Xavi wants Ousmane Dembélé to return to Barça, Manchester United once again disappoints the English press and the underside of Dusan Vlahovic’s transfer, find the latest information from the European sports press in your Foot Transfer market press review.
Dembele’s future at Barcelona
Ousmane Dembélé could make a comeback in the Barça group. L’Esportiu even think that the French will be called again by Xavi in “a month“. According to the outlet, the Catalan boss has decided that Dembélé will fully join the squad as soon as it’s clear that he’s staying and will be with him until the end of the season. It’s the “Dembele’s plebiscite” for Sport. Because if the attacker plays, the public will have a say in his situation, and not sure that the Culés will be delighted to see him play. Dembélé will have to prove to the supporters that they can trust him. Especially as reminds Mundo Deportivo in its inside pages, the Catalan leaders still suspect that the tricolor has “a secret agreement with PSG“.
Manchester United disappoint again
A real shock for Manchester United supporters and the English press this morning. The Red Devils were knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by Middelsbrough, an English second division club. “Out of order» title the Manchester Evening News. the DailyMail wished to congratulate the underdogs, writing “Well done Boro“. Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammates, however, led in the score thanks to a goal from Jadon Sancho, some time after a missed penalty from CR7. But their opponent of the day was able to find the necessary resources to equalize thanks to Crooks, shortly after the hour mark. Ralf Rangnick’s players could have obtained a new penalty after a flagrant handball from Wattmore, “big hand for Boro» protests the DailyMirror. Shots on goal, the young Elanga misses his shot, Boro is the “lottery winner” for the Daily Express. Clearly for the Daily Star“everything went wrong“, emphasizing the inefficiency of Cristiano Ronaldo, on the eve of his 37th birthday.
The truth about Vlahovic
Tuttosport reveals to us this morning the underside of the transfer of Dusan Vlahovic to Juve. As the journalists of the boot present to us, the Serbian was well in the small papers of the old Lady, but for the summer, not this winter transfer window. Less than three weeks ago, the idea of seeing Dusan Vlahovic make his debut against Verona with the black and white jersey, number seven, was considered unreal by the management of Juve. But when the Turin leaders learned that Fiorentina and the player’s agents were doing business with English clubs, they did everything possible to get ahead of him. A successful bet after paying nearly 80 million to secure the services of the serial Serie A scorer.
