PSG pays double what Barca paid for Nico Williams; Midfielder Nghiem Xuan Tu is about to have a surprise contract in Binh Duong

PSG pays double what Barca paid for Nico Williams

Paris Saint-Germain can make the Camp Nou team regret the Nico Williams case with financial advantages.

Catalunya Ràdio said that PSG's board of directors has approached Nico Williams and his agent. The current Ligue 1 champions promised to pay Nico Williams double the salary offered by Barca.

Nico is earning around €200,000 a week at Athletic Bilbao and Barca are unlikely to pay more than that. However, PSG are willing to pay handsomely for the European champions. The French capital club have freed up a significant amount of money after Kylian Mbappe left.

Financially, PSG is superior to Barca at the moment. Barca cannot afford to pay the 58 million euro contract termination fee to recruit Nico Williams.

Previously, AS revealed that after a period of negotiations with Athletic Bilbao, Barca is considering borrowing Nico Williams, with a buyout clause at the end of the 2024/25 season.

As for Bilbao, the Basque team is not willing to negotiate with Barca, because they believe the 58 million euro contract termination fee is lower than Nico's real value. This is also the reason PSG is willing to pay a lot of salary to convince Nico.

The 22-year-old's contract with Bilbao runs until 2027. According to La Liga regulations, any club that wants to break Nico Williams' contract will have to pay 58 million euros (cash or direct transfer) to Bilbao in one payment. 58 million euros will not be a problem for PSG.

Malaysian Football Federation at risk of heavy fines

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is at risk of receiving punishment from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) due to violations in the licensing process for national professional football competitions.

According to information in The Star newspaper, AFC recently warned FAM that it is at risk of losing its authority to license clubs to participate in the national championship due to violations in the licensing process before the 2024-2025 season.

Accordingly, Kuala Lumpur City Club of the Malaysian National Championship (Super League) has been licensed to participate in the 2024-2025 season, even though it has not paid its employees' salaries since February 2023.

In case of being stripped of its rights, FAM will not be able to grant licenses to domestic clubs to participate in the Super League, meaning Malaysian football will not have a representative in the continental arena.

Previously, in 2022, the AFC Club Licensing Committee suspended the Iran Football Federation.

As a result, two clubs, Persepolis and Gol Gohar Sirjan of Iran, will not be allowed to participate in continental tournaments in 2022.

Archer Do Thi Anh Nguyet broke the record on the first day of competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics

On the afternoon of July 25, Do Thi Anh Nguyet was the Vietnamese athlete who "opened" the Vietnamese sports delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, in the women's single slingshot event.

Maintaining a calm and confident attitude in her second return to the world's largest sporting arena, athlete Do Thi Anh Nguyet competed with impressive results.

After 12 rounds of shooting with 72 arrows, of which 5 arrows hit the bull's eye and 22 arrows scored 10 points. The total score was 648 points, ranking 37th out of 64 athletes competing in the qualifying round. This is an impressive achievement for the female archer from Hung Yen when she broke her own personal record, previously at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, athlete Do Thi Anh Nguyet only scored 628 points, ranking 49th in the qualifying round.

With achievements on the first day of competition, athlete Do Thi Anh Nguyet is expected to create success in the upcoming direct matches, aiming to win a place in the knockout round.

Midfielder Nghiem Xuan Tu is about to have a surprise contract in Binh Duong

After 3 seasons playing for Binh Dinh Club, midfielder Nghiem Xuan Tu has said goodbye to the team. This year, although he is 35 years old, this midfielder does not want to retire and affirmed that he will continue playing football next season.

Most recently, Nghiem Xuan Tu unexpectedly appeared at the training session of Binh Duong Club, he is in the trial period with this club. If he performs well in the coming time, Xuan Tu will be signed an official contract.

Sharing about approaching Nghiem Xuan Tu, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan said that an experienced player like Xuan Tu will have a certain role in his team.

"Xuan Tu is already an old player, but he has still played well in recent seasons, especially last season playing for Binh Dinh. Our team needs to add a few experienced players. Of course, at that age, it is difficult to play a full 26, 28 matches or play for the entire 90 minutes. There will be appropriate times when experienced players will be used."

Xuan Tu's best position is on the right wing. At his peak, this midfielder's strengths were his speed and his ability to cross the ball very accurately. The time he played for Than Quang Ninh Club was Nghiem Xuan Tu's peak.

If he can sign a contract with Binh Duong, perhaps Xuan Tu will be a useful backup option for Bui Vi Hao's position./.