What a weekend it has been! There was a lot of excellent football, from which we bring you the best numbers. FA Cup Arsenal stunned Manchester City 2-0 and Chelsea fired Manchester United 3-1 to host a London-wide final for the 2019/20 FA Cup. 3 Arsenal and Chelsea will meet …
Read More »Ronaldo becomes the first Juventus player in 60 years to score 25 goals in the league as he finally breaks the free kick
The prolific Portuguese became the first man since Omar Sívori in 1960-61 to reach 25 goals for Bianconeri in the Italian top flight. Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first man in 60 years to score 25 goals for Juventus in a single Serie A season, marking the milestone with his …
Read More »The exchange of Arthur for Pjanic in Barcelona was a commercial move, but for all the wrong reasons
5:20 PM ET Sid LoweWriter from spain Imagine, for a moment, that everything turns out perfectly from FC Barcelona’s point of view. Imagine that within a year, the agreement to sell Arthur Melo to Juventus for 72 million euros (with another 10 million euros in possible accessories) and sign Miralem …
Read More »Arthur joins Juventus Barcelona for 82 million euros, Pjanic will move in another direction
11:06 am ET Sam Marsden Moses Llorens Barcelona midfielder Arthur has joined Juventus in a transfer of up to 82 million euros, the two clubs announced Monday, with Miralem Pjanic ready to move in the other direction. Pjanic’s transfer to Barça will be announced soon, sources told ESPN, and the …
Read More »Pjanic for Arthur! Barcelona is wasting Messi’s last years
Exchanging the 23-year-old Brazilian for the 30-year-old Bosnian has no sporting sense, but the Blaugrana have to balance the books Lionel Messi knew little about Arthur when the midfielder arrived at the Camp Nou. The Brazilian joked in the summer of 2018 that an additional advantage of joining Barcelona would …
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