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Barcelona Beware: Old Boy Ousmane Dembele On A Mission For PSG In Champions League Clash | Football News
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Barcelona Beware: Old Boy Ousmane Dembele On A Mission For PSG In Champions League Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Most of the attention in Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona on Wednesday will be on Kylian Mbappe, but Ousmane Dembele is also set to have a big role to play for the French club against his former side. Mbappe, who is expected to be coming up against Barca in a Real Madrid shirt next season, has 39 goals for PSG in this campaign. Dembele has only one. However, the player described by newspaper Le Parisien last week as a "tearaway" offers something different, even if Barcelona are all too aware of what the 26-year-old winger can do with a ball at his feet.The France star returned to his home country last August after six seasons in Catalonia, with PSG paying a reported 50 million euros ($54.3m) to sign him on a five-year deal.That relatively paltry ...
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Late Ilkay Gundogan Penalty Keeps Barcelona Title Defence Alive At Las Palmas | Football News
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Late Ilkay Gundogan Penalty Keeps Barcelona Title Defence Alive At Las Palmas | Football News

[ad_1] Ilkay Gundogan stroked home a stoppage time penalty to grab champions Barcelona a barely deserved 2-1 win at Las Palmas on Thursday. Xavi Hernandez's side badly needed to win after leaders Real Madrid and Girona did so on Wednesday, with victory leaving the Catalans seven points behind the top two. Athletic Bilbao are fourth after a solid 2-0 win at Sevilla earlier Thursday, with Atletico Madrid fifth following their dramatic 4-3 defeat by Girona.Barca were at times outplayed by the mid-table Canary Islanders, who took the lead through former Blaugrana striker Munir El Haddadi in the 12th minute.Ferran Torres pulled Barcelona level in the second half and Gundogan netted the winner from the spot after he was shoved over in the box when poised to head into an empty net."In the first...
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After Recep Tayyip Erdogan Photo, Germany Captain Ilkay Gundogan Up For ‘Special’ Turkey Clash | Football News
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After Recep Tayyip Erdogan Photo, Germany Captain Ilkay Gundogan Up For ‘Special’ Turkey Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Five years after a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked questions over his loyalty to Germany, Ilkay Gundogan will captain the national side during Saturday's international friendly against Turkey in Berlin. Gundogan, who has never faced Turkey despite making his Germany debut more than a decade ago, told AFP subsidiary SID "it will be a very special game for me -- no question about it". Named by former Germany coach Hansi Flick in September, Gundogan, 33, is the first footballer of Turkish descent to captain the four-time world champions.The Barcelona midfielder's rise through the ranks of the German national team is all the more remarkable given the 2018 photo with Erdogan who Gundogan also handed a shirt written "with respect to my president".Along with the...
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Jude Bellingham’s Brace Earns Real Madrid El Clasico Win At Barcelona | Football News
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Jude Bellingham’s Brace Earns Real Madrid El Clasico Win At Barcelona | Football News

[ad_1] Jude Bellingham's stunning double snatched Real Madrid a 2-1 comeback victory at Barcelona in his first La Liga Clasico on Saturday. The England international, who has started his Madrid career in remarkable goalscoring form, unleashed a rocket into the top corner from distance after Ilkay Gundogan had sent hosts Barcelona ahead at the Olympic Stadium. Bellingham then fired home a second in stoppage time from close range to silence Barcelona fans and reach 10 goals in the top flight this season.Barcelona hit the woodwork twice and had the better of the game but Bellingham, La Liga's top goalscorer, is in unstoppable form and inevitably made his mark in his first Clasico.Bellingham's brace sent Madrid to the top of La Liga, ahead of Girona on goal difference, with both teams four p...
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Premier League Preview: Manchester City Remain Favourites But New Challengers Emerge | Football News
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Premier League Preview: Manchester City Remain Favourites But New Challengers Emerge | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal's win over Manchester City in the Community Shield may not have been indicative of how the upcoming Premier League season will pan out but what it did was expose the frailties of a side which has won the league three years in a row. The side, which has flourished under manager Pep Guardiola, have lost in a seasoned veteran in the form of Ilkay Gundogan and his absence was felt throughout the game.  The new signing Mateo Kovacic and makeshift midfielder Julian Alvarez were not effective in the system and although the presence of a goal machine like Erling Haaland makes them a favourite on any given day, a number of new challengers have emerged for their title.Top CompetitionAny transfer window is an exciting time for football fans but this one has been a bit special. Conser...
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Manchester City Announce Signing Of Croatia Midfielder Mateo Kovacic | Football News
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Manchester City Announce Signing Of Croatia Midfielder Mateo Kovacic | Football News

