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Transfer rumours Who is in, who is out, and who is most wanted in England and Spain? Manchester City has agreed a €68 million deal with Leicester for long-term target Riyad Mahrez. (Daily Mail) Paris St-Germain want to sign Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinoho, 26, for €270 million to help keep fellow Brazilian Neymar at the club. (Metro) West Ham hope to sign England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who is a free agent after leaving Arsenal. (The Times) Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has already chosen Eden Hazard’s squad number if the 27-year-old Chelsea star moves to the Bernabau. (Talksport) Manchester United are confident of signing 29-year-old Chelsea forward Willian now Brazil are out of the World Cup. (Sun) Everton has joined Arsenal in the race to sign Sevilla and France midfielder Steven N’Zonzi. (Daily Express) Liverpool has received loan offers from Norwich and Sheffield United for 18-year-old Wales wonderkid Ben Woodburn. (BBC) Arsenal’s Spanish left-back Nacho Monreal, 32, is a target for La Liga side Real Sociedad. (Daily Star)
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Manchester United are ready to bid €45 million for PSV Eindhoven’s 22-year-old Mexico striker Hirving Lozano. (Mirror)
MERCURIAL MEXICAN: Hirving Lozano celebrates scoring against Germany.
Real Madrid want forward Cristiano Ronaldo to tell the club’s fans he was not forced out of the Bernabeu if the Portugal captain moved to Juventus. (Daily Mail) Paris St-Germain are willing to pay more than €113 million for Chelsea and France midfielder N’Golo Kante, 27. (Metro)
12 - 18 July 2018
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World Cup 2018
Hamilton fights back to stay FERRARI’S Sebastian Vettel passed the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas to win a British Grand Prix full of action, as Lewis Hamilton fought up from the back of the field to take second. Hamilton drove superbly to recover from a first-lap collision with Vettel’s teammate Kimi Raikkonen, and the result hinged on two late safety cars, when world champion Hamilton’s Mercedes team took a strategic gamble. Unlike rivals Ferrari and Red Bull, Mercedes chose not to pit both their drivers for fresh tyres at the first safety car intervention. The decision promoted Bottas, who had run second
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RAISED EXPECTATIONS: Vettel has extended his lead in the standings. from the start, to the lead ahead of Vettel, while
Hamilton was propelled two places up to third.
It was a gamble that paid off for the Briton - winning him crucial points in his title fight with Vettel and limiting the damage that could have been caused after the first lap. However, it didn’t work for Bottas, whose tyres ran out and was passed by Vettel, Hamilton and Raikkonen before the end of the race. Hamilton is eight points behind German Vettel in the championship, which is as tight as ever as the season approaches the halfway point. “Winning a home Grand Prix is always a special thing,” said Hamilton. “But in some ways I feel like I won today since I came from last.”
Enrique steps up for his country EX-BARCELONA and Roma coach Luis Enrique has been appointed as Spain manager on a two-year contract. The 48-year-old former Spain midfielder replaces Fernando Hierro, who stepped down as interim boss on Sunday. Hierro - who is not returning to his role as sporting director was placed in temporary charge of the team after Julen Lopetegui was sacked on the eve of the World Cup. Enrique has been out of management since leaving the Nou Camp last June. Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales said: “The decision was unanimous. I like his commitment and he has turned down betterpaid jobs in order to coach Spain. “He’s a coach who has all the requirements the federation was looking for.” Luis Enrique, who played for Real Madrid and Barcelona, won La Liga, Spanish Cup and Champions League treble as Barca manager in 2015. The RFEF also announced that Jose Francisco Molina, a former Spain goalkeeper, had been brought in as sporting director. Spain endured a World Cup tournament to forget, drawing
against Portugal and Morocco in between a narrow victory over Iran.
They were then eliminated at the hands of Russia in the last 16, and Enrique, who knows a
number of the squad from his Barcelona days, will be expected to turn their fortunes around.