Liverpool are being rumored to have made a bid for Leandro PAREDES.
With just under 10 days remaining in the transfer window, it’s being reported that Liverpool coach Jurgen KLOPP wants to sign Roma midfielder PAREDES. Liverpool were previously linked to Paredes earlier in January but he never joined the club. According to reports, Liverpool made a €21 million bid for the former Boca player.
It was Argentine goals galore on Saturday!
Lionel MESSI, Sergio AGUERO, Luciano VIETTO and Pablo PIATTI all scored twice for their clubs with Gonzalo HIGUAIN, Ezequiel PONCE and Pablo PIATTI also finding the back of the net.
Lionel MESSI captained Barcelona and scored twice while assing another (and overall having a monster performance) in Barcelona’s 6-2 win against Real Betis.
Sergio AGUERO continued his great goalscoring form for Manchester City in their 4-1 win against Stoke City. Willy CABALLERO, captain Pablo ZABALETA and Nicolas OTAMENDI also started the match.
Luciano VIETTO scored twice in Sevilla’s incredible 6-4 win against Espanyol. In the same match, Pablo PIATTI also scored but for the Barcelona based club.
Diego PEROTTI scored two penalty kicks for AS Roma in their 4-0 demolition of Udinese.
It was a dream debut for Gonzalo HIGUAIN who came off the bench to score the match winner in Juventus’ 2-1 win against Fiorentina.
For Ezequiel PONCE, it was his first for his new club in their 1-1 draw against Villarreal.
Lionel MESSI’s goals:
Sergio AGUERO’s goals:
Luciano VIETTO and Pablo PIATTI’s goals:
Diego PEROTTI’s first goal:
Diego PEROTTI’s second goal:
Gonzalo HIGUAIN’s goal:
Ezequiel PONCE’s goal:
Diego SIMEONE re-affirmed his stance on wanting to coach the Argentina National Team.
Diego SIMEONE spoke about his desire to coach Argentina and how a solution must be found for the best coaches to manage their clubs and countries at the same time. Here’s what he had to say:
“I aspire to that, I dream of coaching my National Team.”
“It’s hard to do both (coach club and country) at the same time, it’s not easy. I think with time it can be done but not today. We’re not ready for it. The best thing is the National Team. There’s something holding you back from going to coach (National Teams). We have to look for solutions for us, for those who like to coach the best teams in the world and would like to coach National Teams. We’re looking for a good system that allows us to coach in the top teams in the world.”
“I often wonder why GUARDIOLA doesn’t coach Spain, why ANCELOTTI doesn’t coach Italy. There’s this thing about how the best coaches in the world can’t coach their National Teams. We have to look for a solution, just like I’m looking for a solution: To coach the National Team and club at the same time. There’s a problem with that but we have to look for a solution otherwise the supposedly best coaches in the world will not be able to coach their National Teams.”
Spain’s La Liga has kicked off with two matches and it continue’s onto Monday.
Just like we are doing with the English Premier League and will be doing with the Italian Serie A, we will be covering all the fixtures involving Argentinian players in the top European leagues. Here’s the fixture list of matches involving Argentinian players for the opening round of Spain’s La Liga.
Saturday:
FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO) vs. Real Betis (German PEZZELLA)
Granada (Ezequiel PONCE) vs. Villarreal (Mariano BARBOSA and Mateo MUSACCHIO)
Sevilla (Nicolas PAREJA, Gabriel MERCADO, Matias KRANEVITTER, Joaquin CORREA and Luciano VIETTO) vs. RCD Espanyol (Martin DEMICHELIS and Pablo PIATTI)
Sunday:
Real Sociedad (Geronimo RULLI) vs. Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid (Augusto FERNANDEZ, Nicolas GAITAN and Angel CORREA) vs. Deportivo Alaves (Cristian ESPINOZA)
Monday:
Celta de Vigo (Gustavo CABRAL and Facundo RONCAGLIA) vs. CD Leganes (Martin MANTOVANI and Alexander SZYMANOWSKI)
Valencia (Lucas ORBAN, Enzo PEREZ and Fede CARTABIA) vs. Las Palmas (Mateo GARCIA and Sergio ARAUJO)
Manchester United (With Sergio ROMERO on the bench and Marcos ROJO out of the squad) kicked off the second round of the English Premier League.
But there’s still plenty of action. With Sergio AGUERO and Erik LAMELA both scoring in the first week, can they keep their momentum going? Here’s the fixture list of English Premier League matches for the second week involving Argentinian players.
Saturday:
Stoke City vs. Manchester City (Willy CABALLERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI, Bruno ZUCULINI and Sergio AGUERO)
Tottenham (Erik LAMELA) vs. Crystal PALACE (Julian SPERONI)
Watford (Roberto PEREYRA) vs. Chelsea
West Brom (Claudio YACOB) vs. Everton (Ramiro FUNES MORI)
Swansea City (Federico FERNANDEZ) vs. Hul City
Leicester City (Leonardo ULLOA) vs. Arsenal (Emiliano MARTINEZ)
Sunday:
West Ham United (Manuel LANZINI, Jonathan CALLERI) vs. Bournemouth
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