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La Liga has filed a complaint with UEFA against Paris Saint-Germain, joining the other that was filed in April against Manchester City.

Following the decision of Kylian Mbappe to stay in the French capital, the Spanish league decided to take action.

According to a statement made by the league, these clubs are constantly breaching the current financial fair play regulations.

Javier Tebas, president of La Liga, considers that these practices done by PSG and Manchester City alter the ecosystem and the sustainability of football.

Click the link to read the full gist: https://www.goalgist.com/la-liga-files-official-complaint-against-psg-and-manchester-city-to-uefa/

Manchester City have officially confirmed the signing of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland on a five-year contract.

The 21-year-old will join the club on July 1 and will follow in the footsteps of his father Alf-Inge Haaland, who played for the Citizens between 2000 and 2003 and signed almost 22 years ago to the day.

Pep Guardiola’s side revealed last month that they had reached an agreement with Dortmund to sign the Norway international, subject to the club finalising terms with the striker.

Speaking to Man City official website on his arrival at the Etihad Stadium, Haaland said:

"This is a proud day for me and my family. I have always watched City and have loved doing so in recent seasons. You can’t help but admire their style of play, it’s exciting and they create a lot of chances, which is perfect for a player like me.

"There are so many world-class players in this squad and Pep is one of the greatest managers of all-time, so I believe I am in the right place to fulfil my ambitions.

"I want to score goals, win trophies and improve as a footballer and I am confident I can do that here. This is a great move for me and I can’t wait to get started in pre-season."

Keep reading: https://www.goalgist.com/manchester-city-officially-unveil-erling-braut-haaland-signing/

Senegal national team coach Aliou Cisse has suggested that Sadio Mane ‘will feel best at Bayern Munich’ ahead of his proposed transfer to Germany.

The Bundesliga champions have already had two bids rejected for the Liverpool winger, who has been pushing for away from Anfield after spending six seasons at the club.

With Mane’s situation remaining unresolved, his national team coach has urged him to ‘settle his contract problems’ before the new season starts ahead of the World Cup later this year.

According to Senego, Cisse said:

"It’s not just Sadio, I’m going to talk about it for all those players who are in a situation where they have to find a club, it’s complicated. Why? Because it is all this problem that awaits us for the World Cup which is in November.

"And I tell my boys to try to settle the contract problems so that when their respective championships resume, they will have already found a base. I heard about Sadio at Bayern.

"Bayern is intensity, pressure football with a German coach. Sadio played in Salzburg in Austria which is a border country, and that means he is not going into unknown territory. For me, the club where he will feel the best is Bayern."

Keep reading: https://www.goalgist.com/senegal-national-coach-aliou-cisse-claims-sadio-mane-will-feel-best-at-bayern/

La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona will face off in Las Vegas this summer as part of the inaugural Soccer Champions Tour, organisers AEG confirmed on Friday.

The series of five exhibitions, set to run from July 22 to July 30, will also include Liga MX sides Club America and Club Deportivo Guadalajara — also known as Chivas — as well as Italian side Juventus.

Tom Braun, AEG Senior Vice President of Soccer & Business Operations and Business Development said:

"AEG is excited to launch this unparalleled soccer tour as five of the most exceptional soccer clubs in the world return to the United States this summer.

"Following several years without seeing some of these teams in the United States, we are thrilled to provide the opportunity for soccer fans in the U.S. to once again watch their favorite European and Mexican clubs play in person."

https://www.goalgist.com/real-madrid-barcelona-to-face-off-in-las-vegas-this-summer/

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Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly set to be sacked by Paris Saint-Germain.

The former Tottenham Hotspur manager has been in the French capital since January 2021 after replacing Thomas Tuchel as head coach.

Pochettino, who has a year left to run on his current contract, won the Coupe de France in 2021 before guiding PSG to the league title in the most recent Ligue 1 campaign.

