FC Barcelona have announced an agreement in principle with Sevilla for defender Jules Koundé. The 23 year old Frenchman was a target for Chelsea but the Catalan giants launched a late bid for talented centre back and proved successful in keeping him in Spain.
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FC Barcelona have confirmed that they have reached an agreement in principle to sign Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich. The 33 year old had made it clear he did not wish to remain with the Bundesliga giants with Bayern holding out for their desired transfer fee.
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Former Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde is closing in on a return to Athletic Bilbao after emerging as their preferred candidate ahead of Marcelo Bielsa. The 58-year-old has been out of work since being sacked by the Blaugrana midway through the 2019/20 season and has had two previous stints with the Basque giants.
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La Liga have filed a complaint against Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City after accusing the two clubs of “continuously breaching financial fair play regulations”. PSG and City have both either retained or signed players that Real Madrid wanted to buy this summer.
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Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win the league in all five of Europe’s major leagues as Real Madrid beat Espanyol to clinch the La Liga title. Two goals from Rodrygo and strikes from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema confirmed Real’s 35th Spanish title with a 4-0 win over Espanyol.
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