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Barcelona's new boy Robert Lewandowski.The Polish striker left Bayern Munich, after eight years in Bavaria, to join the Catalan side earlier this month. And Lewandowski was thrown in at the deep end, starting his life at Barcelona in the Las Vegas' ill-tempered El Clasico.In that clash, Lewandowski donned the No12 jersey, but according to Spanish outlet Sport that won't be his number for much longer.

Erik ten Hag finally managed to capture his man on Thursday when Andre Onana's arrival from Inter Milan was officially announced.

Kyogo Furuhashi has been given a classy comliment by Andres Iniesta after the Celtic forward's time with the legendary Spaniard.

Manchester United and Chelsea were so tense after the breakdown of Wayne Rooney’s proposed move to Stamford Bridge that it nearly cost Juan Mata his move in the other direction.Jose Mourinho had made signing Rooney his top target in the summer of 2013 when he returned for a second spell as Chelsea boss. With Sir Alex Ferguson retired and Rooney’s contract negotiations stalling, Man United had a choice to make: cash in or stick to their guns.Premier League clubs are perhaps more willing than they were a decade ago to negotiate with each other, such is the changing landscape of the transfer market.

When Pep Guardiola began his managerial career at the highest level in 2008, he showcased a very obvious tactical preference. Simply put, his attacking players in wide areas had to be fast.

Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o was handed a 22-month suspended prison sentence in Spain after pleading guilty to tax fraud. The Cameroon legend and former Barcelona striker, 41, admitted to defrauding the Spanish treasury of £3.3million between 2006 and 2009 while playing for the Catalan club. The former striker did not declare the income he received from the transfer of his image rights between Puma and the La Liga giants, rather he taxed the image rights through two separate companies, one in Hungary and the other in Spain, allowing him to save money, reports Spanish publication Sport.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland gifted each teammate at Borussia Dortmund a Rolex estimated to be worth between £11,000 and £13,000. However, the towering Norwegian may have had one timepiece left-over if former Tottenham ace Benoit Assou-Ekotto played alongside him, as the Cameroonian allegedly refused a similar gift from international teammate Samuel Eto’o. The Barcelona and Inter Milan legend once bought each of his Cameroonian compatriots a £29,000 watch when they qualified for the 2014 World Cup.

Arsenal's 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona, admits that he was wrong to send off Gunners goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in the European showpiece.Arsene Wenger's side enjoyed a remarkable run to the final that year, escaping a group containing Ajax, Sparta Prague and Swiss side Thun before claiming a memorable win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Round of 16. The Gunners then overcame Juventus and Villarreal to set up a mouth-watering encounter with Barcelona in the final at the Stade de France.However, the North Londoners would soon find the odds stacked against them.

Ronaldinho has delivered a cruel snub to Lionel Messi by claiming that Kylian Mbappe is the one current footballer he'd most love to play alongside. Messi and Ronaldinho's relationship dates back to 2004 when they were team-mates together at Barcelona. The pair starred next to Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry as the Catalan giants won two La Liga titles and a Champions League.

Chelsea after confirming his interest in buying the club.The 45-year-old’s desire to launch a bid emerged last week amid the Blues being hit by heavy sanctions. And it appears the politician and gold guru is unfazed by the whopping £3billion price-tag slapped on the club by Roman Abramovich.The Daily Mail report that Boasiako has now confirmed his interest through a spokesperson, who highlighted the business mogul’s desire to “enhance the club’s reputation” in Africa.

Daily Star Sport takes a look at the some of the more peculiar demands.The Brazilian superstar signed a new deal with French giants Paris Saint-Germain in May of last year.Neymar’s bumper contract is worth a reported £26 million a season and includes a very lucrative clause.According to El Mundo the PSG forward earns over £400,000 a month for being ‘friendly, and available to fans.’The clause also requires Neymar to ‘have the courtesy to greet fans before and after each game’.The Italian’s antics made him something of a cult hero during his Manchester City days, and eyebrows were certainly raised when Brendan Rodgers brought him to Liverpool at the start of the 2016/17 season.Balotelli found himself without a club after his contract with Marseille expired in the summer of 2019, and according to Spanish publication Marca he was close to signing for Brazilian club Flamengo.However, in order to put pen to paper the former City striker reportedly wanted Flamengo to sign his younger brother Enock and allow him to play for affiliate club Boavista.After he left AC Milan in 2011, Ronaldinho signed for Brazilian club Flamengo.However, according to beIN Sports the former Ballon d’Or winner insisted that a ‘nightclub clause’ be inserted into his contract.The clause enabled Ronaldinho to enjoy Brazil’s nightlife twice a week, amazingly Flamengo agreed to it.But despite an impressive record of 19 goals and 13 assists in 44 appearances he cancelled his contract in May 2012, citing a dispute over unpaid wages.After Eto’o left Inter Milan in the summer of 2011, he joined Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.However, Eto’o wanted to live in Moscow rather than Makhachkala and the two cities are separated by more than 1000 miles.As a result the

