Barcelona v Bayern Munich – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final | Pool/Getty Images
Chủ đề về Messi là một trong những chủ đề nóng nhất trong ngày hôm này sau khi anh đã gửi một bản fax về việc mình muốn chấn dứt đội bóng. Vậy những lý do nào khiến Messi phải rời khỏi đội bóng trong thời gian này? Và sau đây là 3 lý do chính về việc Messi muốn rời Barcelona.
Sau trận thua của Barcelona trước Bayern Munich thì đã có rất nhiều thông tin cho rằng Barcelona sẽ thanh lọc lực lượng, và việc sa thải Quique Setien đã làm rõ quan điểm đó. Tuy vậy, việc Suarez cũng nằm trong danh sách bị loại thải đã làm Messi phẫn nộ.
Messi và Suarez là một đôi bạn thân ngoài đời và là một đối tác ăn ý trên sân cỏ. Cả 2 đều đã cống hiến rất nhiều cho Barcelona và có một khoảng thời gian 6 năm đẹp đẽ tại đây. Vì vậy, Leo cho rằng, Suarez đáng được tôn trọng nhiều hơn dù câu lạc bộ có đưa ra bất kỳ cuộc cải cách nào đi chăng nữa.
Tuy rằng dưới thời của Valverde, Barcelona không thể có được bất kỳ một danh hiệu Champions League nào tuy vậy tại La Liga họ vẫn thực sự vô đối sau khi đã vô địch 2 mùa giải liên tiếp, 2017-2018 và 2018-2019.
Vì thế, Messi được cho là đặt rất nhiều niềm tin vào Valverde, và cho rằng sớm hay muộn, Barcelona cũng sẽ đạt Champions League. Việc Valverde đã bị sa thải đã làm cho Messi cảm thấy bất mãn với ban lãnh đạo của Barcelona.
Giới thượng tầng của Barcelona đã có rất nhiều quyết định sai lầm kể từ khi để Neymar ra đi vào năm 2017. Cụ thể, họ đã không đủ tầm nhìn để mang về những bản hợp đồng đủ chất nhằm trám vào khoảng trống mà Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez hay Andres Iniesta để lại. Mặc dù vậy, anh vẫn ở lại chiến đầu vì tình yêu câu lạc bộ cho đến khi sự kiên nhẫn chạm ngưỡng giới hạn.
Những bản hợp đồng mà Barca mang đến chỉ mang lại những sự thất vọng, khi Paulinho, Coutinho, hay Dembele chỉ mang lại những sự thất vọng so với sự kỳ vọng hay mức giá của họ.
Việc Messi ra đi chỉ còn là vấn đề thời gian sau những vấn đề được xảy ra. Rất nhiều cựu cầu thủ cũng như ngôi sao đã giành những sự ủng hộ cho chính Messi trong việc này. Với những gì đã xảy ra, có lẽ đã đến lúc, Messi rời khỏi Barcelona.
LIVERPOOL – Meski sukses meraih gelar juara Liga Inggris 2019-2020 dengan penampilan yang impresif, namun Liverpool diyakini akan memperkuat skuad mereka di bursa transfer musim panas 2020. Hal ini disampaikan oleh mantan penggawa Liverpool, Dominic Matteo.
Matteo tidak memungkiri bahwa Liverpool sudah memiliki starting XI yang luar biasa. Bahkan, setiap lini, dari mulai penjaga gawang hingga penyerang diisi oleh nama-nama pemain top dunia.
Kendati demikian, Liverpool dinilai harus meningkatkan kedalaman skuad mereka. Adapun dua sektor yang menjadi perhatian Matteo adalah gelandang dan penyerang tengah.
Sejauh ini, penyerang tengah yang paling diandalkan Liverpool adalah Roberto Firmino. Menurut Matteo, Firmino membutuhkan seorang pesaing untuk meningkatkan kualitas tim.
Sementara itu, untuk posisi gelandang, Liverpool disebut membutuhkan sosok yang kreatif untuk membantu membangun serangan. Jika kedua pemain tersebut telah didapatkan, Matteo percaya The Reds akan mampu bersaing di semua ajang musim depan.
“Ya mereka akan membutuhkan pemain baru. Saya pikir setiap klub suka menyegarkan diri, tetapi dengan Jurgen Klopp itu harus menjadi pemain yang tepat, karakteristik yang tepat,” terang Matteo, seperti dilansir dari Goal, Rabu (26/8/2020).
“Ketika Anda bermain untuk klub seperti Liverpool, Anda harus memiliki cara bermain tertentu, cara tertentu menjalani hidup Anda. Ada begitu banyak tekanan bermain untuk klub seperti Liverpool dan saya telah melihat orang-orang datang ke Liverpool dan mereka belum berhasil mencapai level yang Anda harapkan,” lanjutnya.
