Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos has suggested he would be open to a transfer to Barcelona at the end of the season.
The 21-year-old was heavily linked with Barca before the start of this season, and it is thought that the Spanish and European champions are continuing to keep tabs on him.
I am very happy that a big team like Barcelona are showing an interest in me, Marquinhos told Globo Esporte.
We will evaluate my situation at the end of the season and make a decision.
Barcelona are a great team that won the Champions League last season. It is very pleasing to be linked with them. It shows that I am doing well.
For now, I am focused on doing well with PSG until the end of the season. I want to keep on doing a great job. And then we …
Anthony Gordon’s sixth goal of the season handed Newcastle a sixth-successive Premier League victory at St James’ Park as Manchester United became their latest victims.
The Magpies, who returned from Paris St Germain in midweek bitterly disappointed with a 1-1 Champions League draw, dominated for all but the final few minutes and perhaps should have secured the points in more emphatic fashion with Kieran Trippier seeing a first-half free-kick come back off the crossbar.
However, Gordon’s 55th-minute finish – the fourth-successive home league game in which he has scored – proved sufficient to clinch a 1-0 win and send Eddie Howe’s side above the Red Devils in the table, although his joy was tempered by a potentially-serious injury to goalkeeper Nick Pope.
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Xavi has finally landed his dream job as head coach of Barcelona.
The 41-year-old was confirmed in the role early Saturday, and it will be his first coaching job in Europe after spending the past two and a half years in charge of Qatari side Al Sadd.
Xavi had two years to run on his Al Sadd deal, but Barcelona paid his release clause to allow the Camp Nou legend to replace Ronald Koeman.
He has signed a contract through the end of the 2023-24 season, with the new hire coming as a huge boost to the Catalan giants during a turbulent time for the club.
Barcelona said Xavi will be presented in an event Monday at Camp Nou.
Al Sadd CEO Turk Al-Ali earlier said: Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this particular ti…
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Each week throughout the offseason, I’ll be digging into the biggest news across the league — and NFL betting landscapes — trying to connect the dots to available markets, like finding an NFL futures odds ticket worth a wager or an early-bird bet to place once we get game odds in the coming weeks.
We start the countdown to kickoff of the 2022 season (September 8) with our weekly NFL betting notebook.
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