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at April 01, 2019 0

A wink from Zidane
Zinedine Zidane has “added to the uncertainty surrounding Paul Pogba’s future” with the Real Madrid head coach making it known how highly he regards his compatriot.
Last week Pogba spoke highly of Zidane when asked how he felt about his return to Real Madrid, and it seems like a mutual love-in is now in progress, which will only fuel speculation that the French World Cup winner will quit Old Trafford.
The Sunday Times describes how Zidane was asked for his opinion of Pogba at a press conference at the weekend.
“I like Pogba a lot and it’s not new,” he replied. “I know him personally. He is different. He contributes to what few can do. He knows how to attack and defend. He knows how to do everything on the pitch.” 
Door always open
Although Pogba still has two years on his contract, Real are expected to make him their No.1 summer transfer target as they look to replenish their squad after a disappointing season.
Zidane was careful not to tread on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s toes, but his words will nonetheless be seen as a flirt.
“He’s not part of my squad,” Zidane emphasized. “If when he finishes his experience at United he wants to come here, why shouldn’t he come to Real Madrid? But especially Madrid, more than Zidane.” 
Phone flirting
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) embellishes the story with a claim that Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola, “has held two phone conversations with Real Madrid” over the midfielder’s future.
The MEN quotes Spanish newspaper Marca, which alleges that Raiola is actively courting Real with a view to a summer move to the Bernabeu.
As a result, a deal “seems to be on the cards again”, a possibility that was ruled out earlier in the season because of financial constraints.
Real know they would have to pay well in excess of €100m (£86m) for the 26-year-old Pogba, but the board is also conscious that they need a big-name player to boost morale after the disaster of this season.
The MEN said: “Pogba’s wages can be taken on by Madrid due to his profile as a player, both in a sporting and commercial sense.”
Pogba out, Bale or Kroos in?
If Pogba leaves this summer United could demand a Real Madrid player as part of any potential deal.
The Daily Express, via Spanish newspaper AS, reports that the Red Devils may seek either Welsh forward Gareth Bale or German midfielder Toni Kroos in part-exchange for Pogba.
Bale has been linked with a move away from the Spanish capital, to United or back to Tottenham, but talks or reports that his future will be decided at the end of the season. 
Griezmann says ‘non’
There’s more bad news in the Manchester Evening News with a report claiming that Antoine Griezmann has told Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone that he will be staying.
Rumours had suggested that Man Utd were exploring the possibility of signing the Frenchman in the event Pogba heads to Real, but apparently he’s decided to remain loyal to Atletico.
Spanish outlet AS says that Griezmann has informed Simeone of his intention because “he believes he can win trophies under him”. 
Ole eyes Wan-Bissaka
The Daily Mail reports that new United full-time manager Solskjaer is preparing a summer bid for Crystal Palace right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Wan-Bissaka, 21, is being lined up as a replacement for Antonio Valencia and could cost around £35m. United’s rivals Manchester City are also interested.

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at March 24, 2019 0

This year has had the characteristic that many teams that were presented with stability and obtaining good results in the last championships, have had a significant drop in results and that has irremediably led to an institutional crisis.

When you win, then you are doing the right thing according to the quality that is available in the template, but at the time of the defeat all are marked for not meeting and the continuity is questioned. For Atlético de Madrid, the drawback is not that they question their best player, but that they fear because of bad results, that the best player on the squad ends up accepting an offer of exit in search of a greater number of titles.

Antoine Griezmann until now has shown unconditional loyalty to the mattress set, since he rejected in the past several offers that doubled the salary he was receiving in Spain, apart from that meant better proposals at the sport level than the one presented by Cholo Simeone.

This time there was a new sample of the French's roots towards Atlético de Madrid because he would have rejected a PSG proposal to collect the same as Neymar and form a trio with the Brazilian and Mbappé, which undoubtedly would have built the best front in the world.

The mattress does not want to go out and Messi believes that he is missing the opportunities to be Golden Ball in Atlético.

