Frank Ribery will not participate against Borussia Dortmund.

The German Bayern Munich club confirmed that their International French wing will not participate in their match against Borussia Dortmund at the German Supercup next Wednesday due to injury , as he has not fully recovered from his injury that kept him out of the 2014 Brazillian World Cup.

Bayern Munich confirmed that Ribery will not participate in this week's training to avoid his injury aggravation , on the other hand , there have been a lot of doubt on Ravinia's participation against Borussia Dortmund , as he picked an ankle injury during today's training session.

On the other side , Mats Hummels could miss the match due to his injury where he had missed today's training session , It is worth mentioning that the 2014 Bundesliga winner Bayern Munich and the 2014 German Cup winner Borussia Dortmund will play for the German Supercup next Wednesday .

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The Former Napoli player will face his former club at the San Paolo Stadium

The Uruguayan Paris Saint Germain striker Edison Cavani indicated that he might not control his emotion and could flow some tears when he steps to the San Paolo Stadium in PSG's friendly match against Napoli

Cavani told the "Sky Sport" network "It’s wonderful, I can’t wait to get there and see the city where I had such wonderful moments, to be back in that stadium , will I shed a tear? You never know what emotions will emerge "

Despite his brilliant performances at Napoli , PSG's forward is not sure what kind of reception he will get from Napoli's fans "I've seen what football is like and often there's a short memory, but I think the real fans, those who experienced those special moments along with the whole team, will welcome me , If that's not the case, then never mind, you put up with everything in football."confirmed Cavani.

It is worth mentioning that Edison joined the French Paris Saint Germain last summer for 64 Million Euros which was his contract's breaking clause at Napoli.

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Ronaldinho to participate in a world peace friendly match.

The Brazilian football star Ronaldinho confirmed that he had received an invitation from the Pope Francis , to participate in a friendly match for peace , which will be played September the first on the Olympic stadium at the Italian capital Rome.

The former Barcelona and Atletico Mineiro player confirmed that he was "very happy and proud of this invitation to participate in this important event " as he was invited by the Vatican's Pope.

According to press reports , the Argentinian football star Lionel Messi , the Italian Andrea Pirlo and the Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o had already confirmed their participation in this match , as well as the French legend Zinedine Zidane.

the 34 years old player is currently a free agent since he left Atletico Minero in July , he has confirmed that he would settled his future in the next few days and that he would not end his career, his brother/agent confirmed that he has received offers from the United States , Turkey , China and Qatar.

Ronaldinho , who started his professional at the Brazilian Gameiro club , joined Europe with Paris Saint Germain in 2001 , FC Barcelona in 2003 and AC Milan in 2008 , before returning to Brazil in 2011 with CR Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro in 2013, It is worth mentioning that Ronaldinho had already won the Ballon d'or in 2005.

Muito honrado e feliz por ter sido convidado para um jogo tao importante no vaticano a convite do Papa @Pontifex_pt pic.twitter.com/DJDGqKDqjq
— Ronaldinho Gaúcho (@10Ronaldinho) 8 Août 2014

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Cavani's agent revealed that Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in his client.

As announced a few days ago , Edison Cavani should stay in Paris Saint Germain , However , his agent's statement could push Liverpool or Arsenal to bid for the player.

Edinson Cavani agent , Claudi Anelluci , expressed to the Liverpool Echo, that Arsenal and Liverpool had already shown their interest in signing the Uruguayan striker , the Reds would like to bolster their attacking options , especially with the departure of Luis Suarez , and could be the favor to sign the former Napoli player with their 81 Million Euros that they got from Barcelona ,on the other hand , Arsenal might get to sign the player , as they might not feel comfortable competing for the English Premier League and the Champions League with Giroud , especially after their latest signing.

"There have been a lot of interest for the player during the last six months , i can confirm that Cavani had looked into Liverpool and Arsenal offers , he has already told me that he would like to play in England , but has not yet taken a final decision , he is not interested in the money or the glory , he just wants to be happy to play" explained Cavani's agent

It is worth mentioning that the 27 Uruguayan striker joined Paris Saint Germain in 2013 , where he scored 25 goals in 44 games , on the other hand , Paris Saint Germain desperately needed to find a way of making 50 Million Euros to respect UEFA's fair-play rules to be able to sign Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria , but it seems that Anelluci's statement might be a bit late , as Nasser Al-Khelaïfi , the owner of Paris Saint Germain , has already expressed yesterday during David Luiz' official presentation that they had given up on Angel Di Maria as he was "too expensive"

Edinson Cavani is a target for #LFC says his agent: http://t.co/4jiAtKzOzc pic.twitter.com/ugbirTMMqO
— Liverpool Echo (@LivEchoLFC) 7 Août 2014

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Nasser Al-Khelaifi admitted that Di Maria is "too expensive".

