Barcelona Presidential Candidate Reveals Plans To Reunite Messi And Guardiola

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8niDACCLCzsR8jK4DFQl2YFq0BPbBNy8Q75AgtvIKLBIOjXGGjdv0mxDYPafT-KeEHuo945t54n2gRn00Q2ddblz2Om3r1iUJtH4cn0z91gmjYX_P_yagQYsQD7tUZKeyTKmuNYy5wif/s696/guardiola-n-messi-696x472-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8niDACCLCzsR8jK4DFQl2YFq0BPbBNy8Q75AgtvIKLBIOjXGGjdv0mxDYPafT-KeEHuo945t54n2gRn00Q2ddblz2Om3r1iUJtH4cn0z91gmjYX_P_yagQYsQD7tUZKeyTKmuNYy5wif/s320/guardiola-n-messi-696x472-2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has added to the uncertainty over Pep Guardiola’s long-term future by outlining his plan to take the Man City boss back to Camp Nou.</span></h2><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Guardiola, who spent four years as Barca boss, leading them to two Champions League titles, is out of contract at the Etihad next summer.</span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Spaniard, 49, is yet to commence any discussions with the club over an extension, but speaking in September admitted his desire to stay.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I would love to stay longer here,” he said. “It is a place I love to be but I have to deserve.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“This club achieved standards in the last decade but we have to maintain that and I have to deserve it.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I am going to see if I deserve it this season in terms of how the club goes forward and improves.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The suggestion from the club is that, if Guardiola wants to remain, then City chiefs will be delighted for him to sign a new deal.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite Guardiola’s statement last month, it is very much in his own hands.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But now Font, the leading contender to replace Josep Maria Bartomeu following his resignation earlier this week – after months of criticism on Barcelona’s ailing finances and struggles on the pitch – believes that enticing Guardiola back to Catalunya is the ideal starting point as he bids to rebuild a club that has been allowed to stagnate on Bartomeu’s watch.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And he also feels it will ensure Lionel Messi – whose contract with the Spanish club expires next summer – stays put.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He told Sky Sports News: “Replacing the best generation the world of football has ever seen, which I believe we have had over the last decade, is a big challenge.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Particularly at a time when competition is intense and many clubs are owned by very powerful owners.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“FC Barcelona also need a significant investment to rebuild the stadium and all in a world which has been hit with one of the worst crises ever.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“It is clear we need a very solid plan to meet these challenges and this is what we have been doing over the last few years.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“It is our intention to build a very strong and competitive project and we are very lucky at Barca that we inherited a style of play that Johan Cruyff instilled throughout the organisation.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“And most of the best professionals who know about this style are also fans and love the club – like Pep Guardiola, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“They are all legends that love Barcelona but do not work for Barca today – we need to bring them back to ensure we will have a very competitive project.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“The only thing Messi needs is to know he is part of a competitive project that aspires to win the next Champions League.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“We have no doubt that if we basically have the honour to take the helm of FC Barcelona we will be able to achieve that.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are big questions over the respective roles that Xavi – currently coaching in Qatar – and Puyol – working as an agent – would potentially fill.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">source:- fcnaija</span></p>

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Barca defeat will teach Juve a lot says Bonucci

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><h1 class="news-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 10px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYUE4itHqoNpeLx1SmZeTowuXHICJ-SmAvm40jv8-fV1zigL5IqmLT6M16aGEFDKN7BXU2dFQ_43G0Ip0WcfnVmMnVySnajA5wQj1hU5FHAX51dkh01GPbo5xMjuF99Wvzv4gwrBnIP2o/s457/b6358fb8bb591ecfafc730249924f29e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYUE4itHqoNpeLx1SmZeTowuXHICJ-SmAvm40jv8-fV1zigL5IqmLT6M16aGEFDKN7BXU2dFQ_43G0Ip0WcfnVmMnVySnajA5wQj1hU5FHAX51dkh01GPbo5xMjuF99Wvzv4gwrBnIP2o/s320/b6358fb8bb591ecfafc730249924f29e.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></h1><h1 class="news-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 10px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ROME, OCT 29 - Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci has said that Juventus's 2-0 defeat at home to Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday will teach them a lot.</span></h2><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><blockquote>    "The defeat certainly hurts," Bonucci said via social media.</blockquote><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">    "But it is through defeats that you grow in life. These are the matches that teach us a lot.<br />    "It teaches us to believe more, to work more , to fight more".</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />    The Turin giants were well beaten, with Barca's Ousmane Dembele scoring with a deflected shot from outside the box and Lionel Messi converting a late penalty.<br />    Juve, who are rebuilding under rookie coach Andrea Pirlo and were without COVID-19-positive Cristiano Ronaldo, also had some bad luck, with Alvaro Morata having three goals disallowed for offside.<br />    The hosts had defender Merih Demirel sent off in the closing stages for a second yellow card.<br />    They are second in Group G with three points from two games, three behind leaders Barcelona.<br />    Lazio, meanwhile did well to get a 1-1 draw at Brugge after their squad was decimated by suspected cases of COVID-19, which deprived them of forward Ciro Immobile, among others.<br />    Lazio are joint top of Group F alongside Brugge with four points.<br />    None of Italy's Champions League contenders won this week as Inter and Atalanta were both held on Tuesday.</span>

