📊📊There have now been 10 hat-tricks scored in this season's #UCL, the most ever scored in a single season of the competition.
📊📊Only four players have scored four goals in a single UCL knock-out game:
•Lionel Messi (twice)
•Mario Gomez
•Robert Lewandowski
•Josip Iličić
📊📊Atalanta have now scored as many goals against Valencia across two legs as they managed in the entire group stage of this season's UCL (8).
📊📊Josip ličić has now scored nine goals in his last nine games across all competitions.
📊📊Josip Iličić has now scored as many hat-tricks in the UCL knock-outs as Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City combined.
📊📊Only Cristiano Ronaldo (13) has scored more goals than Josip #Ilicic (11) in all competitions in 2020 calendar year among the Serie A players.
📊📊Prior to Josip Ilicic, the last player to score 4+ goals in a Champions League match for an Italian side was Andriy Shevchenko, in November 2005 against Fenerbahçe with AC Milan.
📊📊Atalanta are the first Champions League debutant to reach the quarter-final stage since Leicester City in 2016-17 and the first Italian side to do so since Lazio in the 1999-00 campaign.
📊📊Atalanta have scored the most goals (eight) on aggregate in a single knockout round in Champions League for an Italian side.
📊📊Atalanta's Josip Iličić has become the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick, aged 32 years and 41 days.
📊📊Josip Iličić is only the third player to score 5+ goals over two legs of a Champions League knockout tie, after Lionel Messi for Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen in 2011-12 (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich in 2016-17 (5).
📊📊Josip Iličić's game by numbers vs. Valencia:
74% pass accuracy
65 touches
6 shots attempted
4 shots on target
4 goals
4 fouls won
2 take-ons completed
2 interceptions
2 tackles
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📚📚 *Match Facts Today*
*🇪🇺Liverpool vs Atl. Madrid🇪🇺*
📝📝This will be the sixth meeting between these two giants of European football, with Liverpool having won just one of the past encounters (W1 D3 L2).
📝📝The previous leg was the first time these two teams have faced one another in ten years, with Saul Niguez's fourth-minute goal proving enough to separate the pair come the final whistle
📝📝Liverpool have never lost against Atletico Madrid at Anfield in two previous European meetings, drawing 1-1 in the Champions League group stage in 2008-09 and winning 2-1 in the second leg of the Europa League semi-final in 2009-10.
📝📝Seven of Atletico's 13 visits to England have ended as draws (W2 D7 L4), with Los Colchoneros unbeaten in their last four matches there (W1 D3) since that Liverpool defeat in April 2010.
📝📝On each of the last two occasions Liverpool have lost away from home in the first leg of a Champions League knockout match, they have progressed to the next round - against Chelsea and Barcelona in the semi-finals in 2006-07 and 2018-19.
📝📝Atletico have progressed from four of their five previous Champions League knockout ties when winning the first leg, failing only in last season's last 16 tie against Juventus (2-0 first leg, 0-3 second leg).
📝📝Jurgen Klopp is yet to lose a home Champions League game with Liverpool (W11 D4); Klopp's last two home defeats in the competition have been in last 16 home leg matches with Borussia Dortmund in 2013-14 (1-2 v Zenit) and 2014-15 (0-3 v Juventus).
📝📝If Liverpool go out, it would be the first time since a run of four seasons between 2004-05 and 2007-08 that the Champions League holders have failed to go beyond the last 16 in consecutive seasons, with Real Madrid having going out at this stage last season against Ajax.
📝📝Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino has been directly involved in seven goals in five Champions League knockout appearances at Anfield (three goals, four assists), averaging a goal or assist every 54 minutes.
📝📝Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak has conceded only 37 goals in his first 49 Champions League appearances; the record for fewest goals conceded by a goalkeeper in his fi
rst 50 appearances is held by Dida (35), followed by Victor Valdes (38)
*TEAM NEWS*
🚑🚑Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is fit to face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
🚑🚑The England midfielder has been out since injuring a hamstring in the first leg of the last-16 contest three weeks ago but trained on Sunday and Monday and is available to take his place in the squad as the Reds seek to overcome a 1-0 deficit.
