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PELE PRAISES NEYMAR’S PSG MOVE

Brazilian football legend Pele has praised the move of compatriot Neymar Jr. from Barcelona to Paris St Germain.


Pele believes the player made the move to step out from the shadows of Lionel Messi at Barcelona.

Neymar was really going to be second fiddle for as long as he would remain at the club, until Messi retired or dropped in form to an incredible extent. And that possibly would be in three years’ time or thereabout. If he retired, Neymar would be the prime candidate for the best player in the world as Cristiano Ronaldo would also have passed his prime. At 25 already, Neymar would have a short time at the top as he would be around 28.

Messi and Ronaldo have jointly ruled the scene for the last decade. If Neymar left the Nou Camp, he gets a decent chance at competing with them from now. His switch divided opinions as many pointed to the money, greed, disagreement with the club officials, the financial issues involved in the transfer from Brazil and tax issues with the Spanish authorities, and many others.

“I think it’s a good opportunity for him and he needed to move because now he can really play and show what he’s capable of,” Pele said. Continue reading PELE PRAISES NEYMAR’S PSG MOVE

Messi signed contract extension

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has signed a three year contract extension that will see him remain at the Camp Nou until the 2020-2021 season.


This will be relief for the Barcelona fans who were fearing that Messi will be leaving the Spanish club at the end of his contract.

Lionel Messi said that it has always been his intention to end his career at Barcelona and that he has no desire of going elsewhere. He said that he will be ending his career in Argentina and that as long as he will be playing in Europe, he will be remaining at Barcelona.

This will end the rumors that were seeing Lionel Messi making a move to Paris Saint-Germain during the current transfer window.

Lionel Messi said that he is happy to be playing for Barcelona and that he feels at home at the Spanish club. Indeed Lionel Messi has spent 14 years at Barcelona, and the new contract will make him spend a total of 17 years in Barcelona. Continue reading Messi signed contract extension

NEYMAR GRATEFUL TO MESSI FOR RESCUING BARCELONA CAREER

Barcelona’s star forward Neymar has come on out, to express his gratefulness to his colleague and football star, Lionel Messi for looking out for him when he first joined the Catalonian giants and didn’t know his way around things then.


Neymar joined up with Barcelona in 2013, after moving from his former club, Santos. However, his transition into the team at the early period wasn’t quite smooth as he faced some early challenges. It was Messi, according to Neymar, that took him under his wings, brushing him up and making him into the key figure he is today.

Speaking recently to CNN, Neymar had said,

“I have a nice story about Messi. Soon after I arrived, it was not a great moment in my career and he was the one who helped me.

“He saw that I was sad, with my head down, that things were not going right for me. He told me to keep going, to be happy and to play the way I know. He told me this and he helped me a lot at that moment in time. He is a person who I admire a lot.” Continue reading NEYMAR GRATEFUL TO MESSI FOR RESCUING BARCELONA CAREER

LEO MESSI DENIES TAX EVASION IN PANAMA SCANDAL

Leo Messi, World Footballer of the year, has come out to deny being involved in the Panama scandal. His whole family denied the allegations on Tuesday that he was involved in the Panama tax evasion scandal after the forward was named as one of the key figures accused of shady offshore dealings in the Panama Papers Scandal.

The family said via a statement: “The Messi family wants to make clear that Lionel Messi has not carried out any of the acts attributed to him, and accusations he created a tax evasion plot, including a network of money laundering, are false and insulting. The Panama Company to which they refer to is a totally inactive company that never had any funds or any open current accounts.”

The Panama papers scandal broke out on Monday when a collation of media groups released a year-long worldwide investigation into documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm. The scandal named several key individuals and society elites involved in shady offshore financial dealings.

Others accused include close allies of Vladmir Putin – the Russian president, Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, family members of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Continue reading LEO MESSI DENIES TAX EVASION IN PANAMA SCANDAL

Lionel Messihas not sustained a serious injury

Barcelona fans suffered an initial scare after seeing Lionel Messi being replaced in the 2nd half of his clubs’ match against Athletic Club as both clubs faced off on January 17 and Barcelona came out on top with a final scoreboard of 6-0 as the team of Luis Enrique claimed an overwhelmingly convincing triumph.

Even though Barcelona dominated this match with a convincing victory, there was something else which was on the mind of the supporters of the Spanish club and it was regarding Messi who was not able to play in the entirety of the game.

When the match reached it’s end, people began to speculate and wonder about the condition of the Argentine attacker.

The medical staff of Barcelona has now assured everyone that Messi only suffered a slight knock and that it’s not something serious.

Barcelona released an official statement on their social media platforms which read: “It turns out that the Argentinian has not got a hamstring injury and has just taken a bit of a knock. It is uncertain whether or not he will be available for future matches, but there is nothing major to worry about.”

Before the 2nd half of Barcelona’s match against Athletic Club had kicked off, Lionel Messi took a longer period of time on the dressing room as he began to feel a small pain in his right leg and Luis Enrique opted to not take any risks as he substituted Messi immediately after. Continue reading Lionel Messihas not sustained a serious injury