According to reports, the French league champions are currently chasing River Plate’s Lucas ALARIO.
Copa ARGENTINA hero Lucas ALARIO has been catching the eye of many clubs, one of which being the current French champions, PSG. ALARIO’s agent Pedro ALDAVE has confirmed that there has been interest from the club. According to reports, PSG are willing to offer 12 million Euro’s for the striker to bring him in. However, River are demanding 18 million.
Mauro ICARDI and Ever BANEGA both managed to score for Inter in their 3-0 win against Lazio.
Ever BANEGA opened the scoring through a great strike to give the hosts the lead while ICARDI double Inter’s lead with a header from close range. ICARDI added a second, his 14th goal in Serie A this season with a fine strike from inside the area.
Lionel MESSI (who’s lost the blond hair) put in an incredible performance for Barcelona in their 4-1 demolition of Espanyol. MESSI had a goal and two assists (both of which were moved only Lionel can pull off) as he continues his fine form.
Still in Spain, Jorge SAMPAOLI’s Sevilla continue with the wins and this time they got two goals from Luciano VIETTO in their 4-1 win against Malaga.
In Italy, Gonzalo HIGUAIN scored arguably the goal of the weekend for Juventus as they picked up a 1-0 win against AS Roma.
Giovanni SIMEONE scored twice for Genoa in their 4-3 loss against Palermo.
Argentina U20 World Cup winner in 2007 Mauro ZARATE scored for Fiorentina as they lost 3-1 away to Lazio.
In England, Premier League winner Leonardo ULLOA scored for Leicester City as they drew 2-2 against Stoke City.
Not a goal but a debut for former Boca Juniors player Leonardo SUAREZ who played his first match for Villarreal against Sporting Gijon.
Argentina will play a friendly match against Brazil in Australia next year.
According to the media in Australia, the match will take place in June of 2017. For the first time ever, the clasico will take place in that part of the world and would be at at the MGC (Melbourne Cricket Ground) which has a capacity of over 100,000 fans. Also, it appears as though one of the two teams will remain in Australia to play a match against the Australians.
The last time Argentina played a match in Australia was against Australia in September of 2007, a match which ended 1-0 for Argentina following a goal by Martin DEMICHELIS.
San Lorenzo and Argentina international Emmanuel MAS is close to joining Turkish club Trabzonspor, according to reports.
A negotiation has been taking place (according to Ole) between a San Lorenzo representative who has been in Turkey for the past few days. According to the report, while nothing has been finalized, San Lorenzo’s match against Lanus on Sunday could be MAS’ last for the club.