Argentina defeated Uruguay 3-0 as they have advanced to the finals of the Pan American Games.
Fernando BATISTA’s team will be playing for the gold medal on Saturday against Honduras. Adolfo GAICH continues to dominate at youth level for Argentina, this time scoring twice and Carlos VALENZUELA scoring the other in the win.
In this never ending transfer saga, Juventus have reportedly accepted a £70 million offer for Paulo DYBALA.
Juventus have made it clear that they do not want the Argentine in their team anymore. Tottenham were initially interested in signing DYBALA and after that it was Manchester United. However, with the United deal falling through, Tottenham appear to be back in the race.
Per a report by DI MARZIO, Juventus and Tottenham have agreed on a fee for DYBALA. One of the obstacles appears to be DYBALA’s image rights as they appear to be owned by a third party. If that can be resolved, all that would be left would be for DYBALA to agree to personal terms with the club.
Cristian PAVON has landed in Los Angeles to sign with LA Galaxy of MLS.
The PAVON transfer saga looks to finally be reaching its conclusion as the Argentine is in Los Angeles reportedly negotiating with the club. No longer needed at Boca Juniors, PAVON has been heavily linked with a move to MLS for a few weeks and has been granted permission by Boca to speak and even undergo a medical, this via CBC Sports in America.
PAVON will look to secure the move as the MLS transfer window closes on Wednesday. He even posed in a picture holding a Los Angeles Galaxy shirt.
He is expected to sign a loan deal with LA Galaxy having the option to buy him.
Argentina managed a 3-1 win against Panama and have advanced to the semi finals at the Pan American games.
Fernando BATISTA’s team made it two wins out of three and find themselves one match away from the final. After having won their opening match 3-2 vs. Ecuador, the Albiceleste fell 2-1 against Mexico but picked up a very important 3-1 win to finish second in their group.
Adolfo GAICH continues to do well for the youth team, scoring his fourth goal of the tournament. Sebastian LOMONACO made it 2-0 with a shot from outside of the penalty area. Panama pulled one back right before half time.
Carlos VALENZUELA secured the win, scoring one of the goals of the tournament. An outside of the foot shot made it 3-0 and Argentina qualified for the semi-finals where they will play Uruguay on Wednesday, August 7.
Tottenham coach Mauricio POCHETTINO has stated that Juan FOYTH will be out for many weeks following his injury.
As we reported a few days ago, Argentina and Tottenham defender Juan FOYTH suffered an injury during hus team’s match against Bayern Munich. With the start of the season approaching, coach POCHETTINO gave an update on the injury.
“With Juan I think the medical staff are going to update in the next few days. I cannot say more because I don’t know exactly how much time.
“For sure it’s a tough injury and for sure it is many weeks he is going to be out.
“We hope he can recover as soon as possible.”
It remains unknown if he will be able to participate in Argentina’s friendly matches against Chile and Mexico in September.