[ad_1] Mateo Kovacic joins Manchester City© TwitterManchester City on Tuesday announced they had completed the signing of Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea following the loss of captain Ilkay Gundogan. The treble winners said the 29-year-old had signed a four-year contract after the clubs reportedly agreed an initial fee of 25 million pounds ($32 million), with a potential 5 million pounds in add-ons. Kovacic joins Pep Guardiola's side after five years at Chelsea, where he won the Champions League and Europa League and made 221 appearances.He is City's first signing of the transfer window and his arrival compensates for the departure of Gundogan, who joined Barcelona on a free transfer on Monday after seven years at the club."This is a brilliant move for me and I cannot wait ...
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Barcelona Confirm Ilkay Gundogan Signing From Manchester City | Football News
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Barcelona Confirm Ilkay Gundogan Signing From Manchester City | Football News

[ad_1] Ilkay Gundogan has agreed a two-year deal with the option for a year's extension.© AFPlkay Gundogan has signed for Barcelona on a free transfer at the end of his Manchester City contract, the Catalan club said Monday. The German midfielder, 32, has agreed a two-year deal with the option for a year's extension and a release clause of 400 million euros ($436 million). "He is bringing his presence, nose for goal and reading of the game which has made him one of the best midfielders of the past decade," said Barcelona in a statement.Gundogan has been an influential presence for Pep Guardiola's City side since joining in 2016, captaining the team to a stunning treble this season.The midfielder netted twice in the FA Cup final win over rivals Manchester United and Guardiola admitted Cit...
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Man City’s Ilkay Gundogan Set To Join Barcelona: Reports | Football News
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Man City’s Ilkay Gundogan Set To Join Barcelona: Reports | Football News

[ad_1] Ilkay Gundogan close to joining Barcelona© AFPManchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is set to leave the treble winners to join Barcelona on a free transfer, according to reports on Wednesday. Gundogan is believed to have been offered a three-year deal by Barcelona and is expected to complete his move to the Spanish champions when his City contract expires at the end of June. City were reported to have been willing to give their 32-year-old captain a new one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.But Gundogan's impending move to the Camp Nou was revealed on the same day City agreed a £30 million ($38 million) deal to sign Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic.Kovacic's versatility and experience would help compensate for the loss of the influential Gundogan, whose lead...
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Ilkay Gundogan Toasts ‘Party Machine’ Jack Grealish On Germany Return | Football News
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Ilkay Gundogan Toasts ‘Party Machine’ Jack Grealish On Germany Return | Football News

[ad_1] File image of Jack Grealish© AFPManchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan admitted on Monday he did not have the stamina to keep up with "party machine" teammate Jack Grealish after his side celebrated claiming the treble. Speaking upon his return to the German national team ahead of Tuesday's international friendly clash with Columbia in home town Gelsenkirchen, Gundogan said the 27-year-old Englishman's antics did not come as a surprise. "You've all seen what a party machine Jack is," Gundogan told a press conference in Frankfurt."It wasn't surprising to me. He put everyone on his back and just carried us along."The 32-year-old former Borussia Dortmund player added: "I can't manage two nights in a row. I needed a little break and a rest."Pep Guardiola's team won a historic treble o...
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Manchester City Beat Manchester United 2-1 To Clinch 7th FA Cup Title | Football News
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Manchester City Beat Manchester United 2-1 To Clinch 7th FA Cup Title | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City are one game away from a historic treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice to beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's men completed a domestic double at Wembley and can become just the second side, after United in 1998/99, to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season should they beat Inter Milan to become European champions for the first time on June 10. Gundogan scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history after just 12 seconds. United levelled on 33 minutes through Bruno Fernandes' penalty after Jack Grealish was harshly penalised for handball.But the City captain, in what could be his final game for the club on English soil with his contract expiring at the end of the season, volleyed home the w...
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