Manchester City have reportedly shown interested in Valentín Barco.
With Brighton reportedly already in talks to sign the 19 year old left back from Boca Juniors, a new report is now linking him with Manchester City. According to Diario Ole, Pep Guardiola’s team are interested in signing the Argentine.
This would be two Premier League clubs showing interest in Barco. A separate report by Augusto Cesar from ESPN Argentina states that there will be a formal offer in the next few hours and City are willing to negotiate with Boca, not to take him away right away as Barco would like to remain until December for the Copa Libertadores.
Julián Álvarez won the UEFA Super Cup with Manchester City.
Álvarez has now made it four trophies with Manchester City as they won the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, getting the win in a penalty shootout. The 23 year old did not start the match for the reigning Champions League winners but he was brought on as a substitute and did score an unstoppable penalty kick.
For Sevilla, Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos and Erik Lamela all started the match with Gonzalo Montiel and Papu Gómez on the bench. Acuña, who has been linked with a move to Aston Villa, got the assist on Sevilla’s goal, as he crossed it into the penalty area with Youssef En-Nesyri scoring.
Lucas Ocampos took Sevilla’s first penalty kick and scored, as did the man who scored the penalty kick which won Argentina the World Cup, Gonzalo Montiel. The match ended 1-1, with City winning 5-4 in the shootout.
Congratulations to Julián Álvarez. He has now won the following trophies:
World Cup Copa America Finalissima Argentine Primera Copa Libertadores Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina Trofeo de Campeones Recopa Sudamericana Champions League Premier League FA Cup UEFA Super Cup
Alan Varela has joined FC Porton a five year contract.
Varela becomes the latest Argentine player to make the jump over to Europe, signing a five year deal with the Portuguese giants, joining them from Boca Juniors. The 22 year old midfielder was being linked with a move and the club made the announcement on Wednesday.
The Argentine spoke to FC Porto’s official website. Here is what he had to say:
“I’m very happy to be joining a club as big as FC Porto and I’m looking forward to meeting my new team mates and getting to the know club’s facilities… I feel very happy. “The stadium is beautiful, I can’t wait to play here and I’m going to start working straight away to see if I’m worthy of my manager’s trust by the weekend.”
FC Porto released a video announcing Varela as they showed clips of Lucho González, Lisandro López and Agustín Marchesín, all playing for the club.
A great video from FC Porto announcing Alan Varela. We see goals from Lucho González and Lisandro López with a save by Agustín Marchesín.pic.twitter.com/WGILYSDL1K
Marcos Acuña will reportedly be joining Aston Villa.
Acuña will be playing in the Premier League. According to Gastón Edul, Aston Villa and Sevilla are finalizing the details and the 31 year old left back is expected to be an Aston Villa player.
A World Cup, Copa America and Finalissima winner with the Argentina national team, Acuña joined Sevilla back in 2020 from Sporting CP.
Leandro Paredes has joined AS Roma and already started training.
Paredes is back at his old club, putting pen to paper on a contract which will keep him with Roma until June 30, 2025. The 29 year old has joined on a permanent deal from Paris Saint-Germain. The Argentine spoke about the return himself. Speaking with AS Roma’s official website, here is what he had to say:
“Coming back to Rome is always a special thing, but doing so now as a Roma player is even more special.
“I’d like to thank the fans for welcoming me and Roma for bringing me back to the club where I launched my career in Europe. Last year was an incredibly happy one for me with the World Cup, so now I want to keep tasting success and I’m convinced I can do just that with this team.”
Tiago Pinto, Roma’s general manager of football also spoke about Paredes:
“As soon as he heard that we were interested, Leandro made it clear that his target was to return to Roma. His strong willpower made us even more convinced that we should bring him back to the Giallorossi and we’re delighted to see him back in Roma colours.
“Ever since his first stint here, he has matured and gained international experience, combined with his knowledge of Italian football and his technical attributes, we’re sure this will all prove to be crucial and strengthen our squad.”
He will be playing alongside fellow Argentine World Cup winner, Paulo Dybala.
