Barcelona’s financial situation has gone from bad to worse as the club could now lose out on registering Lionel Messi for the next season. The Catalan giants need to offload several of their high-earners or ask them to take pay-cuts if they are to register their new signings. Antoine Griezmann was one of the untouchable among the Barca ranks at the start of the summer window, but the recent developments have forced the Blaugrana to alter their transfer stance to the Frenchman. As it stands, Barca are looking to offload the 30-year-old who is the highest earner in the team. The…
Author: Daiwik Tadikonda
Daiwik Tadikonda
A Medico with Cricket as his first love and a growing interest in Football.
United are looking to stabilize their backline ahead of the next season as they are looking at Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane as the new partner for Harry Maguire at the centre of the defence. United’s leaky backline cost them their title challenge and the Europa League final in May. With only a year left in his contract, the Los Blancos understand that they would be forced to let the 28-year-old leave for free if they do not sell him this summer, with the Whites said to be eager to keep their man. Manchester United’s interest in Varane has been confirmed…
Antoine Griezmann was considered to be one of the untouchable among the Barca ranks at the start of the summer window, but the recent developments have forced Barcelona to alter their transfer stance when it comes to the Frenchman. The club’s financial situation has gone from bad to worse as the Catalans now face the possibility of losing out on registering Lionel Messi for the next season after already having agreed on personal terms with the 34-year-old. The Blaugrana need to lighten their wage bill before they can make any new additions. The club needs to offload several of their high-earners or…
The midfielder has had a tough time at Real Madrid as he got reduced to only a sporadic option for Zinedine Zidane last season. However, with the arrival of the new boss, the Spaniard will look to win him over in the first impression and also look to cement his spot in the starting eleven. The former Malaga midfielder managed to notch up only starts out of his total 25 appearances in the La Liga last season under Zidane. But with Ancelotti at the helm, the 29-year-old has a shot at redemption in the upcoming season. Ancelotti understands Real Madrid’s…
The Red Devils are now pushing for the Premier League title victory for the first time since 2013, having finished second to rivals Manchester City last season. Manchester United have already secured the signing of their long-term target in Jadon Sancho. United were linked with Sancho last summer, and the player has agreed on personal terms with the club. United kept negotiating with Borussia Dortmund until the very end but could not reach an agreement with the former Bundesliga champions. This summer, though, United made their intentions clear by securing the signature of the Englishman and completing the deal for him…
Former Netherlands player Arjen Robben has announced his retirement from football on Thursday. The 37-year-old winger was currently plying his trade for Groningen, a team competing in the top flight of Dutch football. This is not the first time that Robben has announced his decision to hang up his boots. On 4th July 2019, he announced his retirement from the game, following the conclusion of his long stay at Bayern Munich. However, after a year away from the game, Robben returned to football by signing for Groningen, his boyhood club. The return was not as special as Robben would have hoped for,…
The Parisians were said to be one of the favorites to the Argentine after the 34-year-old decided to issue a formal transfer request to FC Barcelona last summer. The move to either Manchester City or Paris Saint Germain did not materialize, and the Argentine was forced to stay at the Camp Nou for another season. Times have changed, though. Messi is currently in red-hot form and recently led Argentina to the Copa America title. The forward also won the Copa Del Rey last season with the Blaugrana, and he is set to stay at. His new contract is said to be ready, but the board need…
AS understands that the club has promised La Liga that the necessary reductions in their wage bills would be made before the start of the next season, and the governing body is said to favour letting them register the signing of their most successful player. Messi’s future has been under the scanner for the past year ever since he made a shock transfer request to Barcelona days after Barcelona suffered a humiliating 8-2 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich. The 34-year-old, however, was not allowed to leave and was consequently forced to stay in the club. In 2021 however, Messi…
The newly-crowned national hero of Argentina, Angel Di Maria has revealed that Lionel Messi thanked him after La Albiceleste’s fifteenth triumph in Copa America 2020. On Saturday,, Argentina clashed with their arch-rivals Brazil at the Estadio do Maracana in Brazil. With conditions and form both favouring Brazil, Argentina were being dubbed as the underdogs by the vast majority. However, Lionel Scaloni’s men proved to be far more superior tactically than their opposition. In what was a very cagey affair, with the Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich blowing his whistle every other minute, the match-defining moment of spark happened in the 22nd minute. A precise ball…
Paris Saint-Germain have had a huge boost to their Champions League dreams as they added Sergio Ramos to their squad. The experienced Spanish defender has led Real Madrid to several European titles and now will hope to replicate that with the French giants. Ramos, however, feels that the Parisians are very close to their maiden Champions League glory. Although the Parisians have reached the finals of the European competition, they came out second best against Bayern Munich. Despite a lot of investment, the club has failed to break the hoodoo of winning the European title. Therefore some people feel that Ramos…