RONALDO to LEAVE MAN UTD - MESSI' ULTIMATUM to BARCELONA - KANTE to BARCELONA? FOOTBALL NEWS
Griezmann joins Atletico on permanent deal!
Officially
Atletico Madrid have officially announced that they have acquired Antoine Griezmann from Barcelona on a permanent deal. The Frenchman penned an agreement with the Indians until the summer of 2026. The amount is not disclosed by the parties, though previously the media mentioned the sum of around 20 million euros + add-ins.
Man Utd ready to let CR7 go for ridiculous sum!
Daily Star
Reliability: 2.5
The chances of Cristiano Ronaldo's winter departure from Manchester United are getting increasingly higher. The Red Devils have already gotten used to the fact that they will not be able to keep him for long, so the club agreed to sell the Portugal athlete for a symbolic sum of 11 million euros.
Despite Erik Ten Hag's claims about CR7's loyalty to the red side of Manchester, Ronaldo will do whatever it takes to get to the Champions League-oriented destination in January.
PSG tried to get rid of Neymar
RMS Sport
Reliability: 3.5
Back in the summer, PSG actually did consider the option of selling Neymar Jr. The Brazilian was not included in the club's project, which was shown to Kylian Mbappe before signing a contract renewal. Nevertheless, the French forward himself never insisted on selling Neymar.
Barcelona's summer plan revealed!
Mundo Deportivo
Reliability: 3
Barcelona have decided on four footballers who might join the Catalans in the summer. In the midfield area Blaugrana management sees N'Golo Kante and Jorginho from Chelsea, as well as Youri Tielemans from Leicester City. The center of the defense could be boosted by Milan Skriniar from Inter.
Interestingly enough, Jorginho's agent Joao Santos has already arrived in Barcelona to discuss his client's potential move to Camp Nou next year.
PSG enter Leao race
Media Foot
Reliability: 3
AC Milan star Rafael Leao continues to remain the tidbit for many major leagues' giants. It was previously reported on the Portuguese being Chelsea's main target for next summer. From now on, however, a very strong competitor, PSG, stepped into the scene. What's more, the Parisians are already willing to pay Leao's contract buy-out clause of 150 million euros.
Real could buy Gakpo
David Ornstein
Reliability: 5
PSV star Cody Gakpo is likely to pursue his career at Real Madrid.
Recently, the Dutchman was close to Leeds United move, but the deal fell through because the player changed his mind and decided to only consider top level clubs.
In addition, the Peacocks could not have provided Gakpo the financial conditions that Real Madrid are able to satisfy.
The winger has netted 13 goals and 10 assists in 16 appearances for the current campaign at PSV.
The Transfermarkt portal estimates Gakpo's market value at 35 million euros.
Madrid want Haaland to replace Benzema
Florian Plettenberg
Reliability: 4
By the way, Real Madrid have big plans for Manchester City forward Erling Haaland! The Merengues consider the Norwegian as a priority target to replace Karim Benzema in the future.
Rumors are also spreading that from 2024 Haaland's contract with City will include a clause, according to which Erling will have the right to join Real.
Messi not wanting to become substitute at Xavi's Barcelona
Sport.es
Reliability: 3
Lionel Messi continues thinking about the next step for his club career. The PSG striker is set to leave Paris and return to Barcelona next summer.
Although, Leo has an important condition: he demands a guaranteed place in the Catalans' starting line-up. The 35-year-old Argentine will not accept Barca's offer if Xavi will only consider him a substitute player due to his age.
Messi wishes to play alongside and on an equal footing with Barcelona youngsters, remaining at the forefront of the Catalan club's new sporting project picture.
At the same time, Blaugranas will need to satisfy the financial demands of Messi, who now earns approximately 35 million euros per year at PSG.
Bayern constantly discussing Harry Kane's transfer
Bild
Reliability: 4
The management of Bayern Munich has a plan on how to pull off the signing of Tottenham Hotspur leader Harry Kane in the summer of 2023 as a replacement for Robert Lewandowski.
The English marksman's name is hotly debated within the Munich side in terms of transfer target priorities.
No doubt, Bayern have the resources to take Kane aboard, but with Tottenham currently positioned third in the Premier League standings, it remains to be monitored whether Harry will be willing to quit Spurs as he wished in the past few years.