🚑🚑Left-back Andy Robertson returns after sitting out Saturday's win over Bournemouth as a precaution but goalkeeper Alisson Becker (hip) will miss this match and Monday's Merseyside derby.
🚑🚑Kieran Trippier hopes to declare himself fit after missing the first leg for Atletico Madrid, and he was seen limping in his return to action in the weekend draw with Sevilla.
🚑🚑Thomas Lemar and Alvaro Morata are both doubts while fit-again Joao Felix is back in contention.
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*📍📍RESULTS*
📆📆10TH MARCH 2020
*🇪🇺🇪🇺Champions League Round of 16*
FT Valencia 3-4 Atalanta (4-8 agg)
FT Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham (4-0agg)
*🇪🇸🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga*
FT Eibar 1-2 Real Sociedad
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*⏰⏰TIME IN GMT*
📆📆11TH MARCH 2020
*🇪🇺🇪🇺Champions League Round 16*
20:00 Paris Saint-Germain -:- Borussia Dortmund
20:00 Liverpool -:- Atletico Madrid
*🏴🏴England - Premier League*
Manchester City -:- Arsenal (Postponed)
*🇩🇪🇩🇪Germany - 1. Bundesliga*
17:30 Borussia Moenchengladbach -:- FC Koeln
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*VETLAND SPORTS*
*LATEST*
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🎱🎱Wednesday's Premier League clash between Man City and Arsenal has been postponed after it emerged Gunner personnel has come in to contact with COVID-19- affected Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis.
🎱🎱According to the Premier League, "All necessary measures are being taken and the Premier League currently has no plans to postpone any other matches.
🎱🎱According to Spanish newspaper AS, UEFA are continuing to reject growing calls to postpone Euro 2020 or even delay it by a year due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Atalanta Vice-President Luca Percassi said this squad will “remain not just in the history of Atalanta, but in the history of Italian and also European football.”
🎱🎱Getafe President Angel Torres announced his team will not travel to Italy for their Europa League game with Inter, as Italian and Spanish Player Associations demand a halt to all matches during the Coronavirus crisis.
🎱🎱Serie A, B and C will have until March 23 to present proposals on how to end the season amid the Coronavirus outbreak, including not assigning the Scudetto, using the current table or organising play-offs.
🎱🎱Italy’s friendly match with Germany is due to go ahead on March 31 in Nuremberg, but behind closed doors, announced the German Federation.
🎱🎱Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he would prefer matches to be postponed rather than played behind closed doors.
🎱🎱Liverpool have confirmed goalkeeper Alisson will miss next week's Merseyside derby with a hip injury.
🎱🎱Atletico de Madrid boss Diego Simeone is hopeful that there are no late calls to play Wednesday night’s Champions League clash at Anfield behind closed doors.
🎱🎱Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is not planning an overhaul of his squad despite their Champions League last-16 exit to RB Leipzig.
🎱🎱Lyon President Aulas confirms that next Tuesday's Champions' League clash with Juventus will occur as scheduled in Turin, behind closed doors; questions inconsistency of Italian PM's decision-making.
🎱🎱The Spanish Government announced it is banning direct flights between Italy and Spain due to the Coronavirus, putting Napoli-Barcelona, Inter-Getafe and Sevilla-Roma at risk.
🎱🎱A FIGC statement confirms they will try to postpone the end of Serie A to May 31 amid the Coronavirus outbreak, but could have play-offs for the Scudetto and relegation too.
🎱🎱Barcelona are refusing to meet Marc-Andre ter
Stegen's contract demands after the German goalkeeper asked to be paid £13million a year. Ter Stegen wants the reigning Spanish champions to make him their second highest earner behind star forward Lionel Messi.
