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UFC 278 card: Usman vs Edwards and all fights this weekend

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UFC 278 card: Usman vs Edwards and all fights this weekend

Leon Edwards will seek to avenge a loss to Kamaru Usman when the pair clash in the main event of UFC 278 this weekend, as the Briton also attempts to become Britain’s second ever UFC champion.

 

Usman earned a decision victory over Edwards in 2015 as part of an ongoing 19-fight win streak, which led the Nigerian-American to the welterweight title in 2019.

 

Usman, 35, has since retained the title in five straight bouts, with two wins against Colby Covington, two against Jorge Masvidal, and one against Gilbert Burns. As such, the “Nigerian Nightmare” has declared that he is “lapping” the opposition, a point that he would drive home with a second victory over Edwards.

 

Edwards, 30, has bounced back from his loss to Usman with nine wins in a row, most recently outpointing Nate Diaz in June 2021 after dominating the fan favourite for five rounds.

 

Here’s all you need to know about UFC 278.

 

When is it?

 

UFC 278 takes place at the Vivint Arena in Salk Lake City, Utah on Saturday 20 August.

 

The early prelims will start at 11pm BST (3pm PT, 5m CT, 6pm ET), with the prelims following at 1am BST on Sunday 21 August (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on Saturday).

 

The main card then begins at 3am BST on Sunday (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET on Saturday).

 

How can I watch it?

 

The card will air live on BT Sport in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights.

 

In the US, ESPN+ will stream the action live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.

 

Odds

 

Leon Edwards (right) during his decision win against Nate Diaz (Getty Images)Usman – /7 Edwards – 13/5
 
Main card
Kamaru Usman (C) vs Leon Edwards 2 (welterweight title)
Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold (middleweight)
Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili (bantamweight)
Marcin Tybura vs Alexander Romanov (heavyweight)
Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker (light heavyweight)
 
Prelims
Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon (lightweight)
Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova (women’s bantamweight)
Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana (featherweight)
 
Early prelims
AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa (welterweight)

Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo (flyweight)

 

Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin (bantamweight)

 

Daniel da Silva vs Victor Altamirano (flyweight)

Anthony Joshua ‘could retire’ if he loses Oleksandr Usyk rematch

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Anthony Joshua ‘could retire’ if he loses Oleksandr Usyk rematch
It’s a career-defining fight for Joshua and one which could swing the direction of the long-time Tyson Fury rival#s career, reports Manchester Evening News boxing writer, Charlie Wilson.
Sky Sports analyst and former boxer Johnny Nelson believes Anthony Joshua may retire should he lose to Oleksandr Usyk this weekend.

The fight will take place at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Super Dome and sees ‘AJ’ hoping to regain his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles after losing them to former cruiserweight Usyk last year. The Ring Magazine heavyweight title has also been added after Tyson Fury vacated the belt in the wake of his retirement decision.

 

Joshua has admitted that he was properly prepared for 12 rounds when he last faced former cruiserweight Usyk last year, he lost by unanimous decision to the Ukrainian. He has since replaced his coach Rob McCracken with American former Ring Magazine Coach of the Year Robert Garcia in an attempt to regain his titles.

The 32-year-old British fighter knows that this is a career-defining fight for him. Should he win, he’s back on the apex in the heavyweight division. But should he lose, where does he go from here – who could he realistically face to earn his way back towards a title?

 

Writing in an article for Sky Sports, Nelson said: “We’ll be looking at a completely different animal now because he knows what Usyk is capable of doing and he knows what mistakes he made.

 

“But if Usyk beats him, I reckon he’ll walk away. He’s not a backing dancer; it’s not in his DNA to want to be hanging on knowing that there’s a guy in that division that can beat you. It’s a fighter’s mentality.

 

“He doesn’t want to hang about to be a backing dancer; he wants to be the best guy. So, therefore with this fight here with Anthony Joshua, it’s so important for his career. He knows that this might be the last big fight he’s in. It’s not in his DNA to stand back and be a gatekeeper for anybody.
Nelson, like many others have stated that Joshua cannot attempt to outbox Usyk as he did in his last fight, but must try his size and strength to his advantage.

Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy Was “Predator” Pursuing Women, Rape Trial Hears

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Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy Was “Predator” Pursuing Women, Rape Trial Hears
According to England based NDTV, an English court on Monday heard that Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy, on trial for rape and sexual assault, was a “predator” who callously pursued vulnerable women…..
 
An English court on Monday heard that Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy, on trial for rape and sexual assault, was a “predator” who callously pursued vulnerable women. Mendy, 28, is on trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England, facing eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to seven young women.
 
The Premier League star has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in a complex trial that is expected to last 15 weeks. The jury trial opened last week and the prosecution began their opening arguments on Monday.

Prosecutor Timothy Cray told the court that Mendy and his co-defendant, Louis Saha Matturie, were “predators, who were prepared to commit serious sexual offences” as they pursued women.

 

Cray alleged that Mendy behaved with “callous indifference” to women who were “vulnerable, scared, isolated”.

 

Matturie’s job was “to find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted”, he argued.

 

The men “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game and if women got hurt or distressed, too bad,” the lawyer said.

 

The alleged offences are said to have taken place between July 2012 and August last year.

 

Matturie, 40, has also pleaded not guilty to eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault.

 

None of the women said to have been assaulted can be named under English law, which also places restrictions on what can be reported about the case.

 

Mendy joined Premier League champions City from French side Monaco in 2017. He has played 75 times for Manchester City, but his playing time was limited by injuries and a loss of form.

 

He was suspended by City after being charged by police in August last year.

 

The last of Mendy’s 10 international caps came in November 2019. The defender picked up a World Cup winner’s medal after playing just 40 minutes of France’s successful 2018 campaign in Russia.

 

The trial comes as former Manchester United star player and Wales manager Ryan Giggs is on trial at Manchester Crown Court on charges of assaulting his former partner by headbutting her and submitting her to controlling and coercive behavior.

Neymar ‘thinks Kylian Mbappe has stabbed him in the back’ as PSG tensions rise

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Neymar ‘thinks Kylian Mbappe has stabbed him in the back’ as PSG tensions rise

NEYMAR and Kylian Mbappe have a rocky relationship at PSG, with tensions rising in their 5-2 win over Montpellier on Saturday night, Jack Otway reports.

 

The Express reports that Brazilian attacker, Neymar thinks PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe has stabbed him in the back, according to reports in Spain. The duo have been allies at the Parc des Princes ever since joining the club in the summer transfer window of 2017. But all isn’t well behind the scenes, with the pair involved in an argument during Saturday’s 5-2 win over Montpellier.

And, when the reigning champions were awarded another spot-kick towards the end of the first half, he insisted he should be the one to take it.

 

Neymar then proceeded to argue with Mbappe and eventually dispatched the effort himself, before netting again in the second half.

 

And with the duo’s relationship worsening, Mundo Deportivo has now provided an intriguing update on the situation.

 

It’s claimed that, back in the summer, Mbappe tried to ‘force’ PSG into selling Neymar after he decided to turn down Real Madrid in order to stay in France.

There had, previously, been the expectation the 2018 World Cup winner would move to the Bernabeu after much speculation.

 

Yet Mbappe, after being promised he would be the main man at PSG ahead of both Neymar and Lionel Messi, then decided to stick – rather than twist.

 

The report says Neymar now feels as though he’s been ‘stabbed in the back by his teammate due to Mbappe trying to get him to leave.

 

And the Brazilian apparently criticized his attacking partner for what he perceived to be a ‘dirty game’.

 

Neymar has added further fuel to the fire by ‘liking’ a social media post that criticized Mbappe for trying to take the penalty, despite missing his previous effort.
Neymar and Kylian Mbappe have a rocky relationship at PSG (Image: GETTY)

And it’s clear the PSG duo will have to resolve their differences as they look to win every possible trophy with Christophe Galtier at the helm.

