LALIGA - BARCELONA DET OFFICIALLY WANT TO RECRUIT ANTOINE GRIEZMANN

The Catalan leaders issued a statement to end rumors of a possible recruitment of the French international next summer.

While the club had already made two major investments in the last five months, with Ousmane Dembélé and Philippe Coutinho, a new reinforcement was announced with insistence in the press. Thus, Antoine Griezmann was more and more one of the Catalan dailies that indicated that the French international could join the club next summer.

Under contract until 2022 with Atlético

However, the leaders of the Blaugrana have been firm about these speculations. In a statement released on Saturday, the Catalan club staff said "strongly deny the information published in recent media in different media about the player of Atletico Madrid, Antoine Griezmann, and an alleged link with our club." What cool a possible arrival?

The contracted player until June 2022 is nevertheless announced starting from several mercatos. While Manchester United seemed to hold the rope, it was Barcelona that had become a favorite to welcome the French international. This release could therefore indicate a flip-flop for the next transfer market.

PSG: why Kylian Mbappé runs so fast

Good pelvic position, efficient technique and impressive gestural frequency, Kylian Mbappé has natural predispositions of sprinters. And could even run even faster.

As fast as its hatching at the highest level. For a year, Kylian Mbappé has been martyring the defenses of Ligue 1 with his address, his hooks ... and his speed. The PSG striker was even flashed at 36 km / h by Canal + during the last PSG-Lille, after a sprint started in his half of the field to score in the empty goal. His speed impresses. Can we compare it to a sprinter or the technique of running a footballer is necessarily different? "It runs just right", insists first Stéphane Caristan, European champion in the 110m hurdles and former physical trainer SCO Angers. Decryption of the sprint of a phenomenon.

PSG: A TEAM THAT WILL NOT RUN BEFORE THE REAL MADRID

Emery, who is not a follower of turnover, made it clear that this will be even less the case before the confrontation in Madrid, on February 14th.

If Unai Emery did not make a lot of turnover during the first part of the season, it will be even less the case now, less than a month of the confrontation with Real Madrid, in the 8th finals of the Champions League ( February 14, at Santiago Bernabeu stadium).

"The best preparation is to be efficient, whether at training or during the matches.The players who play a lot like Adrien or Verratti, we have to monitor that.We will manage.But the best preparation, I repeat, it is to be ready for all matches and keep this competition. The tone is given in a press conference on Tuesday, before the reception at the Parc de Dijon counting for the 21st day of Ligue 1. Because yes, the Basque technician has in the viewfinder the European Cup and this, from the beginning of 'year. When he moved to Rennes (1-6) for the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, in Amiens (0-2) for the 8th finals of the Coupe de la Ligue, or in Nantes (0-1 ) for the previous day of the championship, the former coach of Seville already had in mind the confrontation with Real Madrid. And that's why the turnover was limited (except in cases of force majeure) while the Cup matches would have been an opportunity for some to rake up playing time and soothe frustration on the bench.

OLD OF PSG AND BARÇA, RONALDINHO HAS RETIRED

Ronaldinho, who had made the happiness of Barça and PSG in particular, retired

The Brazilian Ronaldinho, who had made the happiness of Barça and PSG during his long and successful career, has officially retired. It is the brother of the former Brazilian international who announced the news at the microphone of Globo this Tuesday.

"It's over, he stopped football, let's do something good now for football farewells after the World Cup in Russia, maybe in August, we'll have some events in Europe, Asia and Brazil. arrange something with the Brazilian selection, "said the player's brother on Brazilian television.

Roberto Assis, who is also the agent of the former Parisian, gave more details about his brother's immediate plans: "Nike will be with us, but we have no details yet. a program, the fact that he has been ambassador of Barca for ten years will help abroad, he is very popular there, there are organized events and Mexico will be the next, for the 1st of March ", he said.

DC Solar to expand its role with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2018

DC Solar shines its light on Chip Ganassi Racing.

After three successful seasons in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, DC Solar will move up to the Cup Series on the Nos. 1 and 42 Chevrolets in 2018.

DC Solar debuted on Larson’s car at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Cup season finale. Larson led 145 of 267 laps before finishing third—his 12th podium finish of 2017.

Larson, 25, enjoyed a breakout season in 2017 with four wins, three poles,15 top fives and 20 top 10s. He finished a career-high eighth in the standings.

RUMOR - THE REAL MADRID PREPARES A BIG OFFER FOR ICARDI

Eager to engage the services of a great striker this winter, Real Madrid would have set his sights on Mauro Icardi.

According to the information of the Italian press, Real Madrid would be quite willing to pay the release clause of the Argentine international of Inter Milan. We are talking about a sum culminating at 110 million euros.

Real Madrid officials believe that the scorer with 18 goals in 20 games with Inter in Serie A this season would be worth this investment this winter, since it would help Real to reduce his current deficit. of goals he has suffered including throughout the season.

Evolving at Inter Milan since 2013, the former Sampdoria player would be a serious competition for Karim Benzema.

New defeat for Kristina Mladenovic eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open

The black series continues for Kristina Mladenovic eliminated in the first round of the Australian

Open.

Still no improvement in the sky of Kristina Mladenovic. Eliminated in the first round at the Australian Open by Ana Bogdan (6-3, 6-2), the French is 15 consecutive defeats and has not won a match on the circuit since early August 2017 and a victory over Tatjana Maria in the first round of the Washington tournament. She may say that the past is the past, the series begins to become as long as worrying.

Above all, the content of the meeting against a modest 104th world who had never won a match at the Australian Open hardly suggests better days in the immediate future. The faults come too fast (25 in the first set) and prevent him from being able to build anything on the court. Of course, Mladenovic is no longer afraid. She is no longer the player to beat and her opponents benefit. First, they play more liberated when the French seems constantly tense.

Then they try things in the hope that Mladenovic makes the mistake first, which is often the case. As a symbol, she let go of the match on an ugly double fault. There is something broken in French tennis and it must find the right tools to fix all that. And it starts to be urgent because Mladenovic will have to defend a pack of points in the coming weeks (victory in St. Petersburg, eighth in Dubai, final in Acapulco, Stuttgart and Madrid and half at Indian Wells in 2017).