Despite helping Les Parisiens become champions of France for the 10th time in their history, the 50-year-old’s future has come under scrutiny.

According to Fabrizio Romano, PSG are preparing to sack the Argentinian over the coming days, pending one more meeting.

read more: https://www.goalgist.com/psg-set-to-sack-mauricio-pochettino-in-coming-days/

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Shakira and her boyfriend Gerard Pique have announced their separation.

45-year-old Shakira confirmed that she is no longer with her 35-year-old footballer beau following an 11 year relationship and two children together.

Rumours of the pair’s split began to circulate earlier this week, with reports in Spain claiming the Barcelona man had cheated on the Colombian singer.

And Shakira has confirmed their separation in a statement via her publicist – although she made no reference to Pique’s alleged cheating.

Shakira’s statement read:

"We regret to confirm that we are parting ways. For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect their privacy. Thank you for your understanding."


Pique has yet to release a statement on the separation, nor has he addressed his alleged cheating.

The couple had been together since 2011, with the pair having met while filming the music video for her World Cup song Waka Waka in 2010.

While they never married, Sharika and Pique did welcome two sons, Milan, nine, and Sasha, seven, during their relationship.

https://www.goalgist.com/shakira-and-barcelona-star-pique-split-after-11-years-together/


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Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has dropped his biggest hint yet that he will leave Liverpool this summer.

The Senegal international said that the people of his country want him to leave the English Premier League and that that is exactly what he is going to do this summer.

The Africa Cup of Nations winner is left with just one year on his contract with Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp’s side keen on keeping him at the club.

Mane, however, is said to have told the Reds he wants a new challenge after six thrilling seasons on Merseyside.

Mane, who is on international duty with Senegal ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin today, said:

"Like everyone else, I’m on social media and I see the comments.

"Isn’t it between 60 to 70% of Senegalese want me to leave Liverpool? I will do what they want.

"We will see soon! Don’t be in a hurry because we will see this together. The future will tell us."


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Saint-Etienne fans attacked their own players after they were relegated to Ligue 2 following their play off defeat to Auxerre on Sunday.

Saint Etienne were beaten on penalties after Ryad Boudebouz missed the deciding spot kick following a 1-1 draw on the night and a 2-2 draw on aggregate, meaning Les Verts will play in the second tier of French football for the first time since 1999.

The club is the joint-most decorated in French domestic football having won Ligue 1 10 times in their history, however Paris Saint-Germain equalled that tally with this year’s league win and will more than likely eclipse it.

After relegation was confirmed, fans turned on their players in aggressive fashion and chose to confront the squad, board and directors with violent methods.

Supporters ran onto the pitch at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium and began throwing flares and smoke bombs into the stands towards the directors box while also appearing to attempt to attack and confront their own players.

Saint Etienne players were evacuated from the pitch, with no reports as of yet to say they have been hurt. Footage below shows the moment thousands of fans invaded the pitch before beginning to attack.

Click the link below to see videos:

https://www.goalgist.com/saint-etienne-fans-attack-players-after-relegation-to-ligue-2/

Former Liverpool and England striker Andy Carroll has been pictured in bed with another woman just two weeks before his wedding to British reality TV star Billi Mucklow.

Carroll had reportedly flown to Dubai to ‘gatecrash’ his fiancee’s hen party with his own stag-do. After a night of boozing, pictures show the once most expensive British footballer of all-time in bed with bar manager Taylor Jane Wilkey.

The 27-year-old lady also took a mirror selfie in Carroll’s personalised bathrobe, sending both pictures to her friends in the UK before they went viral.

Andy Carroll and his fiancee Billi Mucklow have three children together – two sons and one daughter.

Click the link to read the complete gist: https://www.goalgist.com/ex-liverpool-star-andy-carroll-pictured-in-bed-with-another-woman-weeks-before-his-wedding/

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been named English Premier League manager of the season.