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FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and executive board resign

<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><div class="article_bodycopy" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 40px; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I8jXY0zkBDyzz63pLNYVeqCJSvjVzGoUSDTGpn25N36a6cV5GiINzNrUZ8Xl55gARC252QMr1wD99oHZzUuZ7-iVo3hIe9PUZ_hgnizpAUK-pABZ297L1rKbj_MoGuvyeLIehhtoGu0G/s620/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I8jXY0zkBDyzz63pLNYVeqCJSvjVzGoUSDTGpn25N36a6cV5GiINzNrUZ8Xl55gARC252QMr1wD99oHZzUuZ7-iVo3hIe9PUZ_hgnizpAUK-pABZ297L1rKbj_MoGuvyeLIehhtoGu0G/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><br /></p></div><div class="article_bodycopy" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 40px; position: relative;"><h2 style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em; text-align: left;">Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned as president of Barcelona, taking his entire board of directors with him.</h2></div><div class="article_bodycopy" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 40px; position: relative;"><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Under increasing pressure in recent months yet seemingly determined to cling on to power despite the on-going crisis at the club, the decision to walk away en masse was finally agreed during a board meeting on Tuesday evening.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">The 57-year-old will not now face the vote of no confidence brought against him by club members and will leave with immediate effect. Indeed, the decision to resign was reached after the Catalan government refused to postpone the no-confidence motion until mid-November as the board had proposed.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">An interim board will take over and prepare for presidential elections. Bartomeu and his board may face civil action holding them personally liable for the budgetary shortfall over the period of his administration since 2015.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">On Monday Bartomeu had insisted: “there is no reason to present [my] resignation”, adding: “it is not a good idea to leave the club in the hands of an administrator”. He always knew though that scenario was the likely outcome of the vote of no confidence. Almost 20,000 members’ signatures had been gathered to force a referendum which Bartomeu had no realistic prospect of surviving, despite only needing a third of the vote.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Bartomeu leaves as arguably the least popular president in Barcelona’s history, facing a crisis at almost every level at the Camp Nou and a breakdown in relations between the boardroom and the dressing-room.</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">In the summer, he blocked the departure of <a class="search" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_person=Lionel+Messi" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #23517a; outline: none !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Lionel Messi</a> who then publicly admitted that he had only stayed to avoid ending up in court with the club. In the interview in which he announced he was staying, the Argentinian insisted: “there has been no project or anything for a long time.”</p><p class="no_name selectionShareable" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Now, seven weeks after Messi was forced to remain, Bartomeu and his board have gone. – Guardian</p></div>

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“For Calling Buhari An “old man” I Am No Longer Your Fan – Nigerian Lady Reacts To Wizkid’s Tweet

