Belgium national team receives bad news before World Cup 2018, Barca "explodes" 3 blockbusters this week

Belgium team received bad news in easy victory over Costa Rica

In the last friendly match before the World Cup, the Belgian team easily won against the Costa Rica team with 4 goals from Mertens 24', Lukaku 42', 50', Batshuayi 65'.

Although the home team won, the fans could not hide their worries when their brightest star, Eden Hazard, was injured and had to leave the field in the 85th minute after a tackle by a Costa Rican player.

Fans will have to hold their breath to see how Eden Hazard's injury situation turns out. The World Cup is just around the corner and without Hazard it will be a huge loss for Roberto Martinez's team.

Former Arsenal captain Vieira returns home to coach Nice

Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira (France) has decided to leave New York City to return to his hometown to lead Nice club.

Patrick Vieira, 41, was appointed to replace coach Lucien Favre who moved to Dortmund. Before signing a contract with Nice, Patrick Vieira was also contacted by his former team Arsenal to replace coach Arsene Wenger.

However, after negotiations, the Gunners' board of directors decided to choose former Paris Saint Germain coach, Unai Emery to lead Arsenal to replace coach Wenger.

As a player, Patrick Vieira was a famous midfielder for Arsenal and the French national team. During his 9 years at Arsenal (1996-2005), Vieira and the "gunners" won 3 Premier League titles, 3 FA Cups and 3 Community Shields.

In the French national team, Vieira was also very successful with a world championship and a European championship after 13 years of association with 107 matches in the period from 1997-2009.

MU racing to sign Toby Alderweireld

The Sun reports that MU are racing to sign Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld before the opening match of the 2018 World Cup, between host Russia and Saudi Arabia on June 14.

MU and Mourinho race to sign Toby Anderweireld before the opening of the 2018 World Cup.

Coach Mourinho wants MU leaders to "explode" the third contract in the 2018 summer transfer market. AndMU has offered to buy Toby Alderweireld to strengthen the defense. The 29-year-old center back himself refused to renew his contract with Tottenham when there was still 1 year left on his contract, because he felt he deserved a higher salary.

If they fail to convince Toby Alderweireld, Tottenham will only earn £25m in the final year remaining, due to the terms of the deal.

However, MU did not have an easy time negotiating when the British press reported that Tottenham's leaders demanded Alderweireld's price of up to 70 million pounds, in case the Red Devils did not intend to let Martial go in the opposite direction.According to The Sun, MU is willing to spend 50 million pounds to have Toby Alderweireld.

Barca "explodes" 3 blockbusters this week

Don Balon announced that Barca has an important and decisive week to "finalize" 3 blockbusters in the 2018 summer transfer window.

Barca want to complete the signing of French duo Griezmann and Clement Lenglet plus De Jong this week.

The first and most important name is Antoine Griezmann. The Atletico Madrid striker confirmed that he will make clear where he will be next season, before the opening match between France and Australia at the 2018 World Cup, 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.

Despite reports that Atletico have offered a lucrative new contract, Barca are waiting for Griezmann to confirm his move to the Nou Camp, after personal agreements have been reached between the two parties. Most recently, Messi has spoken out to welcome Griezmann to Barca.The budget Barca used to pay Atletico was 100 million euros, the amount to break the contract.

The second deal Barca are said to have completed this week is Clement Lenglet. Barca will pay 38 million euros to get the French defender.And the third contract is De Jong. Barca spent 40 million euros on this deal.

Deschamps applies strict rules to Les Bleus

With advice from three close associates including Gregory Dupont, Franck Le Gall, Xavier Rousseau (fitness expert, doctor and chef of the French national team), Deschamps made requests to the players during their stay in Russia to attend the 2018 World Cup.

The first thing worth mentioning is that each French player only has 90 minutes to rest after training. Next, after finishing a match, they have to sleep for up to 10 hours. Paul Pogba, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Hugo Lloris... also have to drink 1.5 liters of water per person after each training session.

According to some sources, Les Bleus plan to bring a fair amount of food from France to Russia for easy processing. In particular, the 49-year-old strategist strictly forbids his students from touching soft drinks, white bread as well as mashed potatoes... during the 2018 World Cup campaign.