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  • PSG agree €90 million for Frankfurt’s Kolo Muani

    PSG agree €90 million for Frankfurt’s Kolo Muani

    Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Eintracht Frankfurt have reportedly come to an agreement worth €90 million for the transfer of French international striker Randal Kolo Muani, who is 24 years old.

    This development follows reports from both RMC Sport and L’Equipe.

    Randal Kolo Muani, who had expressed his desire to join PSG, took a significant step towards achieving his wish by skipping a training session with Frankfurt.

    PSG had previously made two unsuccessful attempts to acquire the former Nantes forward earlier in the summer, with the latest bid totaling €65 million and including 21-year-old Hugo Ekitiké.

    However, Frankfurt rejected this offer, insisting on €90 million for their prolific French striker.

    Subsequently, negotiations resumed, and PSG substantially increased their bid to finalise the deal and bring Kolo Muani to the Parc des Princes.

    According to L’Equipe, PSG has agreed to a €75 million fixed fee with an additional €15 million in performance-related add-ons, aligning with Eintracht’s valuation of Kolo Muani.

    Nevertheless, certain details, including Frankfurt’s search for a replacement, still need to be resolved.

  • Real Madrid, Napoli complete quarter-final line up

    Real Madrid, Napoli complete quarter-final line up

    On Wednesday night, Real Madrid and Napoli easily advanced to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, completing the field of eight teams.

    Real defeated Liverpool 1-0 on the night to finish with a 6-3 overall triumph over the Reds, while Napoli defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 to win with a 5-0 overall victory.

    Real Madrid and Napoli join Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Manchester City and Benfica for Friday’s draw.

    The Reds, who lost the first leg 5-2, lined up with four forwards at the Bernabeu as they looked to add another famous comeback to their fabled European history.

    But that rarely looked on the cards and legendary Real striker Karim Benzema put the tie beyond doubt when he tucked in from Vinicius Jr’s cutback late on.

    In Naples, Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli cruised into the last 8 for the first time with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

    With Luciano Spalletti’s side two goals up from the first leg, the Nigeria striker’s thumping header in first-half stoppage time dispelled any lingering nerves at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

    Champions League: Real Madrid, Napoli complete quarter-final line up

    Osimhen doubled the Italians’ lead on the night with a close-range finish from Giovanni di Lorenzo’s cross eight minutes after the break and, having been brought down in the box, Piotr Zielinski converted the penalty himself to make it 3-0.

    The draw for the quarter finals and semi finals of the Champions League will be held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon.

  • Son celebrates Kane link-up as Tottenham duo hit another milestone

    Heung-Min Son’s link-up with fellow Tottenham star Harry Kane is purely a “pay-off for hard work”.

    Son scored twice on Wednesday, either side of a Kane penalty, as Spurs ran out 3-2 winners over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.

    Antonio Conte’s side moved to the Group D summit after coming from behind to defeat the Europa League holders at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

    Kane set up Son for the equaliser after the hosts fell behind to Daichi Kamada’s early strike, meaning the pair have now combined to score on 50 occasions for Spurs across all competitions.

    Kane has teed up 24 goals for Son, who has supplied 26 assists for the England captain. Since the start of last season, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, the scorer of a record-setting hat-trick in Liverpool’s win over Rangers elsewhere on Wednesday, is the only Premier League player with more strikes in all competitions (39) than the Spurs pair (Kane has netted 36, with Son scoring 29).

    The South Korea captain paid tribute to his fearsome partnership with Kane, telling BT Sport: “We just understand each other really well. I know what he likes to do, and he’s the same.

    “The relationship, it’s always hard work and good effort. It’s always been a pay-off for hard work. [There will be] many more [combinations] to come, I hope.”

    Son’s second goal was the pick of the bunch as he put Tottenham 3-1 up before the break.

    Connecting with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s pinpoint cross, the forward unleashed a thumping volley that would eventually prove decisive after Faride Alidou’s late header ensured a nervy finish for Spurs.

    “The ball was just really clear to me and there was only one option; to take the volley,” Son added. “I hit it really clean, I was very happy.

    “The last five minutes were really tough. In the Champions League, you never know what will happen. It was uncomfortable sitting on the bench and watching. The most important thing was the three points.”

    Meanwhile, head coach Conte said “it would have been a disaster” had Spurs surrendered their lead in the closing stages, with Kane missing a stoppage-time penalty to put them home and dry. The 29-year-old has missed two of his last four penalties in all competitions for Tottenham, having previously scored 21 successive spot-kicks for the club.

    “We started in a very difficult way, conceding the first goal,” Conte said. “We scored three goals and had big chances. In the end, we are leading our group.

    “Until the end, we had to stay focused. It would have been a disaster if we drew a game like this.”

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    Source: Livescore

  • Conte urges Spurs fans to back his judgement over Spence omission

    Antonio Conte has told Tottenham fans “I’m not stupid” and “I can teach football to many people” in a strong defence of his decision to overlook Djed Spence.

    Spence has made only one very brief substitute appearance for Spurs following his move from Middlesbrough in July.

    Some Tottenham fans called for the right-back to be given his chance after Emerson Royal was sent off for a reckless challenge on Gabriel Martinelli during a 3-1 north London derby defeat to fierce rivals Arsenal on Saturday.

    But Conte made it crystal clear he is not impressed with questions being asked about his approach ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Eintracht Frankfurt.

    The Spurs head coach said: “If we were able to exploit the situation, especially last passes, we would have been able to score many goals against Arsenal.

    “Instead, we made really bad mistakes for the last passes because we had the opportunity to go one-to-one, but every team has to think and understand the way to play different games.

    “Last season we won 3-0 [against Arsenal], and when you win, the opponent has to explain, but for me it’s important to have a plan, to put my players in the best possible situation to exploit their characteristics.

    “Otherwise it can happen that you can concede six, seven or eight goals – in England, that happens a lot of times.

    “In my career, it never, never happened because I don’t like to play open, concede a lot of space and concede six, seven or eight goals. I won in England, I won in my past and I think I can teach football to many people.”

    He said of Spence: “The fans have to be fans. They can think anything, but I see every day the training sessions. If I don’t decide to pick a player, it’s because maybe he’s not ready.

    “We are talking about a young player with a good prospect, but I try to pick the best team. I’m not stupid, I don’t want to lose.

    “I try to pick the best team. If they trust me it’s okay, if they don’t trust me then I’m the coach and I need to take the best decision for Tottenham.”

    Source: Livescore