🚨 OFFICIAL: Barcelona statement.
“The president of FC Barcelona, Rafael Yuste y Abel, today sent a formal letter to the presidents of LaLiga, Javier Tebas; of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rafael Louzán; and the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), Francisco Soto, in relation to the statements made by the president of Real Madrid CF, Florentino Pérez, in various public appearances on May 12 and 13.
FC Barcelona considers that these statements, in addition to being false, seriously violate the honorability and image of the League competition in the First Division, as well as against the refereeing system in its entirety, and damage the reputation and credibility of Spanish professional football.
The Club urges the co-organizers of the competition and the referees to defend the reputation of their bodies - just as the Club has recently done with the filing of the request for conciliation - and asks the recipient entities, within the scope of their respective competences, to urgently adopt the appropriate associative and judicial measures against Mr. Pérez to defend the honorability, integrity and prestige of the institutions they represent and the competitions they organize”.
🚨🇦🇷 Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni: “I’ll do everything possible for Messi to be there at the World Cup”.
“I think for the good of football he has to be there, but he’s the one who will decide”.
🚨 Arne Slot: “I am definitely not enjoying this Mo Salah situation. We have won the league together and he has done so much for the club”.
“Ideally, you are not in a situation like this with your player”.
🚨 Hugo Ekitike to Eintracht Frankfurt, here we go! Verbal agreement in place on loan with mandatory buy clause.
The value of the clause is €30m plus sell-on included, as @FabriceHawkins has reported.
Ekitike, on his way to Germany. 🛫
🔴⚪️ Atlético Madrid, now oriented to give the green light Moise Kean loan deal already agreed with Juventus for €500k fee.
There’s optimism to proceed and get the deal done in the next days. 🇮🇹
@MatteMoretto 🤝🏻