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Chelsea owner Abramovich will ask Real Madrid to name their Bale price
With Antonio Conte complaining his Chelseasquad is short of numbers, Abramovich has instructed his directors to intensify their transfer plans in the final weeks of the market.
Don Balon says on their shopping list remains Bale, whose future is still in doubt after a low-key performance in Real's Supercopa victory at Barcelona on Sunday. Indeed, it's suggested the Welshman's display made up Real president Florentino Perez's mind that he needs to make another attacking signing this month.
Abramovich is a fan of Bale and also likes the idea of trumping Jose Mourinho's Manchester United to a long-term target.
It's been suggested Florentino would be willing to sell for less than €100m to make room for his next striker signing.,
Chelsea could cash in on major windfall, £36m bid incoming for bit-part ace
Lille are reportedly set to make a £36m bid for Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi, with the Belgian offered a chance to move on just a year after joining the Blues.
Despite only scoring five Premier League goals last season, the 23-year-old ended up scoring the one that secured the title and remains a popular figure amongst supporters.
However, Chelsea now face a difficult decision as to whether to keep hold of him, or sell and use those funds to bring in another alternative.
With Antonio Conte bringing in Alvaro Morata this summer, Batshuayi’s chances of being a regular starter in the line-up are slim, and that may well force him to consider his options too with the World Cup coming up next summer.
A move to Lille would offer him the chance to work with former boss Marcelo Bielsa, while for Chelsea it would mean a profit despite his struggles in England, as detailed by the Mirror, following his £33m move to Stamford Bridge last year.
Selling the former Marseille man would leave Chelsea light of options up front though, and so if they were to allow him to leave, then Conte will surely be pressing for the club to have a replacement ready.
Having bemoaned the lack of depth in his squad already this summer, it doesn’t seem to make too much sense to sell more squad players, but there still seem to be question marks hanging over Batshuayi as he looks set to play second fiddle again this season.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Reports in Brazil say Barcelona will sign midfielder Lucas Lima
According to journalist Benjamin Back on Fox Sports Radio, Lucas Lima will be a Barcelona player for the next four seasons. The midfielder is out of contract with his current club, Santos, at the end of the year and will join in January, when the winter transfer window opens.
Even though he won't come until then, Lima can legally sign a deal with Barça on July 1. The player is the former boyfriend of Neymar's sister Raffaele and his agent is the Barça star's father, who has reportedly recommended his Camp Nou arrival.
Lima is a 26-year-old midfielder (he turns 27 in July) and is 1.76m tall. A Brazil international (he played against Argentina recently), he currently plays for Santos after aspells with Inter de Limeira, Internacional and Sport Recife.
He has previously been linked with a move to Real Madrid and has also been the subject of interest from the Chinese Super League. In 2016 there was also links to Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich
Sunday 18 June 2017
Jovetic heading back to Inter as Sevilla can't match his wage demands
Stevan Jovetic is heading back to Inter, as Sevilla warned “we are seeking an alternative, as we cannot match Inter’s fee and his wage demands.”
The 27-year-old Montenegro international spent this season in Spain on loan, contributing seven goals and five assists in 29 competitive appearances.
This deal included a €14m option to buy, but it seems to be beyond Sevilla’s capabilities.
“It’s a bit of everything and not just one reason,” director of sport Oscar Arias told ABCSevilla.es.
“We could handle a higher wage than what we’re offering now, but only if we didn’t have to pay a transfer fee. Or, the other way round, we could pay the fee if the player’s wage demands weren’t so high.
“In our business model, we must keep costs contained. We don’t have the wage budget of a Manchester City, Barcelona, Chelsea or Real Madrid.
“We can make an effort, as we did with Jovetic, but always within the parameters. We must be realistic and admit that at times some things simply cannot be.
“It’s a complicated situation, as the player earns very high wages and Inter are asking for an equally high transfer fee. We are not ready to, nor capable of, taking on such a burden. We’ve already reached our limit.
“If it cannot be, then it cannot be… we wish Stevan good luck for his future career and now seek an alternative.”
Barcelona target Verratti reportedly tells PSG he won't return to Paris
"I won't return to Paris, I want to go to Barcelona." Marco Verratti has reportedly sent this clear message to the PSG hierarchy, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport as he looks to force a move to Camp Nou. An operation which the French club will not make easy.
While the player has decided to be discrete with his comments in public while on holiday in Ibiza, Verratti is aware that PSG don't usually sell their best players so decided to sent the message to the club. The answer was as expected: 'We don't sell."
In fact, president Nasser Al Khelaifi is apparently keen to improve his contract at the club in a bid to ward off Barça's interest.
But the reality, according to Gazzetta, is that Verratti will be strong. Barcelona want the midfielder and the midfielder wants to play at the Catalan club to continue growing as a player.
"Let me go to Barça, I won't come back to Paris," is more or less the message which was transmitted, as explained by the Italian paper.
Verratti has taken, therefore, an important step and has told PSG that "the time has come to fulfill my dream and play and win things alongside [Lionel] Messi." Gazzetta add
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Spain U21s 5-0 Macedonia U21s: Asensio fires stunning hat-trick
Real Madrid star bags a treble as Spaniards fire out a warning to every other nation with thumping start to Euros
SPAIN fired a warning to every other nation as they thumped Macedonia 5-0 in their opening match of the European Under-21s Championship.
A hat-trick from Marco Asensio and strikes from Saul Niguez and Gerard Deulofeu fired Albert Celades’ side to victory.
Despite the dominant scoreline, La Roja had to withstand several scares of their own as the Macedonians attempted to take the game to their opponents.
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In fact, up until the opener on ten minutes, it was they who were in control.
Boban Nikolov fired one wide of the post before Saul’s stunner broke the deadlock.
The Atletico Madrid midfielder acrobatically met Jose Gaya’s cross with a superb overhead kick and powered the ball past the goalkeeper.
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