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Barcelona have revealed they ended the 2019-2020 financial year with a £97million loss as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The club ended the year with a revenue of £775m, below their £950m target set in the budget. Before COVID-19 struck, the LaLiga side were forecast a revenue of 1.59 billion (£960m) – which would have set a record for a football club. Barca highlighted the impact of playing behind closed doors as well as the total cancellation of the basketball Euroleague, which resulted in a huge loss of income. Barca players volunteered a 70 percent reduction in wages at the start of the pandemic, lasting for the duration of the state of emergency called on March 14. But pay cuts were always a temporary measure. Barca also stated LaLiga and the Champions League being played beyond June 30, which was the end date of the financial year, also had an impact on the club’s profits and expenses. It was also noted that the failure to win LaLiga, or any trophy last season, also impact...

  Manchester United have completed the signing of striker Edinson Cavani on a free transfer, the club announced on Monday. Cavani has signed a two-year deal at Old Trafford, while both the club and player have the option to break the agreement after one year. Manchester United is delighted to announce the signing of striker Edinson Cavani.  The Uruguay international joins on a one-year contract with the option to extend for a further year. Cavani, who has won the Golden Boot in both Ligue 1 and Serie A, has scored 341 goals at club level since moving to Europe in 2007, including 35 in the UEFA Champions League. The forward won six league titles with Paris Saint-Germain and, with 200 goals, is their all-time leading scorer. Internationally, Cavani won the Copa America in 2011 and has found the net 50 times in 116 appearances for Uruguay. Edinson Cavani said:   “Manchester United is one of the greatest clubs in the world, so it is a real honour to be here. I’ve worked ...

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits have attacked two communities in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.  According to Katsina Post, the communities attacked are Tsauwa and Gandu. The newspaper reported that no fewer than nine persons have been killed by the bandits while numerous others were left injured and many more kidnapped. Recall that Tsauwa Village was ransacked by bandits months ago in a revenge attack. Killings and kidnapping for ransom have continued in Katsina despite security reinforcement in the state. Locals said the bandits had earlier threatened to attack the community through an open letter, which made the villagers to invite vigilante officials for protection. They said the bandits on arrival, shot sporadically, overpowered the vigilante officials and killed the victims on the spot. The hoodlums also injured many other residents during the deadly invasion and rustled unspecified number of animals.

The most watched club competition is back. The 2020/2021 Uefa Champions League season is already upon us as the group stage paring has been made known by Uefa. The favourite for this season's Champions League clearly is Bayern Munich, the champions of Germany. You can also pinpoint Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, nothing is impossible.  Manchester United returning to the Uefa Champions League will also add that extra spark to the competition-from an England Fan perspective.  It will be exciting to see if Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will once again be the main face of the UCL or if we're finally coming to the crescendo of an era. Here is the Uefa Champions League draws in full:  Group A has Bayern, Atletico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotive Moscow.  Group B: Real Madrid, Shaktar, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach. Group C : Porto, Man City, Olympiacos, Marsaille. Group D has the likes of Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Mitdjylland.  Group E : Sevilla, Chelsea,...

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for Coronavirus and will go in to quarantine, the US President tweeted late on Thursday evening hours after one of his most senior Advisers, Hope Hicks, was reportedly to have contracted the infection. Hicks had travelled with the President on multiple trips this week including abroad Marine One, the Presidential helicopter and Air force One. It isn't immediately clear how Trump contracted the virus that has infected over 7 million Americans and killed more than 200,000.  Trump announced his health status on Twitter, saying they will "begin quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER",  he said.  within minutes of Trump's announcement, Bloomberg reported U.S. stock futures fell more than 1 per cent and oil prices extended losses to drop around 2 per cent early Friday.  Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery p...

In football, we can firmly be sure of the player transfer once the player passed his medical with new club, but failing the medical will make the player transfer cancelled.  Photo For Illustration  And in the past, many players have failed their medical when trying to move to a new club, and they're left with no option than to search for another club or wait for another year. This happens to players like Van Nistelrooy, Arshavin, and so on.  In this composition, we will take a look at the current player who failed his medical , and the player is former Barcelona defender Marlon Santos.  Marlon Santos played for Barcelona as a centre back in 2016-17 before he was sent out on loan to League 1 club Nice, after a short stay at the French league he was later transfer to Sassuolo.  However, he was heavily linked with a move to Fulham. And it was reported by the ATHLETIC that the proposed €15 million transfer of the Brazilian player from Sassoulo to Fulham has collapse...