Football news COVID-19 season 4/4: Arsenal and Dortmund compete for Real Madrid stars
Updated news, the latest world football event on 4/4 is directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the AS daily newspaper, Arsenal is the latest team to join the race to sign the young talent Cesar Gelabert. Although not debuting the first team, Gelabert’s talent is still appreciated with good performances in the Real Castilla youth team.
The 19-year-old Real Madrid attacking midfielder also featured in the Spanish U17 squad that failed to qualify for the 2017 U17 World Cup final. Arsenal, Dortmund and Lyon. Gelabert’s contract is only valid until June next year, but has not yet agreed to an extension of the contract.
Barca conditions the sale of world champions
The source of the daily Mundo Deportivo said Barca will not sell Ousmane Dembele during the summer transfer season, if not received a “gold” offer. It is understood that Barca wants to collect at least more than 100 million euros if it has to sell French soldiers.
Dembele joined Barca in the summer of 2017 for 125 million euros. However, the French winger has had a bad time at Barca and has never reproduced his peak form in Dortmund because of his constant injuries that made him miss 63 matches.
Dembele is not in good form at Barca
Currently, Dembele is also suffering from a hamstring injury and is expected to quit the game until August. After more than two seasons with Barca, the French player has 19 goals and 17 assists after 74 appearances. He still has a contract with Barca until June 2022.
Atletico troll defeat of Liverpool
Midfielder Marcos Llorente has named his dog Anfield to commemorate Atletico Madrid’s spectacular comeback against Liverpool at the rival Anfield mecca. In this match, Llorente scored 2 goals to help Atletico Madrid wade back after a lead in extra time.
Marcos Llorente calls his pet dog Anfield
Llorente’s brace and a Morata goal helped Atletico Madrid beat Liverpool 3-3 in the second leg. In the end, Atletico Madrid won the quarterfinal tickets with a total score of 4-2. However, this season’s C1 Cup was suspended shortly thereafter to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier League players are recommended to reduce wages
Sun Sport said the Premier League organizers have asked 20 clubs to cut 30% of the wages of all players in the Premier League. The money will be donated to the COVID-19 pandemic battle and will set up a £ 125 million fund to provide financial support to clubs in the lower divisions.
Yesterday, MU players who became the first stars in the Premier League agreed to a 30% pay cut to raise money for Manchester hospitals and health centers in the fight against COVID-19.
The Premier League wants players to reduce their wages
Previously, staff in the Premier League Organizing Committee raised 20 million pounds for the UK Government National Health Service to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Jordan Henderson has established a charity and called on the captain of the Premier League clubs to contribute money to the fight against disease in England.
In addition, the Premier League organizers and the teams also agreed to cancel plans to play again in May when the disease situation is getting worse. Accordingly, football activities will only return when it is safe and the Organizing Committee does not rule out the possibility of canceling this season so that the new season can take place as planned.