FOOTBALL: Barcelona wants Ozil (RUMOURS)
Barcelona will attempt to make Mesut Ozil their headline summer signing and are prepared to offer Arsenal Arda Turan, Munir and Sandro in exchange, according to AS.
The Germany international has enjoyed his best season to date in the Premier League but has yet to begin talks on an extension to the contract he signed upon arriving in north London in August of 2013.
Ozil’s future has been the subject of some speculation in recent weeks but he appeared to downplay suggestions of a summer move when he took to Twitter earlier this week to deny that a rift between himself and Arsene Wenger could spark a summer exit.
In any case, a move to Barcelona could be complicated by a clause, previously reported by Football Leaks, that claims if Arsenal were to accept an offer for Ozil from a Liga side, the Gunners would subsequently be obliged to offer the Wold Cup winner to Real Madrid, his previous club, on the same terms.
source: goal.com
FOOTBALL: Madrid return a real possibility-Morata
Morata joined Juve in 2014 and is currently in his second season in Turin, but Real retain a buy-back option and could decide to exercise that clause in order to bring back their homegrown striker in July.
"It's a real option," Morata told Goal in an exclusive interview. "Everybody knows that. But what I want is for all this buy-back deadline stuff to end.
"I want to belong to my club, to know that I will be there for several years and to look to the future."
Madrid's buy-back option is valid this summer and next, but the Spanish side will be unable to sign players in 2017 unless their Fifa-imposed transfer ban is lifted.
It doesn't have to be at Real Madrid," Morata added. "But what I want is to know where I am going to be and where I will spend the next few years."
Morata says he is constant contact with Madrid's director of institutional relations, Emilio Butragueno, who took a similar route through the youth system at Castilla before starring with Real and Spain.
"I'm always really grateful to Butragueno," he said. "He asks me how I am doing, he congratulates me when I score... I will always be grateful.
"I believe you have to take care of the kids from the youth team, the ones coming through, and people like Butragueno know how to do that.
"He has worn the Real Madrid shirt, he came through the youth system and he was an international. He and others are concerned with how you are doing and many aspects.
"For example: I also speak with [Fernando] Morientes from time to time and it makes me proud because when I was little I would wait for him to sign my shirts."
Morata's current club, Juventus, were knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich and the forward now hopes his former team can go on to lift the trophy at San Siro in May.
"Of course I am rooting for Real Madrid [in the Champions League] now," he said. "I want my friends to win it. I would be very happy if they could lift the trophy."
Before that, Madrid face the latest Clasico against Barcelona at Camp Nou on April 2 and the 23-year-old believes Zinedine Zidane's side can win the famous fixture on their rivals' turf.
"Madrid have a chance of winning it," he said. "They have an incredible attack and you can see that when they are together on the pitch, and when they play well, they are one of the most dangerous teams in Europe. Of course they can win the Clasico."
FOOTBALL: Ronaldo: Cowardly that Neymar has to choose
Brazil great Ronaldo says it is "cowardly" that Neymar has to choose between playing at the Copa America or the Rio 2016 Olympics later this year.
A special centenary event of the Copa America will take place in June, hosted by the United States, while Brazil's Under-23s will compete at the Olympic Games in August as the host nation.
Neymar is expected to only be allowed to play in one of those tournaments, with Barcelona wanting one of their star forwards to have a decent break during the off-season.
However, Ronaldo believes it is wrong that Neymar has pick which competition he wants to play in.
"This situation is very difficult for the player," the World Cup winner said during the presentation of his new school of football, the Ronaldo Academy.
"I think it's cowardly that he has to choose what competition he wants to play in.
"What we see is few care about the calendar, and we see more games and more competitions, and the players have less vacation time."
Asked which competition he would choose to play in, Ronaldo said he would prefer to fight for Brazil's first gold medal in football at their home Olympics.
"I would opt to play in the Olympics," the 39-year-old added. "It would be something unheard of if they could get a gold medal at the Games in Rio.
"I don't know what the situation is like, but ideally, how wonderful it would be for Neymar to tell that story."
SOURCE: GOAL.COM
FOOTBALL: Hummels admits Schweinsteiger injury is huge blow for Germany
Germany defender Mats Hummels concedes that Bastian Schweinsteiger's knee injury is a serious blow and hopes that the Manchester United midfielder will recover in time to take part in Euro 2016.
