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Barcelona's plans to generate funds by selling Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho and Samuel Umtiti are likely to fall apart due to the trio's poor claims register.Barça's financial difficulties have been well documented in recent years and they were forced to move a number of high-profile players last summer in an attempt to reduce wage costs.Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic all left the Camp Nou for almost nothing (in relative terms anyway) but the club is still struggling to balance the books.La Liga president…

Sevilla president Jose Castro has claimed that Julen Lopetegui turned down a "dizzying" offer to become the new Tottenham boss.Spurs' search for a new manager has been ongoing since they divorced Jose Mourinho back in April, with chairman Daniel Levy initially claiming he wanted to book a time before the end of the season.A whole host of names have been thrown into the mix as to who could replace Mourinho in north London, but still countless setbacks have left them without a manager when the countdown to the 2021/22 Premier…

Italy has come a long way since the fateful night in Milan back in November 2017. Gli Azzurri welcomed Sweden to the San Siro and needed to turn a deficit with a goal to secure the qualifiers for the World Cup 2018. 90 minutes later, a country was in mourning. Coach Gian Piero Ventura's side limped to a 0-0 draw, Daniele De Rossi refused to be replaced and thought a more attacking player should be introduced, and the entire national team line-up was in pure chaos.What should you do when they come after you? / Claudio Villa…

Bukayo Saka ayaa xalay barbarreeyey rikoodh khaas u ahaa oo ay haysteen Michael Owen iyo Raheem Sterling kaddib markii uu wacdaro ka dhigay kulankii dalkiisu 1-0 kaga badiyey Czech Republic.19 jirkan ayaa kusoo bilowday ciyaartii xalay, waxaana uu tusiyey dunida in ay tahay in si joogto ah loogu bilaabo ciyaar kasta, isagoo noqday ciyaartoygii ugu wanaagsanaa garoonka.Xiddigan Arsenal ayaa soo bandhigay ciyaar qaan-gaadh ah oo aanu dareemayn wax culays ah, iyadoo uu difaacyahannada Czech Republic si fudud iskaga dhex…

Former Juventus and Borussia Dortmund center-back Jurgen Kohler has recalled Oliver Bierhoff's golden goal that led Germany to beat the Czech Republic in the Euro 96 final. The Czech Republic had led thanks to a penalty from Patrik Berger at the hour mark, before Bierhoff was subbed on and changed the game. The striker equalized after going home a whipped free kick from Christian Ziege, and just five minutes into extra time he took the golden goal after his deflected effort proved too hot for goalkeeper Petr Kouba to…

Ebony Salmon is just the type of striker that Manchester United need right now, with a comparative lack of goals still the biggest difference between them and the WSL big three Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal since promotion to the top flight in 2019.The disappointing thing is that Lax has already been and gone to United, never played a first team game for the club and now makes his name elsewhere instead.The 20-year-old England international has a very bright future ahead of him and needed a little more than a minute…

Kooxda kubadda cagta Real Madrid ayaa mar kaliya hoggaanka u qabatay tartanka loogu jiro weeraryahanka reer Norway ee Erling Haaland ee afka hore uga ciyaara Borussia Dortmund, waxaanay wararku sheegayaan in mar horeba ay kooxda reer Germany u fasaxday gool-dhaliyahan inuu la xaajoodo Real Madrid.Los Blancos ayaa hore loola xidhiidhinayay weeraryahanka reer France ee Kylian Mbappe oo sannad kali ahi ka hadhsan yahay waqtiga uu dhamaanayo heshiiska uu kula jiro PSG, isla markaana uu doonayo inuu tago Santiago Bernabeu.Laakiin…

Raheem Sterling talks about how he grew up near Wembley shaped the early part of his career.

USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski has named the list of 18 players aiming to win a gold medal at this summer's Olympics in Japan, with all but one of the players named as part of the squad that won the 2019 Women's World Cup in France.The fact alone makes this an incredibly experienced group of players and they will be strong favorites to win the competition.Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Tobin Heath and Christen Press are the forwards named in the squad. All are over 30, indicating that it may be a last chance for…

The goal was to reach the knockout stages of a major final tournament for the first time ever, but realistically Scotland were the lowest seed in the group and their final position reflected that. Had they taken their chances in the matches against the Czech Republic and England, it could have been a different story.What was the positive?The match against England was almost perfect - all that was needed was a winning goal. Billy Gilmour's performance at Wembley was one of the highlights of the campaign and it was…