<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHswexk7KxPqoUFteLA6GZWnvcVE6k3vIbLWFVfRzaNkaDYFAPai-IPJnBvir-Rl8A5MjPJyv0MYHt0Cx04sjJEE0ekVfxeAhZBP31-fNc9ijfqqekeddLIKOBR4GCp7ncplz7V_RUJU/s735/UCScreenshot20201004190121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="735" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHswexk7KxPqoUFteLA6GZWnvcVE6k3vIbLWFVfRzaNkaDYFAPai-IPJnBvir-Rl8A5MjPJyv0MYHt0Cx04sjJEE0ekVfxeAhZBP31-fNc9ijfqqekeddLIKOBR4GCp7ncplz7V_RUJU/s320/UCScreenshot20201004190121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>A Nigerian lady known Zara Gambo has condemned the utterance made by Wizkid after he described Nigeria’s president, Buhari Muhammadu, as an ‘old man’.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zara, who is a Muslim said that Wizkid has disrespected the president and for that matter, she is no longer a fan of him.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Wizkid calling Buhari “old man” is uncalled for tbh as he could call him to act against SARS illegitimate operations without disrspctng him.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If disrspctng elderly people or VIPs is what would made him modern Fela then I’m no longer wizkid stan. I support no disrespect #EndSarsNow” she tweeted.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: auto !important; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-471967" data-recalc-dims="1" height="963" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" src="https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/zara-gambo-819x1024-1.jpg?resize=770%2C963&ssl=1" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/zara-gambo-819x1024-1.jpg?w=770&ssl=1 770w, https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/zara-gambo-819x1024-1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/zara-gambo-819x1024-1.jpg?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: -3.21875px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 99%;" width="770" /></p><p><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-471968" data-recalc-dims="1" height="439" sizes="(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px" src="https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/uncalled-for.png?resize=656%2C439&ssl=1" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/uncalled-for.png?w=656&ssl=1 656w, https://i2.wp.com/flvibe.tipsandtrickblogging.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/uncalled-for.png?resize=300%2C201&ssl=1 300w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: -3.21875px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 99%;" width="656" /></p><p></p><div style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="wp_rp_wrap wp_rp_plain" id="wp_rp_first" style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div class="wp_rp_content"><h3 class="related_post_title" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h3></div></div><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><br /></div>

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Lautaro Martinez: Barcelona hold off on race to sign Argentine this window

<p> Barcelona<span style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;">have decided not to pursue their interest in signing Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Argentinian striker has been strongly linked with a move to the Nou Camp all year and is valued at around £90million by the San Siro club. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">However, given the financial uncertainty at Barcelona, the Catalans have been unable to meet Inter’s asking price and have subsequently withdrawn from the transfer race. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKV8qLThNL8f_28kzEpZrL3QE-uYODO5bTUeLzr341N1cLB3_8UF5zEpSxocaBPraXk5-xPmdwOOxDZPWokOMcpxgvG3Dgg7vLnfLl29iYMUvUUxuxyrOS5Rg_uMQki4I_wyGWUVrBlA/s634/33709122-8780225-image-a-1_1601278526225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKV8qLThNL8f_28kzEpZrL3QE-uYODO5bTUeLzr341N1cLB3_8UF5zEpSxocaBPraXk5-xPmdwOOxDZPWokOMcpxgvG3Dgg7vLnfLl29iYMUvUUxuxyrOS5Rg_uMQki4I_wyGWUVrBlA/s320/33709122-8780225-image-a-1_1601278526225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">The La Liga giants will, however, continue to look to fill the void left by Luis Suarez - who completed a controversial £5.5m move to Diego Simeone's side after being told by Ronald Koeman he was no longer required.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Martinez would have been an ideal replacement for Suarez as he scored 14 goals in Serie A last season and found the net once again on Saturday to help his side triumph 4-3 over Fiorentina.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Martinez did originally have a £100m release clause in his contract but that option expired in July.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Inter are now asking for a minimum of £73m for their striker and will refuse to accept additional players as part of the deal, according to <a class="class" href="https://m.calciomercato.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Calciomercato</a>.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Despite initially vying for the 23-year-old's signature, Barcelona knew that if they met Inter's asking price, they wouldn't be able to strengthen in other areas prior to the transfer deadline of October 5. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ideally, Koeman would like to add depth at centre-back and right-back before the summer window closes. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">As a move to Spain is now off the table, Martinez looks set to stay at the San Siro for another season. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Martinez's contract is due to expire in 2023, but it seems likely that the striker will agree new terms with the club.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Barca have been linked with Lyon forward Memphis Depay, who Koeman managed at international level with Holland, as an alternative option for their forward line. </p>