This kind of soccer players is those that arouse endless idolatry on the part of the fans, by putting ahead of their personal interests, the welfare of the club and the feeling of being at home despite being French. The hope of many teams that are looking for Griezmann seems to be extinguishing for the benefit of Simeone.

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at September 18, 2018 0

Cristiano Ronaldo , the Portuguese star of Juventus, has not taken anything good license that has taken a prominent player. And he has already contacted Leo Messi to talk and stop him. From the point of view of the new crack of the set that trains Massimiliano Allegri , we must lower the fumes to the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann . Luso has not done a damn bit of grace that the star of Atletico del  Cholo  Simeone is compared to him and his great nemesis. And he has found an ally in Barça.



"Now I feel at the same table as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and I know other players are going to come in. The tables are images that I have and I enjoy at that table, but I also know that I can do better," he said. the French forward of the Athletic of Madrid in declarations to the As newspaper  .  Last summer, finally decided to make deaf ears to the proposal of the Barca of Josep Maria Bartomeu and swore fidelity to him to the group rojiblanco. Their performances in this season start, however, are leaving much to be desired.


Griezmann opted to be the leader of Atlético instead of accepting the idea of ​​being under the shadow of Leo Messi for a while. Something that, at the time, led Neymar to leave Barça. The great plan of the French was to take the Golden Ball from the ranks of the Simeone team . For the moment, however, things are not going as planned.
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at May 07, 2018 0

The comments were immediate. The shame was obvious. A rested Barça , with time to prepare the match - despite the hangover of the infamous celebration of the League - made a fool of himself against Real Madrid.
Those of Ernesto Valverde ended up asphyxiated, although they avoided the defeat (2-2). Enlarged the record of undefeated games in the League. And a little more.
The club had 15 good minutes, which Zidane opted for a forward defense. As soon as the pressure lines went down, Madrid ate Barça.
Again Ter Stegen was the best of Barça in the first half. Saving clear chances of Cristiano Ronaldo , who scored the first of the targets to equal the initial goal of Luis Suarez.
iniesta last classic
Ronaldo was not only the protagonist for his goal, also for his ankle injury. And left the lawn to the half part. As Sergi Roberto , expelled, and Coutinho , replaced by Semedo . 
Vaciled to Leo Messi 
Despite playing 45 minutes in numerical inferiority, the Luso crack hallucinated with the loose version of Barca, saved by the clamorous refereeing errors of Hernández Hernández. And Sergio Ramos hit the claw: " Who tells Messi? " Irony mode on .
Who says that the final of the Champions will be played by Madrid? What no matter who wins the Classic to decide the Ball of Gold and The Best ? That no matter how aggressive it is shown on the lawn will not change the harsh reality ?
It was obvious that the Argentine star was not fine. Overexcited, possibly because of the frustration of having been overtaken once again by Cristiano Ronaldo in the overall of the season doing less. For a team question.
Christian ankle classic boot
In spite of everything, the genius of Rosario wanted to appear. And he did it with the second goal -before lack of Luis Suárez- and with dangerous chances ruined by Keylor Navas.
But this is not the same Messi that was seen in Rome. When worse was the Barça , that fateful night in the Olympic,the Argentine star did not appear.
Florentino hits Bartomeu 
The shadow that began to be reserved for the World Cup still hovers over the Camp Nou. And in the Classic it was clear that when he wants, he plays. And fight.
But the result was the least, the feeling of superiority of Madrid was enough to understand that Florentino Perez has clearly won the game in terms of sports management Bartomeu.
The president of Madrid has spent much less money in recent years in signings, and his staff is more complete. It is much more compensated.
luis suarez sergio bouquets classic | EFE
The Barca endures in Leo Messi , who returned to render after having high-sounding words with Sergio Ramos and press the referee.
And next year will have to Antoine Griezmann payment of another 100 million euros to Atletico of Madrid. If allowed by Florentino Pérez.
But he cries out to the sky that Barça has invested 160 million euros in Coutinho,very mediocre in front of whites, and 145 million in Dembelé, substitute. The Gaul did not have a minute. 
The staff of the Catalan club lives from a generation that is getting older, but has no future changes. And La Masía is dismantled. A  real  drama.
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at April 25, 2018 0

