Aston Villa have paid Barcelona €1million for 16-year-old English striker Louie Barry predicting he could become an outstanding number nine with the club.
England Under-17 international Barry joined Barcelona from Villa s neighbours West Brom in July last year and was placed in the club s La Masia academy.
However, Barry is cutting his time short with the Camp Nou giants in favour of a chance at making the grade at Villa.
Barcelona announced in a statement: Louie Barry is leaving FC Barcelona to join Aston Villa. The Villans will pay 1,048,000 euros to acquire the 16-year-old striker.
Barry made his debut for Barcelona s youth team in October and scored two goals in seven domestic league games, also appearing as a substitute in three UEFA Youth League …
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United s gruelling Champions League trips to Turkish champions Besiktas and Russia s CSKA Moscow make their group a tough proposition.
United were pitted against Besiktas, CSKA Moscow and German champions Wolfsburg in Thursday s draw for the group stages of Europe s elite club competition.
Besiktas won the Turkish title for the first time in six years last season, while CSKA are Russian s league and cup holders.
While none of those teams have United s experience in the Champions League, the 2009 runners-up won t be looking forward to two long journeys and the prospect of having to returning to domestic league action while still drained from the flight home.
These are difficult ties, especially the trips to Russia an…
Tottenham winger Erik Lamela insists his £30million price tag has not hindered his settling in at White Hart Lane.
The Argentina international moved to London from Roma during the close-season but has failed to live up to expectations in early performances.
However, an impressive display in Thursday s 2-1 UEFA Europa League win over Sheriff, which included a 60th-minute goal to put Spurs ahead, indicates the 21-year-old is beginning to turn a corner.
The size of the transfer fee is a good thing for me, he said. It means that Tottenham were prepared to go the extra mile to get me, so I want to show them what I can do, for the benefit of the team.
The transfer fee is no pressure for me, because when I went to Roma in 2011, they paid quite a lot to bring me from R…
Mattia Perin was not expecting to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined Juventus, but he is excited to do so.
Juve paid Genoa an initial €12million to sign the goalkeeper after Gianluigi Buffon confirmed his 17-year stay at Turin would end after the 2017-18 season.
On Tuesday the Bianconeri announced they had shelled out €100m more than the fee for Perin to snare five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo from Real Madrid.
Perin was not surprised by the bold move from the seven-time defending Serie A champions and is looking forward to getting down to work with the Portugal captain.
I was not expecting it, but from a club like this you can expect anything, said Perin at his official presentation on Wednesday.
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Juan Miranda has joined Schalke on a two-season loan from LaLiga champions Barcelona.
Miranda, a highly rated defender who made 23 league appearances for Barcelona B last season, featured on the bench four times for the senior team in 2018-19 and played three times in the Copa del Rey and once in the Champions League.
The 19-year-old is due to be in the Bundesliga until 2021, with Schalke making Miranda their 10th signing of the window.
Juan is one of the most talented left-backs in Spanish football right now. As a youngster, he has been a regular in Spain s Under-19 side and has also played for Barcelona s first team, head coach David Wagner told Schalke s official website.
It s amazing that we ve signed him. We will give him the time to adjust to lif…
Well CFC fan you make very good points. Shay Given is actually an excellent Gk, he was one of the main reason s of Man City s thrashing of CFC.
All I can say about Valencia that he has been in top form. Valencia has been turning heads since his spell at Wigan. I have to tell you that occupying CR s old position did not do him good justice, he is really unbelievable. He plays with an attacking attractive style that makes anyone watching on the edge of their seats waiting to see him do a cross to Rooney. He is at the moment what Man Utd need as a winger no more and certainly no less. With CR you would see an attackjing winger scoring goals and what not. With Valencia you are seeing more crosses thus more wing play by Man Utd which is the main reason of Rooney s recent headed goal…
Everton received the news that they will not be able to build a new stadium in Kirkby on the outskirts of Liverpool. It s hardly a surprise as a lot of people in Liverpool expected the move to fail.
Everton Chief Executive Robert Elstone seemed to be surprised by the news but for me it wasn t a great shock. Its fair to say that Kirkby is a rundown area and the proposed building of the stadium and a Tesco mega-store was supposed to regenerate the area.
Somehow the council decided that it would be bad for the local businesses in Kirkby. The building of Tesco that is not the presence of Everton Football Club.
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I didn t favour the move to kirkby, it wasnt motivated by my love for Goodison Park, which ! really do love but it was location of Kirkb…
Charlie Austin has refused to rule out the possibility of a January move away from Queens Park Rangers, .
The striker was strongly linked with a summer transfer, with Newcastle United, Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are mentioned as potential suitors.
However, he remained with Hoops, for whom he has scored seven goals so far this season though while he continues to be happy at Loftus Road, he could be tempted to leave in the winter should a suitable offer come in.
Austin moved to QPR from Burnley in the summer of 2013 and has since racked up eighty-five appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring forty-five goals.
He helped the London club to promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in his first season, t…
Sunderland forward Duncan Watmore has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club.
The fresh terms are set to extend the England Under-21 international s stay at the Stadium of Light until the end of the 2019-20 campaign.
Watmore joined Sunderland from Altrincham in 2013 and has broken into their first-team squad this season, scoring on his Premier League debut against Norwich City.
The 21-year-old, who won the U21 Premier League player of the season award last term, scored his first England Under-21 goal against Switzerland last week
Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce said: Duncan is an exciting prospect and the kind of talent you want to see coming through at your club.
Watmore earned a first-class honours degree in economics and bu…
Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo will undergo thigh surgery on Wednesday, effectively ruling him out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The defender was added to the injury list over the weekend with the problem, casting doubt over whether he would be fit for the end-of-year tournament to represent his country Uruguay.
Previous reports earlier this month suggested Uruguay were placing pressure upon Barca to delay any operation, in order to ensure the best chance of tournament availability for the 23-year-old.
But now the Catalan outfit have confirmed he will face an operation, with a widely reported three-month lay-off to follow that would take him comfortably past the end of the World Cup.
Ronald Araujo will undergo surgery on Wednesday for the adductor lo…