City’s plan to extend Haaland
In England, the Manchester Evening News drops a bomb in its interior pages! Indeed, the local daily announces that “Manchester City want to offer Erling Haalaand a new contract. The Cityzens consider delaying the possible transfer of their star to Spain“. The reigning European champions fear a new offensive from Real Madrid next summer. In the event of failure in the Kylian Mbappé case, the Spanish club intends to fall back on the Norwegian, already targeted by the Merengues when he played for Borussia Dortmund. Thus, City intends to open negotiations in the coming days to definitively seal the future of its star striker. According to the English tabloid, Manchester City are willing to offer Cyborg an increase in his salary of €460,000 per week, excluding bonuses. Just to lock it in for a little while! THE Daily Mail also relays the information on its front page this morning and indicates that “Manchester City aim for long-term deal with Haaland“. The Skyblues are counting on their striker!
Hard blow for FC Barcelona
In Spain, FC Barcelona is holding its breath for its star striker: Robert Lewandowski! The Pole was injured against FC Porto this week in the Champions League after being hit in the ankle. And for the newspaper Sport“no Clasico for Lewandowski. The Polish striker suffers a more serious injury than expected, a sprained left ankle. He could be out for a month and, barring a miracle, Xavi will not be able to count on him to play against Madrid.» Same thing on the front page of Mundo Deportivo«Lewy is KO. He will be absent for several weeks due to a sprain following Carmo’s tackle and his presence for the Clasico on 28 is uncertain.» But the Catalan newspaper wants to see the positive with the return to form of Ferran Torres who will replace Lewandowski. “Ferran is OK, the shark will be Robert’s replacement, he is in great shape: he scores a goal every 88 minutes.» The Spaniard will have the difficult task of replacing the Pole!
Gray Thursday for French clubs!
In France, the European Cup still took place for our national clubs. And in the Europa League, the draw of Olympique de Marseille against Brighton (2-2) is “frustrating» like the placard Provence This morning. “After leading in the first period, the Olympians were caught behind by the English and ended in a draw.» Same story on the front page of The Teamwho considers that this null is “infuriating» ! “For its first home match since the governance crisis, OM conceded a more than frustrating draw at the end of the match.» Last night, Stade Rennais lost (1-0) against Villarreal. The Rennais have “drowned in yellow. Rennes lost for the first time this season, punished for taking too long to wrap up the match», facing the yellow submarine. Note that Martin Terrier missed a penalty at the end of the match. For its part, Toulouse won (1-0) against Linz! And “LOSC was held in check» as reported North Lightning against Klaksvik (0-0), a club from the Faroe Islands, in the Europa Conference League with a largely rejuvenated team.
