Barcelona Manager, Quique Setien has reacted to his side’s La Liga 2 – 0 defeats to Valencia on Saturday. He said, Valencia defeated Barcelona, thanks to Maxi Gomez’s and a Jordi Alba own goal at Mestalla. This is Setien first defeat as Barcelona Manager in Just a second of La Liga game in charge after replacing Ernesto Valverde few days ago.
Paulo Dybala has revealed he was close to leaving Juventus in the summer amid interest from Manchester United and Tottenham. According to Sky Sports News, Tottenham had agreed a fee with Juve for the Argentina forward worth £64.4m in August last year but the move failed to materialise.
Barcelona players have been banned from tackling Lionel Messi too hard during trainings, one of the club’s former defenders, Jean-Clair Todibo, has revealed. Messi has struggled with occasional injury in recent years, and the LaLiga champions have put in place restrictions, to protect the 32-year-old from suffering more injuries.
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has called for patience as he looks to rebuild his squad and believes rivals Liverpool are an example to follow. According to Sky Sports News, Solskjaer is under increased pressure at Old Trafford after back-to-back defeats to Liverpool and Burnley left them six points off the Champions League places.
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has praised his side's never-say-die spirit after they twice fought back from behind to claim a dramatic 2-2 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge despite having David Luiz sent off in the first half. Luiz was shown a straight red card when he brought down Tammy Abraham following an under-hit backpass from Shkodran Mustafi, with Jorginho converting the resulting penalty.
Manchester United and Chelsea may be frustrated in their attempts to sign Edinson Cavani from Paris Saint Germain this January, with the player’s father Luis stating he wants his son to sign for Atletico Madrid. With Cavani’s contract running down with the Ligue 1 giants this summmer, there are growing questions on where his next move will be. The prolific striker is attracting plenty of interest from a number of clubs in the January transfer window.