World Cup - and the photo they snapped together was one for the ages. Ahead of the World Cup in Russia in 2018, a fancy gala event was held at Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

Egypt boss Carlos Queiroz was shown a red card during his side's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final clash with Cameroon.The former Manchester United assistant was left incensed on the sidelines in Cameroon after a second-half of what he felt was harsh officiating.Queiroz was shown a yellow card midway through the second period.And Gambian referee Bakary Gassama finally had enough of the manager just six minutes later, showing him a red card for his persistent antics on the sideline.Queiroz had to be held back by his assistants as he gesticulated with the officials, baffled as to why Cameroon hadn't been penalised for an elbow.The Portuguese coach finally made his way down the tunnel after he finished protesting his dismissal.Egypt assistant coach Roger De Sa was also shown a yellow card moments later."Carlos Queiroz wants to fight the referee," one fan tweeted."LOOOOL Carlos Queiroz has lost his head," said one."Carlos Queiroz hasn't been this pissed off since Roy Keane took the head off him in training," added a third."Hahahaha Carlos Queiroz is off his head," another wrote.Queiroz was also angry before the clash had even started, taking aim at Cameroon legend Samuel Eto'o.A video published on the official Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) Facebook page showed Eto'o, who is now its president, using the word 'war' more than once when referring to the game."It's a very unfortunate comment, a very bad approach, a very bad message to the people of Cameroon," Queiroz said."To make this declaration of war before one game [shows he] didn't learn anything when he was in professional football."Football is not about war.

La Liga superpowers Barcelona and Real Madrid have reached a shock agreement to not target each other's stars who are under contract.

Arsene Wenger, Robert Pires blossomed into one of the best players in the Premier League, in one of its greatest ever teams.However, Pires' divorce from Arsenal in 2006 is almost as famous as his glistening spell in north London.It was the 2006 Champions League final, and Arsenal clashed with a Ronaldinho led Barcelona side that also featured Samuel Eto'o.And after a controversial red card to the Gunners' keeper Jens Lehmann, Pires was hooked to make way for Manuel Almunia by Wenger.That substitution triggered a series of events that led Pires leaving north London that summer after a 'horrible week'."At no point did I think I'd be the one coming off," Pires told L'Equipe."I didn't even look at Arsene."For me, he was going to take off

Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Manchester United 12 years and three months to the day since his last game for them.The 36-year-old spent six seasons at Old Trafford, scoring 118 goals in 292 appearances before heading to Real Madrid for a then-world record £80m.While he won three Premier League titles and a Champions League honour at the club, his last game for the club did end on a bad note.Ronaldo was part of Sir Alex Ferguson’s starting XI aiming for a quadruple as they looked to add Europe’s top honour to their Club World Cup, league and League Cup honours, with Barcelona in their wayf.Coming up against rival Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o, Thierry Henry, Xavi and Andres Iniesta was too much in a 2-0 loss at the Stadio

Manchester City infamously only presented the Ivorian with a birthday cake when he turned 31, prompting the midfielder to reportedly demand a move.Do you remember Anzhi Makhachkala? Let us know in the comments sectionThe financial largesse at Anzhi was immediately making waves across European football.Signing an ageing World Cup winner was one thing, but things moved up considerably in the first summer of the Kerimov era.Samuel Eto'o signed from Inter Milan for approximately €28million, and he was paid a world-record €20.5million annual salary for his troubles.Yuri Zhirkov signed from Chelsea, and Christopher Samba, from Blackburn Rovers, followed that winter.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for

Lionel Messi at Barcelona and not the other way round - having spoke about their relationship earlier in the year. The former Inter Milan, Chelsea and Everton forward enjoyed a prolific career in professional football between 1997 and 2019, scoring 371 goals across 764 club outings.

Former Barcelona forward Samuel Eto’o gave an angered response when asked what it was like to play with Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou by insisting that the Argentine played with him.

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Champions League semi-final second-leg between Chelsea and Barcelona in 2009, finely poised at 0-0.But the Norwegian's reputation was damaged beyond repair as Chelsea crashed out in West London.Andres Iniesta's stunning equaliser in stoppage-time sent Barca through to the final on away goals after Michael Essien's sensational volley.But the game is best remembered for Ovrebo's incompetent officiating.Ovrebo waved away four Chelsea penalty appeals, including a huge handball shout when Michael Ballack's shot struck Samuel Eto'os arm after Iniesta had netted late on.His decisions prompted furious scenes, as rage-fuelled Ballack chased the referee down.