Liverpool took the title race down to the wire, racking up 92 points and finishing runners-up to English Premier League champions Manchester City by a single point, as they went closer to winning the Quadruple than any other English side in history.

Reflecting on the climax to the English Premier League season while accepting his award, Klopp said:

"It was a bit nervy, it wasn’t the best outcome for us, but we are already over it.

And when you win a prize like this you are either a genius, or you have the best coaching staff in the world. I am here with four of my coaching staff, and they know how much I appreciate them."


Keep reading: https://www.goalgist.com/liverpools-jurgen-klopp-named-premier-league-manager-of-the-season/

La Liga are filing a complaint to UEFA, the French administrative courts and the European Union over Kylian Mbappe's contract renewal at Paris Saint-Germain, the Spanish league have announced.

An official statement from La Liga on Saturday said that it was "scandalous" that PSG could afford to make the deal, stating that it "attacks the integrity of European football".

The statement read:

"On Kylian Mbappe's possible announcement to stay at PSG, La Liga wishes to state that this type of agreement attacks the economic stability of European football, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs and the integrity of the sport, not only in European competitions, but also in domestic leagues.

"It is scandalous that a club like PSG, which last season reported losses of more than 220 million euros after accumulating losses of more than 700 million euros in prior seasons (while reporting sponsorship income at doubtful valuation), with a squad cost around 650 million for this season, can close such an agreement, while those clubs that could afford the hiring of the player without seeing their wage bill compromised, are left without able to sign him....."



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https://www.goalgist.com/la-liga-file-complaint-over-mbappes-psg-contract-renewal/

Italian football pundit Enrico Fedele has claimed that Sassuolo forward Gianluca Scamacca is a better player than Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.

Fedele is also convinced that Osimhen is not worth the €100million (N43.8billion) Napoli is demanding from three English Premier League clubs.

Fedele told Radio Marte:

"Is Osimhen worth 100 million? Not for me, a maximum of 50 million euros.

"I think the president meant that he has yet to mature because he is immature.
Scamacca is more complete than Osimhen, and he contributes more.

"Osimhen needs players who cross the ball; he needs a winger who creates one two because he wants to finish with a strong foot."[/center]

Manchester United, Arsenal, and Newcastle United are all interested in the Nigerian, who was named Serie A U-23 player of the season.

Read More: https://www.goalgist.com/enrico-fedele-scamacca-better-than-osimhen/

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has likened N'Golo Kante to Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne in terms of his importance to the English Premier League club.

Also, Tuchel says finishing third in the English Premier League should be seen as a “miracle” given Kante’s injury struggles.

Chelsea 1-1 draw with Leicester on Thursday night puts them three points clear of Tottenham, in fourth, with a game to go.

The Blues have a superior goal difference of 18 over Spurs.

The German boss said:

"I think he is our key, key, key player, but key, key, key players need to be on the pitch. He plays only 40% of the games then it is maybe a miracle that we arrive in third place. He is our Mo Salah, he is our Van Dijk, he is our De Bruyne. He is simply that player, he is our Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

He is that guy who makes the difference, and if you only have him for 40%, then it is a huge problem. Given that percentage, it is maybe a miracle that he produces results. It puts everything into perspective as I saw Liverpool without Van Dijk last season, and they struggled heavily. You see the difference. N'Golo is our key player, and we need him on the pitch..."

Keep on reading: https://www.goalgist.com/thomas-tuchel-kante-is-chelseas-van-dijk-salah-mbappe-and-de-bruyne/

Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen pulled himself out of contention for Saturday’s agonising FA Cup final defeat against Liverpool just hours before kick-off.

The Denmark international – who will join Barcelona at the end of the season – was not injured but told head coach Thomas Tuchel on the morning of the game he did not want to be considered for the Wembley showdown because he did not feel ready to play.

It is likely that Christensen would have started the game ahead of Trevoh Chalobah if he was available for selection and his decision to withdraw from the squad to face Jurgen Klopp’s side arrived as a major blow to Chelsea’s plans.