 

Mbappe also went viral during the match with Montpellier for appearing to give up on an attack, with the France international just stopping as his team-mates went forward.

 

Galtier has now explained that incident, however, with the 55-year-old defending his talisman by saying: “Kylian played his last game three weeks ago so I knew it was going to be tough on a physical level for him.

 

“He’s a competitor. He wants to be good and he wants to be good quickly, but a top footballer is not on and off like that; it takes a little time to regain 100 per cent of his athletic abilities.

 

“When he’s at 100 per cent, he’ll make the difference even more.
“These are players who like to score, who want to score, who attack.
“It’s a bit normal for him to be disappointed at being a little short physically compared to his teammates.”
Galtier also refused to name PSG’s first-choice penalty taker, too.
Speaking after the row between Neymar and Mbappe, the Frenchman said: “For this match, the order was chosen thus.
“Kylian shot first, so it was logical that Neymar went next. We’ll see in the future.”

PSG star Marco Verratti, meanwhile, insisted Mbappe’s sulk was ‘normal’.

 

“With the penalty, he sulked a bit but that’s normal. He’s a great player, he wants to make a difference,” said the Italy international.

 

“It’s good when he’s angry, it means he cares about this team.”

EPL Match week 2

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EPL Match week 2
 Saturday 13 August
AVL 2-1 EVE
ARS 4-2 LEI
BHA 0-0 NEW
MCI 4-0 BOU
SOU 2-2 LEE
WOL 0-0 FUL
BRE 4-0 MUN

Sunday 14 August 2022

  • Nott’m Forest  08:00  West Ham The City Ground, Nottingham

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  • Chelsea  10:30  Spurs Stamford Bridge, London

EPL Table

CLUBS

 GP W-D-L GF GD PTS GA HOME AWAY
1
Man. City Man. City
 2 2-0-0 6 6 6 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
2
Arsenal Arsenal
 2 2-0-0 6 4 6 2 1-0-0 1-0-0
3
Brentford Brentford
 2 1-1-0 6 4 4 2 1-0-0 0-1-0
4
Newcastle Newcastle
 2 1-1-0 2 2 4 0 1-0-0 0-1-0
5
Leeds United Leeds United
 2 1-1-0 4 1 4 3 1-0-0 0-1-0
6
Brighton Brighton
 2 1-1-0 2 1 4 1 0-1-0 1-0-0
7
Tottenham Tottenham
 1 1-0-0 4 3 3 1 1-0-0 0-0-0
8
Chelsea Chelsea
 1 1-0-0 1 1 3 0 0-0-0 1-0-0
9
Aston Villa Aston Villa
 2 1-0-1 2 -1 3 3 1-0-0 0-0-1
10
Bournemouth Bournemouth
 2 1-0-1 2 -2 3 4 1-0-0 0-0-1
11
Fulham Fulham
 2 0-2-0 2 0 2 2 0-1-0 0-1-0
12
Liverpool Liverpool
 1 0-1-0 2 0 1 2 0-0-0 0-1-0
13
Wolves Wolves
 2 0-1-1 1 -1 1 2 0-1-0 0-0-1
14
Leicester City Leicester City
 2 0-1-1 4 -2 1 6 0-1-0 0-0-1
15
Southampton Southampton
 2 0-1-1 3 -3 1 6 0-1-0 0-0-1
16
Everton Everton
 2 0-0-2 1 -2 0 3 0-0-1 0-0-1
17
Nottingham Nottingham
 1 0-0-1 0 -2 0 2 0-0-0 0-0-1
17
West Ham West Ham
 1 0-0-1 0 -2 0 2 0-0-1 0-0-0
17
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
 1 0-0-1 0 -2 0 2 0-0-1 0-0-0
20
Manchester Utd Manchester Utd
 2 0-0-2 1 -5 0 6 0-0-1 0-0-1
Bundesliga
Friday 12-Aug-2022
SC Freiburg SCF 1 BVB 3
Saturday 13-Aug-2022 8:30 GMT-5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen B04 1 FCA 2 FC Augsburg
 RB Leipzig RBL 2 KOE 2 1. FC Köln
TSG Hoffenheim TSG 3 BOC 2 VfL Bochum 1848
Hertha Berlin BSC 1 SGE 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Werder Bremen SVW 2 VFB 2 VfB Stuttgart
Saturday 13-Aug-2022 11:30 GMT-5
FC Schalke 04 S04 2 BMG 2 Borussia M’gladbach
Sunday 14-Aug-2022 8:30 GMT-5
1. FSV Mainz 05 M05 FCU Vs. 1. FC Union Berlin
multiple broadcasters
Sunday 14-Aug-2022 10:30 GMT-5
FC Bayern München FCB Vs. WOB VfL Wolfsburg
multiple broadcasters
Table
Rank GP W D L Pts
1
Borussia Dortmund
 2 2 0 0 6
2