During David Luiz' official presentation at the French Capital , Nasser Al-Khelaifi , the owner of Paris Saint Germain has been questioned about Di Maria's transfer , PSG's chairman was clear about the Argentinian player folder , as he told the press that "Angel Di Maria is too expensive, the discussions with Real Madrid are over , Paris Saint Germain will not negotiate for Di Maria"

Putting and end to many speculations and rumours about Di Maria's transfer to Paris Saint Germain , as the latest reports confirmed that Paris Saint Germain would have in fact proposed a season loan and an obligatory purchase option due to the new Fair-play financial rules imposed by UEFA , but it seems that Real Madrid has refused this offer.

It is worth mentioning that Angel Di Maria joined Real Madrid training yesterday , as he was on his vacation from the World Cup , and that Carlo Ancelotti has already tried , several times , to convince the player to stay in Real Madrid , but it seems that the Argentinian winger refused to be James Rodriguez's replacement , However , Nasser Al-Khelaifi's statement could be out to put pressure on Real Madrid , who seems to have refused Paris' offers , this statement could push Manchester United and AS Monaco toward Di Maria , as they had already shown their interest in the player.

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi : "Je suis très heureux de l'arrivée de @DavidLuiz_4. On a parlé avec le Real pour Di Maria mais il était trop cher"
— PSG Officiel (@PSG_inside) 7 Août 2014

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi :"I'm very pleased with the arrival of David Luiz , we have talked to Real Madrid for Di Maria , but he was too expensive"

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Liverpool bid for Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Paris Saint Germain could let Ezequiel Lavezzi join Mamadou Sakho in Liverpool in the next few hours , the English club could sign Lavezzi , despite the player's interest in signing with Juventus, in fact , Paris Saint Germain , who is currently seeking recruiting Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid, must find the quickest way to make 50 Million Euros to be able to sign the Argentinian winger due to the UEFA Fair-play rules.

Liverpool would have , therefore , helped Paris Saint Germain signing the Argentinian player with their 22 Million Euros offer for Lavezzi , the French Capital club could accept this offer since Lavezzi has already lost his market value , despite his importance in PSG.

Purchased for 26 Million Euros from Napoli in July 2012 , the Argentinian striker has only scored 12 goals in 49 games in the French Ligue 1 in two season , with the presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edison Cavani , El Pocho seems to have failed to impose himself in Laurent Blanc's plans.

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Benzema renewed his contract with Real Madrid

Karim Benzema , who spent five years with Real Madrid , will spent five more seasons with the Merengues , the French striker extended his contract with the Spanish capital until 2019.

Arrived in 2009 coming from the French Olympique Lyon club , the 26 years old player wasn't always convincing in Real Madrid , especially with the presence of the 2014 Ballon d'or winner , Cristiano Ronaldo , but it seems that Benzema's performance , who scored 111 goals in 235 games , has convinced Real Madrid's board to extend his contract for five more season , It is worth mentioning that Karim has won a Spanish League (2012) , two Spanish Cup (2011 and 2014 ) as well as the most important trophy for Real Madrid : La Decima (Real Madrid's 10 Champions League trophy) .

"Real Madrid C. F. would like to announce the extension of Karim Benzema's contract with the club until 30 June 2019, to include the next five seasons." stated Real Madrid on their official website.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic could join Juventus

According to Ibrahimovic's former coach in Malmo , Zlatan would have planned to return to Juventus as quickly as possible , possibly in 2015.

"I still have a two-year contract , we shall see where i would be in two years" that was Zlatan's last statement on his future in June , in an interview with the American magazine "Illustrated" , as he was questioned about a possible move to the Major League Soccer but it seems that his will could be far from the United States.

In fact , the Italian "Tuttosport" newspaper revealed another side of the story this morning , the former coach of Zlatan in Malmo , Ibrahimovic's first professional club in Sweden , has revealed confidently Zlatan's future "i spoke to Zlatan a few days ago and he told me that if he couldn't be a bianconero (Juventus player) right now , he would be in 2015"

Ibrahimovic would be , therefore , determined to return to Turino as soon as possible , this might not happend this summer , the 32 years old player would have planned to make his come-back to the first Italian club he played with (he played with Juventus , Inter Milan and AC Milan ) , which he left following their regelation to the Italian second division following the Moggi Scandal , It is worth mentioning that Ibrahimovic will still have a year left in his contract with Paris Saint Germain in 2015, as he extended his contract last September.

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Juventus approached Lavezzi ?

