It was a rumour for the past few weeks and now it materialized. Ashley Barnes signs new contract with Burnley and says he would like to see out his playing days at Turf Moor. The forward has penned a new deal that will see him stay at the club until June 2022.
Barnes turned 30 at the end of October and he confirmed that finishing his career at Burnley is something he would like to happen. By the time that contract would run out, Barnes would be almost 33 years old and remaining a Claret past that timeframe seems unrealistic at this point.
The striker played 146 Premier League matches for Burnley, which is a club record, could potentially stay until 2023, as there is an option for an extra year in his new contract. Barnes joined Burnley in 2014 from Brighton for an undis…
Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele said he is upbeat over his future with the LaLiga giants amid ongoing speculation.
Dembele is out of contract in 2022 and reports claim the Frenchman is nearing a three-year extension at Camp Nou.
The 23-year-old, who has been hampered by injuries since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in 2017, was heavily linked with Manchester United prior to the 2020-21 campaign.
Asked about his future before Saturday s 2-1 Clasico loss to bitter rivals and reigning LaLiga champions Real Madrid, Dembele told beIN SPORTS: I still have a year of contract left.
We have eight matches ahead to achieve our objective of winning la Liga. I have no doubt that our team will fight until the end. Visca el Barça!
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Manchester United have made their worst start to a Premier League season after being held at home to Arsenal on Monday.
After seven matches of the 2019-20 campaign, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side have only won twice and collected nine points.
They sit 10th in the table, only in the top half on goal difference, having amassed the same number of points as Burnley.
United have twice had 10 points on the board at this stage of the season, in the 2018-19 and 2013-14 campaigns.
9 Manchester United s haul of nine points from their opening seven league games is their lowest at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1989-90 (7). Flat.
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Jose Mourinho lasted until December last term with Solskjaer installed as his replacement…
Luis Enrique has matched Pep Guardiola and become just the second Barcelona head coach to win back-to-back LaLiga matches against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu.
Barcelona won an enthralling Clasico 3-2 away to Madrid on Sunday, Lionel Messi scoring his second of the match – and 500th club goal – with the last kick of the game.
Ivan Rakitic was the other Barca scorer in an absorbing contest that also saw Sergio Ramos sent off, while Casemiro and James Rodriguez were on target for Madrid.
Guardiola won successive league matches at the Bernabeu in 2009 and 2010, his side registering 6-2 and 2-0 victories.
2 Luis Enrique is the 2nd Barcelona manager to win back-to-back La Liga games vs Real Madrid at Bernabeu, after Guardiola (2). Farewell
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For a player who has had to deal with speculation over his future since attracting attention as a 16-year-old for Valenciennes, it is little wonder Dayot Upamecano is so relaxed about recent links with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
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there are clubs that want me that is certain I am keeping my feet on the ground, he told Foot Mercato last month. We will discuss my future at the end of the season with my agents and my family.
Upamecano has a habit of making the right choices, seeing him make a name for himself in the Bundesliga and star on the biggest club stage of them all, the Champions League.
With a pick …
Ivan Rakitic is keen on leaving Barcelona and joining Atletico Madrid in the summer, according to Marca.
The latest report confirms those from a while back which claim the contact between the Rojiblancos and the Croatian had already been made. Apparently, Atletico have identified the Barcelona midfielder as their priority target at the end of the season and have already informed his representatives of their interest.
Rakitic wants to continue playing in Spain. He has also been courted by his former club Sevilla, who would like to have him make an emotional return to the club he left in 2014 to join Barcelona in the first place. The 32-year-old himself will likely be the one to make the final call on where he plays next as it s getting clearer by the day that he won t be…
Bayern Munich head coach Niko Kovac said his side were deservedly eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League last 16.
It was a night to forget for Bayern at Allianz Arena, where the Bundesliga champions suffered a 3-1 second-leg defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday.
Following last month s scoreless stalemate on Merseyside, Bayern were no match for Liverpool – who condemned the German giants to their earliest European exit since 2010-11.
Speaking afterwards, Kovac told Sky: We had a strong opponent and we have to congratulate Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp.
They were better in these two matches and we deserved to lose. The opponent attacked us very high and left no spaces, that made it difficult for us.
On top of that it was not our best day. Live…
Robert Lewandowski continued his brilliant start to life in LaLiga to help seal a 4-0 win for Barcelona at lowly Cadiz, though a medical emergency in the crowd marred Saturday s match.
Introduced by Xavi just after Frenkie de Jong s first goal of the season had put Barca ahead in Andalusia, Lewandowski slid in to wrap up the points.
It marked Lewandowski s sixth LaLiga goal in his fifth appearance in the competition, with no player having managed as many goals in their first five games in Spain s top flight in the 21st century.
Yet a routine win was soured in the closing stages, with play halted and the players taken off the field following a medical emergency in the stands.
When the match eventually resumed after a 40-minute delay, Lewandowski turned…
According to a recent report from Gazzetta dello Sport, Napoli have made an offer to Fabian Ruiz that will see him sign an extension to his current contract. There is a great deal of interest in the midfielder from across the depths of European football, with Barcelona and Real Madrid being at the forefront of that.
Napoli have always been a bit of a tough nut to crack when it comes to signing their top stars, and they aren’t about to roll over for a side like Real or Barca. They know the value of Ruiz and instead of putting forward a price, which either side would inevitably stump up the cash to pay, they want to first see what kind of loyalty Ruiz would give to the club – and how much, exactly, it would cost.
For now, with the January transfer window being …
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany believes Liverpool did not deserve to feel final-day title woe after Pep Guardiola s side pipped them in an epic race for Premier League glory.
City s 98-point haul ultimately bested Liverpool s 97 – the second and third-highest points totals in Premier League history – after they came from behind to win 4-1 at Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
It means back-to-back titles for City, who carried a 14-game winning streak through until the end of the campaign as Liverpool s pressure in the final stretch never wavered.
Kompany previously hoisted the Premier League trophy as skipper in 2011-12, 2013-14 and last term, but he feels the scale of the challenge City faced this time around makes the success extra special.