oday’s news
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*HEADLINES*
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📚📚Man United should not finish below third, insists Ronaldo
📚📚Kingsley Coman extends Bayern Munich contract until 2027
📚📚Man City revenues overtake Man Utd for first time ever
📚📚Valverde’s extra-time strike sends Real Madrid into Spanish Super Cup final
📚📚Mikel Arteta insists best players in the world want to join Arsenal
📚📚Aston Villa agree £25m deal with Everton for Lucas Digne
📚📚Man Utd to prioritise new contract for Marcus Rashford
📚📚Everton want Aston Villa's Anwar El Ghazi on loan
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RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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📌📌WEDNESDAY RESULTS
🏴🏴England - League Cup
FT Tottenham 0 - 1 Chelsea (Agg 0-3)
🏴🏴England - Premier League
FT West Ham United 2 - 0 Norwich City
🇮🇹🇮🇹Italy - Super Cup Final
FT Inter Milan 2 - 1 Juventus
🇮🇹🇮🇹Italy - Coppa Italia
FT Atalanta 2 - 0 Venezia
🇪🇸🇪🇸Spain - Super Cup
FT Barcelona 2 - 3 Real Madrid
🌎🌎Africa - Africa Cup of Nations
FT Tunisia 0 - 1 Mali
FT Mauritania 0 - 1 Gambia
FT Equatorial Guinea 0 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
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🚩🚩FIXTURES TODAY
📆📆 13TH JANUARY 2022
⏰⏰TIME IN GMT
🏴🏴England - League Cup
Liverpool 19 : 45 Arsenal
🇮🇹🇮🇹Italy - Coppa Italia
Napoli 17 : 00 Fiorentina
AC Milan 20 : 00 Genoa
🇪🇸🇪🇸Spain - Super Cup
Atletico Madrid 19 : 00 Athletic Bilbao
🌍🌍Africa - Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon 16 : 00 Ethiopia
Cabo Verde 19 : 00 Burkina Faso
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STATISTICS ARENA
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📊📊Inter Milan have won their 6th Italian Super Cup, behind only Juventus (nine) and AC Milan (seven) - they lifted the trophy for the first time since 2010.
📊📊Real Madrid have now beaten Barcelona in the last five matches between the two clubs, helping them reach their 100th El Clasico victory.
📊📊Vinícius Júnior has scored 15 goals in 27 games for Real Madrid this season in all competitions, as many as in his first three seasons combined with the club (15 in 118 appearances).
📊📊Karim Benzema has scored 23 goals in just 26 games for Real Madrid across all competitions so far this season. This is his 11th goal against Barcelona.
📊📊Karim Benzema has both scored and assisted in the same game against Barcelona for the first time in his Real Madrid career in all comps (38 appearances), becoming the first Real Madrid player to do so in El Clasico since Sergio Ramos in May 2009.
📊📊Rodrygo Goes has assisted in his last three appearances against Barcelona, becoming only the second Real Madrid player to do so in El Clasico in all competitions in the 21st century after Mesut Özil (twice, in Aug 2012 and Feb 2013).
📊📊Antonio Rüdiger’s opener was his 10th goal for Chelsea in all competitions, with those goals being scored at just three different stadiums (Stamford Bridge 5, King Power 3, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 2)
📊📊Chelsea have won all three of their games against Spurs this season by an aggregate score of 6-0. The last team to beat Spurs 3+ times in a season without conceding a single goal was Arsenal in 2013-14.
📊📊Just 350 days after his first game in charge of Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel has become the first manager in the club's history to guide the Blues to the final of each of the League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League/European Cup.
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*FOOTBALL ITALIA*
📝📝Max Allegri admits Juventus losing the Supercoppa Italiana to Inter five seconds from the final whistle makes him feel ‘football was invented by the Devil.’
📝📝Simone Inzaghi had praise for Juventus after the Super coppa Italiana went to 120 minutes, but felt Inter ‘deserved’ to lift the trophy for the first time since 2010. ‘Beating them is never easy.’
📝📝AS Roma have completed the loan signing of Sérgio Oliveira from Porto. €1m loan fee, with an option to buy for around €13.5m.
📝📝Diego Godín has signed for Atletico Mineiro on a one-year contract, with an option of a further year, after having his Cagliari contract terminated.
📝📝AC Milan have been impressed by Alessandro Florenzi's performances since joining on loan from Roma and are set to pay the €4.5M required to keep him permanently.
