Bau Duc reveals 'huge money' spent on football; Plan B for Van Hau?; Messi considers leaving Barca

Mr. Duc reveals the "huge" amount of money spent on football over the past 20 years

On the occasion of the recent opening of a coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Duc shared many things with the press.

Mr. Duc said that in 20 years of playing football, he has spent a lot of money. The amount could be up to no less than 2,000 billion VND.

Mr. Doan Nguyen Duc.

HAGL once caused a shock with "blockbuster" contracts such as Kiatisuk Saemuang, Lee Nguyen... Mr. Duc's team won the championship twice in a row in the 2002-2003 seasons. In 2015, Mr. Duc "promoted" the entire first batch of HAGL-JMG Academy to compete in the V-League. However, the achievements of the mountain town team in the past 5 years have not been good, often struggling with the relegation race.

Hanoi FC continues to face a force crisis in the "Capital Derby" match

Hanoi FC will continue to suffer losses in terms of personnel in the match of round 8 of the V-League against Viettel on the evening of July 5.

This weekend, V-League 2020 will continue with the matches in round 8. In this round, Hanoi FC will have a "Capital Derby" match with Viettel at Hang Day Stadium. This is a very important match for coach Chu Dinh Nghiem and his team when the defending champion has lost 3 matches after only 7 rounds this season.

Hanoi FC continues to have a force crisis in the "Capital Derby" match.

Besides, the possibility of Quang Hai, Omar, Thanh Chung, Duc Huy or even Thai Quy playing is not high because all these players have just suffered injuries of varying degrees.

The absence of at least 9 players from the nearly 30-person registration list for the 2020 season has made Hanoi FC's squad noticeably thinner, and they will continue to have to use makeshift plans in the upcoming match against Viettel.

According to the match schedule, the match between Viettel and Hanoi FC will take place at 7:15 p.m. on July 5.

Messi considers leaving Barca in Summer 2021

After Barca's poor performance recently, superstar Lionel Messi has decided to leave the team at the end of next season.

Messi is still the mainstay of Barca this season. He scored 27 goals and had 22 assists after 37 appearances in all competitions for Barca. In La Liga alone, he scored 22 goals and had 17 assists after 28 matches. This achievement helps him lead the race for "Top scorer" and "Assist king" of the tournament.

Messi's current contract with Barca will expire in June 2021. Given this situation, the Camp Nou team has repeatedly asked Messi to extend his contract for another 2 years.

Superstar Lionel Messi has decided to leave the team at the end of next season.

Instead, the Argentine superstar wants to finish the 2019/20 season, play out the next season and then leave. Cadena Ser also confirmed that Messi is feeling tired and wants to leave Barca in 2021.

Messi grew up at Newell's Old Boys before moving to Barca's La Masia academy at the age of 14 in 2000. He has always expressed his desire to return to his old club before retiring.

Former V-League foreign player finds plan B for Van Hau

Danny van Bakel is an important bridge that helped Doan Van Hau move to SC Heerenveen to play football. Currently, the contract of the former Hanoi FC defender and his home team has expired, but the two sides have not made any new moves.

Recently, former Thanh Hoa player Danny van Bakel said he is looking for a plan B for Doan Van Hau: "I believe SC Heerenveen is the best place for Van Hau. Hopefully the parties will come to an agreement. I am not a broker or player representative, but if I cannot help with this case, I will try to find a plan B for him."

Danny van Bakel.

Former player Truong Dinh Luat suffered a torn ligament.

After a jump to compete for the ball, Truong Dinh Luat was injured. The results of the examination at the hospital showed that the former center back of the Vietnam national team had torn his ligament and had to undergo surgery.

After leaving Ho Chi Minh City Club, this central defender joined the First Division team F.Tay Ninh, his wife's hometown. Unfortunately for Dinh Luat, after a controversial situation in the match against Dak Lak at Buon Me Thuot Stadium in round 5, he suffered a torn ligament. In addition to wearing the captain's armband of F.Tay Ninh, Dinh Luat also plays the role of assistant to coach Nguyen Dinh Hung.

Former player Truong Dinh Luat.

After ending his contract with Navibank Saigon, he moved to Saigon Xuan Thanh, B.Binh Duong and then Ho Chi Minh City Club.

In the last years of his career, Dinh Luat decided to return to his wife's hometown football team to join and also to start a business. Currently, Dinh Luat and his wife are doing business in milk and children's products, which are very popular in Tay Ninh as well as neighboring provinces.