🎱🎱Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has tested negative for coronavirus, following a recent illness. Mbappe missed training on Monday and Tuesday ahead of PSG's Wednesday night Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund, with reports of sore throat. L'Equipe however reported on Tuesday night, via GFFN, that Mbappe took a test for the virus as a precaution.
🎱🎱The Italian football federation (FIGC) said after a meeting on Tuesday that the Serie A season may not finish because of the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱With news that Barcelona's Champions League match against Napoli will be played at an empty Camp Nou, Blaugrana president Josep Maria Bartomeu has revealed that the decision will cost the club 6 million euros.
🎱🎱All Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches will be played behind closed doors until April 15 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey likely to miss Wales friendlies due to coronavirus lockdown in Italy
🎱🎱The first leg of Manchester United's Europa League last-16 tie at LASK on Thursday will be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus concerns.
🎱🎱 Bayern Munich’s upcoming matches with Chelsea, Eintracht Frankfurt and Fortuna Dusseldorf will all be played behind close door.
🎱🎱Several football associations across Europe have asked UEFA to postpone Euro 2020 by one year in order to be able to finish their domestic leagues as planned. The idea is currently being discussed, although UEFA president Čeferin is still resisting it.
🎱🎱UEFA are seriously considering suspending the Champions League and Europa League after the round of 16 matches are done because of the Coronavirus.
🎱🎱Wolves say UEFA has rejected a request for their Europa League match away at Olympiakos to be postponed, with the game set to be played behind closed doors due to coronavirus concerns.
⚽⚽Barcelona's Champions League game against Napoli on 18 March will be played behind closed doors at the Nou Camp because of coronavirus concerns.
🎱🎱Barcelona's last match at Camp Nou without fans was in 2017 against Las Palmas, at which time Barcelona won 3-0.
🎱🎱La Liga has confirmed that all matches in the top two tiers of Spanish football due to be played on matchday 28 and matchday 29 will go ahead but behind closed doors as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Thibaut Courtois and Marcelo are both expected to miss Real Madrid's champions league clash with Manchester City next Tuesday.
🎱🎱Barcelona have been given a boost that Luis Suarez will return from a knee injury sooner than expected, according to ESPN Deportes.
🎱🎱Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has criticised the actions of the club’s assistant coach Eder Sarabia during their recent El Clasico defeat.
🎱🎱Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti has been fined €32.9k from a Barcelona court to damage on his rental property.
🎱🎱Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis will reportedly meet with Zlatan Ibrahimovic this week, to illustrate his plans for the Rossoneri and try to convince the Swedish star.
🎱🎱Milan players have decided to donate one day of their salary to local hospitals in order to help them through the Coronavirus crisis.
🎱🎱The number of Coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped forward again with an extra 168 deaths over the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 631.
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*WEDNESDAY PAPERS*
⚽⚽Atletico Madrid remain interested in signing France striker Alexandre Lacazette, 28, from Arsenal. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Barcelona have made RB Leipzig and Germany striker Timo Werner, 24, their number two target this summer behind Inter Milan and Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 22. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Timo Werner has told Sky Sports he is still not convinced about joining Liverpool, Manch
ester City or United over staying at RB Leipzig. (Echo)
⚽⚽Manchester United star Paul Pogba has been urged to quit the club for Real Madrid by his brother Florentin. (Marca)
⚽⚽Real Madrid are reportedly confident that they could persuade Tottenham to sell Harry Kane with a transfer bid of around £131million. (Mirror)
⚽⚽French forward Kylian Mbappe, 21, was tested for coronavirus before Paris-St Germain's Champions League game with Borussia Dortmund - and provided a negative result. (L'Equipe - in French)
