Foreign referee "flirts" with Cong Phuong; Real Madrid sets price for Paul Pogba
(Baonghean.vn) – Referee Ahmed Al-Kaf shows special affection for Nguyen Cong Phuong as well as Vietnamese football; Midfielder Tran Phi Son is about to return; Diego Costa faces the heaviest penalty of the season. Real Madrid sets price for Paul Pogba. Those are the notable sports news on April 8.
Foreign referee "flirts" with Cong Phuong
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Photo: Zing |
The king in black Ahmed Al-Kaf - who has received a lot of love from Vietnamese football fans, recently made people stir when he "flirted" with Nguyen Cong Phuong on his personal page. Recently, Ahmed Al-Kaf continued to make people stir when posting a photo on his personal Instagram page.
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Specifically, this referee posted on his personal Instagram page the status "Always fight for the things that you love", along with an image of this referee intervening in a collision between Cong Phuong and Yemeni players in the final match of the 2019 Asian Cup group stage at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium last January.
Tran Phi Son is about to return after injury
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Phi Son is absent from V.League 2019 due to injury. Photo: Minh Hoang |
Tran Phi Son suffered a partial tear of his ankle ligament. Initially, the midfielder planned to go to Korea to have surgery there. However, during a visit to Singapore, following the advice of doctors, the 27-year-old player decided not to go under the knife, but instead recover with physical therapy.
Diego Costa faces the heaviest penalty of the season
Striker Diego Costa could be sidelined for the next 12 games after his red card in Atletico Madrid's 2-0 defeat to Barcelona. Referee Gi Manzano reported that the former Chelsea star had made obscene remarks towards his mother, leading to the decision to show the referee the yellow card.
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Diego Costa insulted the referee. Photo: Metro |
La Liga's disciplinary committee has received a report from the referees' panel and is considering increasing Costa's punishment. He risks being sidelined for the next four or even 12 games if the situation is serious.
Real Madrid set price for Paul Pogba
Marca revealed that Real Madrid are ready to bring Pogba to the Bernabeu next summer. Accordingly, Los Blancos are willing to spend up to 120 million pounds to convince Man United to let him go.
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Paul Pogba. Photo: Skyports |
In addition, "The White Vulture" is also willing to pay a salary of up to 500,000 pounds/week for the star born in 1993. This is clearly an extremely attractive offer for the French midfielder and will certainly make Man United concerned.
Man United is about to lose more than 150 billion to Everton because of Lukaku
According to the Telegraph, Man United will have to pay Everton an additional £5 million if they sell or renew Romelu Lukaku in the near future. In the summer of 2017, Man United spent £75 million to recruit Romelu Lukaku from Everton.
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This is a record amount of money that the "Red Devils" had to spend for a striker. In the contract in 2017, the Merseyside team included a clause in the contract that allowed them to receive an additional 5 million pounds from Man United in case the "Red Devils" sold or renewed the contract with Lukaku.
Arsenal lost painfully, the race for the Premier League Top 4 is unpredictable and exciting
With the goal of winning all 3 points to take third place, Arsenal shockingly lost 0-1 to home team Everton, thereby making the race for Top 4 with Tottenham, Chelsea and MU more attractive than ever. Currently, Tottenham is in third place with 64 points, Arsenal, Chelsea have 63 points, and MU has 61 points.

Incheon lost their fourth consecutive match on the day Cong Phuong started.
In the match of round 6 of K-League at 2 pm on April 6, Incheon United lost 0-2 away to Jeonbuk FC. Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong continued to start this match.