3 'big guys' organize special friendly tournament after Covid-19; Van Hau becomes a rare commodity in Heerenveen?

FIFA Futsal World Cup schedule finalized, Vietnam dreams of winning tickets

FIFA has just announced the adjustment of the FIFA Futsal World Cup schedule. Accordingly, instead of taking place in 2020 in Lithuania, this playground will be moved to 2021 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament is expected to take place from September 12 to October 3.

In Asia, the determination of World Cup tickets is decided at the Asian Futsal Championship. According to the plan, the 2020 Asian Futsal Championship in Turkmenistan is from February 26 to March 8. In this tournament, the Vietnamese futsal team is in Group A with the host Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Oman.

Vietnam team. Illustration photo

Not long ago, the Vietnam futsal team gathered for training and then had a training trip to Spain last February. Due to the postponement of the tournament, the team's coaching staff had to come up with backup plans to best prepare for the tournament.

3 "big guys" organize special friendly tournament after Covid-19

Recently, three major football teams Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have planned to organize a special friendly tournament to show gratitude to doctors who have worked hard on the front lines against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, this tournament will be called the European Solidarity Cup and will be played in 2021. The participating teams will play a round-robin to select the champion. The matches will take place in all three cities of Munich, Madrid and Milan.

Bayern and Real are set to meet in the European Solidarity Cup charity tournament. Photo: Getty

Bayern are expected to invite 5,000 nurses and doctors to the Allianz Arena to watch the match against Real Madrid in the European Solidarity Cup if the tournament is allowed to open to spectators.

MU will be successful with Jadon Sancho

Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand backed Man Utd to sign Jadon Sancho and told Solskjaer to give the player the iconic No. 7 shirt, previously worn by Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Rio Ferdinand believes Jadon Sancho will be a successful new number 7 for MU, if the club can bring the English football talent back to his homeland.

However, Rio Ferdinand believes that with Jadon Sancho it will be different, creating a new number 7 symbol at Old Trafford.

This season, Sancho contributed 17 goals and 17 assists to Dortmund in all competitions, and is sought after by top European teams. Coach Solskjaer is looking forward to having this winger in the Red Devils squad next season.

Neymar "gives up" 15 million euros/year to return to Barca

The Brazilian striker continues to do what he can to find a way back to Barca.

Speaking on El Chiringuito, reporter Jota Jordi revealed that Neymar is willing to take a significant pay cut - 15 million euros from his current 35 million euros/year salary at PSG - to be able to return to Nou Camp to play alongside Messi and Luis Suarez.

Neymar once left Barca for money but is now willing to spend money to find a way back.

The above source also confirmed that the head of Barca is willing to bet on the duo Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann in the contract to negotiate to buy Neymar with PSG.

Neymar wanted to return to Barca since last summer but the plan failed, leaving the striker very disappointed, as he himself admitted later.

Van Hau becomes a rare commodity in Heerenveen?

In the Heerenveen squad in the 2019/20 season, there were only 3 left-footed defenders, according to Transfermarkt statistics. In addition to Doan Van Hau, two other players, Lucas Woudenberg (left-back) and Sven Botman (center-back), are left-footed. Both were also pillars in Heerenveen's defense before the Dutch National Championship had to stop due to the Covid-19 pandemic without a champion.

Sven Botman left Heerenveen at the end of the season to return to Ajax Amsterdam. The number of left-footed players has dropped to two. And that is why Heerenveen is considering adding another left-footed centre-back for next season. Doan Van Hau, a player they have not used much in the first team, could be chosen.

Doan Van Hau.

This could be the reason why Heerenveen wants to sit down at the negotiating table with Hanoi regarding Van Hau's case. According to press sources, Van Hau could be extended by Heerenveen for another year. The biggest obstacle in this deal is that Heerenveen has to pay Van Hau a pre-tax salary that is too high (450,000 euros) due to strict regulations related to recruiting foreign players in the Netherlands.