⚽⚽Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is trying to help the club sign Jude Bellingham from Birmingham having met the 16-year-old midfielder and his parents when they visited United's training ground on Monday. (Star)
⚽⚽Monaco and France full-back Djibril Sidibe, 27, says he wants to make his current loan deal at Everton permanent. (RMC Sport, via Liverpool Echo)
⚽⚽Liverpool are still hoping to sign Belgian forward Jeremy Doku, 17, after a previous move for the Anderlecht youngster fell through. (Het Nieuwsblad, via Star)
⚽⚽Real Madrid are looking to replace coach Zinedine Zidane with former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino or ex-Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. (Marca - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Mino Raiola says he and other 'super-agents' like Jorge Mendes are on board with plans for an alternative transfer system which could fatally damage FIFA. (Telegraph - subscription required)
⚽⚽Uefa are considering postponing Euro 2020 by a year because of coronavirus following pleas by several national federations. (Tuttosport - in Italian)
⚽⚽Scout Jorge Alvial filed 40 reports to Manchester United on Alphonso Davies - before Bayern Munich signed the Canada winger, 19, from Vancouver Whitecaps. (Sun)
⚽⚽Arsenal are trying to secure the long-term future of English winger Bukayo Saka, 18, amid interest from Manchester United. (Express)
⚽⚽Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier on a free transfer when his contract expires in the summer. (Bild)
⚽⚽Bournemouth, Norwich, Leeds and West Brom are interested in signing Republic of Ireland midfielder Josh Cullen, 23, from West Ham. (Mail)
⚽⚽Bristol City or Barnsley may give ex-Southampton winger Omar Rowe, 25, another chance in the Football League after impressing with non-league side Hayes & Yeading United. (Sun)
⚽⚽English right-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 22, is being left out of the Arsenal squad because he has been late to training several times this season. (The Athletic)
⚽⚽Leicester City have begun their plan to refresh their squad this summer, says manager Brendan Rodgers. (Leicester Mercury)
⚽⚽Manager Dean Smith's Aston Villa future is in doubt before Saturday's Premier League game with Chelsea. (Telegraph - subscription required)
⚽⚽Aston Villa are considering ending Danny Drinkwater's loan spell after the midfielder was involved in a violent altercation with team-mate Jota. (Mirror)
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📊📊There have now been 10 hat-tricks scored in this season's #UCL, the most ever scored in a single season of the competition.
📊📊Only four players have scored four goals in a single UCL knock-out game:
•Lionel Messi (twice)
•Mario Gomez
•Robert Lewandowski
•Josip Iličić
📊📊Atalanta have now scored as many goals against Valencia across two legs as they managed in the entire group stage of this season's UCL (8).
📊📊Josip ličić has now scored nine goals in his last nine games across all competitions.
📊📊Josip Iličić has now scored as many hat-tricks in the UCL knock-outs as Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City combined.
📊📊Only Cristiano Ronaldo (13) has scored more goals than Josip #Ilicic (11) in all competitions in 2020 calendar year among the Serie A players.
📊📊Prior to Josip Ilicic, the last player to score 4+ goals in a Champions League match for an Italian side was Andriy Shevchenko, in November 2005 against Fenerbahçe with AC Milan.
📊📊Atalanta are the first Champions League debutant to reach the quarter-final stage since Leicester City in 2016-17 and the first Italian side to do so since Lazio in the 1999-00 campaign.
📊📊Atalanta have scored the most goals (eight) on aggregate in a single knockout round in Champions League for an Italian side.
📊📊Atalanta's Josip Iličić has become the oldest player to score an away Champions League hat-trick, aged 32 years and 41 days.
📊📊Josip Iličić is only the third player to score 5+ goals over two legs of a Champions League knockout tie, after Lionel Messi for Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen in 2011-12 (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich in 2016-17 (5).
📊📊Josip Iličić's game by numbers vs. Valencia:
74% pass accuracy
65 touches
6 shots attempted
4 shots on target
4 goals
4 fouls won
2 take-ons completed
2 interceptions
2 tackles
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📚📚 *Match Facts Today*
*🇪🇺Liverpool vs Atl. Madrid🇪🇺*
📝📝This will be the sixth meeting between these two giants of European football, with Liverpool having won just one of the past encounters (W1 D3 L2).
