Guardiola is the highest paid coach in the world, Buffon leaves Juventus, goes to Liverpool?
(Baonghean.vn) - Guardiola signs a "huge" contract with Man City, highest salary in the world, Buffon leaves Juventus, goes to Liverpool? Arsenal buys trio to welcome new captain, MU announces signing Alex Sandro in the next few days are attractive international sports news today.
Guardiola signs "huge" Man City contract, highest salary in the world
Pep Guardiola has just signed a 3-year contract with the Etihad Stadium team, receiving the highest salary in the coaching world, about 20 million pounds/year.
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Man City are on a roll under Pep Guardiola. |
The Arab owners are quite pleased with the progress of Man City under Pep Guardiola. Therefore, in February, they invited the representative of the Spanish coach to sit down to negotiate a new contract.
Yesterday (May 17), the new Premier League champion solemnly announced that Guardiola agreed to a contract until 2021 and signed, witnessed by two Directors Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain.
In the new contract, Pep Guardiola's salary will increase from 16 million pounds/year to 20 million pounds/year. That means the former Barca captain will become the highest paid coach in the history of football.
MU announced signing Alex Sandro in the next few days
According to La Stampa from Italy, MU will officially announce the signing of Alex Sandro from Juventus in the next few days. However, not before the Red Devils' FA Cup final against Chelsea - May 19.
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MU is about to announce the signing of its first contract, Alex Sandro. For Mourinho, a team must have a Brazilian player to be a team! |
The two sides are currently finalising the terms of the deal, with a fee of £43.7m. Matteo Darmian is moving in the opposite direction to the Old Lady, but is not involved in the Sandro deal.
Alex Sandro will be MU's first signing this summer, with his debut due early next week at the latest.
The 27-year-old Brazilian defender is Mourinho's number 1 target, replacing Luke Shaw. He is considered one of the best left-backs today.
Arsenal buys trio to welcome new captain
Arsenal are ready to spend 75 million pounds to buy three new players before Pep Guardiola's assistant - Mikel Arteta is officially appointed to the "hot seat" at Emirates to replace coach Wenger.
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Arsenal are moving forward with three signings before officially appointing Pep Guardiola's assistant, Mikel Arteta, as coach. |
The 36-year-old former player is currently the leading candidate to replace the French "professor". Pep Guardiola's assistant at Man City, is said to have had negotiations with the Arsenal hierarchy in the past few days.
The Sun reported that the Gunners also plan to speed up their shopping, so they can complete three contracts before welcoming the new captain.
Specifically, the London team is on the way to completing a £15 million contract with center-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Dortmund), who has clearly informed the German club that he will not renew; andare negotiating with defender Caglar Soyuncu (Freiburg), a name that both Man City and Roma are interested in. The Turkish defender is valued at around 35 million pounds.
The club's leadership is also looking for a future replacement for Petr Cech and that is Bernd Leno (Bayern Leverkusen). The 26-year-old goalkeeper is said to want to move to Emirates and Arsenal have prepared a budget of 25 million pounds.
Buffon leaves Juventus, goes to Liverpool?
In a press conference held on the morning of May 17 (Italy time), legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon officially confirmed that he will leave Juve at the end of this season. His last match for the "Old Lady" of Turin will be against Hellas Verona next Saturday.
Buffon's achievements so far with Juve. Photo:Bleacher Report |
Buffon's burning dream is to win the Champions League. He reached the final three times in 2003, 2005 and 2017 with Juve and lost each time, to AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.
At 40, Buffon is one of the oldest players still playing at the top level. The Italian and world press have been talking about Buffon's retirement for many seasons, but "Spiderman" did not mention this at the press conference.
He admitted that until a few days ago, his intention to retire was still intact, but "receiving some interesting invitations from England" made Buffon change his mind.
Pay TV channels in ItalyPremium Sportrevealed, the "interesting offer" that Buffon received was from Liverpool. The Port City team wants Buffon to be the number one goalkeeper, replacing the unstable Lorik Karius and the declining Simon Mignolet.
In addition to Liverpool, PSG is also said to be in the race to get the service of one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of world football. If he goes to Liverpool or PSG, the dream of winning the Champions League with Buffon is still intact.