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reveals he rejected Barcelona to stay at Arsenal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VIetwFuYMKlDXcoBi4gd2MAv_qe9Lde5W-dqyMjg5S5i2RQ4chstikWtNUoDvmbaeKQX5ctsPs27tuxEs0wyf9WLav2dacX15v6bOILQJkTJYv5p53YxRiq1Qh8BE5OfI-7Ks1HoC0/s644/GettyImages-1254653516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VIetwFuYMKlDXcoBi4gd2MAv_qe9Lde5W-dqyMjg5S5i2RQ4chstikWtNUoDvmbaeKQX5ctsPs27tuxEs0wyf9WLav2dacX15v6bOILQJkTJYv5p53YxRiq1Qh8BE5OfI-7Ks1HoC0/s320/GettyImages-1254653516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has admitted that he rejected Barcelona, among other clubs, to sign a new contract at the Emirates. The Gunners managed to tie the Gabonese striker down to a new three-year contract after major speculation surrounding his future at the club. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">The 31-year-old credited Mikel Arteta for convincing him about the new project at Arsenal. He also spoke about the special relationship he has with the fans of the London club. </p><blockquote style="background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(243, 255, 249), rgba(171, 202, 228, 0.24)) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 6px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; float: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 32px; margin: 1.5em 15px !important; padding: 17px 4px 17px 14px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote>"There were several offers, notably from Barça, but also other clubs. My priority was to stay for two reasons: the first is the coach, Mikel Arteta, because we spoke a fair amount during the 'lockdown' as they say here, we were at home and spoke several times and he convinced me, notably in terms of the project.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(243, 255, 249), rgba(171, 202, 228, 0.24)) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 6px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; float: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 32px; margin: 1.5em 15px !important; padding: 17px 4px 17px 14px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote>"And of course, secondly, is the love that I receive from the fans and people at the club. Since I have been here I have been treated like one of their own, and as I am one of their own, I am going to stay here, it is as simple as that."</blockquote></blockquote><div class="sportskeeda-embed" data-src="twitter" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 17.1562px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 537.688px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1310445380463624192" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=soumalyamoitra7&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1310445380463624192&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Ffootball%2Fpierre-emerick-aubameyang-reveals-rejected-spanish-giants-barcelona-stay-arsenal&siteScreenName=sportskeeda&theme=light&widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 541px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 538px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27px; line-height: 37px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang excited for 'big test' against Liverpool</h2><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;"><img alt="Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal celebrates with the Community Shield Trophy" class="" data-img="https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2020/09/58591-16012721738086-800.jpg" data-img-low="https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2020/09/58591-16012721738086-500.jpg" height="530" src="https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2020/09/58591-16012721738086-800.jpg" style="background: rgb(175, 175, 175); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #afafaf; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="800" /><figcaption style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #777777; font-family: serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 24px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal celebrates with the Community Shield Trophy</figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;"><a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/team/arsenal" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0277bd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Arsenal</a> have started the new season brightly, having lifted the FA Cup at the end of last season. The north London club also managed to get the better of Liverpool in the Community Shield, the same side they will face twice this week.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">The Gunners have also spent smartly this window, making shrewd acquisitions of Willian and central defender Gabriel. Mikel Arteta is now reportedly in the market for a midfielder, with Houssem Aouar and Thomas Partey mentioned as alternatives. </p><div class="sportskeeda-embed" data-src="twitter" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 17.1562px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 537.688px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1310344227520425984" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=soumalyamoitra7&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1310344227520425984&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Ffootball%2Fpierre-emerick-aubameyang-reveals-rejected-spanish-giants-barcelona-stay-arsenal&siteScreenName=sportskeeda&theme=light&widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 269px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 538px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 537.688px;"><br /></div></div><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">Arsenal will be tested this week by defending champions Liverpool, who have found their groove in the new campaign. However, the reigning Premier League champions have lost their last two fixtures against Arteta's new-look Arsenal. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: white; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; float: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px 24px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">Aubameyang remains confident of his side's chances ahead of the fixtures. He said:</p><blockquote style="background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(243, 255, 249), rgba(171, 202, 228, 0.24)) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 6px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #4c4c4c; float: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 32px; margin: 1.5em 15px !important; padding: 17px 4px 17px 14px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote>"It would be great to compete with Liverpool. It's going to be a big test on Monday. We're ready, we're going without fear. Obviously, we want to annoy them. It's a dream and a goal for us."</blockquote></blockquote>

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