Paris Saint Germain could finally seal Angel Di Maria's deal , that what was revealed in the Spanish Daily "Sport" , which believed that Real Madrid would have accepted a season loan with an obligated purchase clause next season , which circumvent UEFA's fair-play financial rules , It must be remembered that UEFA had carefully monitored the French Capital big wages.

Not much to say , Angel Di Maria's eight million anual salary will pose annother problem to the PSG if they didn't let - at least one of their stars- go , and it seems that the France's Champions would be willing to sell Ezequiel Lavezzi who, according to "The Express", would have already chosen his future club.

It would be Juventus , which kept an eye on the Argentinian player , in fact , several sources assert that the former Napoli player would like to return to Italy , in case of a departure this summer.

"El Pocho" would have , therefore , excluded the possible move to Liverpool , who has canceled their bid for Loic Remy , Note that the transfer of Lavezzi would be estimated at approximately 22 Million Euros.

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According to Mourinho , Chelsea would be better off without David Luiz

Transferred to Paris Saint Germain a few weeks ago, David Luiz didn't leave a good impression to Jose Mourinho , according to the Portuguese coach , Chelsea is better off without the International Brazilian.

At Chelsea , David Luiz's departure is well lived , particularly thanks to the transfer fee generated by the transfer , a sum that could be considered "very high" for a center defender , who has not been in a good form during the 2014 World Cup , in front of the British media , Jose Mourinho , the Blues manager , has moreover expressed that he didn't regret selling the former Benfica player

"He was not a regular first choice last season , especially not to the center back position , we had John Terry and Gary Cahill during the entire season , he has done a few services in the medfield , he is a physical guy who has given us some important things, especially in the Champions League. But we don't need David's physical anymore" explained the Portuguese technical director

The Special One added that the London club would be better off this season without David Luiz "David has done some important thing here , he is a great professional player and we will miss him , but from a purely formal point of view , Chelsea will be better next season"

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Neymar and Alexis suffered at Barcelona because of Messi

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger confirmed in a statement that the Chilean player Alexis Sanchez did not shine in Barcelona due to Leo Messe, the French coach believes that Mess was the reason for Alexis' bad performance at Barcelona , the same thing happened to Neymar

Wenger told the British Daily Mirror : "I followed Alexis Sanchez when he used to play at Udinese , and when he moved to Barcelona, he's a great striker that shined in Italy."

Wenger continued saying "But after he moved to Barcelona , he found difficulties, same thing happened to Neymar , when you watch Neymar with Brazil and Neymar at Barcelona , it not the same player , this happened to Alexis who played on the left , the right and as a striker ... all of that because Messi prefer to play as a center-forward".

Alexis Sanchez moved to arsenal this summer for about 40 Million Euros coming from Barcelona , where he played 141 games , scored 47 goals and won the UEFA Supercup , the Spanish Supercup and the Club World Cup in 2011 , as well as a Spanish Cup in 2012 , and a Spanish League & Supercup in 2013 , as he joined Barcelona coming from Udinese requested by Pep Guardiola.

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Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain would have agreed on Di Maria's transfer

Real Madrid would have accepted the transfer fee proposed by Paris Saint Germain for the transfer of Angel Di Maria , a loan fee of 10 million before a definitive transfer next year.

Real Madrid will get back to training on Tuesday , expected to join his teammates at the Casa Blanca , Angel Di Maria shouldn't stay for a while , according to the Spanish Sport Daily , the Argantinian attacking medfield is out of Real Madrid's plans .

At the end of a meeting in New York between Jorge Mendes (Di Maria's agent) and the Spanish club board , the two sides would have agreed that the former Benfica player would join Paris Saint Germain.

Real Madrid would have even agreed on Paris' financial proposal for Di Maria , to respect the Fair-play rules imposed by UEFA. The 26 years old player , who would sign a five-year contract and could receive a nine Milion annual Salary, should , therefore , as planned join the French Capital for 10 Million Euros.

Paris Saint Germain would lend Angel Di Maria for 10 Million Euro , with an automatic purchase option , a strategies that Paris had already used to sign Serge Aurier without risking being penalized by UEFA , Di Maria would be , therefore , transferred to Paris Saint Germain without crossing the UEFA's Fair-Play rules.

On the other hand , the French Being Sport , which is owned by Nasser Al-Khelaifi , the same owner of Paris Saint German , would have confirmed that Paris Saint Germain , due to the Fair-Play rules , are currently preparing Angel Di Maria's presentation in the French Capital , as they bought him for 10 Million Euros , and would have agreed to pay the rest of deal (70 Million Euros) next summer.