📝📝The previous leg was the first time these two teams have faced one another in ten years, with Saul Niguez's fourth-minute goal proving enough to separate the pair come the final whistle
📝📝Liverpool have never lost against Atletico Madrid at Anfield in two previous European meetings, drawing 1-1 in the Champions League group stage in 2008-09 and winning 2-1 in the second leg of the Europa League semi-final in 2009-10.
📝📝Seven of Atletico's 13 visits to England have ended as draws (W2 D7 L4), with Los Colchoneros unbeaten in their last four matches there (W1 D3) since that Liverpool defeat in April 2010.
📝📝On each of the last two occasions Liverpool have lost away from home in the first leg of a Champions League knockout match, they have progressed to the next round - against Chelsea and Barcelona in the semi-finals in 2006-07 and 2018-19.
📝📝Atletico have progressed from four of their five previous Champions League knockout ties when winning the first leg, failing only in last season's last 16 tie against Juventus (2-0 first leg, 0-3 second leg).
📝📝Jurgen Klopp is yet to lose a home Champions League game with Liverpool (W11 D4); Klopp's last two home defeats in the competition have been in last 16 home leg matches with Borussia Dortmund in 2013-14 (1-2 v Zenit) and 2014-15 (0-3 v Juventus).
📝📝If Liverpool go out, it would be the first time since a run of four seasons between 2004-05 and 2007-08 that the Champions League holders have failed to go beyond the last 16 in consecutive seasons, with Real Madrid having going out at this stage last season against Ajax.
📝📝Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino has been directly involved in seven goals in five Champions League knockout appearances at Anfield (three goals, four assists), averaging a goal or assist every 54 minutes.
📝📝Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak has conceded only 37 goals in his first 49 Champions League appearances; the record for fewest goals conceded by a goalkeeper in his fi
rst 50 appearances is held by Dida (35), followed by Victor Valdes (38)
*TEAM NEWS*
🚑🚑Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is fit to face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
🚑🚑The England midfielder has been out since injuring a hamstring in the first leg of the last-16 contest three weeks ago but trained on Sunday and Monday and is available to take his place in the squad as the Reds seek to overcome a 1-0 deficit.
🚑🚑Left-back Andy Robertson returns after sitting out Saturday's win over Bournemouth as a precaution but goalkeeper Alisson Becker (hip) will miss this match and Monday's Merseyside derby.
🚑🚑Kieran Trippier hopes to declare himself fit after missing the first leg for Atletico Madrid, and he was seen limping in his return to action in the weekend draw with Sevilla.
🚑🚑Thomas Lemar and Alvaro Morata are both doubts while fit-again Joao Felix is back in contention.
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*RESULTS AND FIXTURES*
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*📍📍RESULTS*
📆📆10TH MARCH 2020
*🇪🇺🇪🇺Champions League Round of 16*
FT Valencia 3-4 Atalanta (4-8 agg)
FT Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham (4-0agg)
*🇪🇸🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga*
FT Eibar 1-2 Real Sociedad
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*📌📌FIXTURES TODAY*
*⏰⏰TIME IN GMT*
📆📆11TH MARCH 2020
*🇪🇺🇪🇺Champions League Round 16*
20:00 Paris Saint-Germain -:- Borussia Dortmund
20:00 Liverpool -:- Atletico Madrid
*🏴🏴England - Premier League*
Manchester City -:- Arsenal (Postponed)
*🇩🇪🇩🇪Germany - 1. Bundesliga*
17:30 Borussia Moenchengladbach -:- FC Koeln
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*VETLAND SPORTS*
*LATEST*
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🎱🎱Wednesday's Premier League clash between Man City and Arsenal has been postponed after it emerged Gunner personnel has come in to contact with COVID-19- affected Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis.
🎱🎱According to the Premier League, "All necessary measures are being taken and the Premier League currently has no plans to postpone any other matches.
🎱🎱According to Spanish newspaper AS, UEFA are continuing to reject growing calls to postpone Euro 2020 or even delay it by a year due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Atalanta Vice-President Luca Percassi said this squad will “remain not just in the history of Atalanta, but in the history of Italian and also European football.”