Borussia Mönchengladbach
 2 1 1 0 4
2

1. FC Köln
 2 1 1 0 4
4

FC Bayern München
 1 1 0 0 3
5

Sport-Club Freiburg
 2 1 0 1 3
6

1. FC Union Berlin
 1 1 0 0 3
7

1. FSV Mainz 05
 1 1 0 0 3
8

1899 Hoffenheim
 2 1 0 1 3
9

FC Augsburg
 2 1 0 1 3
10

SV Werder Bremen
 2 0 2 0 2
11

VfB Stuttgart
 2 0 2 0 2
11

RB Leipzig
 2 0 2 0 2
13

VfL Wolfsburg
 1 0 1 0 1
14

FC Schalke 04
 2 0 1 1 1
15

Hertha BSC
 2 0 1 1 1
16

Eintracht Frankfurt
 2 0 1 1 1
17

VfL Bochum 1848
 2 0 0 2 0
18

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
 2 0 0 2 0

FIFA U20 World Cup Women

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FIFA U20 World Cup Women
FIFA U20 World Cup Women Teams
  • Australia Women U20 Australia Women U20
  • Brazil U20 Women Brazil U20 Women
  • Canada U20 Women Canada U20 Women
  • Colombia U20 Women Colombia U20 Women
  • Costa Rica U20 Women Costa Rica U20 Women
  • France U20 Women France U20 Women
  • Germany U20 Women Germany U20 Women
  • Ghana U20 Women Ghana U20 Women
  • Japan U20 Women Japan U20 Women
  • Mexico U20 Women Mexico U20 Women
  • Netherlands Women U20 Netherlands Women U20
  • New Zealand U20 Women New Zealand U20 Women
  • Nigeria U20 Women Nigeria U20 Women
  • South Korea U20 Women South Korea U20 Women
  • Spain U20 Women Spain U20 Women
  • USA U20 Women USA U20 Women

FIFA U20 world cup women football results & fixtures

 

Yesterday’s Matches (Aug. 11, 2022)
World Cup Women U20
Scoress
 Ghana U20 W 0:3   USA U20 W Finished
Japan U20 W 1:0   Netherlands U20 W Finished
 France U20 W 0:1   Nigeria U20 W Finished
 Canada U20 W 0:2  South Korea U20 W Finished
Group games round 2
13.08. 12:00
 Germany U20 W  0:0  New Zealand U20 W
13.08. 15:00

 Brazil U20 W 0:0  Australia U20 W

13.08. 18:00
 Mexico U20 W o:0  Colombia U20 W
13.08. 21:00
  Costa Rica U20 W 0:0  Spain U20 W
14.08. 12:00
Japan U20 W   0: Ghana U20 W
14.08. 15:00

 South Korea U20 W  Nigeria U20 W

14.08. 18:00
 USA U20 0:0   Netherlands U20 W
14.08. 21:00

 France U20 W 0:0   Canada U20 W

 Brazil U20 W 0:0  Australia U20 W
13.08. 18:00

 Mexico U20 W 0:0  Colombia U20 W

13.08. 21:00

 Costa Rica U20 W 0:0  Spain U20 W

14.08. 12:00
Japan U20 W 0:0  Ghana U20 W
14.08. 15:00
South Korea U20 W 0.0   Nigeria U20 W
14.08. 18:00  0:0 USA U20 W  Netherlands U20 W
14.08. 21:00

