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Daily Update by plethora007: 8:14am On Feb 15, 2021
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*HEADLINES*

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✍️✍️Carlo Ancelotti's home reportedly broken into by masked gang

✍️✍️Bayern Munich beat Liverpool and Chelsea to signing of Upamecano

✍️✍️Man City's Angelino joins Leipzig in £16m deal after triggering purchase clause

✍️✍️Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he is following Erling Haaland's progress

✍️✍️Rashford calls for racist abusers to have social media accounts immediately deleted

✍️✍️Arsenal manager Arteta reveals his family have received online threats

✍️✍️Fabinho to miss Liverpool's trip to Leicester

✍️✍️Thomas Tuchel confident Kai Havertz can fulfil potential at Chelsea

✍️✍️Mourinho criticises Bale over 'totally wrong' Instagram fitness post

✍️✍️Jürgen Klopp could hand Kabak or Davies a Liverpool debut

✍️✍️Carlo Ancelotti backs Everton's Ben Godfrey for England call

✍️✍️Suarez thanks team-mates for stunning Atletico Madrid form

✍️✍️Musa: Allardyce confirms West Bromwich Albion won’t sign Nigeria winger

✍️✍️Crystal Palace players must prove they can win games without Zaha - Hodgso
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*TABLE AND TOPSCORERS*

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*�������Premier League Table*
1 Man City - 50pts
2 Man Utd - 45pts
3 Leicester - 43pts
4 Liverpool - 40pts
5 Chelsea - 39pts
6 West Ham - 39pts
7 Everton - 37pts
8 Tottenham - 36pts

18 Fulham - 15pts
19 West Brom - 12pts
20 Sheffield United - 11pts

*��Ligue 1 Table*
1 Lille - 54pts
2 Lyon - 52pts
3 PSG - 51pts
4 Monaco - 48pts
5 Rennes - 38pts

18 Nantes - 19pts
19 Dijon - 15pts
20 Nîmes - 15pts

*��Bundesliga Table*
1 Bayern München - 48pts
2 RB Leipzig - 44pts
3 Wolfsburg - 38pts
4 Eintracht Frankfurt - 36pts
5 Bayer Leverkusen - 35pts
6 Borussia Dortmund - 32pts

16 Arminia Bielefeld - 17pts
17 Mainz 05 - 13pts
18 Schalke 04 - 8pts

*��Serie A Table*
1 AC Milan - 49pts
2 Inter Milan - 47pts
3 Juventus - 42pts
4 AS Roma - 40pts
5 Lazio - 40pts
6 Napoli - 37pts
7 Atalanta - 37pts

18 Cagliari - 15pts
19 Parma - 13pts
20 Crotone - 12pts

*��Laliga Table*
1 Atlético Madrid - 51pts
2 Real Madrid - 46pts
3 Barcelona - 43pts
4 Sevilla - 42pts
5 Villarreal - 36pts

18 Real Valladolid - 20pts
19 Elche - 18pts
20 Huesca - 16pts

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*VETLAND SPORTS*
*LATEST*
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*SPANISH PAPERS*
✒️✒️Barcelona will have to pay an additional €5m to Borussia Dortmund if Ousmane Dembele features against Alaves this weekend.

✒️✒️Spanish international Diego Costa is rumoured to be on the verge of signing a two-year deal at Brazilian club Palmeiras - the team he supported as a child.

✒️✒️The home stadium of Atletico Madrid, Wanda Metropolitano was confirmed as a mass vaccination centre against Covid-19 within the Spanish capital.

✒️✒️Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has warned his side’s defender Gerard Pique about officials in the country favouring Real Madrid. The Integrity Department of the Spanish FA’s Competition Committee are currently investigating comments from the player which could land him in hot water, as detailed by Marca.

✒️✒️Elche manager Jorge Almirón announced his resignation after last night 3-1 defeat to Celta Vigo. The Primera side have failed to win in 16 LaLiga games under Almirón, currently sitting second from bottom.

✒️✒️Real Madrid duo Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vazquez are expected to start against Valencia, they've fully recovered.

✒️✒️Eden Hazard's recovery was expected to last 4-6 weeks, but he should be fit in 2-3 weeks and play the Madrid Derby.

✒️✒️Lionel Messi is one game away from breaking Xavi's record for the most league appearances in Barcelona history (505).

✒️✒️Gerard Piqué will try to be fit for this week's game against PSG. It's difficult, but he refuses to rule himself out so quickly.

✒️✒️Real Madrid will let Isco, Bale and Marcelo leave for free in the summer to free themselves from their massive wages (€70m).

✒️✒️Real Madrid are looking to sign a centre-back ahead of Sergio Ramos' possible departure from the club this summer. The main priority is David Alaba. Jules Koundé and Pau Torres are options as well, but their prices are high.

✒️✒️Diego Simeone youngest son, Giuliano Simeone trained with the Atletico Madrid first team for the first time on Friday.

✒️✒️Ansu Fati has been named as the best U20 player in the world by French outlet L'Equipe, with Pedri in fourth place.

*FRENCH PAPERS*
✒️✒️Liverpool attacker Sadio Mané is in talks to become a shareholder in French 4th division side Bourges Foot.

