Mauricio Pochettino has declined an approach from Athletic Bilbao. The former Tottenham manger is reported to be more open to a “serious and long-term” move to England. [Foot Mercato]

Premier League signings from Portugal past 5 years.

▪️Ederson – Benfica to Man City (£35m)
▪️Fabio Silva – Porto to Wolves (£35m)
▪️Luis Diaz – Porto – Liverpool (£37.5m)
▪️Bruno Fernandes – Sporting to Man United (£47m)
▪️Ruben Dias – Benfica to Man City (£65m)
▪️Darwin Nunez - Benfica to Liverpool ☑️
▪️Fábio Vieira - Porto to Arsenal 🔜

Portugal's Talent Machines 🤝 #EPL 🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🚨🚨| BREAKING: Barcelona members agreed to sell 49% of BLM. ✅✅

🚨🚨🎙️| Joan Laporta: “We turned down a €1 billion offer for 100% of TV rights for 10 years.”

🗣️ Joan Laporta: “I ask Javier Tebas not to comment on Barcelona.”

🗣️ Florentino Perez: “(Tebas) acts like Barça’s sporting director when he speaks about who Barça can sign & who they can't.”

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “Tell Javier Tebas not to worry about us and focus on other things.”

🚨🚨| BREAKING: Barcelona members agreed to sell 25% of the television rights. 494 votes in favor and 62 against. #fcblive ✅✅

Took over the club in absolute turmoil.

- Closed the Spotify deal.

- Got the approval for the sale of BLM and TV rights.

- Restructured the massive debt.

- Reduced the ridiculous wage bill.

- Signed important players and renewed key youngsters. More signings coming soon.

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “I'd like to tell President Laporta not to forget to contact Tebas tomorrow and send him my regards.”

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “Congratulations to the president and the members for defending the club's economic and sporting interests. We can go to sleep now knowing that we are comfortable.”

🚨 The forecast at the club is that out of the two economic levers, in total, the club should fetch an amount between €700M-€800M. #FCB 💰

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “I think Gerard Piqué deserves our respect and compliments. What has been said about him (regarding his implication in Messi's departure) is not what he deserves.”

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “Xavi is a wonderful person, both as a player and as a coach. He does a lot for the club.”

During their time in la liga (2010-13)

Assist🅰️

🇩🇪Mesut Ozil - 47 assists
🇦🇷Lionel Messi - 46 assist

Key passes

🇩🇪Mesut Ozil - 313
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi - 205

Ozil's 303 key passes was the most in Europe at that time despite playing 1590 less minute than Messi. Untouchable prime

Official: Barcelona have authorisation from the socios to sell 25% of their TV rights.

Votes in favour: 494.
Votes against: 62.
Blank votes: 13. [fcb]

🎙| Joan Laporta: “Tebas? He changed his attitude and I would ask him to continue like that. In football, we all meet. Barça can manage on their own. I will call him.” #fcblive

🗣️ Joan Gaspart: “Messi is the legacy of this club. Not only does he deserve a proper farewell, we have to remember what he did for the club, he is an icon for us. Nobody wanted him to leave, but the economic situation forced us to do so.”

‼️Joan Laporta's reaction:

🗣️ Joan Laporta: “I agree with what Mr Gaspart said about Messi.”

“You go back and look at the [Romelu] Lukaku situation last summer, there were definitely some people around Chelsea that didn’t think that was a good idea, but Abramovich did and Granovskaia did and it hasn’t worked out.” - DeanJonesSoccer. #CFC |

*"Friday [Today] can be Lukaku's day, in any case an important day for the operation. The second round of negotiations is planned: Inter offered 5 million plus 2 million bonuses, not yet enough. However, Chelsea are open and willing to sell."*

- Di Marzio

Napoli and Brighton are getting closer to reaching full agreement for Leo Østigård. Talks progressing on final fee and personal terms with positive feelings. 🔵🇳🇴 #transfers

Østigård is keen on joining Napoli, personal terms are not an issue. #BHAFC