His unexpected withdrawal and departure from the team hotel on Saturday morning is understood to have left his team-mates perplexed and shocked.

Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/christensen-ruled-himself-out-of-chelsea-fa-cup-final-against-liverpool/

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What Manchester united need presently is not a coach but a pastor to deliver them from their calamities

Liverpool pass Benfica with 6-4 aggregate; Manchester City City eliminate Atletico Madrid with 1-0 aggregate in quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.

Man City will take on Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid, while Liverpool will play against another Spanish team, Villarreal, in the semifinal round.

The first legs of the semifinals will be held on April 27, while the second legs will be played on May 4.

The 2022 UEFA Champions League final will be held at the Stade de France on May 28.

Read the complete match report here:
https://www.goalgist.com/ucl-quarterfinals-manchester-city-liverpool-reach-semifinals/

Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo urged reject club chiefs Antonio Conte as a possible manager back in October.

The Manchester Evening News says at the time the United hierarchy was ‘not keen’ on Conte and Ronaldo’s own reservations about the Italian were fed back to the board.

Conte now has Tottenham well placed to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League at United’s expense.

Keep reading: https://www.goalgist.com/ronaldo-urged-manchester-united-board-to-reject-antonio-conte/

Former Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, has been linked with the vacant coaching role of the Mali senior men’s national team, few weeks after Mali fired their former coach Mohamed Magassouba.

The Malian football federation has revealed that there are stronger considerations for former Eagles boss Gernot Rohr, former Mali international Eric Chelle, former coach of the Malian national team Djibril Drame and AS Otoho coach Alou Badra Diallo.

Rohr worked in Nigeria for five years, leading the country to one African Cup of Nations third-place finish and getting eliminated at the group stage of the World Cup.

The former Bordeaux manager had been linked with the Malian job in the past but said he chose Nigeria instead.

Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/gernot-rohr-ex-super-eagles-boss-linked-with-mali-coaching-job/

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he is disappointed with the referee during his side’s clash against Real Madrid as he joked with Carlo Ancelotti just moments after the Blues were eliminated from the Champioons League.

Tuchel’s men overcame the two-goal deficit to send the match into extra time but were knocked out by another Karim Benzema header, seeing Real Madrid progress to the semi-finals.

Speaking after the match, via football.london, Tuchel criticised the referee for his conduct after the match

He said:

"I was disappointed that the referee had a good time with my colleague, Carlo Ancelotti. I know Carlo is a gentleman and a nice guy, but when I wanted to go and say thank you for the match, I saw him smiling and laughing loudly with the opponents’ coach.

I think this is the very, very wrong time to do this after a final whistle and 126 minutes where one team gave all their hearts and fought until the last drop. You go and see the referee smiling and laughing with the other coach. I think it is very, very bad timing. I told him this, and that’s it."

Click the link below to read every word Thomas Tuchel said after Real Madrid sent them out of the UEFA Champions League.

https://www.goalgist.com/thomas-tuchel-disappointed-with-referee-for-joking-with-real-madrid-boss-carlo-ancelotti/

The mother of a young Everton fan who seemingly had his phone slapped out of his hand by Cristiano Ronaldo in a controversial incident last weekend has rejected the Manchester United star’s offer to meet him and attend a match at Old Trafford.

Ms Kelly says she has no intention of taking her son to Old Trafford to meet Ronaldo and watch a United game as she heavily criticised the Portuguese forward’s apology.

She told Sky News:

"I’ve got nothing to say to [him]. Why should I travel to Old Trafford? Why would ‘a Blue’ want to go to [visit] ‘a Red’?

"If he [Ronaldo] was genuine, I think he should have turned around at the moment of the incident, picked Jake’s phone up and been like, ‘I’m sorry’.

"That was the biggest laugh for me: ‘sportsmanship’. When you can do that to a 14-year-old boy. That’s not sportsmanship at all."

Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/mother-of-everton-fan-ronaldo-assaulted-refuses-to-meet-him/

Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca said he reinforced his “substantial and credible” bid for Chelsea on Tuesday, promising significant investment to make the club “habitual winners.”

The New York-based merchant bank Raine Group have set a final deadline of Thursday for bids to be submitted with Pagliuca’s proposal one of four to have reached this stage along with a consortium headed by Los Angeles Lakers part-owner Todd Boehly, another led by British businessman Sir Martin Broughton and a third involving the Ricketts family investment group, who also own the Chicago Cubs.

Pagliuca was a surprise name on the shortlist given his bid has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but he released a statement outlining his proposals which include redeveloping Stamford Bridge and denouncing any resurrection of a European Super League.

He said:

"Our first focus and goal is to make strategic investments to continue competing for championships and trophies.

"We will support our players and managers to make sure that Chelsea are habitual winners and title contenders, whether in the Premier League, Champions League or the Women’s Super League [the only Super League we intend competing in, for the record].


Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/celtics-owner-ill-make-chelsea-habitual-winners/

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney’s son proved to be following in his footsteps.

Coleen, Rooney’s wife, revealed on Instagram that their son, Klay Rooney, 8, was heading off on his first football tournament away.

The happy mother wished her son ‘good luck’ in the Instagram post.

Klay is one of the couple’s four children, alongside siblings Kai, 12, Kit, six, and Cass, three.

Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/rooneys-son-takes-part-in-first-football-tournament/

Manchester United will not punish Cristiano Ronaldo after video footage emerged of him smashing an Everton fan’s phone after Saturday’s Premier League encounter at Goodison Park.

The Portuguese superstar saw his post-match actions inevitably go viral after he was caught on camera smacking a phone out of the hand of a 14-year-old, who was filming the United players leave the pitch. Emotions were clearly running high in the wake of United’s 1-0 defeat which is likely to have a huge impact on the rest of their league season.

Both the English FA and Merseyside Police are looking into the incident, with the latter in communication with United and Everton to determine whether any kind of criminal offence took place.

Later on Saturday, Ronaldo took to social media to issue an apology for the incident.

It has now been reported that United bosses have decided not to take any further action against the forward. The Sun claim club chiefs are satisfied with his apology.

However, Merseyside Police have confirmed that there is an ongoing investigation into the incident.

The mother of the child whose phone appeared to be smashed spoke against Ronaldo’s shocking behaviour.

Read More: https://www.goalgist.com/manchester-united-will-not-punish-ronaldo-for-smashing-fans-phone/

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has apologised on social media after an unsavoury incident following Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat to Everton on Saturday afternoon.

Footage emerged on social media of Ronaldo appearing to slap a mobile phone out of a young Everton fan’s hand and onto the floor as he walked off the pitch and headed for the tunnel at Goodison Park.

[More: Mother Of Young Everton Fan Whose Was Smashed By Roanldo Speaks…]

Ronaldo took to Instagram to apologise for the incident.

The 37-year-old said:

"It’s never easy to deal with emotions in difficult moments such as the one we are facing. “Nevertheless, we always have to be respectful, patient and set the example for all the youngsters who love the beautiful game.

"I would like to apologise for my outburst and, if possible, I would like to invite this supporter to watch a game at Old Trafford as a sign of fair-play and sportsmanship".



Read More: https://www.goalgist.com/ronaldo-apologises-after-phone-smashing-incident/

Paris Saint-Germain chiefs are said to have become fed up with Brazilian star Neymar both on and off the pitch.

The club's Qatari owners reportedly feel 'cheated' by the forward's poor performances on the pitch and have grown tired with his glamorous lifestyle off it.

The feeling in Qatar is that Neymar 'prefers Paris over PSG' and the level of fury from the club's shareholders is peaking, according to L'Equipe, via Marca.

