The Frenchman revealed he wanted the club to get a fee and find a quality replacement by leaving this window. Mbappe’s contract with PSG expires next summer, making him a free agent to join any club he wishes. It was also rumoured that he rejected several contract renewal proposals from PSG, indicating that this will be his final season with the club. However, Mbappe turned those rumours down and suggested he never spoke to Leonardo Araujo, the Sporting Director at Parc de Princes. “I asked to leave, because from the moment I did not want to extend, I wanted the club…
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The Blaugrana are off to a worst possible start in their first season without Lionel Messi in over a decade and a half. Having lost both their Champions League games to Bayern Munich and Benfica, Barcelona suffered their first league defeat to Atletico Madrid last Saturday, which was also the fourth time in seven league games where they dropped points. It was being rumoured that Ronald Koeman’s trip to the Metropolitano stadium will be his final assignment as Barcelona manager, but Joan Laporta seems to be backing the former club captain to do well. There were rumours earlier that suggested the chairman was annoyed…
DC edged CSK in a pulsating low-scoring game in Dubai. Despite the target heading a little out of hand in the death overs for Delhi, Shimron Hetmyer came to their rescue and chipped in with a sensational 18-ball 28. He bailed them out of a crucial situation to seal their position in Qualifier 1. Shimron Hetmyer had scored two boundaries in the 18th over by Dwayne Bravo. In the process, he was also dropped at long-on by Krishnappa Gowtham, who also let it slide through his fingers into the boundary for a four. He hit a massive six off Hazlewood in the…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been found guilty of taking advantage of the tax amnesty in Spain and did not declare it to the Spanish Tax Agency. During his spell at Barcelona, he had a current account open in Andorra until 2012 and had benefited from a tax amnesty in Spain. Guardiola had opened this account when he was at the Qatari club Al Ahli between 2003 to 2005. This was his penultimate association with a club as a footballer before moving to Mexican club Dorados. In 2008, Pep Guardiola took over as the head coach of Barcelona and remained in the…
Christopher Nkunku has been the one shining light for RB Leipzig in an otherwise gloomy start to the season. Jesse Marsch’s team is currently eighth in the table – and in the ascendancy – having won three and lost three of their seven games so far. Nkunku, however, has been in sensational form during the early weeks of the campaign: he has scored and assisted 11 goals in 10 appearances across all competitions. Nkunku’s form has been noticed across Europe, and some of the continent’s top clubs are lining up to secure his services. As per FootMercato, Chelsea have joined the race…
It has been over a year since MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket, and the lack of match practice goes all the way back to the 2019 World Cup. Besides the IPL games, he has not featured in any cricketing action in the last 2 years and it is starting to show in his batting. On Monday, CSK posted 136 runs against the Delhi Capitals and lost by bare margins. Shimron Hetmyer’s late cameo sealed an impressive win for the Capitals, and it is likely that Chennai might jeopardise with their top two spots with this performance. MS Dhoni had a…
Former South African captain Shaun Pollock said that the Chennai Super Kings should not remain so patient with Suresh Raina and must hand a few chances to Robin Uthappa. Formerly an Orange Cap winner in 2014 when he won the IPL title with Kolkata Knight Riders, Uthappa was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the 2021 IPL Auction. The senior Indian cricketer, who was a part of India’s 2007 ICC World T20 triumph, has not managed to get a single game and questions are starting to hurl in at MS Dhoni. However, the CSK skipper maintains his stance saying…
Paris Saint Germain suffered their first defeat of the season; the Parisiens went down 2-0 against Rennes despite deploying their star attacking trident of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar Jr. The PSG attackers had a forgettable night in front of goal, as they failed to register a single shot on target. Gaetan Laborde had an early sight of the PSG goal, but the Rennes attacker’s acrobatic attempt landed safely in the hands of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. At the other end, Neymar stole the ball ahead of Mbappe before blasting it high and wide of the goal from close range. Minutes later, the Frenhcman scuffed his lines from…
Manchester City and Liverpool played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at Anfield, during which the visitors fought back twice after going behind. Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne scored for Pep Guardiola’s side, as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah did for Jurgen Klopp’s. City started the game on top and could’ve taken the lead in the 20th minute if not for Alisson. The Liverpool custodian got a firm hand to Foden’s close-range effort, denying the England international from giving the visitors the lead. De Bruyne wasted two chances to open the scoring from close range, albeit with the angle against him on both occasions. Later in the…
Julian Naglesmann’s Bayern Munich lost their first game of the season to Eintracht Frankfurt (2-1). In LaLiga, newly-promoted Espanyol condemned Real Madrid to a shock 2-1 defeat. Defeating Bundeslgia champions suffered their first loss of the season to Oliver Glasner’s Eintracht Frankfurt. The Bavarians had been in sensational form prior to Sunday’s match, winning five of their six matches – drawing the other – and having scored 23 goals. However, a Kevin Trapp-inspired Frankfurt beat Nagelsmann’s side after falling behind early on. Leon Goretzka gave Bayern the lead in the 29th minute; the midfielder drove through the middle of the pitch, collected the…