“Jadi, Anda harus menjadi karakter yang nyata untuk bermain di Liverpool dan untungnya bagi Liverpool juga, mereka memiliki banyak pemimpin di sekitar mereka. Saya pikir mereka akan memperkuat skuad. Saya tidak yakin siapa itu, tapi mungkin penyerang tengah danpemain lini tengah lainnya,” jelas Matteo.
“Mereka punya begitu banyak pilihan, mereka tidak perlu terlalu banyak memperkuat karena mereka punya begitu banyak pemain di dalam skuad,” pungkasnya.
Sejauh ini di bursa transfer musim panas 2020, Liverpool baru merekrut satu pemain baru, Ia adalah Kostas Tsikimikas yang berposisi sebagai full-back. Liverpool sebenarnya dikaitkan dengan gelandang Bayern Munich, Thiago Alcantara. Namun, saat ini belum ada perkembangan perihal transfer Thiago.
Genuine plea or ultimate power-play? | RAFAEL MARCHANTE/Getty Images
August 25 has been one hectic day, people.
If an eyebrow-raising England squad, Antonio Conte’s update or Harry Maguire finding out his fate for his holiday antics all weren’t enough, Lionel Messi then decided to drop the most destructive of bombshells.
It appears the Argentine’s (*insert any superlative here*) 19-year spell at Barcelona is drawing to a close. With his relationship persistently deteriorating with the club’s hierarchy, Messi expressed his desire to leave Barça this summer, stating that he’ll activate a clause to unilaterally end his contract.
And he did it all via fax. Bloody fax! It’s 2020, Lionel.
Nevertheless, the gargantuan update was destined to spring transfer rumour mills into life regarding the 33-year-old’s next move, with an outrageous number of clubs linked in a matter of minutes.
Here’s the most ‘realistic’ selection of those destinations, ranked by likelihood.
There’s the whole ‘when Arsenal knock, it’s a different kind of knock’ nonsense and Mikel Arteta persuading Gabriel Magalhães to join the Gunners over Europe’s elite (Napoli), but this is a completely different kettle of fish.
The club were forced into sacking it’s whole scouting department and a bunch of kitmen just to fund a deal for free agent Willian, so you imagine they’ll have to sell the Emirates and play their games on Highbury Fields for the long-term if they’re to bring Messi to north London this summer.
Likelihood Rating: Impossible/10
Nothing like a romantic return home to end the perfect fairytale. Newell’s Old Boys was the club where Messi spent his early years learning his trade, and the Argentine side were also his boyhood team.
The superstar left Argentina to make his name in Europe, and with that, he was gone from the South American shores forever.
But what about a dramatic return to see out his career at the team who made him fall in love with the sport in the first place?
Now that’s a happy ending…maybe a few years down the line, however.
Likelihood Rating: 1/10
Step aside, Jadon Sancho, one of the greatest to ever play the game is on the market.
Remarkably, Spanish news outlet Cuatro reported before Messi’s recent shenanigans that United had put the ‘machinery in motion’ to bring the 33-year-old to Old Trafford.
Yeah, alright mate.
It seems pretty far-fetched for the Red Devils to stray away from a £108m deal for Sancho and instead fund a move for a player currently earning almost £1m-a-week at Barcelona.
Not. Going. To. Happen.
Likelihood Rating: 2/10
In terms of squad-building, a player of Messi’s profile and position couldn’t be further from what Chelsea need right now. But when it’s Lionel Messi, squad dynamics are blown out of the water.
The Blues have invested heavily this summer to bring in Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner to Stamford Bridge along with soon-to-be signings Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr, so you simply can’t rule Roman Abramovich out.
Could Frank Lampard’s plucky Blues be up to something gargantuan?
Probably not, to be honest.
Likelihood Rating: 3/10
Messi’s desire to win his first Champions League crown since 2015 is surely a major factor in his decision to quit Barcelona, with the Catalans currently boasting a squad which he clearly doesn’t deem fit to go all the way in Europe’s premier competition – especially with Bartomeu at the helm.
So, what better place for his next venture than Paris Saint-Germain (other than Bayern, of course)?
Despite their slender defeat to the Bavarians in the final, Les Parisiens proved in Lisbon that they’ve overcome their European inferiority complex and through shrewd business last summer and Thomas Tuchel’s superb coaching, they’ve finally established a healthy equilibrium of supreme individualism and functionality in their squad.
Oh, and did I mention they have a fair bit of wonga to play with?
Likelihood Rating: 5/10
Picture it: Juventus vs. Inter. Messi vs Ronaldo. Scudetto on the line. A pair of Last Dances and the greatest sports documentary ever produced.
This is the dream, right?
