Messi is the best athlete of all time; Barca votes to “rescue” Neymar

Messi voted the best athlete of all time

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi just received some great news: he has become the best athlete of all time according to netizens.

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In a new survey organized by the SPORT Bible website on Twitter, Messi had to compete with a series of strong candidates such as Serena Williams (tennis), Muhammad Ali (boxing), Phil Taylor (darts), Tiger Woods (golf), Roger Federer (tennis), Usain Bolt (athletics), Michael Phelps (swimming), Sachin Tendulkar (cricket), Michael Schumacher (Formula 1 racing), Ronda Rousey (MMA), Michael Jordan (basketball), AP McCoy (horse racing), Pele, Diego Maradona and even his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo (football).

After the first round of voting, only 4 faces were retained: Messi, Alli, Federer and Jordan. In the next round of voting, the Argentine striker was the winner with 35% of the votes. This was a pretty close victory as he only had 2% more votes than the boxing legend.

MU stops plan to appoint Sports Director

Daily Mail said MU temporarily suspended plans to appoint a Sports Director while Mourinho remains the head coach at Old Trafford.

MU postpones appointing a Football Director because of Mourinho

After the summer shopping fiasco, which caused tension in Mourinho's relationship with Vice President - General Director Ed Woodward, MU's leadership decided to make an unprecedented exception in history: find someone to take on the position of Sports Director to take care of shopping and plan the club's policies.

Legend Van der Sar, currently Ajax football director and AS Roma sports director Monchi are mentioned as potential candidates.

However, after consideration, MU bosses decided to temporarily put aside the plan to appoint a Sports Director, while Mourinho is still in the "hot seat".

Barca votes to "rescue" Neymar

RAC 1 reported that President Bartomeu consulted key players in the Nou Camp dressing room about the prospect of bringing Neymar back and received positive support.

Messi and Suarez are ready to welcome Neymar back as Barca leaders have a plan to "rescue" the Brazilian striker.

According to this source, Barca's key stars (of course not without Messi) assured President Bartomeu that they are happy to welcome Neymar back to Nou Camp.

Barca are encouraged to buy back Neymar from PSG to challenge Real Madrid (who also plan to sign the Barca striker) after selling him to the rich French team for a record 222 million euros in the summer of 2017.

There is information that Barca can make a profit with Neymar as he can return to Barca before 2020 for less than 200 million euros.

Luke Shaw receives double salary, stays at Man Utd for another 5 years

The former Southampton defender has agreed to a new five-year contract with the Old Trafford team. Accordingly, Shaw will receive a salary after tax of 66 million dollars. Shaw was not appreciated by Mourinho in the early stages of his reign at Man Utd but has increasingly won the trust of the Portuguese coach. It was Mourinho who gave the green light for Man Utd to extend the contract with this defender and increase his salary to 250,000 dollars per week.

Juve buys young MU star for 65 million pounds

SheetThe SunJuventus are reportedly interested in signing Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford. The Englishman shone when he scored in England's 3-2 win over Spain. He is a promising young star but has not been given the playing time he would like under Jose Mourinho.

Taking advantage of that, the “Old Lady” of Turin is planning to rescue Rashford. According to the same source, Juventus is willing to pay 65 million pounds for this 21-year-old striker.

Rashford's contract with Man United runs until 2020. Besides Juve, Chelsea are also keeping an eye on the young English star.