The first match of PSG's preseason tour of Japan ended in victory for Christophe Galtier's side with Lionel Messi and 20-year-old Arnaud Kalimuendo (a Leeds and Everton transfer target) on the scoresheet in a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Seven seasons after joining the club, Paulo Dybala has completed his move away from Juventus. He will be playing for AS Roma following months of speculation and near guarantees that he would be moving to Inter Milan. But what happened? How did this beautiful marriage fall apart and crumble so quickly and so catastrophically?
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant might be one of the most confident athletes on the planet. He believes in himself to the highest degree and so much so that he went on record to say that he could defeat Lionel Messi one-on-one in soccer.
The only caveat was that Morant wants to play goalkeeper when going up against Messi.
We're four months out from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with jerseys for the competing 32 teams set to be released in the coming weeks. Given the immediate timeline, we're now seeing leaks of the final products from Nike and adidas over on Footy Headlines.
The coaching carousel at Paris Saint Germain spins on. Though nothing has been finalized at the moment, Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly out at PSG after just one full season at the club, having failed to bring the Parisians the Champions League glory ownership so desperately craves. Pochettino’s replacement is reportedly the man who beat him to the Ligue 1 title in 2021, though relatively little is known about him internationally. Who is Christophe Galtier? Will he fare any better than his predecessors?
Leo Messi está cargando las pilas para una temporada 2022-23 marcada por el Mundial de Catar, el gran sueño del futbolista argentino. Después de ganar la Finalissima ante Italia y meterle cinco goles a Estonia, el jugador estuvo unos días en su natal Rosario para luego viajar a Barcelona, asistir al matrimonio de Jordi Alba y dar comienzo a sus merecidas vacaciones.
Ahead of the World Cup, there is always an influx of transfers featuring players who are on the fringes of their national teams and want to secure a roster spot for the tournament. Many players who sit on the bench for bigger clubs and get limited minutes desperately need quality playing time to be noticed by their national team managers. With so many rumors and confirmed deals happening every day, let's take a look at 10 players who need a transfer ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
When Lionel Messi hopped off the bench in the 75th minute of Argentina's 6-0 beatdown of Serbia and Montenegro to make his World Cup debut in 2006, it wasn't as if the world stopped as one to be witness to The Child ordained for greatness.
If anything, the global reaction outside of Argentina and Spain would probably be more adequately captured as "This guy? He's the future of football? He's got nothing on Ryan Babel."
While we all patiently await Amazon Prime's All or Nothing: Arsenal (a masterpiece takes time), the streaming service surprised us Wednesday with news of an All or Nothing Argentina release date set for July 10.
Where Arsenal represents the documentary series' fourth chronicling of an entire club season (following on from Manchester City, Tottenham and Juventus), this is the second time All or Nothing has closely followed an international team.
Con cinco goles de Lionel Messi, Argentina venció a Estonia y continúa su tour de la alegría.
La Albiceleste sumó 33 partidos sin perder y poco a poco se instala como una de las selecciones favoritas para quedarse con la Copa del Mundo Catar 2022. ¿Lo de Messi? Sensacional.