The Germany captain suffered a partial ligament tear in his right knee following a challenge at the end of training on Tuesday and will consequently miss the friendlies against England and Italy.
Some reports have suggested Schweinsteiger could also miss the upcoming showpiece in France given the damage he sustained to the same knee earlier this season, but Hummels is hopeful the influential midfielder will make it.
"Of course, we all feel for Bastian after what happened," Hummels told the official German Football Association (DFB) website.
"Everybody who has recurring injury problems knows how frustrating this can be.
"It is very annoying for Bastian, but also for the team. He is our captain. I obviously hope his injury will not keep him out of the Euros.
"We know that Bastian, like any other player, will be focused on getting back as soon as possible. The first day is all about frustration when you get injured, but from there on, you are entirely focused on making your comeback as soon as possible."
FOOTBALL & PRESIDENCY: I would be proud to meet Obama- Messi
During a visit to Buenos Aires, Obama revealed that his daughters had asked him to arrange a meeting with the Barcelona star but that he had been unable to orchestrate it.
Messi revealed his surprise when asked for his views on Obama's frustration and said he would be happily spend time with the president's family.
"Obviously, I was surprised that he said that, but on the contrary, for me it would be completely the opposite," Messi told TyC Sports.
"For me it would be a source of great pride to be able to meet him and his daughters, but obviously I know it would be complicated.
"I don't know whether it is possible. Maybe he made the comment because he was in Argentina but I can say I was as surprised as everyone else."
Messi had been speaking after Argentina secured a valuable 2-1 win away to Chile on Thursday to reignite their World Cup qualifying campaign.
"We did a great job although we didn't start in the way we hoped," he said of the match. "The group managed to revert the situation and reply in the best way.
"I felt fine on the first half, but on the second I felt the fatigue a bit, as everyone did, because Chile were fighting hard, looking for the draw without caring about conceding another goal. But we managed to stand, revert a difficult situation and maintain the 2-1.
"I felt fine on the first half, but on the second I felt the fatigue a bit, as everyone did, because Chile were fighting hard, looking for the draw without caring about conceding another goal. But we managed to stand, revert a difficult situation and maintain the 2-1.
"Today's game gives us a lot of confidence for the next one [against Bolivia]. This way, we will get the six points we hoped for beforehand so we can be at the top of the table."
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SOURCE: LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM
FOOTBALL: AS Roma and Belgium footballer missed the terror attacks by a quirk of fate
"If I didn't have a commitment with my sponsor, I could have been at Zaventem airport that morning. Because of the event I had to go to, I arrived in Belgium a day earlier, but in Antwerp. Otherwise, I would have taken an early morning flight from Rome and I would have landed directly in Brussels.
Everything changed. The coach told us that the afternoon training session would be skipped and the camp would be delayed until further notice. So now we don't know what to do. Is our match with Portugal going to be cancelled? I have so many friends who work at the airport. I hope that they are all alright because here I can't talk to anyone. I don't even know the names of the victims, I hope everything is OK."
BRAWL: Katt Williams gets beat up by a 15 or 17 yo...
In the full video, you could see Katt Williams, the boy and other teens playing football, then for some reason, the boy in red kept following Katt and talking smack. Katt told him to quit following him and get out of his face but the boy didn't listen. Katt sat on the grass while the boy kept talking.
He said "You used to be really funny, what happened? You're not funny no more"
Kat said: Boy I just got out of jail..and some other words that were faint.
The boy kept mocking Katt who got fed up and sucker punched the boy with his left fist.
People who knew the boy called him Luke and they all told him to let go off Katt Williams. Eventually he let go but Katt remained on the ground.
While on the ground Katt Williamsn asked someone if the teensger was her son and she said NO. He said
"Tell me that's your child..I got sons".
While still talking smack the boy kept trying to defend his actions to the eyewitnesses there. He said Katt punched him firsat.
Katt told the boy:
"Don't back up on me little boy. You could be my child."
"Why did you hit him like that?" someone asked the teenager. He said "He hit me first"
The person who couldn't be seen in the video responded:"But you was all in his face".
Then a male voice told Katt Williams."Get up before the police come".
Kat then said.." In this community you hit a celebrity, I probably don't care about that no more". "I am in the hood everyday".
Then he got off the ground and some teenage girl said "Why don't you sign some autographs, lol".
The boy who beat up Katt Williams put a part of the video on his facebook page and titled it "HAHa! He nothing but talk💯"
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