Despite helping Real Madrid winning the Copa Del Rey and finally achieving their Decima obsession (10 Champions League) , recruiting Kroos and James Rodriguez , as well as being moved from a right wing to an attacking medfield , due to Bale's signing last year , forced the Argentinian International player to leave Real Madrid , It is worth mentioning that Manchester United are currently competing Paris Saint Germain to sign the player.

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Malaga FC officially signed Guillermo Ochoa

Free of any contract after three good years at the French Ajaccio, Guillermo Ochoa will leave the French League 1 to join the Spanish La Liga where he signed with Malaga.

"No, honestly, I have not yet made my decision. I am calm because I already have two options, but I have not yet decided. I do not want to rush, I have the time to analyze all these issues, I want to concentrate on the World Cup". Last May the 22, at the end of last season with Ajaccio and pending the World Cup , Guillermo Ochoa was serene about his future.

Far from being polluted by the rumours of his transfer , where his contract expired June the 30 ,
the 29 years old Mexican Goalkeeper was very impressive during the World Cup , as he was chosen as one of the World Cup's best goalkeepers alongside the 2014 World Cup Champion & Golden glove winner Manuel Nuer , despite being eliminated from the 16 round of the World Cup after losing 2-1 to Netherland after regulation , Guillermo's performance at the World Cup were very convincing and attracted many clubs to enquire about him , which raised his market value.

Since Willy Caballero's departure to Manchester City, recruiting a new goalkeeper was a primary objective for the Andalusian club during this Mercato , and it seems that Ochoa was the right man for the job , in fact , Malaga has tweeted out to their fans , inviting them to meet the Goalkeeper , after three season in the French League 1 , the Mexicanis is , therefore , facing a new challenge at the Spanish League where he signed a three year contract.

Ochoa chose no.13 at Málaga: "I was born on 13th at 13:00 & made my World Cup debut on 13th. I'm superstitious."

Así fue la presentación de @yosoy8a como nuevo jugador del #MálagaCF. pic.twitter.com/A3xcZeGrvf
— Málaga CF (@MalagaCF) 1 Août 2014

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Iker Casillas in the starting XI , Lopez out , Keylor presented in the next few days

Spanish reports revealed that Real Madrid coach ,Carlo Ancelotti, decided to rely on the much experienced Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas to lead the team next season.

According to "La Sexta" channel, the Italian coach decided not to repeat the rotation experience , which he adopted last season, to give the place to Casillas at the expense of Keylor Navas and Diego Lopez.

The same source confirmed that this situation will force Diego Lopez to leave , after he was Real Madrid 1st choice in La Liga last season, he will leave the team, especially after receiving several offers.

It seems that Monaco are currently the closest team to sign Diego , as they are ready to pay eight Million Euros to Real Madrid , in addition to an annual salary estimated at five Million Euros.

On the other hand , the Costa Rican keeper is expected in Madrid in the next few days to sign with the Royal Club , to be Carlos' 2nd choice in Madrid.

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Edinson Cavani is "certain that he will not leave" Paris Saint Germain.

In about two days , Paris Saint Germain will play the Champions Trophy in Beijing against Guingamp , PSG's Uruguayan Striker Cavani , has definitively assured that he will be wearing Paris' kits in the 2014/2015 season.

Asked about his future, Edinson Cavani left no room for doubt, Thursday in Beijing in front of the press , Cavani said "I am certain that i will stay, why wouldn't i?" said the 27 years old Uruguayan Striker , who joined his partners this Monday "I am very well in Paris, I have a contract with PSG to respect. I am calm . I prefer to be here. I'm feeling good here" added Cavani.

"As I have already said, it does not only depend on the player's position but also some of the things that can happen in a club." explained Cavani , who has also indicated having been reassured about his future position in Paris' system, which was a subject of discussion during his first year in PSG.

"The staff replied to everything I asked for , We had a small problems about the position that i wanted to occupy , but i'm feeling very well right now , i waited for the right time to talk about it , It is important for an attacker to play in his comfort zone , Now , everyone knows my position and this is no longer a subject to discuss again" Explained Cavani.

It is worth mentioning that Di Maria was linked several times to Cavani , and that many reports indicated that Cavani could be sold to respect the UEFA's fair-play rules that keeps PSG from signing Di Maria ,note that Paris Saint Germain refused to sell Marquinhos to Barcelona , and with Cavani statement , they must find a new player to sell to bring Di Maria , which sound complicated , the thing that could keep Di Maria away from Paris Saint Germain.

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Fernando Torres pushed out?

The 2014/2015 Premier League season begins in a few days , August the 16th to be more precise , and each club must present their 25 players list who will compete for the Title , with 17 foreign players over 21 maximum , according to the English Premier League rules.

