Santiago Ramos Mingo has signed with the FC Barcelona B team.
The former Boca Juniors defender has joined the European giants where he will be playing with their youth team. Still only 18 years old, Mingo joins the club for free on a three year deal with the club having the option to renew for an additional two years.
Mingo, a centre back, has a release clause of 60 million which could see it go up as high as 100 million should he join the first team.
Argentina will look for a win vs. Colombia which would secure them an Olympic spot.
Following a 3-2 win vs. Uruguay, Fernando Batista’s team will look to make it another win which would give them one of the two spots for Tokyo this summer. It was Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister which scored two goals in the last game with Fausto Vera scoring the other goal.
The team’s final match would be vs. Brazil which could be the championship match.
Argentina could be looking into bringing in USA youth team captain Giovanni Reyna into the team.
Per a report by TyC Sports, the AFA are watching Giovanni Reyna closely and are planning on calling him up in the near future. Reyna was captain of the USA team at the last U17 World Cup and while still 17 years old, the attacking midfielder he has already featured for Borussia Dortmund.
He is the son of Claudio Reyna who played over 100 matches with the USA national team. Giovanni’s grandfather was born in Argentina which makes him eligible to play for Argentina. Despite playing for their youth team, Reyna would still be eligible to play for the Argentina national team.
However, it wouldn’t just be Argentina which would be interested in Reyna. He was born in Sunderland, England when his father was a player for the club. Portugal is also another one which would be looking at him as his grandmother is born in that country.
Giovanni Reyna scored his first goal for Borussia Dortmund in their 3-2 loss vs. Werder in the German cup.
Atletico Madrid are reportedly keeping tabs on Mauricio Pochettino to potentially replace Diego Simeone.
Currently in 6th spot in La Liga, rumors are constantly circulating about Simeone’s future in Spain. Per a report by the Telegraph, should he leave Atletico in the summer, the club could be bringing in Mauricio Pochettino.
The former Tottenham boss is available but rumors are going around that Pochettino would prefer to find another managerial position in England.
Mauro Icardi scored off of Angel Di Maria’s initial shot in PSG’s 2-1 win vs. Nantes.
Angel Di Maria thought he had given PSG the lead but the goal was eventually awarded to Icardi. A low pass into the area by Mbappe found Di Maria and his shot on goal was deflected off of Icardi to give PSG the 1-0 lead.
Di Maria would add a second assist to his name. A corner kick taken by Di Maria found Kehrer’s head who would score PSG’s second of the game.
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