He does not know how to say it anymore. Leo Messi has been warning for months to FC Barcelona that the signing of Antoine Griezmann is not the most appropriate for the FC Barcelona squad. The Argentine knows that in the directive already they are moving to finish closing the last details with the Athletic one of Madrid and with the player, but considers it an error.
For many reasons. The first one is because he believes that the type of French game is not the best for the group led by Ernesto Valverde .  Messi does not doubt the quality nor the technique of Griezmann , but he knows that the one of the Atletico deploys his better game by the center of the attack, an area that already is occupied by him and by his great friend Luis Suárez .
In fact, Suarez is the second reason why the ' 10' does not want to know anything about Antoine . He is aware that if the Frenchman arrives, Luis' minutes and the role of the Uruguayan could change, and he does not want to. Hence, Leo is insisting a lot to change Griezmann for another of the best forwards in Europeand that does fit with what Barca islooking for .
The striker who wants Leo Messi

And that is none other than Mohamed Salah . The star of Liverpool , who had a stellar performance on Tuesday against Roma in the Champions League , is the kind of crack Messi wants at the Camp Nou .
Among other things because Salah is a player of the band, a born dribbler and a player capable of moving through all the lines of attack, and that is what Messibelieves he has missed this year in the FC Barcelona. Salah would be what Ousmane Dembélé has not been and what in his day was Neymar : the third piece in the trio culé, which is hooked to the line of lime and spaces to the other two strikers.
Philippe Coutinho squeezes Messi
The case is that Philippe Coutinho , who knows perfectly the Egyptian of his stage in Anfield , has long warned Messi that, if the Argentine is serious and asks for his signing, Salah will not hesitate and come to the Camp Nou .
Mohamed , who continues to have a very good relationship with Coutinho , would be more than happy to wear the elastic azulgrana and play with Messi , Philippeand company in the Catalan capital. In fact, they warn from the Liverpool crack environment that if the Barça call arrives, it will not have problems in leaving thrown to Florentino Pérez .
Florentino Pérez goes crazy for Mohamed Salah
And it is no longer a secret that in the Bernabéu also has the extreme in its agenda. And in fact, it is one of the names that most interest Chamartín . Among other things because, unlike what happens at the Camp Nou , in Madridthey will need reinforcements up front yes or yes.
Most likely Gareth Bale leaves and Karim Benzema , either pack or leave the eleven. Cristiano Ronaldo will need from next season new teammates in the merengue front and Florentino wants Salah to be one of them.
And he is willing to do everything to make it so. For now, and seeing that the price of the Egyptian does not stop rising after each game (and exhibition) played by Liverpool , already has in mind the first proposal to take it from Anfield .
The offer of Florentino Pérez
The president has prepared 140 millionfor Mohamed . And to that amount is added the figure of Dani Ceballos . That is the first (which will not be the last) offer they have prepared in the noble zone of the Bernabéu .

Why Ceballos ? For two reasons: the first one is because the Andalusian does not count for Zinedine Zidane . The French coach never wanted to know anything about a signing he neither asked nor wanted.
On the other hand, the Real know that Ceballos like, and much, a Jürgen Klopp , as he did with Coutinho and Barca , is willing to tighten the rope as necessary and take all the money you can. Hence, in the Madrid , they count from within, be aware that most likely the English team will ask for more. And Florentino is willing to reach 200 million to take one of the players of the moment.
It will be one of the summer soap operas
Of course, as Coutinho has already warned on more than one occasion , if Messi really press for it, the crack will have no problems in ruling out the offer of Perez's and landing in Barcelona . And it seems that the Argentine is doing it. Now it remains to be seen if the directors of the entity culé will listen to ' 10' and they will listen to him, or continue with the planned plan, which would bring Griezmann to Barça .
In any case, what seems clear is that the name of Salah will undoubtedly be one of the names of summer. Or rather, one of the summer soap operas.
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