Sure, a Messi x Antonio Conte collaboration may well be the most unlikely of relationships but hey, ‘The Godfather’ made it work with Eden Hazard.
Allow Steven Zhang to pull the strings. Chuck Lautaro the other way. Chelsea 2016/17-esque 3-4-3. Conte shouting relentlessly at Messi from the sidelines like he’s Emanuele Giaccherini at RWB for nine months.
Likelihood Rating: 6/10
The early favourites for Lionel Messi’s signature for two reasons: first, they have an unhealthy amount of cash and, of course, Pep Guardiola, the man who initiated the greatest – and perhaps most revolutionary – position switch of the modern era by deploying the already great Messi as a false nine.
And after eight years apart, could the finest manager and footballer of their time reunite for one last hurrah?
Original ‘can 33-year-old Lionel Messi cut it in the Premier League?’ debates will inevitably be sparked and argued between Paul Merson and Tim Sherwood for hours on end, but come on, this is Lionel Messi we’re talking about here.
Despite the dreaded ‘physicality and intensity of English football’, Pep and the Etihad appear the most likely destination for the greatest to ever do it.
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Sau nhiều ngày chờ đợi, các cổ động viên của Roma đã được chào đón tân binh đến từ Tây Ban Nha.
Sau thất bại trước Bayern Munich ở vòng 16 đội UEFA Champions League, Pedro Rodriguez đã nói lời chia tay với Chelsea. Đây là điều đã được dự báo khi cựu vương C1 đã không còn nằm trong kế hoạch của HLV Frank Lampard. Bản hợp đồng của cựu sao Barcelona cũng đã hết hạn và anh sẽ ra đi theo dạng chuyển nhượng tự do.
Biết được điều này, AS Roma đã cảm thấy rất sốt sắng. Trên thực tế, đội bóng thủ đô Italia đã có ý định chiêu mộ Pedro Rodriguez ngay từ tháng 1/2020, trong bối cảnh Nicolo Zaniolo nghỉ thi đấu dài hạn, còn Diego Perotti và Cengiz Under thi đấu thất vọng, còn Henrikh Mkhitaryan thường xuyên gặp chấn thương. Song, điều đó đã không xảy ra bởi Chelsea kiên quyết giữ cầu thủ người Tây Ban Nha bằng mọi giá.
Cuối cùng, điều gì đến cũng phải đến. Theo website của AS Roma xác nhận, đội bóng thủ đô Italia đã chữ ký của Pedro Rodriguez. Bản hợp đồng giữa 2 bên sẽ có thời hạn đến tháng 6/2023. Với sự xuất hiện của ngôi sao 33 tuổi, nhiều khả năng Giallorossi sẽ từ bỏ kế hoạch mua đứt Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
PENYERANG Sepanyol, Pedro Rodriguez menandatangani kontrak tiga tahun bersama kelab Serie A, Roma selepas meninggalkan Chelsea dengan perpindahan percuma.
Pemain berusia 33 tahun yang pernah memenangi Piala Dunia itu menjadi pemain pertama ditandatangani kelab Itali berkenaan dengan perjanjian sah sehingga Jun 2023.
“Saya gembira untuk berada di sini. Saya teruja untuk memenuhi cabaran ini dan bersaing mencapai sasaran kelab bagi musim akan datang.” kata Pedro.
Bekas penyerang Barcelona dan Chelsea sudah memenangi 25 trofi utama dalam kariernya termasuk Liga Juara-Juara, Liga Europa, Liga Perdana dan La Liga.
Dia melakukan 65 penampilan bersama Sepanyol, menjaringkan 17 gol, menang Piala Dunia pada 2010 dan Kejohanan Eropah pada 2012.
“Ia satu kelebihan buat kami untuk mengalu-alukan kehadiran pemain berkualiti seperti Pedro dalam keluarga Roma,” kata CEO Roma, Guido Fienga.
Pedro menghabiskan lima musim lalu di Chelsea serta membantu kelab itu memenangi Liga Perdana, Piala FA dan Liga Europa sepanjang beraksi bersama kelab Inggeris itu.
Dia memulakan karier senior di Barcelona, apabila memenangi treble dua kali dan Liga Juara-Juara sebanyak tiga kali termasuk menjaringkan gol pada final 2011.
Roma menamatkan saingan Serie A di tempat ke lima musim lalu dengan kempen musim baharu bola sepak Itali dijangka bermula pada 19 September ini.
SERENA Williams bangkit mengatasi pemain kelayakan dari Belanda, Arantxa Rus seterusnya menguasai set penentuan untuk mara ke pusingan ketiga Terbuka Western & Southern, awal pagi ini.
