Barcelona are interested in signing Jules Kounde from La Liga rivals Sevilla in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Barcelona head coach Xavi personally wants to bring the 23-year-old France international central defender to Camp Nou this summer.
The former La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners have made an offer of €55 million plus €10 million in add-ons to Sevilla for Kounde. Barcelona are also willing to offer the former Bordeaux defender €7 million per season as salary to convince him to move to Camp Nou.
However, the problem for Barcelona is that Chelsea’s offer for Kounde is superior. The Premier League giants have offered Sevilla €65 million with variables and are ready to pay the youngster €12 million in salary …
Barcelona have sold off a further 15 per cent of the club s LaLiga broadcasting rights to Sixth Street, a global investment firm.
In June, Barca confirmed 10 per cent of its TV rights had been sold to Sixth Street, and the company have now increased their investment into the club.
Sixth Street will now receive 25 per cent of the club s TV rights for the next 25 years, as Barca aim to appease their financial issues.
A statement from Barca president Joan Laporta read: We continue to move forward on our strategy and are pleased to have completed this additional agreement with Sixth Street providing us with a meaningful increase in capital strength.
Over the past few weeks, we and Sixth Street have engaged and collaborated with a shared understanding of wh…
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Real Madrid do not have a realistic shot at fighting for the league title anymore, so their best bet will be to clinch a UEFA Champions League spot as soon as possible. With that in mind, Los Merengues will host an Athletic Club side that remains very much alive on the race for a UEFA Europa League spot. This match will kick-off on Sunday at 16:15 hrs BST.
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Los Merengues only register one win in their previous three league matches (W1, D1, L1), but on the other hand they ve lost just once in their past five Liga matches (W3, D1, L1). For them, it s all about perspective and trying to end the season on a strong note after failing to win any of the three major trophies they competed f…
Alphonso Davies has returned to full training with Bayern Munich after six weeks out and Joshua Kimmich has stepped up his own personal fitness programme.
Davies, named 2020 Canadian Player of the Year, damaged ankle ligaments in the early stages of Bayern s 5-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on October 24 and was ruled out for up to eight weeks.
The versatile youngster completed a full 90-minute session with his team-mates on Thursday, though he is not expected to be considered for selection against RB Leipzig this weekend.
In a further boost for Hansi Flick, influential midfielder Kimmich is also on the comeback trail.
The 25-year-old suffered a right lateral meniscus injury in Der Klassiker on November 7 and was not expected to feature again until Janu…
Miguel Layun has warned his Mexico team-mates they must not let their standards drop against Jamaica as they bid to make it two wins from two at the Copa America Centenario.
Juan Carlos Osorio s side kicked off their Group C campaign with an impressive 3-1 triumph over Uruguay on Sunday, despite having Andres Guardado sent off in the second half of a bad-tempered match in Arizona.
The result stretched Mexico s unbeaten run to 20 international matches, with their last defeat being a 2-1 reverse against Ecuador at the 2015 Copa America.
Now they move on to the Rose Bowl in California to face a Jamaica team that suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Venezuela in their opener.
I think we have to be aware that Jamaica has different characteristics than …