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Eden Hazard’s Real Madrid career was derailed by one innocuous tackle

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There are relatively few genuine success stories among football’s most expensive transfers. Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele to Barcelona are all in the top 10 transfers, alongside the returns of Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba to Chelsea and Manchester United respectively. But none of those moves can really compare to Eden Hazard’s problems …

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From Harry Kane to Lionel Messi: What we’re hearing on 10 potential summer transfers

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The frenzy is already underway. Real Madrid are eager to prise Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund. Lionel Messi is leaving Paris Saint-Germain and, most likely, bound for Saudi Arabia. A flurry of England internationals, from Harry Kane to Declan Rice, James Maddison to Mason Mount, might also be on the move. The transfer window may …

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Barcelona’s season is over – but the hard part has just started

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Barcelona’s season has ended, which is possibly the best news for a club who have been thinking about the summer break for a long time. Since Xavi’s side clinched the title against local rivals Espanyol midway through last month, they have lost three of the four games they had left. That culminated in last night’s …

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Lionel Messi leaving Paris Saint-Germain this summer – Christophe Galtier

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Christophe Galtier has confirmed that this weekend’s Paris Saint-Germain game will be Lionel Messi’s last for the club. The Ligue 1 champions, who secured an 11th league title last weekend, conclude their 2022-23 campaign against Clermont Foot on Saturday night. The former Barcelona forward and PSG had the option of extending his two-year deal by …

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Marco Asensio decides to join Paris Saint-Germain on free transfer from Real Madrid

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Marco Asensio has decided to join Paris Saint-Germain when his contract with Real Madrid expires this summer. The 27-year-old has a long-term agreement in place with PSG and is expected to earn €10million (£8.5m) per year between salary and bonuses with the Ligue 1 club. Asensio’s contract is not yet signed but the move is …

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‘I deserve more’ – Jose Mourinho and the true cost of Roma’s Europa League final loss

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How will Marta feel about her father? Was it really worth it in the end? Marta’s graduation ceremony was on Wednesday, but her old man couldn’t make it. “He tells me he’s got tickets for the Europa League final in Budapest. It’s Roma-Sevilla,” Marta told RAI Radio 2. “He’s 60 and his football team comes …

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Ronald Araujo, exclusive interview: ‘Until I was 16, football passed me by’

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It is two o’clock in the afternoon and The Athletic is in the bowels of the impressive Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Even if you have been here many times before, Barcelona’s training ground is impossible to get to know completely. It is easy to feel lost. Every day, by the entrance to the car park …

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