Pessimistic, City leaves Messi at Barça
After his false start last year, will Lionel Messi extend to FC Barcelona at the end of the season?
Manchester City are convinced, reports Catalan daily
Sport
.
The English club, where former Barça coach Pep Guardiola trains, was considered the favorite to welcome Messi (33) if the latter decided to leave Spain.
But the Argentinian has found a smile in a Barça which has won 12 of its 13 La Liga matches in 2021. Above all, the arrival of Joan Laporta as the new president of the club, after a first term between 2003 and 2010, would go into the meaning of an extension for Messi.
The six-time Ballon d'Or wanted to wait for the elections to advance on his future, and Laporta seemed to be the candidate with whom Messi has the most affinities.
Manchester City would therefore have forgotten Messi to focus on a center forward this summer, with Erling Haaland (Dortmund) and Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) among the priorities.
Sport
believes that there are only two outcomes for Messi: stay at Barça or give in to the sirens of Paris Saint-Germain, where his compatriots Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria have publicly mentioned the idea, in addition to the winks of eye of the sports director, Leonardo.
It remains to be seen what PSG aims, while the contract extensions of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé have still not been ratified.
Lionel Messi's legendary goal against Getafe in 2007 (5-2)
Lyon are considering buying De Sciglio (Juventus)
On loan from Juventus to Olympique Lyonnais, side Mattia De Sciglio has played both right and left in Ligue 1, for a total of 22 matches including 11 starts.
And according to
Sky Sport Italia
, the 28-year-old has sufficiently convinced the staff of Rudi Garcia, to the point of considering a definitive recruitment.
Former Italian international, De Sciglio is under contract in Turin until June 2022. Juve had spent € 12m to snatch him from AC Milan in 2017.
Juventus: reconversion for Buffon and Chiellini?
At 43 and 36 respectively, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and defender Giorgio Chiellini, sacred monsters of Juventus, have a most relative contribution on the field.
According to
Sky Sport Italia
, the Turin club are waiting to know whether the two men want to hang up their boots or not.
No discussion is planned to extend the adventure for a year.
At least not as players.
Juventus would like to offer its two legends a retraining in the technical staff.
In the case of Buffon, the
Gazzetta dello Sport
revealed Monday that a final challenge in another club, with a starting place, could seduce him.
The Italian had already rejected the idea of a reconversion in 2018, spinning at PSG for a year before returning to the Bianconeri and adapting to his role as a replacement behind Wojciech Szczesny.
Chiellini's best with Juventus
Pierre-Gabriel in Brest until 2022
Recruited by Mainz in Monaco in the summer of 2019, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel was loaned to Stade Brestois for the season.
This Wednesday, the daily
Bild
informs that, if the right-back played at least 20 matches, his loan would be automatically extended by one year.
With 23 games played in Ligue 1, Pierre-Gabriel (22) would therefore already be sure to play in Finistère next season.
Former international hopes revealed in Saint-Étienne, Pierre-Gabriel remains linked to Mainz until 2024.
Real Madrid: Raul and Löw favorites if Zidane leaves
This Wednesday, the Madrid daily
AS
looks at the management of the coaching position at Real Madrid.
And we learn that two options have clearly been identified in the case of a departure of Zinédine Zidane: the former legend and now coach of the reserve team, Raul, and the current Germany coach, Joachim Löw .
First, it is not excluded that Zidane (48), who still has a year of contract, remains on condition of going far in the Champions League and finishing well in La Liga.
But if he is pushed out, President Florentino Pérez could make a phone call to Löw (61), who announced to leave the Mannschaft after the Euro this summer.
The German had already had contact with Real in 2018, after Zidane's resignation.
But the idea of promoting Raul (43), who has coached Castilla since 2019, is also being seriously considered.
The former striker wouldn't say no, he would have the dressing room respect and he would follow in the footsteps of Zidane, who also moved from Castilla to the first team before winning three consecutive Champions League titles.
Raul's pretty goal against Atlético de Madrid in 1997 (3-1)
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