In about two weeks , The 2014/2015 English Premier League will kick off , and before the beginning of each season , each club is obligated to present their final list of the 25 players chosen to compete in the Championship.

As regulated in England , each club can only have 17 over 21 years old foreign player , However, Chelsea has currently 18 foreign player , not impressed with Toress' recent bad form , especially during Chelsea's last friendly where he missed an open goal vs Ljubjana , Jose Mourinho and the Blues board could push the Spanish Striker toward the exit.

It is worth mentioning that the 30 years old player could bounce back to Monaco , as they had shown , several times , their interest in signing the player , especially with the "most likely" departure of Falcao to Real Madrid , Fernando could also go back to Atletico Madrid , as they approached him to bolster their attack , after the signing of Mandzukic and the departure of Diego Costa.

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Marquinhos is NOT for sell !!

Brazilian Press reports revealed that the Spanish Barcelona approached Paris Saint German , as their last attempt , to obtain the services of the Brazilian defender Marcos Aoás Corrêa , most known as Marquinhos , during the current summer transfers window.

The "Global Sport" pointed out that Barcelona made a 43 Million Euros offer, which was rejected by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi , the President of Paris Saint German , the report added that Marquinhos will be Thiago Silva and David Luiz's replacement in the club.

The 20 years old player , coming from AS Roma in 2013 , is one of the basic elements for Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's project in PSG , where he recruits talents under the leadership of Laurent Blanc , the Technical Director of Paris Saint Germain.

It is worth mentioning that the club administration are currently preparing a contract extension for Marquinhos , which ends by the end of 2019 , and which will be announced after the return of the group from their pre-season in Asia.

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Real Madrid will present Falcao or Navas this week!!

Real Madrid has prepared their famous platform to present a new Player today in the Santiago Bernabeau , that player would be either Navas or Falcao.

Keylor Navas , who has been approached several weeks ago by Real Madrid to bolster their Goalkeeping options , especially after the famous competition between Iker Casillas and Diego Lopez and which caused a conflict and a "non-healthy" competition in Real Madrid according to Carlo Ancelotti, Keylor had enough of waiting and had declared that he could go back to training with Levante if Real Madrid didn't move quickly for him.

On the other hand , Falcao had expressed several times , even before joining Atletico Madrid , that his dream is to play for Real Madrid , several reports indicated that he only moved to Monaco last season because Atletico Madrid refused to sell him to their rival Real Madrid , and that many reports has confirmed that Falcao will move to Real Madrid in a season loan for 13 million Euros , with a purchase option at the end of the season for 33 million Euros.

It is worth mentioning that Falcao has followed Khedira , Bale and Isco on Instagram , and that his wife , Lorelei Taron , has recently follow Real Madrid's official account on twitter , note that Falcao , even though he moved to France after joining Monaco , he never sold his house in Madrid.

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Angel Di Maria's price increased so fast.

Angel Di Maria should leave Real Madrid to join the Frensh League with Paris Saint Germain this summer , the Spanish newspaper "Marca" has confirmed that the Argentinian midfield will be transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a sum of 80 million Euros.

The very trusted daily "ABC" brings another important accuracy , According to the newspaper , Real Madrid must make the 90 million they spent on James Rodriguez and Keylor Navas , note that Keylor is not yet official , the two transactions would cost nearly 110M and Real Madrid would like to make 90M to continue their purchases in this Mercato

ABC therefore asserts that Di Maria and Sami Khedira will be sold for this total price, except that the second deal is still far from being concluded , for the moment, therefore, Real Madrid will have to rely on Di Maria, if no agreement is found for Khedira, the Merengue could still raise the stakes to 90M in order to recover their cost!

It is worth mentioning that many other teams such as Manchester United are currently interested in signing the Argentinian Player , which raised his price much faster than any other player currently at the transfer market , note that Real Madrid had already recovered their  30M spent on Toni Kroos by selling Alvaro Morata to Juventus for 18 million , and recovering 10 million from Garay & Nuri Sahin contracts.

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The Belgian player will have to wait another year before playing with the Reds.

Divock Prod has signed a six-year contract at Liverpool. The Red Devils's new signing is one of the World Cup revelations, however, the player will stay at LOSC one more season in a season loan contract.

The 19 years old player signed a six-year contract for Thirteen Million Euros and will play the next season at OSC Lille at the French League on loan.

The Kenyan/Belgian player joined Racing Genk's youth team in 2001 , before moving to OSC Lille in 2010 , where he played 2 seasons with the youth team , then promoted in 2012 , played 45 matches and scored 7 goals.

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