Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez is set to be out for at least four weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury, Afrosport reports. Martinez was forced off in the first half of Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup win over Real Madrid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. The 33-year-old, who was eventually replaced in the 28th minute by Uruguay international Ronald Araujo, has suffered a right hamstring tear, the...
Lamine Yamal, the rising star of FC Barcelona, has made headlines by choosing Neymar Jr. as his biggest footballing idol, surprisingly overlooking Lionel Messi, Afrosport reports. The 17-year-old has been a revelation since making his debut last season, going on to represent Spain and win the Euro 2024 championship in Germany. The rise of Yamal has been compared with Messi who is regarded as arguably the...
The Spanish National Sports Council (CSD) on Wednesday granted Barcelona a provisional permission to register the pair of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor for the rest of the 2024-25 season, Afrosport reports. Olmo and Victor, who both joined the Catalan club last summer, were only registered for the first half of the season as Barcelona failed to meet the wage cap restrictions set by La Liga....
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has been handed a two-match suspension in La Liga for violent conduct after being sent off during Friday’s win at Valencia, Afrosport reports. Vinicius was shown a straight red card for pushing Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck. However, despite playing with 10 men, the visitors scored twice in the last 10 minutes of the game to...
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the club will appeal the red card given to Vinicius Jr. in the comeback 2-1 La Liga win over Valencia at the Mestalla on Friday night, Afrosport reports. Los Blancos fell to a first half goal from Hugo Duro and were further compounded when Jude Bellingham missed from the penalty spot in the 55th minute and Kylian Mbappe's...
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