*FOOTBALL ESPAÑA*
📝📝Carlo Ancelotti: " We attacked well but we could defend better. Barcelona played a good game. Super Cup is not the most important competition in the world, but it's still important. It went well, but I have to be honest. Barcelona played a good game."
📝📝Karim Benzema: "I feel very happy and very proud, thanks to the fans who give me the confidence and strength to do what I do on the pitch."
📝📝Fede Valverde: "They're still Barca, they're a good team. I think we have things to correct and we could've scored more. But we're happy, and I'm happy for my goal."
*DAILY MIRROR*
📝📝Cristiano Ronaldo says Man United interim head coach Ralph Rangnick needs to be given time to implement his ideas.
📝📝Jesse Lingard, Dean Henderson, Anthony Martial and Donny van de Beek are all unhappy about a lack of game time this season and Manchester United are braced.
📝📝Barcelona are close to giving up on hopes that Ousmane Dembele will sign a new contract and expect to lose him to the Premier League in the summer.
📝📝Manchester United are plotting a move for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria who has also attracted interest from Liverpool.
📝📝Arsenal are considering a summer move for Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans, who will then be entering the final year of his contract.
📝📝Villa agree £25m Digne deal
Georginio Wijnaldum is reported to have become "isolated" at Paris Saint-Germain because of speculation surrounding his future.
📝📝Lukasz Fabianski is set to sign a new one-year deal with West Ham to remain part of their goalkeeper team next season.
*THE SUN*
📝📝Chelsea have revived their interest in Sevilla defender Jules Kounde and are also looking at fellow Frenchmen Presnel Kimpemba and Aurelien Tchouameni.
📝📝Kingsley Coman has officially extended his contract at Bayern Munich until 2027
📝📝Newcastle are trying pull off an audacious £80m swoop for RB Leipzig midfielder Amadou Haidara, who has also been linked with a move to Manchester United.
📝📝Massimiliano Allegri was "one step" from becoming Real Madrid manager when Zinedine Zidane left his role last year.
📝📝Chelsea are recalling midfielder Kenedy from his loan spell in Brazil with Flamengo because of their injury crisis.
📝📝Arsenal and West Ham are battling it out for the signature of Eintracht Frankfurt winger Filip Kostic
📝📝Mikel Arteta remains adamant that the best players in the world still want to join Arsenal, even though they are not currently competing in Europe.
*DAILY MAIL*
📝📝Antonio Rudiger could perform a U-turn and stay at Chelsea on fresh terms, according to a report in Germany.
📝📝Newcastle have launched a fresh bid for Sevilla defender Diego Carlos and want him on board in time to face Watford this weekend.
📝📝Everton have been handed a timely boost with the return to training of key players Richarlison and Yerry Mina.
📝📝Tottenham want to make three key signings in the transfer window. Spurs are in talks with Wolves over Spanish midfielder Adama Traore and are searching for a right wing-back and attacker.
📝📝Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger is now planning to stay at Stamford Bridge. The German is out of contract next season and had been linked with a move away.
📝📝Paris St-Germain are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, with the 28-year-old Frenchman also keen to move to the Ligue 1 club.
📝📝Meanwhile PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino is still in contact with Man Utd over a move in the summer. Current interim manager Ralf Rangnick, however, is keen on Ajax boss Erik ten Hag.
*DAILY STAR*
📝📝Manchester City are ready to try and tempt Flamengo sensation Matheus Franca to come to the Premier League but the teenage midfielder has an £83m release clause.
📝📝Club-by-club transfers
Barcelona initially wanted Philippe Coutinho's loan deal with Aston Villa to run until the end of the 2022/23 season.
DAILY EXPRESS
📝📝Samuel Umtiti could still leave Barcelona for Newcastle United this month despite signing a new contract earlier this week, which was designed mainly to allow the club to register Ferran Torres.
📝📝Manchester United are in interested in Brighton right-back Tariq Lamptey. Brighton want £40m for the 21-year-old, who has played for England U21s.
📝📝The Old Trafford club have also made contact with representatives for Borussia Monchengladbach and Switzerland midfielder Denis Zakaria.
📝📝Arsenal have made contact with Juventus over a loan deal for Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo. They are also targeting Leicester's Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans.
📝📝Presnel Kimpembe is open to listening to rival offers, knowing Chelsea remain keen to sign him.