La Liga giant Barcelona have been strongly linked with a move for Juventus star Miralem Pjanic. They are keen on retaining Arthur Melo but open to discussing other targets the Serie A might want, as per reports. This is the same market in which the Spanish champs are hoping to offload 130 million pounds Philippe Coutinho.

The Brazilian was underwhelming at his time at the Nou Camp compared to expectations from his time at Anfield. He went on loan to Germany but after nine goals and eight assists, Bayern Munich feel he is not at the level his employers are pricing him so they rejected a permanent deal. The 27-year old has ruled out a return to Liverpool, and at some point Barca were willing to bring him back to Spain to play. But then they are seeking out Pjanic as a player more suited to their style of play.
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Manchester United will renew their interest in Netherlands center back Matthijs de Ligt. The towering center half was on Manchester United radar last summer before the youngster chose to move to Italy with Juventus.  The Red Devils are apparently ready to renew their interest in the player ahead of the 2020/21 season.

The Netherlands international has spent the last nine months in Turin following a £77m move from Ajax, where de Ligt – together with Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong – was the star of Erik ten Hag’s side that reached the Champions League semi-finals. The young Ajax side saw off Real Madrid and Juventus on their way to the semi final. They won the first leg of the semi final against Tottenham Hotspur before Spurs turned the game around in the second leg.
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Real Madrid was supposed to have a walk over into the final of the Copa Del Rey when they got drawn to face Real Sociedad but on a night Barcelona themselves lost to Athletico Bilbao, Los Blancos fell to Sociedad who was ironically with a young star from on loan from the capital club Martin Odegaard

Odegaard is one of the many teenage talents to have crossed under the radar of Real Madrid before trying out other teams and the chief reason almost always rested on the fact that the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo in the squad was kind of an obstacle. Even the well-established players like Karim Benzema often struggled to step out of his shadow while the likes of Gonzalo Higuain didn’t waste time before deciding he was better off somewhere else.
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