Frenkie de Jong might be open to leaving Barcelona at the end of the season, according to . The report has claimed that Barcelona are willing to pay De Jong his deferred wages of €18 million on the condition that he leaves in the summer of 2025.

De Jong has always maintained that he wants to stay at Barcelona, but there is now a chance that he could be on his way out of Camp Nou at the end of the season. The 27-year-old has been on the books of Barcelona since 2019 when he joined from Ajax. The Netherlands international has been an important player for Barca over the years and is one of the first names on the teamsheet when he is fit and available.

The Dutchman, who is injured at the moment, scored two goals in 20 La Liga matches last season. He found the back of the …

Marta will play in her sixth Olympics after she was named in Brazil s squad for the Paris Games by coach Arthur Elias, who described her as the greatest athlete of all time .

The Selecao s all-time leading scorer with 118 goals, the 38-year-old will appear at her final tournament with her country, having announced in April she will retire from international duty at the end of the year.

Marta has already made Olympics history. In Tokyo, she became the first player male or female to score at five successive Games, while she was part of the side that won silver medals in 2004 and 2008.

And Elias welcomed the inclusion of the six-time FIFA World Player of the Year, who has scored four times for Orlando Pride in the NWSL this season.

Marta s Brazilian Flair

Abdallah Sima scored twice as Brest maintained their perfect Champions League start by thrashing Salzburg 4-0 at the Red Bull Arena, completing an Austrian double.

Brest kicked off their first-ever European campaign with a 2-1 home win over Sturm Graz two weeks ago, and they built on that victory with a clinical counterattacking performance in Salzburg on Tuesday.

Brest had one shot on target in the opening half, and it was all they required to take the lead. The visitors cleared their lines from a Salzburg attack and Ludovic Ajorque s pass found Sima, who held off his marker to slip his finish past the goalkeeper.

Salzburg had spurned chances in the opening half with Amar Dedic and Karim Konate both shooting wide, and in the second half they were completely open…

Fulham boss Marco Silva will not underestimate Ipswich Town when his side travel to Portman Road to face the Premier League new boys on Saturday.

Fulham have three points from their first two games of 2024-25, slipping to a narrow matchday one defeat at Manchester United before bouncing back with a 2-1 win over Leicester City.

Their next outing comes against another newly promoted side in Kieran McKenna s Ipswich, who have started life in the top flight with losses to Liverpool (2-0) and Manchester City (4-1).

Silva, though, expects them to put up a real fight on home soil, hailing McKenna for instilling a winning mentality at the club.

I expect a really tough game, Silva said. They have an unbelievable winning mentality from the last two seasons.

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France forward Antoine Griezmann has won the award for Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament.

UEFA has announced that the 25-year-old has been voted as the winner by their team of 13 technical observers including Alex Ferguson and David Moyes.

Griezmann, who signed a new long-term deal at Atletico Madrid last month, was also named in the team of the tournament after scoring six goals to win the competition s Golden Boot and assisting two more.

He could not find the net in Sunday s final, though, as hosts France went down to a shock 1-0 defeat against Portugal thanks to substitute Eder s extra-time winner.

UEFA s chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu said: Antoine Griezmann was a threat in every game he played. 

He works hard for his team and possess…

Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey took the glory, but Wales would not be through to face Denmark in the Euro 2020 last-16 stage on Saturday without the saves of Danny Ward.

On Saturday, Ward will line up for Robert Page s side, with the man who is keeping him out of the Leicester City team, Kasper Schmeichel, in the Denmark goal.

The 28-year-old Wales shot-stopper made 13 saves across his team s three group games, which is a total that was only bettered by Finland s Lukas Hradecky (15) and Turkey s Ugurcan Cakir (18).

He made on average 6.5 saves per goal conceded, the best record of all goalkeepers who were beaten at least once (Gianluigi Donnarumma and Jordan Pickford both kept three clean sheets), with Wales shipping just twice in three games.

That tight d…

Denmark coach Morten Olsen will achieve one of his greatest managerial feats if he can secure a Euro 2012 quarter-finals berth for his country.

Olsen has been in charge of Denmark s national team since 2000 and his side s impressive form so far has the Danish FA (DBU) already talking about another contract extension.

With four other countries at the European Championships reportedly interested in Olsen, the DBU want to secure Olsen as Denmark s head-coach beyond the 2014 World Cup when his current contract expires.

Denmark shocked the Netherlands 1-0 in their opening Euro 2012 match and then fought back from two goals behind against Portugal to equalise before eventually losing 3-2.

The Danes can advance from Group B if they achieve a better result versu…

Alessia Russo s stunning backheel goal helped England to a brilliant 4-0 win over Sweden at Euro 2022, ending their wait for a semi-final success. 

The Lionesses weathered a strong start from Sweden that saw Stina Blackstenius rattle the crossbar and they took the lead when Beth Mead drilled home in the 34th minute. 

Lucy Bronze doubled England s lead three minutes after the restart and a moment of magic from substitute Russo put England out of reach in the 68th minute.

Fran Kirby audaciously chipped Hedvig Lindahl with 14 minutes remaining, as England ended a run of three straight semi-final defeats at major tournaments and booked their place in Sunday s showpiece at Wembley.

England needed Mary Earps to keep Sofia Jakobsson at bay after just 20 secon…

Andy Robertson highlighted Sadio Mane s last-gasp winner against Aston Villa as more evidence of how much the Liverpool star has raised his game in 2019.

The Senegal international dazzled on Saturday, setting up one and scoring the other to inspire a remarkable late comeback at Villa Park.

Liverpool trailed for over an hour before left-back Robertson met Mane s brilliant cross towards the end of 90 minutes.

The winger then cleverly glanced in Trent Alexander-Arnold s corner in the fourth minute of added time as the Premier League leaders maintained their six-point advantage over Manchester City.

It was a smashing goal, Robertson told Liverpool s official website of Mane s decisive header.

We worked on it in training, worked on the front post the…

Thomas Muller acknowledges it will be extremely difficult for Bayern Munich to emulate a trophy-laden 2013.

After winning the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League under Jupp Heynckes last season in an unprecedented treble for a German side, Bayern have continued to enjoy success following Pep Guardiola s appointment as coach.

Guardiola s men are top of their domestic league, lifted the UEFA Super Cup in August and added the FIFA Club World Cup title on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Raja Casablanca.

Bayern will now enjoy a period of rest due to Germany s mid-season break, and Muller believes the team can have no regrets after a superb year.

It s nearly impossible to play at the level we ve done in this calendar year, the Germany international told the cl…