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[ad_1] Alvaro Morata has confirmed he was close to a move to Barcelona in January but Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri blocked the deal. Morata was in the middle of a two-year loan spell with Juve from Atletico Madrid when Barcelona explored the possibility of bringing him back to La Liga early. However, despite scoring fewer goals than he would have liked in what was by then his second spell at Juventus, the 29-year-old was still seen as a key part of the team at that time by Allegri, who decided he couldn’t afford to lose him. “It’s true, there was interest from Barcelona,” Morata toldRead More →

[ad_1] Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma has told Yaya Toure that he was his idol growing up during a sit-down chat with the former Manchester City and Barcelona man. Bissouma arrived in the Premier League from French football in 2018 with a ‘next Paul Pogba’ tag but he quickly established his name in his own right with some dynamic displays for Brighton. He moved to Tottenham for £30m over the summer and now gets the chance to learn from his main ‘inspiration’ Toure, who has recently joined Antonio Conte’s coaching staff. “I can’t believe I am with you, to be honest,” Bissouma told Toure in aRead More →

[ad_1] A World Cup taking place in the middle of winter is bad enough. A World Cup with horrendous kits is abominable. All in all, we might have to stick a big fat asterisk next to this winter’s tournament. There’s no saving it. Here are our picks for the worst kits at the 2022 World Cup. Serbia 🇷🇸 2022 World Cup Kit pic.twitter.com/8odMFfqaQ9 — GhStandard.com (@GhStandard) September 18, 2022 For the most part, Puma’s home shirts for the World Cup are rather inoffensive. The same can’t be said of their away designs. Why does Serbia’s kit look like a chocolate wrapper? DE-FENSE *clap clap* DE-FENSERead More →

[ad_1] Newcastle have confirmed that midfield prospect Elliot Anderson has agreed a new long-term contract with the club. The Whitley Bay-born 19-year-old has come through the club’s youth system and has become a part of Eddie Howe’s first-team squad this season. Having starred on-loan at Bristol Rovers last season, he returned in the summer and impressed Howe and his coaching stuff. 90min understands that Newcastle rejected more than half a dozen offers to take Anderson on loan this summer, with Howe insisting he wanted him to stay. Upon signing his new deal, Anderson told the club’s website: “I’m really happy. I love playing for NewcastleRead More →

[ad_1] Versatile Ipswich Town star Conor Chaplin has been voted the PFA Vertu Motors League One Fans’ Player of the Month for August. The 25-year-old has spent much of the season playing as a number ten and has impressed in Kieran McKenna’s side. Having grabbed an assist in the Tractor Boys’ 1-1 draw with Bolton Wanderers at the back-end of July, Chaplin carried his form into August with a series of top displays. He scored his first goal of the season in a 3-0 thrashing of Milton Keynes Dons, and doubled his tally for the term a week later in another 3-0 win, this timeRead More →

[ad_1] Wales travel to Belgium on Thursday looking for a positive result in the hope of avoiding relegation from Nations League A. The Dragons are bottom of Group 4 and have no chance of reaching the finals, occupying the last spot three points behind Poland in third. They face a Belgium side tussling with the Netherlands to win the group. The two sides have met three times in the last two years through World Cup qualifying and the Nations League but have at least been kept apart in the group stages of the World Cup in Qatar later this year. Here’s what you need toRead More →

[ad_1] Lionel Messi demanded a private box at the Camp Nou for Luis Suarez’s family, a private jet at Christmas and elimination of release clauses in his failed Barcelona contract negotiations, it has been reported. Messi left Barcelona on a free transfer in 2021, largely due to the Catalan club’s perilous financial position. He was attempting to force a move away a year before that, though. The Argentinian, then 33-years-old, entered negotiations with Barcelona to extend his contract, requesting a three-year deal. According to El Mundo, those negotiations ultimately failed due to Barcelona refusing to meet two of Messi’s nine demands. As well as theRead More →

[ad_1] Tottenham Hotspur are becoming increasingly concerned by Bayern Munich’s interest in star striker Harry Kane, 90min understands. The England captain is a target for the Bavarians, and they have been vocal in their admiration of the forward. Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann fuelled the fire earlier this summer when he insisted Kane would score plenty of goals in the Bundesliga, with Spurs counterpart Antonio Conte slamming him for these comments and branding them ‘disrespectful’. While Bayern have recently played down their interest of Kane in public, they have stepped up their pursuit behind the scenes and the 29-year-old is giving thought to such a move.Read More →

[ad_1] Jude Bellingham has not yet made a decision on his long-term future and is unlikely to do so until after this winter’s World Cup, sources have confirmed to 90min. The 19-year-old is emerging as one of the most wanted players in world football, a position which Borussia Dortmund are used to in regards to their young stars. Dortmund have signed and then sold a host of big names in the last decade including the likes of Erling Haaland, Ousmane Dembele and Jadon Sancho, with those three alone bringing in around a quarter of a billion pounds in sales. The Bundesliga side are fully awareRead More →

[ad_1] Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw by Ajax in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League Round 2 qualifier at Meadow Park on Tuesday. Jonas Eidevall’s side were pinned back in a pulsating first half but came racing out of the blocks after the break, though were unable to put away their chances and face a tough task of beating the Dutch giants in the return leg. Gunners goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger was forced into an early save with her legs to keep out a thunderous strike from Victoria Pelova as Ajax began brightly. The Austrian stopper then had to react quickly toRead More →