Messi is about to reunite with CR7; Salah won the best African player award for the second time

Messi is about to reunite with CR7 in Serie A

Alessio Sundas, a famous "super agent" in Serie A, has just surprisingly confirmed to the press: The plan to bring Lionel Messi to Serie A to reunite with Cristiano Ronaldo is progressing smoothly. Sundas newspaper even announced the name of the team that Messi will join: Inter Milan.

The director of this historic reunion is Alessio Sundas, a FIFA-level representative who manages a number of not-so-famous players, but has always cherished the dream of bringing Messi to Serie A. Sundas affirmed that exactly 1 year ago, he contacted Barcelona and Messi's representative to propose this wish, but immediately received a blunt and decisive answer: No.

However, in a recent interview on Radio Goal 24, Sundas brought good news to the Italians: “In the past week, I have exchanged emails with Pep Segura, the general director of Barcelona, ​​and Messi's father. Last year, they answered 'no' very firmly. But this year, I noticed hesitation and ambivalence from the two most important figures in Messi's future. The attitude of Messi's father and Segura showed me the opportunity to bring Messi to Serie A,” said Sundas.

Ronaldo will receive a 2-year prison sentence

On January 14, Cristiano Ronaldo will appear in a Madrid court to hear his sentence for evading 14.7 million euros in taxes.

During his time at Real Madrid, Ronaldo used a shell company in the British Virgin Islands to conceal income from image copyrights from 2011 to 2014. After an investigation, the Madrid court confirmed CR7's illegal behavior and issued a specific punishment.

"The accused used a company created in 2010 to conceal from the tax authorities income earned in Spain through image rights," the prosecutor said.

Last June, Ronaldo himself accepted the charges from the Madrid court. And on January 14, 2019, the owner of 5 Golden Balls will have to be present in Spain to hear the final verdict from the court. That is a 2-year prison sentence. In addition, Ronaldo must pay a fine of 18.9 million euros, including interest.

However, Spanish law has a mitigating factor because this is Ronaldo's first time committing a crime. The two-year prison sentence was reduced to probation, meaning the Juventus striker will not have to spend a single day in jail during his sentence.

Ronaldo will agree with the court's decision (prison arrest), but he will try to convert it into a fine of 375,000 euros at the trial taking place on January 14.

Salah wins African Player of the Year 2018

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has won the BBC African Player of the Year award for the second consecutive time.

Thus, the 26-year-old Egyptian striker has become the next player after former player Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria) to win this award for two consecutive years.

In the past, Okocha was honored twice in 2003 and 2004. As for Salah, he was honored in 2017 and now in 2018.

More than 650,000 BBC readers voted and Salah beat off competition from Medhi Benatia (Juventus), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Sadio Mane (Liverpool) and Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid) to win the award. Last season, Salah scored 44 goals in 52 games despite having just moved to Liverpool.

Champions League:Dembele wins goal of the week award

In the recent 1-1 draw between Barca and Tottenham, Dembele was on the field from the start before making way for Luis Suarez in the 76th minute. In the 7th minute, he exploded the stadium with a solo run from midfield, beating both Kyle Walker-Peters and Harry Winks before curling his left foot into the visitors' net. This was the second goal that the former Dortmund striker has scored in four appearances in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage.

With that impressive goal, Dembele received the award for best goal of the week. He surpassed other strong candidates such as Paulo Dybala (Juventus) with a long-range shot against Young Boys; Leroy Sane (Man City) with a beautiful free kick against Hoffenheim and Nabil Fekir (Lyon) soloed before finishing perfectly against Shakhtar.

Sane won the best player of the last match

Meanwhile, the best player award of the last round went to winger Leroy Sane. In the match where Man City defeated Hoffenheim with a score of 2-1, Sane shone with a double. Sane surpassed 3 other candidates: Neymar (PSG), Robertson (Liverpool) and Hoarau (Young Boys).

Thanks to the 3 points gained against Hoffenheim, Man City won the top spot in Group F with 13 points and got a ticket to play in the 1/8 round of the Champions League. In the best lineup of the final round of the Champions League group stage, Sane was also the only member of the Premier League to be named.

Rafa Benitez is the best coach of November

Recently, coach Rafa Benitez won the title of Premier League Manager of the Month for November. In November, the Spanish strategist helped Newcastle win 3 matches. This is Newcastle's best streak in the Premier League this season after a start of the season with only draws and losses that left the team in the relegation zone.

AC Milan faces European ban

In the latest announcement, UEFA said AC Milan will be banned from European competition for 1 season if they do not balance their finances in the next 2 years. In addition, UEFA will also impose a fine of 10.7 million pounds as well as limit the number of players Milan can register for European tournaments.

In July 2018, UEFA found Milan in breach of Financial Fair Play rules and decided to disqualify the red and black striped team from this season's Europa League. But the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) intervened. CAS confirmed that Milan had broken the rules, but the San Siro club had made some positive reforms, especially changing ownership. Therefore, UEFA reluctantly allowed Milan to participate in this season's Europa League.

Martial demands Mourinho's firing before agreeing to extend contract

Corriere dello Sport broke the news that Anthony Martial has "shaken" MU by demanding that the club fire Mourinho before he will renew his contract.

The French star is said to only stay at MU if the team's leaders fire the Portuguese coach and bring in a new captain.

Martial can leave for free in the summer of 2020, if the Red Devils cannot convince him to sign an extension.This season, although Martial has come on to "rescue" Mourinho many times, the relationship between the two sides is said to be tense, even before the season has even started.Martial himself also wants to leave, but MU leaders do not want to lose young talents like Martial.