🎱🎱Getafe President Angel Torres announced his team will not travel to Italy for their Europa League game with Inter, as Italian and Spanish Player Associations demand a halt to all matches during the Coronavirus crisis.
🎱🎱Serie A, B and C will have until March 23 to present proposals on how to end the season amid the Coronavirus outbreak, including not assigning the Scudetto, using the current table or organising play-offs.
🎱🎱Italy’s friendly match with Germany is due to go ahead on March 31 in Nuremberg, but behind closed doors, announced the German Federation.
🎱🎱Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he would prefer matches to be postponed rather than played behind closed doors.
🎱🎱Liverpool have confirmed goalkeeper Alisson will miss next week's Merseyside derby with a hip injury.
🎱🎱Atletico de Madrid boss Diego Simeone is hopeful that there are no late calls to play Wednesday night’s Champions League clash at Anfield behind closed doors.
🎱🎱Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is not planning an overhaul of his squad despite their Champions League last-16 exit to RB Leipzig.
🎱🎱Lyon President Aulas confirms that next Tuesday's Champions' League clash with Juventus will occur as scheduled in Turin, behind closed doors; questions inconsistency of Italian PM's decision-making.
🎱🎱The Spanish Government announced it is banning direct flights between Italy and Spain due to the Coronavirus, putting Napoli-Barcelona, Inter-Getafe and Sevilla-Roma at risk.
🎱🎱A FIGC statement confirms they will try to postpone the end of Serie A to May 31 amid the Coronavirus outbreak, but could have play-offs for the Scudetto and relegation too.
🎱🎱Barcelona are refusing to meet Marc-Andre ter
Stegen's contract demands after the German goalkeeper asked to be paid £13million a year. Ter Stegen wants the reigning Spanish champions to make him their second highest earner behind star forward Lionel Messi.
🎱🎱Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has tested negative for coronavirus, following a recent illness. Mbappe missed training on Monday and Tuesday ahead of PSG's Wednesday night Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund, with reports of sore throat. L'Equipe however reported on Tuesday night, via GFFN, that Mbappe took a test for the virus as a precaution.
🎱🎱The Italian football federation (FIGC) said after a meeting on Tuesday that the Serie A season may not finish because of the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱With news that Barcelona's Champions League match against Napoli will be played at an empty Camp Nou, Blaugrana president Josep Maria Bartomeu has revealed that the decision will cost the club 6 million euros.
🎱🎱All Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches will be played behind closed doors until April 15 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey likely to miss Wales friendlies due to coronavirus lockdown in Italy
🎱🎱The first leg of Manchester United's Europa League last-16 tie at LASK on Thursday will be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus concerns.
🎱🎱 Bayern Munich’s upcoming matches with Chelsea, Eintracht Frankfurt and Fortuna Dusseldorf will all be played behind close door.
🎱🎱Several football associations across Europe have asked UEFA to postpone Euro 2020 by one year in order to be able to finish their domestic leagues as planned. The idea is currently being discussed, although UEFA president Čeferin is still resisting it.
🎱🎱UEFA are seriously considering suspending the Champions League and Europa League after the round of 16 matches are done because of the Coronavirus.
🎱🎱Wolves say UEFA has rejected a request for their Europa League match away at Olympiakos to be postponed, with the game set to be played behind closed doors due to coronavirus concerns.
⚽⚽Barcelona's Champions League game against Napoli on 18 March will be played behind closed doors at the Nou Camp because of coronavirus concerns.
🎱🎱Barcelona's last match at Camp Nou without fans was in 2017 against Las Palmas, at which time Barcelona won 3-0.
🎱🎱La Liga has confirmed that all matches in the top two tiers of Spanish football due to be played on matchday 28 and matchday 29 will go ahead but behind closed doors as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
🎱🎱Thibaut Courtois and Marcelo are both expected to miss Real Madrid's champions league clash with Manchester City next Tuesday.