 France U20 W 0:0  Canada U20 W

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup-Costa Rica 2022

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FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup-Costa Rica 2022

Coming Fixtures

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Coming Fixtures

EPL CUP

 

Wednesday 10th August 2022

 

Blackburn 19:45 Hartlepool
Middlesbrough 19:45 Barnsley
Port Vale 19:45 Rotherham
Sheff Wed 19:45 Sunderland
Coventry 19:45 Bristol City
Plymouth 19:45 Peterborough

English Premier League

Scores
Friday 05/08/2022
 FT
 Crystal Palace 0 – 2   Arsenal
Saturday 06/08/2022
FT
Fulham                        
  2- 0   Liverpool
FT
 AFC Bournemouth 2 – 0   Aston Villa
FT
 Leeds United 2 – 0   Wolverhampton Wanderers
FT
 Newcastle United 2 – 0   Nottingham Forest
FT
 Tottenham Hotspur   4 – 1   Southampton
FT
 Everton 1 – 0 Chelsea
Sunday 07/08/2022
FT
 Leicester City 2 -2 Brentford
FT
 Manchester United 1 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
FT
 West Ham United 0 -2
Manchester City
Fixtures

Game week 2

 
Saturday 13/08/2022
06:30
   Aston Villa   Everton

 
09:00
   Arsenal   Leicester City

 
09:00
 Brighton & Hove Albion Newcastle United

 
09:00
 Manchester City   AFC Bournemouth

 
09:00
 Southampton   Leeds United

 
09:00
   Wolverhampton   Wanderers   Fulham

 
11:30
   Brentford   Manchester  United

 
Sunday 14/08/2022
08:00
 Nottingham Forest West Ham United

 
10:30
   Chelsea Tottenham  Hotspur

 
Monday 15/08/2022
14:00
   Liverpool  –    Crystal Palace
League table
# Team MP W D L F A D P Last 5 matches H2H
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3 W
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
6 Brighton & Hov… 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 W
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 W
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 W
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 L
14 Wolverhampton … 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 L
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 L
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 L

Bundesliga

Scores

Sunday 7th August

 

VfB Stuttgart 1      RB Leipzig      1        FT

 

FC Köln 3 FC Schalke 04 1 FT

 

Saturday 6th August

 

 FC Union Berlin 3 Hertha Berlin 1 FT

 

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 1899 Hoffenheim 1 FT

 

FC Augsburg 0 SC Freiburg 4 FT

 

VfL Bochum 1848 1 Mainz 05 2 FT

 

VfL Wolfsburg 2 Werder Bremen 2 FT

 

Borussia Dortmund1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 FT

Friday 5th August

 

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Bayern Munich 6 FT

Fixtures

 

Friday 12th August

 

SC Freiburg 19:30 Borussia Dortmund

 

Saturday 13th August

 

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14:30 FC Augsburg

 

Hertha Berlin 14:30 Eintracht Frankfurt

 

RB Leipzig 14:30 FC Köln

 

Werder Bremen 14:30 VfB Stuttgart

 

1899 Hoffenheim 14:30 VfL Bochum 1848

 

FC Schalke04      17:30                     Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sunday 14th August

Mainz 05        14:30       FC Union Berlin

Bayern Munich      16:30       VfL Wolfsburg

 

