getting a brace and an assist on his return from injury in a 3-1 win over Philadelphia Union.
The Argentine had been out with an ankle injury he sustained in the Copa America final, but he slotted straight back into the line-up after an eight-match absence.
Philadelphia made a dream start against the Eastern Conference leaders, with Mikael Uhre latching onto a loose clearance from Tomas Aviles before coolly slotting in from the edge of the D after just 58 seconds.
Messi got his first goal in the 26th minute, with Luis Suarez cushioning the ball to him before he rounded the defender to level the score.
He then gave Miami the lead just four minutes later – Alba, in acres of space down the left, squared it to Messi …
Eden Hazard completed his much-anticipated move from Chelsea to Real Madrid on Friday, the 13-time European champions agreeing to pay a fee that could rise to €140million.
In doing so, Hazard became the latest Premier League superstar to be drawn to the bright lights of LaLiga.
Over the past decade, Barcelona and Madrid have repeatedly cherry-picked the English top flight s hottest talent – a policy that has helped deliver six Champions League titles between the two great rivals in the 10 seasons from 2009-10.
Will Hazard s arrival return Madrid to the head of European club football s top table? He has a lot to live up to if he is to fill the shoes of the first man on our list of players to recently swap the Premier League for LaLiga.
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Thiago Motta is confident Juventus will be competitive at the start of the Serie A season despite having more work to do in the transfer market.
It has been a period of change at the Allianz Stadium, with Motta replacing Massimiliano Allegri as head coach after four years without a league title for the Turin giants, which followed a run of nine straight Scudetto triumphs.
The Bianconeri have brought in midfielders Douglas Luiz and Khephren Thuram but are yet to strengthen their attack despite links with Teun Koopmeiners and Nicolas Gonzalez.
Their struggles in the transfer market could mean the likes of Weston McKennie, who looked to be on his way out at the end of 2023-24, could return to the fold for their Serie A opener against Cesc Fabregas Como on Monday.
The Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns hobble into Thursday Night Football, battered and bruised and fresh off ugly losses in Week 6.
Cleveland will be down key starters on both sides of the ball and, most importantly, Baker Mayfield as Case Keenum gets set to start under center in primetime.
Find out how Keenum and injuries on both sides will factor in with our free NFL picks and predictions for Broncos vs. Browns on Thursday, October 21.
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data-mm-id=”_zhxxxtu7h”>Donald Trump is talking again, and usually when that happens something fascinating comes out of it. Friday was no exception as the former president had opinions about forest management. Like his suggestion that California should "clean your floors, clean your forests" this one didn't make a whole lot of sense either. While discussing devastating wildfires, Trump claimed, "We can actually dampen our forests with water that costs us nothing that will come pouring down. If you had dampened floors, you wouldn't have forest fires." What the hell is he talking about?Anyway here's the clip:Trump: We can actually dampen our forests with water that costs us nothing that will come pouring down. If you had dampened floors, you wouldn’t …