✒️✒️Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri has been told he will regularly take part in 1st team training from now on, according to RMC.

✒️✒️Marcelo Bielsa has alleged that he suffered harassment from Lille's board prior to his dismissal as head coach in 2017, in a case which will be decided by a workplace tribunal in France.

*GERMAN PAPERS*
✒️✒️Dayot Upamecano will sign a 5-year contract with Bayern Munich from rivals side RB Leipzig.

✒️✒️Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić has confirmed that RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano will join the European champions in the summer.

✒️✒️Bayern Munich's stable of Frenchmen's
- Benjamin Pavard
- Lucas Hernandez
- Tanguy Kouassi
- Corentin Tolisso
- Kingsley Coman
- Michaël Cuisance (loan)
- Bouna Sarr
- Dayot Upamecano (from July)

✒️✒️RB Leipzig have signed Angeliño on a contract until 2025 from Manchester City after his appearance vs Augsburg triggered an obligation to buy in his loan deal.

✒️✒️Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong reveals he is yet to decide his international future amid Ghana, Netherlands and England opportunities.

*ITALIAN PAPERS*
✒️✒️Gennaro Gattuso could be sacked if Napoli lose against Juventus today and Aurelio De Laurentiis has already lined-up potential replacements.

✒️✒️Juventus loanee Douglas Costa admits he enjoyed the clash between Antonio Conte and Andrea Agnelli and reveals which AC Milan player he admires.

✒️✒️Andrea Pirlo on Gattuso's job being at risk ahead of today's Napoli-Juventus clash: "It's part of the job. I'm sorry about Rino's situation, but I have my own problems to think about." (Sky)

✒️✒️Juventus and AC Milan are reportedly following Andrea Belotti’s situation at Torino, as the Italy international’s contract expires in June 2022.

✒️✒️Cristiano Ronaldo has reached 500 billion followers across social media and Juventus will look to exploit this situation in discussions over a contract extension as such a platform can significantly help the club through marketing. 

✒️✒️AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli has called up Simon Kjaer, Sandro Tonali, Hakan Calhanoglu and Ismael Bennacer for the match against Spezia on Saturday.

✒️✒️Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has called up Leonardo Bonucci for the match against Napoli but Aaron Ramsey, Arthur Melo and Paulo Dybala remain out.

✒️✒️Former AS Roma sporting director Gianluca Petrachi reportedly won the lawsuit against the Giallorossi over his dismissal last year.

✒️✒️Roma star player Stephan El Shaarawy tackled a thief found inside his car on Friday, holding down the man until police arrived to arrest him.

✒️✒️According to Tuttosport, AC Milan have identified Andrea Belotti as a potential replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic but Juventus are also interested.

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*BRITISH EXPRESS*

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*LONDON EVENING STANDARD*
�� Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti’s home was burgled by masked gang, but his daughter Katia frightened them off. They were disturbed by the daughter of the Italian coach and ran from the scene before police arrived at the house.

*LONDON FOOTBALL*
��Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has backed Kai Havertz to be a success at the club despite an inconspicuous debut campaign so far.

��The first leg of Tottenham's Europa League round of 32 tie away to Austrian side Wolfsberg will now be played in Hungary.

�Jose Mourinho's position as Tottenham manager is reportedly safe until at least the end of the season despite the club's current crisis of form.

*MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS*
��Manchester United will be without Paul Pogba for this Sunday's visit to West Bromwich Albion but have been boosted by Eric Bailly's return to training.

��Marcus Rashford has called on social media companies to take a stronger stance against racism and delete the accounts of those responsible.

��Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he would be happy for Manchester United's Europa League ties against Real Sociedad to be played as one-off games rather than over two legs.

��Manchester City defender Angelino has completed a permanent move to RB Leipzig on a four-and-a-half year deal after the club triggered an €18 million (£16m/$21m) obligation to buy.

*BRITISH MIRROR*
��Joe Willock has revealed he is loving life at Newcastle and admits he has a big decision to make on his Arsenal future at the end of the season.

��Luka Modric has told Real Madrid he is willing to take whatever pay cut is necessary to ensure his time at the club is extended beyond the end of this season.

��Borussia Dortmund's England winger Jadon Sancho is almost certain to be playing elsewhere next season but the German club have little chance of getting £100m for the 20-year-old which they demanded from Manchester United six months ago.

*LIVERPOOL ECHO*
��Jurgen Klopp insists Alisson has the support of the Liverpool squad and backed the goalkeeper to "play his normal level" as the Reds face Leicester on Saturday.

��Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin will miss Sunday's visit of Fulham with a hamstring injury but has escaped a more lengthy lay-off.

��Fabinho has added to Liverpool’s defensive problems after being ruled out of tomorrow’s trip to Leicester with an injury that threatens his participation in the Merseyside derby.

*BRITISH MAIL*
��Leicester defender James Justin faces a long spell on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury in the club's FA Cup win over Brighton.

��Jamie Carragher believes Leicester City's £1million signing of Jamie Vardy from non-league Fleetwood Town is the best transfer in football history.

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