Pemain pilihan ketiga kejohanan, Serena kekal sebagai pemain pilihan kategori wanita di kejohanan yang berpindah dari Cincinnati ke New York untuk meletakkan pemain dalam kelompok kuarantin Covid-19 di venue yang akan menjadi tuan rumah Terbuka Amerika Syarikat (AS) bermula 31 Ogos ini.
Pilihan utama, Karolina Pliskova dan pemain nombor dua, Sofia Kenin kedua-duanya tersingkir awal dan juara Grand Slam 23 kali, Serena pada mulanya dilihat akan mengikut jejak mereka sebelum bangkit menewaskan Arantxa 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 7-6 (7/0).
Serena tercicir empat mata berturut-turut dalam set kedua berdepan jaguh tangan kiri yang tidak pernah memenangi kejuaraan WTA.
Bintang Amerika Syarikat itu kemudian memastikan kemenangan dalam set penentuan untuk mencatat kemenangan dalam masa dua jam dan 49 minit.
“Ia perlawanan sukar. Aksi yang memerlukan ketahanan fizikal yang tinggi,” kata Williams.
“Kemenangan ini adalah anugerah pada diri saya selepas berusaha gigih. Saya seperti beraksi di hadapan ramai penonton di sini.”
Ia adalah perlawanan ke empat membabitkan pertarungan tiga set buat Serena sejak kembali di kejohanan bermula Lexington, Kentucky selepas saingan WTA terhenti kerana Covid-19.
Serena berkata latihan kecergasan ketika tempoh rehat membuatkan dirinya sentiasa bersedia.
“Saya sebenarnya amat cergas dan sudah bersedia sepenuhnya,” katanya.
SALZBURG – Liverpool tengah melakukan latihan pramusim di Austria sejak pertengahan Agustus ini. Para pemain Liverpool mulai mempersiapkan diri untuk menyambut musim 2020-2021 yang akan bergulir pada bulan depan.
Pemain muda Liverpool, Harvey Elliott, yang ikut ambil bagian dalam latihan pramusim itu angkat suara terkait target The Reds –julukan Liverpool– pada musim depan. Elliott menyebut Liverpool akan berusaha untuk menjuarai Liga Inggris seperti musim ini.
Liverpool sudah mengakhiri 30 tahun puasa trofi Liga Inggris pada musim ini. Akan tetapi, itu terjadi dalam keadaan kurang nyaman karena pandemi virus corona (Covid-19). Para penggemar Liverpool hingga sekarang belum bisa merayakan keberhasilan tim idolanya.
Oleh sebab itu, Liverpool menargetkan trofi Liga Inggris lagi pada musim depan. Selain itu, The Reds juga akan mengincar trofi-trofi lainnya karena Liverpool ingin menjuarai setiap kompetisi yang mereka ikuti.
“Saya pikir, sebagai sebuah tim (ambisi kami) hanya untuk pergi dan melakukan segalanya lagi (bermain apik seperti musim ini). Saya pikir kami telah merasakan kemenangan dari satu atau dua tahun terakhir dan sayangnya para penggemar tidak dapat merayakannya bersama kami, Liga Inggris,” kata Elliott, menyadur dari Inside Futbal, Selasa (25/8/2020).
“Jadi saya pikir itu adalah ambisi utama, untuk keluar dan memenangkan Liga Inggris lagi. Jadi kami bisa merayakannya dengan para penggemar karena yang adil jika ada yang lebih pantas (merayakan trofi Liga inggris), itu mereka,” pungkasnya.
Khaldoon has admitted City’s season was below par | Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has admitted that the club’s performance in the 2019/20 season was a disappointment, while also discussing the club’s recently overturned Champions League ban and relationship with UEFA.
City failed in their bid to defend their league title, finishing 17 points behind winners Liverpool, while they slumped to a shock Champions League quarter final exit to Lyon, as glory on the European stage continues to elude them.
Speaking to Manchester City’s official website in a wide ranging interview, Khaldoon said: “When I look back are the results satisfying? The answer is of course not as we always look to finish the season with as much success in as many competitions as possible.
“Second is not what we look for (in the Premier League) but it will make us hungrier.
“In the Champions League again our objective is to win that competition so I think overall this season’s experience leaves us with some disappointment but also a lot of positives to build on.”
In February, City’s season was thrown into controversy after they were dealt a two-year ban from European football for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.
However, the club successfully had the ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and Khaldoon revealed he was always convinced that the punishment would not be upheld.
“I was confident that the truth would prevail but what I was most concerned about was the distraction this put upon all of us – the team specifically,” he added.
Pep Guardiola was adamant that City deserved an apology following their treatment by Uefa, but Khaldoon revealed that he has no ill feeling towards the governing body.
“Life is too short to carry grudges,” he said. “This was a challenge, it’s behind us, end of story. I am focused on one thing: how I can help this club compete in this competition and win it and how to have a constructive relationship with Uefa.”
