Lamine Yamal said that it would be impossible to reach Lionel Messi’s level during his career, despite having been through an incredible breakout season.
The 17-year-old made 37 league appearances for Barcelona last season and was thrust further into the public eye as he helped Spain win Euro 2024 in Germany.
Yamal, who was 16 for much of the tournament having celebrated his birthday before the final, swept the boards at the competition, winning Young Player of the Tournament, Goal of the Tournament and was also named in the Team of the Tournament.
The teenage sensation also laid on four assists in seven appearances over the summer and has made a decent start to the 2024-25 season as one of Barcelona’s main men.
In four LaLiga appearances, he has scor…
Newcastle United are finalising a deal to sign Harvey Barnes from Leicester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that talks between Premier League club Newcastle and Championship side Leicester are progressing and that the Magpies hope to get a deal done for £35 million.
Barnes made 32 starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League for Leicester last season. The winger scored 13 goals and gave one assist in those games. During the 2021-22 campaign, the England international made 24 starts and eight substitute appearances in the Premier League for the Foxes, scoring six goals and providing 10 assists in the process.
Newcastle finished in the top four of the Premier League table last season and will play in the UEFA Champ…
David Alaba admits being on Barcelona s transfer radar is flattering but insists his focus remains on Bayern Munich.
The Austria international has been linked with a move to LaLiga champions Barca in recent days.
Reports in Germany indicate Bayern are unlikely to entertain negotiations for a player viewed as one of the finest and most versatile left-backs in the world.
Alaba joined the Bundesliga giants as a teenager in 2009 and has two seasons left to run on his contract.
Of course, it s an acknowledgement, it s an honour for me, Alaba told reporters in the United States, where Bayern are based for the International Champions Cup.
However, he added: My focus is fully on Bayern here in America and on pre-season. I want to concentrate on the essen…
Fulham are more appealing than Everton to Branislav Ivanovic, according to . The former Chelsea defender is leaving Zenit Saint Petersburg and will become a free agent, and both Fulham and Everton have been linked with him.
The 36-year-old Serbia international defender is reportedly keen on the idea of playing one final year in the Premier League, having starred for Chelsea in England from 2008 until 2017. During his time at Stamford Bridge, the right-back won the Premier League and the FA Cup title each, and the Champions League and the UEFA Europa League once each.
Although Everton have made contact through representatives and are interested in signing Ivanovic on a free transfer this summer, the veteran defender prefers a move to Fulham, as he already knows West Lond…
Julian Nagelsmann has promised that Bayern Munich will not play badly against the same opponent twice ahead of his side s Champions League clash with Villarreal.
Bayern welcome Villarreal to the Allianz Arena trailing 1-0 from last week s first leg.
The Bundesliga leaders are looking to avoid being eliminated in the quarter-finals in consecutive seasons. Prior to last term, when they lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the last eight, Bayern had only been eliminated in one of their last nine quarter-final ties in the competition, against Real Madrid in 2016-17.
Villarreal coach Unai Emery said after the first leg that he regretted his side not being able to make the most of further opportunities to extend their advantage.
It was the first time Bayern have fa…
As was the case a year earlier, Derrick Henry s tremendous performances on the ground could only take the 2020 Tennessee Titans so far in the playoffs.
Running back Henry was once again the star as the Titans returned to the postseason with an 11-5 record, their best since 2008 – also the last time they had won the AFC South.
But having come up short against eventual champions the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2019 AFC Championship Game, Tennessee fell at the first hurdle this time.
The Baltimore Ravens, still hurting from their shock defeat against Henry and Co the previous season, prevailed 20-13 in the Wild Card round.
So the Titans must regroup again ahead of the 2021 campaign, surely again looking to Henry to provide their spark while negotiating a c…
Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury, and according to , the Premier League champions are considering a move for Real Sociedad s Martin Zubimendi in January to replace him.
Zubimendi was Rodri s natural replacement in the Spain squad which won Euro 2024. He was linked most heavily with Liverpool after the tournament, but though his was initially interested, he eventually decided to reject a move to the Merseyside in order to stay at Sociedad, his boyhood club.
However, it has already been reported that he s had second thoughts about that particular decision, and Manchester City could take advantage of the situation. The 25-year-old is contracted to Sociedad until 2027, but it s believed he has a release clause…
Jude Bellingham set another record as he started in England s opening match of Euro 2024.
Having been named, as expected, in England s XI for their first Group C fixture against Serbia on Sunday, Bellingham made history at kick-off.
The 20-year-old is the first European player to make an appearance at three major international tournaments before turning 21.
Bellingham made three substitute appearances at Euro 2020, helping England to reach the final, which they lost to Italy on penalties.
20 Jude Bellingham is the first European player to make an appearance at three major international tournaments before turning 21 (aged 20 years, 353 days today), having played at EURO 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and now EURO 2024. Obscure.
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Manchester City made it 13 consecutive Premier League victories as Pep Guardiola s team cast aside Arsenal 1-0 thanks to Raheem Sterling s early header.
Hunting an eighth straight win over the Gunners, City made a supreme start which was capped by Sterling s 13th goal of the season for the club in all competitions.
After 30 minutes of dominance, City rather took their foot off the accelerator, though Ederson only had one save to make as City maintained their superb defensive record.
Though they ultimately laboured to victory, City have now won their last 18 games across all competitions, and their march towards the title is showing no sign of slowing.
Sterling had been involved in six goals in his last five Premier League appearances against Arsenal headi…
Lethal Lewandowski, magical Muller and an unmatched record – Bayern Munich´s Bundesliga title triump
Bayern Munich are champions of Germany for a 10th successive time after beating Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in Saturday s Klassiker to seal another Bundesliga triumph.
While the 2021-22 season has not entirely gone to plan, with Bayern falling well short in the DFB-Pokal and Champions League, they have once again dominated in the league.
Bayern s 10-in-a-row feat, with those successes coming under six different coaches, is something that has never previously been achieved in any of Europe s top five leagues.
Here, Stats Perform looks at the numbers behind the Bavarian giants latest title romp.
Ten in a row unmatched
Bayern equalled Juventus record, set between 2012 and 2020, with nine titles in a row last season and have now overtaken the Italian giants…