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Lionel Messi nominated for UEFA Men’s Player of the Year

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Lionel Messi has been nominated for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year.

Messi is one of three candidates for the award. The World Cup winner is up against Manchester City’s treble winners Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland.

The 36 year old won the World Cup with the Argentina national team and was named as the World Cup’s best player. With Paris Saint-Germain, he won Ligue 1 while also winning the Trophée des Champions.

The Argentine has previously won the award twice. The winner will be announced on August 31.

Manchester City reportedly interested in Valentín Barco

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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 wins UEFA Super Cup with Manchester City

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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 joins FC Porto on five year contract

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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.

Marcos Acuña to reportedly join Aston Villa

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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.

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