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Messi: It would be terrible to see Neymar join Real Madrid

Messi: It would be terrible to see Neymar join Real Madrid

La Liga, Ligue 1, Transfer Info
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has admitted that it would be "terrible" to see former team-mate Neymar join Real Madrid. Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain last summer in a record-breaking £195m transfer, but he has been linked with a transfer to Santiago Bernabeu. The 26-year-old is reportedly unhappy in France and has also been linked with Manchester United. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Messi starred alongside Neymar for four trophy-laden seasons at Camp Nou, and confessed it would be hard to see his friend join Barca's fierce rivals. "It would be terrible because of everything that Ney means to Barcelona," Messi told TyC Sports. "Although (Neymar's time in Barcelona) ended the way it did, he won important titles here, he won the Champions Leag...
Mohamed Salah shrugs off Ronaldo and Messi comparisons

Mohamed Salah shrugs off Ronaldo and Messi comparisons

Premier League, La Liga
Mohamed Salah insists he cannot be compared with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as he is yet to perform on consistent basis over a long period of years. However, Salah has been in spectacular form in the 2017-18 season, scoring 32 goals in just 36 Premier League games, thereby setting a new record for the amount of goals scored in a Premier League season. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He has won a number of awards, too, collecting the Golden Boot , the Premier League Player of the Year award, the FWA Footballer of the Year and the PFA Player of the Year awards. Such form has led to comparisons with Messi and Ronaldo, one of which he will soon face in the Champions League final this month. "Not at all," Salah told Egypt Today when asked if he w...
Ronaldo reaches 300 La Liga goals before Messi

Ronaldo reaches 300 La Liga goals before Messi

La Liga
Cristiano Ronaldo has set a new record in La Liga as he became only the second player to score 300 goals in the history of the league. The Portuguese was assisted by Karim Benzema just before half-time to put Real Madrid 2-0 up against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu. While Lionel Messi needed 334 games to reach 300 goals with Barcelona, Ronaldo has reached the milestone in just 286 games. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Portugal international has scored at a rate of more than a goal in a game since signing for Madrid from United in 2009, a ratio which was never done before in the history of top leagues in Europe. However Messi is still very much ahead of Ronaldo in the overall scoring charts with 372 La Liga goals and counting. Getafe hav...
Eden Hazard is Europe’s best dribbler ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar

Eden Hazard is Europe’s best dribbler ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar

Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1
Chelsea's Eden Hazard is the best dribbler in Europe's top five leagues, ahead of Neymar and Lionel Messi, according to the recent research by the CIES Football Observatory. The Belgium international was on top when calculations were made that multiplied the average number of dribbles per game with the percentage of successful dribbles. According to the data, Eden Hazard averages 6.4 successful dribbles per game in Premier League fixture, with 75 per cent of his dribbles ending with a successful results such as a pass to a team-mate, a goal or a shot. Hazard has already scored 15 goals in all competitions for Chelsea this season and has also created 11 goals. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The overall score placed Hazard just above Paris Saint-Germa...
Conte admits Chelsea will suffer against Barcelona

Conte admits Chelsea will suffer against Barcelona

UEFA, La Liga, Premier League
Antonio Conte admits his players are preparing to suffer against Barcelona and also described Lionel Messi as the world's best player. Chelsea host Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of their Champions League match on Tuesday evening. Barcelona are among the favourites to win the competition with Conte saying his players must find a way to succeed without dominating the match. However, Messi has failed to score in eight games against Chelsea but Conte expects the Argentine to cause his side problems at the Bridge. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); When asked how Chelsea can stop Messi, Conte said: ‘This is a good question. we are talking about the best player in the world, Messi has the capacity to solve the situation, to create a chance wh...
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