Hoang Duc must pay a large amount of compensation if he wants to leave Viettel early; Chelsea buys the most in the Premier League this summer
Chelsea is the biggest buyer in the Premier League this summer; Hoang Duc must pay a large compensation if he wants to leave Viettel early; All Asian representatives are gone in the 2024 Olympic volleyball semi-finals... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Chelsea buys the most in the Premier League this summer
The Stamford Bridge team is about to complete its 9th contract this summer and could reach the 10th new player milestone next week.
The Athletic reports that Chelsea are close to signing young talent Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid for £35 million (over €40 million). The 20-year-old Spanish striker will continue to serve the "The Blues" squad rejuvenation.
Chelsea have agreed personal terms with Omorodion and are only waiting for Atletico to finalise the deal. The Madrid club are only waiting for the £81m (€95m) transfer of Julian Alvarez to Man City to be completed before selling Omorodion to Chelsea.
Omorodion is likely to become the club's ninth summer signing, following the imminent announcement of Gabriel Mec. The 16-year-old has yet to make a senior appearance for Gremio, but the Blues have shelled out over £20m for him.
The Blues are the Premier League club with the most signings so far in the pre-season. On the other hand, Conor Gallagher flew to Madrid to sign a contract with Atletico and is certain to leave Chelsea.
No more Asian representatives in the 2024 Olympic volleyball semi-finals
For the first time in 24 years, no Asian team has reached the Olympic volleyball semi-finals, in both men's and women's events.
After Japan lost 2-3 in the men's volleyball quarterfinals on August 5, the last hope for Asian volleyball was the Chinese women's team. However, the Chinese team did not play at their best against Türkiye in the quarterfinals. China lost 2-3 in 5 sets and was eliminated in the women's volleyball event.
Sadly, China's defeat also marked the first time in 24 years that Asian volleyball has no representative in the Olympic semi-finals. In the men's bracket, China did not even have a place to compete.
2024 is not a successful year for Chinese women's volleyball. Before the Olympics, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2024 FIVB Nations League. China suffered a 1-3 defeat to Japan - an opponent they had defeated 25 times in 36 previous encounters.
Chinese women's volleyball team won Olympic gold medals three times in 1984, 2004 and 2016. However, coach Cai Bin's team is now at risk of going empty-handed in 2024.
Hoang Duc must pay a large amount of compensation if he wants to leave Viettel soon.
In recent days, the future of midfielder Hoang Duc has received a lot of attention from the media and fans.
There is information that Hoang Duc has signed a contract with a big football team and received a portion of the total 30 billion VND signing bonus for the 3-year contract between the two sides.
It seemed like everything would go smoothly for Hoang Duc, but problems with his old contract prevented this star from leaving The Cong Viettel.
It is known that the former V-League champion has given Hoang Duc the green light to leave, but if he wants to become a free agent right now to be able to join the new team and play from the first phase of the 2024/25 season, Hoang Duc will have to compensate The Cong Viettel about 6 billion VND for the remaining 6 months of the contract.
The above amount is too large and of course, it is difficult for any player to agree to the exchange, so Hoang Duc will most likely continue to stay with The Cong Viettel at least until January 2025.
Currently, the identity of Hoang Duc's new team has not been revealed, but it will certainly be an ambitious team with abundant financial resources.
Coach Mikel Arteta is about to receive a huge salary equal to Pep Guardiola
According to Givemesport, the contract extension between coach Mikel Arteta and Arsenal took longer than expected due to financial details in the deal.
The Spanish coach's current contract at Emirates will expire in the summer of 2025 and many people cannot help but wonder why the two sides have not signed a new agreement yet?
In fact, Arsenal's leadership has already entered into negotiations with coach Mikel Arteta and also received his commitment to the Gunners, despite interest from his old team Barca.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano said that Arsenal's leadership is very satisfied with Mikel Arteta, with the progress of the Gunners and they want to reward the captain's efforts. However, both sides have decided to focus on the transfer work first (buying and selling), and then proceed to sign a new contract.
Givemesport quoted a source as saying: “The contract extension with coach Mikel Arteta has taken longer than expected because it is a big deal, as the deal could put him among the top paid coaches in the Premier League, if not the highest.”
Currently, Mikel Arteta's salary at Arsenal is 9.5 million pounds/year, while Pep Guardiola of Man City leads the list of highest-paid coaches in the Premier League - 20 million pounds/year./.