Carlos Espi, him again
Real Madrid can thank its favorite savior from the start of the season: Carlos Espí. The Madrilenians won 3-2 on the Elche pitch thanks to a new goal in added time from the supersub who arrived this summer. Real led 2-0, but saw Elche come back to score. We had to wait until the 91st minute to see Espí offer 3 points to Real Madrid on an offering from Kylian Mbappé. “Diomandé is there, Espí is still there”writes the newspaper A.S.. Yan Diomandé offered his first assist with Real Madrid, Carlos Espi assumed his supersub status.“There is no cheaper player than Carlos Espí, a true revelation of this La Liga, who deserves praise. He came out of his cave again at a moment of extreme urgency to save Madrid who found themselves on the edge of the precipice before the derby, when autumn had not even arrived yet. »writes the Spanish media. In four La Liga matches, Carlos Espí only had 25 minutes of total playing time, which did not prevent him from scoring two vital goals that gave Real Madrid 3 points each time.
Barça wants to seal Raphinha’s future
Barça wants to continue the adventure with the Brazilian for a long time. As the newspaper explains Sporta meeting took place between Deco and the Brazilian’s agent to talk about an extension. For the moment, nothing concrete, but all the echoes of this meeting are positive. Raphinha confirmed that he feels very good at Barcelona, that he is fully invested in the project and that he sees himself staying. An important element of this meeting was that his wife was present, which says a lot about his desires for the future. Raphinha is under contract until 2028, time is not running out, but Barça intends to complete this file as quickly as possible to have peace of mind.
Hamza Abdelkarim until 2030
We stay in Catalonia where Barça has already secured one of its talents. Hamza Abdelkarim. The Egyptian was extended until 2030, but it is above all his release clause which has evolved significantly: it has gone from 15 to 150 million euros. A huge change which above all shows the confidence of the Catalan club in its young striker and the importance he could take on in the coming years. Very interesting during the summer preparation, Abdelkarim is a little behind at the start of the season, inevitably handicapped by the sparkling form of Raphinha. But the season is long, and with Barça’s busy schedule, the German technician will necessarily need to give some of the executives a break.