🎱🎱Barcelona have been given a boost that Luis Suarez will return from a knee injury sooner than expected, according to ESPN Deportes.
🎱🎱Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has criticised the actions of the club’s assistant coach Eder Sarabia during their recent El Clasico defeat.
🎱🎱Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti has been fined €32.9k from a Barcelona court to damage on his rental property.
🎱🎱Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis will reportedly meet with Zlatan Ibrahimovic this week, to illustrate his plans for the Rossoneri and try to convince the Swedish star.
🎱🎱Milan players have decided to donate one day of their salary to local hospitals in order to help them through the Coronavirus crisis.
🎱🎱The number of Coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped forward again with an extra 168 deaths over the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 631.
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*TRANSFER STORIES*
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*WEDNESDAY PAPERS*
⚽⚽Atletico Madrid remain interested in signing France striker Alexandre Lacazette, 28, from Arsenal. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Barcelona have made RB Leipzig and Germany striker Timo Werner, 24, their number two target this summer behind Inter Milan and Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 22. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Timo Werner has told Sky Sports he is still not convinced about joining Liverpool, Manch
ester City or United over staying at RB Leipzig. (Echo)
⚽⚽Manchester United star Paul Pogba has been urged to quit the club for Real Madrid by his brother Florentin. (Marca)
⚽⚽Real Madrid are reportedly confident that they could persuade Tottenham to sell Harry Kane with a transfer bid of around £131million. (Mirror)
⚽⚽French forward Kylian Mbappe, 21, was tested for coronavirus before Paris-St Germain's Champions League game with Borussia Dortmund - and provided a negative result. (L'Equipe - in French)
⚽⚽Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is trying to help the club sign Jude Bellingham from Birmingham having met the 16-year-old midfielder and his parents when they visited United's training ground on Monday. (Star)
⚽⚽Monaco and France full-back Djibril Sidibe, 27, says he wants to make his current loan deal at Everton permanent. (RMC Sport, via Liverpool Echo)
⚽⚽Liverpool are still hoping to sign Belgian forward Jeremy Doku, 17, after a previous move for the Anderlecht youngster fell through. (Het Nieuwsblad, via Star)
⚽⚽Real Madrid are looking to replace coach Zinedine Zidane with former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino or ex-Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. (Marca - in Spanish)
⚽⚽Mino Raiola says he and other 'super-agents' like Jorge Mendes are on board with plans for an alternative transfer system which could fatally damage FIFA. (Telegraph - subscription required)
⚽⚽Uefa are considering postponing Euro 2020 by a year because of coronavirus following pleas by several national federations. (Tuttosport - in Italian)
⚽⚽Scout Jorge Alvial filed 40 reports to Manchester United on Alphonso Davies - before Bayern Munich signed the Canada winger, 19, from Vancouver Whitecaps. (Sun)
⚽⚽Arsenal are trying to secure the long-term future of English winger Bukayo Saka, 18, amid interest from Manchester United. (Express)
⚽⚽Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier on a free transfer when his contract expires in the summer. (Bild)
⚽⚽Bournemouth, Norwich, Leeds and West Brom are interested in signing Republic of Ireland midfielder Josh Cullen, 23, from West Ham. (Mail)
⚽⚽Bristol City or Barnsley may give ex-Southampton winger Omar Rowe, 25, another chance in the Football League after impressing with non-league side Hayes & Yeading United. (Sun)
⚽⚽English right-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 22, is being left out of the Arsenal squad because he has been late to training several times this season. (The Athletic)
⚽⚽Leicester City have begun their plan to refresh their squad this summer, says manager Brendan Rodgers. (Leicester Mercury)
⚽⚽Manager Dean Smith's Aston Villa future is in doubt before Saturday's Premier League game with Chelsea. (Telegraph - subscription required)
⚽⚽Aston Villa are considering ending Danny Drinkwater's loan spell after the midfielder was involved in a violent altercation with team-mate Jota. (Mirror)
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