Tables

League table
# Team MP W D L F A D P Last 5 matches H2H
1 Bayern Munich 34 24 5 5 97 37 +60 77 D D L W W
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 +33 69 W W L L W
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 +33 64 W W W W L
4 Previous rank: 5 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58 D W L L W
5 Previous rank: 7 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 W W D W W
6 Previous rank: 4 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55 L L W D W
7 Previous rank: 6 FC Cologne 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 L L W W W
8 Previous rank: 9 Mainz 34 13 7 14 50 45 +5 46 D W W L D
9 Previous rank: 8 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 -2 46 L L L D D
10 Borussia M’gla… 34 12 9 13 54 61 -7 45 W D W D L
11 Eintracht Fran… 34 10 12 12 45 49 -4 42 D D L D L
12 Previous rank: 13 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 -11 42 D W D W L
13 Previous rank: 12 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 -14 42 L W W L L
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 -17 38 W L L W L
15 Previous rank: 16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 -18 33 W D D L D
16 Previous rank: 15 Hertha Berlin 34 9 6 19 37 71 -34 33 L L D W W
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 -26 28 D L D L L
18 Greuther Fürth 34 3 9 22 28 82 -54 18 L L D L D

Barcelona transfer chaos as new signings Christensen and Kessie could leave for FREE if not registered by Saturday

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Barcelona transfer chaos as new signings Christensen and Kessie could leave for FREE if not registered by Saturday
BARCELONA pair Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could sensationally LEAVE as free transfers without playing a competitive match writes The Sun’s reporter Jake Lambourne.
Both men arrived for nothing at the Nou Camp earlier in the window after running their contracts down at Chelsea and AC Milan respectively.
But with three days to go until the start of the new LaLiga season, they are yet to be registered with the Spanish league.

It was claimed last month how the Blaugrana were unable to register the duo due to financial fair play restrictions.

 

And according to ESPN, they could now leave for free if they aren’t registered before Barca’s opener against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.

 

They state that they may decide to execute a clause in their deals in Catalonia that will see their contracts ripped up.

It has also been said that fellow new arrivals Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde are also yet to be registered.

 

But their situation is different as they were not snapped up on free transfers.

 

The news outlet has declared that while Christensen and Kessie have an option to leave, there is no suggestion it will come to that.

 

And if that looked to be a possibility, the club would speak to their team to avoid such an embarrassing outcome.

 

As well as Barca’s new arrivals, they also haven’t been able to register Ousmane Dembele and Sergi Roberto after they penned new deals.

 

With Barca struggling for funds, they are hoping to offload Frenkie de Jong, despite the midfielder wanting to stay.

 

It has been claimed how Chelsea are closing in on a £67.6million agreement for the Holland international.

 

Manchester United are said to be refusing to give up hope of landing him with Erik ten Hag making the ex-Ajax ace his No1 target.

Robert Lewandowski makes Thiago admission after Barcelona transfer deal

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Robert Lewandowski makes Thiago admission after Barcelona transfer deal
Liverpool partly has Robert Lewandowski to curse for Sadio Mane calling time on his Anfield career this summer, after Bayern Munich identified the Senegal international as the perfect replacement for their prolific striker.

Having burst onto the scene in Germany with Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund over a decade ago, the Poland international joined Bayern in the summer of 2014. And despite being on the verge of his 34th birthday, he has shown no signs of slowing down as he continues to plunder goals for fun and remains one of the planet’s deadliest finishers.

 

Scoring 447 goals from 562 games during his 12 seasons in Germany, winning every major honour on offer to him along the way, Lewandowski was understandably hungry for a new challenge and, having always wanted to play in La Liga, forced through a move to Barcelona last month as a result.

 

Liverpool had tentatively been linked with Lewandowski in the past but there was never any possibility of a reunion with Klopp for the striker, with the veteran deciding Barcelona was the only move for him. And while his own wantaway desires ignited a transfer merry-go-round including Mane, there were no hard feelings back on Merseyside.
Quoted by Sport , the 33-year-old revealed that his former Bayern team-mate, Thiago Alcantara, had been in contact with him after he joined the Catalans, with the Reds midfielder starting his own career at Camp Nou. However, he admits he didn’t speak to his former manager Pep Guardiola about the switch.
“Guardiola’s philosophy and his style of caring for and managing the team I think basically were Barca at Bayern Munich,” he said. “Xavi is very similar to Guardiola. They were both ‘6’, they worked together. They think about football in the same way. With that memory in mind, Barca was the only option for me and it was a great preparation when I was there.
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