Author: Daiwik Tadikonda

A Medico with Cricket as his first love and a growing interest in Football.

Erling Haaland stayed at Borussia last summer despite interest from the Manchester clubs, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Speaking about the situation, BVB CEO said that retaining the services of the striker will be “difficult” but “not impossible”.  Credit: Getty Images “Of course it will be difficult. I am not saying, however, that it is completely out of the question. We’ll do everything we can to keep our top players loyal to us in the future.”Hans-Joachim Watzke said, Goal reports. Reports claim that the 21-year-old is rather unlikely to leave the Signa Iduna Park next summer, but Dortmund can…

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The Catalans are planning to rebuild their squad as Mundo Deportivo understands that they have already formed their transfer wishlist ahead of the next summer window. We could see the Blaugrana in action in the market as early as January. RB Leipzig winger Dani Olmo has been linked with a move back to his boyhood club, and the Spaniard is said to be in favor of returning to Camp Nou. Barcelona tried to sign the 23-year-old in the final hours of the summer window, but the Bundesliga side were not interested in selling him with technically, having no time to look for a…

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Gareth Bale’s injury woes continue as the Welshman ruptured his right hamstrings in a training session on Saturday. The 32-year-old has made a good start to the 2021/22 campaign under new Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti but now faces the prospect of missing another seven weeks of football, at least, having already missed the games against Celta Vigo (5-2) and Inter Milan (1-0) past week. Ancelotti upon returning to the Bernabeu wanted to give Bale a greater role than the one he had under Zinedine Zidane, but the injury setback has now forced him to alter his plans. The right-winger’s injury problems are not new as he…

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The Hammer are set to take on the Red Devils in the London Stadium on Sunday, and it promises to be a cracker, given how attack-friendly both the teams are. With two wins and two draws, West Ham have certainly made a decent start to their 2021/22 season, but they have to gain momentum quickly, if they are to challenge for one of the European spots for the next season.  Having scored eight goals in their last two games and 10 overall, the Hammers’ attack is certainly in form and will hope to continue their attacking momentum against one of…

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The Catalans have got their task cut out in front of them as they hope to recover from the 3-0 Champions League humiliation against Bayern, which saw Ronald Koeman’s men fail to register a single shot on target in the stipulated 90 minutes. The Dutchman faced the brunt of the blame for the tame Barca display and is now facing the probability of being sacked unless he fails to turn around Barcelona’s fortunes and image of the club in the upcoming series of games against Granada, Cadiz, and Levante. Having said that, Sport.es understands that the head coach is likely to resort to…

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Tensions regarding Ronald Koeman’s future at Camp Nou are at an all-time high following the devastating 3-0 loss against Bayern Munich in Barcelona’s opening group stage match on Tuesday.  It was not the loss that raised the eyebrows towards Koeman, but it was the manner in which they lost the game as their loss against Bayern was expected. Barcelona president Joan Laporta was reportedly ‘furious’ with Koeman’s approach to the game and has further magnified his sight on the former Dutch coach.  Credit: Getty Images Barcelona were outran by Bayern Munich by a massive margin of 15 kilometers and the Blaugrana failed to maintain…

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The Catalans tried to sign the RB midfielder man on deadline day, but the German side refused to sell the 23-year-old. According to TMW, the interest in bringing back Olmo to Camp Nou hasn’t died. Barcelona are now planning to hold talks with Leipzig over a potential deal in the winter window. Barcelona’s financial state has improved considerably, now that Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann are off their wage bill. However, Leipzig have valued Olmo 75 million euros, and it is said to be a sum that the Catalans can afford to pay, though they would like to try and negotiate first. A…

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Ronald Koeman’s men slumped to their third straight loss at Camp Nou in UEFA Champions League fixtures, previously losing to Juventus and PSG 3-0 and 4-,1, respectively. The Catalans turned up against the Bavarians on Tuesday as the reigning Bundesliga champions hammered the hosts 3-0. The 3-5-2 system did not pay out for Koeman as it almost looked like Barcelona surrendered the game in the first half. The lack of intensity was visible in the Blaugrana players as they hardly pressed Bayern Munich, failing to take advantage of their high line. But it can also be argued that it was part of a…

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The Swedish left-back has been a part of the Dutch club since January 2021 after signing a four-and-a-half-year deal with Heerenveen. However, he made headlines via pretty bizarre news.  Kaib had injured his jaw while eating a carrot, thus ruling him out for several weeks.  Credit: 90MIN As explained by Dutch journalist Roelof de Vries, the 24-year-old was nursing a big knock on his jaw, which he received during a game and continued to ignore it. The initial injury was reportedly picked up in a game last month. Who “Kaib got a big knock on his jaw during a game a…

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Last summer, Lionel Messi left Barcelona, and Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United for a second stint when no one thought he would. To top it off, Romelu Lukaku returned to Chelsea. The Manchester clubs and Chelsea had a very busy summer window as the Premier League giants spent a whopping 300 million pounds between them.  https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1428386291603890179 Liverpool, in turn, could only sign Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig for a reported fee of 36 million pounds. The Reds reportedly could not make any marquee moves due to the financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about the transfer strategies of other Premier League clubs, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp opined that…

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