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PSG to reduce Neymar’s asking price, want Brazilian out of club
Paris Saint-Germain have decided to let Neymar leave the club.
The French champions want to bank on Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in the long run.
Sport reports that Neymar is earning €40 million tax-free per season, which has made him unattainable for any team.
PSG are now willing to lower the price of Neymar from the €150m they were asking for last summer in order to facilitate his departure.
The club wants to extend the contract of Lionel Messi following his outstanding performances at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
PSG also want to ensure that Kylian Mbappe remains at the club amidst interest from Real Madrid.
The 24-year-old, according to recent reports, wanted the Brazilian to leave the French capital club last summer so that he could be the focal point.
Now PSG are open to letting Neymar go while they can still fetch a huge transfer fee for him.
Neymar, whose contract at the club expires in the summer of 2026, could join Newcastle United if the Premier League side qualifies for the Champions League next season.
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EPL: Salah makes history, surpasses Lampard’s goal record after Liverpool’s latest win
Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, on Saturday, surpassed Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard’s goal record in the Premier League.
The Egyptian international achieved the feat after scoring a brace in Liverpool’s away Premier League 2-0 win against Bournemouth.
The match was played at the Vitality Stadium as Salah netted a penalty in the first half and another goal in the second half.
Salah’s two goals means, the former Chelsea and AS Roma star has now surpassed Lampard as 6th all time goal scorer in Premier League history.
The 32-year-old now has 178 Premier League goals with a goal ahead of Lampard, who now sit in 7th position on the all-time Premier League goal scorers chat.
He is, however, behind the likes of Alan Shearer, Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney, Andrew Cole and Sergio Aguero in the goal chat.
Salah has scored 21 goals for the Reds so far this season.
He could leave Liverpool in the summer as he is yet to sign a new deal.
His contract with Arne Slot’s side will expire at the end of the season.
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CAF unveils match schedule for AFCON 2025
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Friday announced the full match schedule for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Nine venues will be used across six cities for the continent’s flagship soccer event.
Hosts Morocco will will take on Comoros in the competition’s opening game at the newly-built 69,500-seater Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat on Sunday, December 21.
The country’s capital, Rabat, will have four match venues.
Other host cities are Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier, which will have one match each.
The four quarter-final fixtures will be played at the Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, as well as in Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir.
The semi-finals will be in Rabat and Tangier, with the third-place play-off set for the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.
52 matches will be played during the biennial competition.
The Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire are the defending champions of the competition.
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BREAKING: UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off draw confirmed [Full list]
The draw for this season’s UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off draw has been conducted on Friday.
Eight teams have progressed straight to the round of 16 following the completion of the league phase.
They are Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.
They will all return to the competition in March, but others have more football to play before then.
The teams that finished between 9th and 24th, have a two-legged play-off to navigate in February.
FULL KNOCKOUT PHASE PLAY-OFF DRAW
Brest vs Paris-Saint Germain
Feyenoord vs AC Milan
Juventus vs PSV
Monaco vs Benfica
Man City vs Real Madrid
Celtic vs Bayern Munich
Sporting vs Borussia Dortmund
Club Brugge vs Atalanta
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