Barcelona have announced that the provincial court has closed a case against Neymar.
The agreement to end the legal proceedings triggered by a complaint from socio Jordi Cases was ratified early on Wednesday, according to the club.
Cases had alleged misappropriation of funds and a lack of transparency over Neymar s transfer to Camp Nou from Santos in 2013, though the Spanish High Court threw out the case earlier this year.
This Wednesday, the legal representative of FC Barcelona ratified the conclusions of the procedure in relation to the transfer of the player Neymar Jr, at the headquarters of the Provincial Court of Barcelona, a club statement read.
The ratification of the agreement has been signed together with the Public Prosecutor s Office and the …
Tottenham have hired Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino as their new head coach on a five-year deal.
Pochettino moves to White Hart Lane to replace Tim Sherwood, who saw a break clause in his contract activated after leading the club to sixth in the Premier League.
The former Argentina defender has enjoyed a hugely fruitful 16 months on the south coast, leading Southampton to a record Premier League points tally and eighth place in 2013-14.
Highlighting the success at St Mary s Stadium has been the breakthrough of four Southampton players into the England squad Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Jay Rodriguez and Luke Shaw.
Only Rodriguez from that quartet will not travel to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, due to a season-ending knee injury, and Pochettino s faith …
The Newcastle Jets have sacked head coach Ernie Merrick after a poor start to the A-League season.
Merrick took charge of the Jets in 2017 and led Newcastle to the Grand Final, which they lost to Melbourne Victory, the following year.
However, with Newcastle bottom of the table with just two wins from 11 games this A-League season, they sacked Merrick on Monday.
During Ernie s tenure, the club reached its first Grand Final in more than 10 years and we re grateful for his contribution during his two and a half years in Newcastle, Jets chief executive Lawrie McKinna said in a statement.
However, results and performances haven t been good enough this season and a change was needed.
On behalf of everyone at the club, I wish Ernie all the best in hi…
Thiago Silva believes Paris Saint-Germain offered Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer encouragement as they slipped up at Lyon.
PSG had been unbeaten in their opening 20 Ligue 1 matches this season, but that run was ended on Sunday as Moussa Dembele and Nabil Fekir cancelled out Angel Di Maria s opener.
With a last-16 Champions League meeting against a rejuvenated United just over a week away, Silva was concerned by his side s performance, although he expects to see an improved display at Old Trafford.
Solskjaer must be happy with what he saw, Silva said. We started the game well, but then we lost our concentration and did not have a good first half.
For me, too, it was difficult. The second half was better but that was not enough. We missed a l…
Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich defender Markus Babbel has been appointed the head coach of the Western Sydney Wanderers on a three-year deal.
Babbel, 45, was announced as the A-League club s new boss on Saturday, having left his post at Swiss side Luzern in January.
The former Germany international – who won the Bundesliga, UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Euro 1996 as a player – becomes the Wanderers third permanent coach, replacing the sacked Josep Gombau.
Today we have made a statement about our future and I am very proud to announce Markus Babbel as our new head coach, Wanderers chairman Paul Lederer said.
In the next 18 months we will have our new training facility finished, our new stadium open and our club ready to take another giant [step].
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Real Madrid are interested in signing Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich if they are unable to bring in Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, according to . Dortmund striker Haaland is one of the top targets of Madrid, but if they cannot sign the Norway international, then they will move for Poland international Lewandowski.
Lewandowski has scored five goals in three Bundesliga appearances already . During the 2020-21 campaign, the striker found the back of the net 41 times in the league and gave seven assists. In 2019-20, the former Borussia Dortmund striker scored 34 goals and provided four assists in the league.
Haaland has scored three goals and provided two assists in three Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund so far . The 21-year-old Norway international strik…
Fabio Cannavaro replaced fellow Italian Marcello Lippi as head coach of China, it was announced on Friday.
Cannavaro, 45, will continue as coach of Chinese Super League giants Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, while juggling his China commitments.
Lippi stepped down following China s AFC Asian Cup exit in January, though the 70-year-old former Italy boss will remain as a consultant.
The association has carefully made this decision based on comprehensive research of his experience and technical and tactical style, familiarity with Chinese players and other factors, the Chinese Football Association said.
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Cannavaro will take charge of his first international match on…
Juventus have signed a naming rights deal which means their ground will be called the Allianz Stadium from July.
The home of the Italian champions will be the Allianz Stadium until 2023 under the terms of the six-year agreement struck between Juve, Allianz and Lagardere Sports, which is the holder of the venue s naming rights.
Allianz sponsors high-profile grounds in other countries, including Bayern Munich s Allianz Arena and Nice s Allianz Riviera.
It s with great pleasure that we welcome Allianz into our family of partners for a deal as special as this one – the naming of our home, said Giorgio Ricci, who serves as Juve s head of global partnerships and corporate revenues as well as co-chief revenue officer.
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Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde said Lionel Messi will be examined by doctors after sustaining a significant bruise to his nose in Wednesday s Champions League victory over Manchester United.
Messi took a blow in the first half of Barca s 1-0 opening-leg quarter-final success away to United at Old Trafford.
The Barca captain was left bruised and bloodied after United defender Chris Smalling attempted to win the ball ahead of the five-time Ballon d Or winner.
Asked about Messi after the game, Valverde told reporters: Messi wasn t so comfortable after the blow.
We have to examine him tomorrow to see how he is. He was strong, but he has quite a significant bruise.
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According to a recent report from Marca, Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo wants to see his club go out of their way to try and sign James Rodriguez – as well as Joao Felix. CR7 spent time with Colombian sensation James at Real Madrid, and now, he wants to get the band back together. The same thing was true of Marcelo, who has also been heavily linked with a move from Real to Juve.
Ronaldo has also had his eye of the aforementioned Felix, who has been on a great run of form for Portuguese giants Benfica lately.
In terms of Rodriguez, it’s no secret that he’s been struggling to put together consistent runs of good form dating all the way back to his heroics in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
If Rodriguez does indeed make the jump over to the Italian champions, it wo…