Gremio starlet Arthur is expected to become a Barcelona player in July after the Catalan club announced an agreement on an option to buy the midfielder, worth 30 million euros and a further 9m euros in variables. According to Marca, following months of negotiations, a deal has finally been reached after several trips for Robert Fernandez, technical director, and the player's agents back and forth between Brazil and Barcelona.
Real Madrid skipper Sergio Ramos left the field for five minutes in Saturday’s win over Eibar to answer the call of nature, according to his manager Zinedine Zidane. The Spanish giants briefly only had 10 men on the pitch from the 73rd minute onwards after Ramos dashed off the pitch and down the tunnel into the dressing room.
Two first-half goals from Marcus Rashford was the difference for Manchester United who gave away an own goal from the returning Eric Bailly in the second half. It was again a tactical masterclass from Jose Mourinho who negated the Liverpool press by going back to front and that was how the two goals came. On 14 minutes, a goal kick from David De Gea found Romelu Lukaku, who knocked it on for Marcus Rashford.
Lionel Messi has announced the arrival of his third child after Barcelona had announced earlier in the day that he had withdrawn from the squad to face Malaga. The Argentine has confirmed fans' suspicions after he had withdrawn from the squad to face Malaga for 'personal reasons'.
The 42-year-old, who had back surgery last year, is two shots off the lead, while Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy missed the cut in Florida. The former world no. 1 has been plague with injuries; he had surgery to fix his back last year. Woods' second round of 68 moved him to a tie for second, four under overall. Tiger Woods feels his game keeps "getting a little bit better" after moving into contention at the halfway stage of the Valspar Championship.
England’s Football Association on Friday fined Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola £20,000 ($27,700) for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of jailed Catalan independence leaders. The City boss has also been warned as to his future conduct by the governing body after accepting a charge of “wearing a political message”. Guardiola has argued wearing the symbol is not political but has accepted it is in breach of the FA’s kit and advertising regulations.
