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Manchester United to reportedly meet with Julián Álvarez’s agent in January

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Manchester United will meet with Julián Álvarez’s agent in January.

Fernando Hidalgo, who is the 21 year old’s agent has reportedly received a call from Manchester United. According to TyC Sports, Hidalgo received a call from the club as they would like to have a meeting to find out what their demands would be to join them.

The meeting would take place after the new year. The Argentine has gathered interest from the biggest clubs in the world as Bayern Munich, Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Juventus have all reportedly shown interest in signing him.

Julián Álvarez was the standout player in Argentina this season, scoring 18 goals for River Plate and assisting seven times in 21 matches. He was also part of the Argentina national team which won the Copa America.

Lionel Messi makes IFFHS Men’s Team of the Year

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Lionel Messi has made the IFFHS Men’s Team of the Year.

Messi is the only Argentine to make the team as he also made the IFFHS CONMEBOL Team of the Year. With a 12 months full of good moments, Messi can add another accolade to his list of achievements.

The 34 year old Argentine won the Copa America with Argentina while also finishing as the tournament’s best player, top scorer and player with the most assists. He lifted the Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona and won the Ballon d’Or earlier in the month for a record seven times.

He makes the team along with Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alphonso Davies, Ruben Dias, Leonardo Bonucci, Achraf Hakimi, Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe.

 

Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martinez, others named in IFFHS CONEMBOL Team of the Year

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Lionel Messi along with Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro Martinez have been named in the IFFHS CONMEBOL Team of the Year.

The five Copa America champions with Argentina made the starting XI with Filipe Luis, Marquinhos, Mauricio Isla, Luis Diaz, Neymar and Gabiriel Barbosa making up the rest of the team. In addition, Julian Alvarez, who was also part of the Argentina team that won the Copa America makes the substitutes bench as does Ignacio Fernandez.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni was named as the coach of the year.

Former Argentina, Newcastle United man Fabricio Coloccini retires

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Former Argentina and Newcastle United man Fabricio Coloccini has announced his retirement from football.

Fabricio Coloccini took to Instagram to announce that he will stop playing football at 39 years of age. The Argentine began his youth career with Argentinos Juniors before playing for Boca Juniors.

From there, the defender would sign with AC Milan but have several stints on loan at San Lorenzo, Alaves, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal. He would settle in Spain for four years at Deportivo La Coruña.

Following Deportivo, he would spend six years at Newcastle United in England. While with Newcastle, he would make the Premier League Team of the Year. After Newcastle, he would go back to Argentina and play with San Lorenzo before joining Aldosivi.

Coloccini would win the 2001 U20 World Cup with the Argentina, being part of a legendary team. In addition, he would win gold at the 2004 Olympics. With the Argentina national team, he would take part in the 2006 World Cup.

Nicolas Tagliafico of Ajax being linked to Chelsea

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Nicolas Tagliafico has been linked with a move to Chelsea.

Tagliafico could be on his way out of Ajax. According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have discussed the possibility of signing the 29 year old. In addition, Matteo Moretto of Sky Sports has stated that Tagliafico could leave in January.

In addition to Chelsea, Newcastle United are interested in signing the Argentine. However, the names of Lucas Digne and Sergino Dest are also being mentioned.

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