The French publication reported: 'The French club's shareholders feel they have been cheated out of their money.'

PSG forked out £200million (N108billion) to bring the former Barcelona star to the Parc des Princes in 2017.

Over five seasons in Paris, the club have also had to pay out more than £417,00,000 (N226billion) in expenditure costs related to Neymar's salary.

Over in Doha, the club's owners feel that they have failed to see a return on their investment from Neymar on the pitch.

However, with the World Cup held in Qatar in November, PSG, with links to Qatar National Bank and Qatar Airways, have been keen to keep Neymar at the club as a main attraction for the tournament.

And it seems PSG will have to keep paying for him for another season as it is reportedly impossible for him to leave this summer.

L'Equipe claim that only a club such as Newcastle have the wealth to push through a transfer but it is 'unlikely that the working-class city in the north of England is the place the Brazilian dreams of for the end of his European career'.

Read more: https://www.goalgist.com/psg-owners-fed-up-with-neymar-report/

Former Super Eagles defender Ifeanyi Udeze has blamed Kelechi Nwakali for his lack of professional conduct at Huesca.

On Wednesday, Nwakali accused Huesca of sacking him because he went to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

And even though the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) faulted Huesca’s termination of Nwakali’s contract, Udeze is blaming the midfielder for playing into the hands of the Spanish second-tier club and should have better applied himself in his issues with the club.

The former PAOK defender told Brila:

"As a player, when a club is looking for all possible means to move you on, you have to be careful, because they’ll set you up and hope you fall into their hands, so they can take drastic action against you and possibly deny you your wages in order to save themselves some money.

"A player can only get away with bad behaviors if the club considered him to be among the untouchables and their prize asset, which wasn’t Nwakali’s situation with Huesca.

"He went away with the National Team for the African Cup of Nations which is good, but staying back in the country when the club was expecting him to return to training is totally unacceptable.

"Yes, sometimes players can take a few days off to see family and friends after an international engagement, but they’ll allow you back in the team if you are a regular and that’s after you must have paid a fine.

"However, spending a week, two, or three is damn too much. Such behavior is not expected from a player, who is a few months to the end of his contract. He should have been careful...."



Keep reading: https://www.goalgist.com/ex-super-eagles-defender-blames-kelechi-nwakali-for-huesca-ordeal/

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has stated that the current Super Eagles goalkeepers cannot be like him.

In an interview with ESPN, Enyeama warned Nigerians against using his standards to judge the new goalkeepers like Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho.

The 39-year-old former keeper said:

"I support them and the one thing I will say is Nigerians should know they can never get another Vincent Enyeama.

I know that people are judging them by that standard, but there’s only one Vincent Enyeama, only one version of every player.

They will have another great goalkeeper but not Vincent Enyeama....."

Keep on reading: https://www.goalgist.com/vincent-enyeama-no-super-eagles-goalkeeper-can-be-like-me/

Erling Haaland has reportedly dismissed any interest from English Premier League club Manchester United this summer because of fears the Red Devils ‘could not match his ambitions’.

In a damning indictment of where United are at, the world’s most in-demand striker has ruled out a move to Old Trafford when he leaves Borussia Dortmund.

Haaland, who has a £63million (N34billion) release clause, is wanted by a number of Europe’s leading clubs this summer after scoring 80 goals in 83 appearances for the Bundesliga giants since arriving from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020.

Manchester City are reportedly ready to make the Norwegian the highest-paid player in England and, as Sportsmail revealed last month, the Premier League champions are frontrunners in the race for the 21-year-old star forward.

But it seems he will not be moving to Old Trafford this summer, despite being heavily linked with United when he joined Dortmund because of links to former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

According to ESPN, Haaland’s representatives have informed United that he won’t be moving there because he feels they ‘cannot match his ambitions’.

Read more on: https://www.goalgist.com/erling-haaland-snubs-manchester-united-over-fears-they-cant-match-his-ambitions/