🚨🌕 Lamine Yamal: “Mbappé plays for Real Madrid and I play for Barça, so we have a direct rivalry… and I’ve beaten him in terms of trophies”. “I think there could be Mbappé and me as best player in the world and this year, I believe I DESERVE it”, told Movistar.

🌕3️⃣ Ousmane Dembélé tells L’Équipe about his Ballon d’Or top 3 candidates: “Kvaratskhelia, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé”.

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He came. He saw. He conquered.

Messi via IG:

🚨| Leo Messi’s statement: After all this time since the final, and after thinking about it a lot, I want to tell everyone that I’m retiring from the national team… "It was a decision that hurt and still hurts deep inside, but I understand that this is the right moment. "I swear I always gave everything, not only in these last few years when we won everything, but before that too. I always fought and gave everything for this shirt, to bring you happiness and make you feel proud to be Argentine through football. "There isn’t much time left, and different chapters are coming to an end. This is one that hurts me a lot. I love, I loved, and I will always love being part of the national team. I gave everything I had, and I don’t have anything more to give. "Also, there are great young players coming through who deserve to be here. "Thank you for all the love during these 20 years. I’m going to miss hearing you from the inside. Now I’ll be one of you, always supporting from the outside, in the good times and even more in the bad ones. "Thank you to my family for always being there and for being with me throughout this beautiful but difficult journey. Thank you to every coach, teammate and director I had the chance to share it with. I take with me unforgettable memories and moments. "I leave with peace and pride, knowing that together with my teammates we gave you moments we once dreamed of. It was crazy to experience all of this with you. I love you! "Thank you God for making me Argentine. "Vamos Argentina! "I wrote these words on July 21, two days after the final. Today, after what happened with my dad, I’m even more convinced of this decision than before.”

🚨🇦🇷 BREAKING NEWS: LIONEL MESSI RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. Messi will not play for Argentina national team anymore.

🚨🔵🔴 BREAKING: Barcelona agree deal to sign Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal, here we go! Exclusive details: medical booked on Monday, #AFC to receive €10m package plus add-ons for permament deal. Gabriel Jesus will travel for medical as authorized by Arsenal.

🚨🔵🔴 BREAKING: Barcelona agree deal to sign Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal, here we go! Exclusive details: medical booked on Monday, #AFC to receive €10m package plus add-ons for permament deal. Gabriel Jesus will travel for medical as authorized by Arsenal.

The members of Atlético de Madrid's Board of Directors have unanimously expressed their absolute support for the club's decision to not negotiate the transfer of Julián Alvarez to FC Barcelona. The members of the Board of Directors acknowledge that "Atlético de Madrid is open to standard transfer market negotiations when conducted in a professional, ethical and respectful manner. We fully stand behind the club’s previously communicated position that FC Barcelona failed to meet these requirements and, as a result, there will not be any negotiation and there is zero consideration of an Alvarez transfer to Barcelona.” Atlético de Madrid trust that our player will understand the decision and will remain focused on helping the club achieve its goals, just as he has done during the two seasons he has been defending our colors.

(🌕) JUST IN: A journalist close to Julián Álvarez, @arielsenosiain: "Yesterday, Julián Álvarez was feeling unwell and the doctor found him physically weak. Julián believes his condition is linked to the situation he is currently going through that he wants to leave the club. “Julián said no to Mikel Arteta. Arsenal were willing to pay €125M + €10M in add-ons, a fee Atlético were prepared to accept.” "However, because of an issue involving his parents’ visas, Julián decided to remain in Spain for now, although Arsenal are still willing to wait for him. "At this point, the option he is betting on is that, on the final day, Barcelona do something they have not done so far “Atlético will do everything possible to avoid selling Julián to Barcelona.” 🚨🔴🔴

🚨🚨| 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Alejandro Balde has DECIDED to LEAVE Barcelona. He will not continue at the club. [@JijantesFC] #fcblive 🔴

Lionel Messi’s letter for his father. ❤️‍🩹 Dad, I still can’t believe that you’ve gone. I don’t fall, or rather, I don’t want to fall. It’s very hard for me to imagine that I’m not going to see you anymore, that we’re not going to talk anymore. I know you were suffering and that it’s for the best, but you left too soon. We still had a lot left to enjoy together. You asked me so much to play in the last World Cup, and it was in the days just before it started that you got the worst. It was the first time you weren’t going to be at a tournament, but Mom told me that you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel. I told you we were going to reach the final so you could travel. Every time a match ended I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized the situation was really bad. Even so, I didn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, to buy you time and so you could see a match. We reached the final and you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it to bring it to you and show you a new one. I couldn’t; my legs wouldn’t give any more. This time I tried to go against my body, but I couldn’t. I never managed to feel good. When I arrived you thought we had lost the final on penalties. We couldn’t talk about any of everything that happened. You couldn’t enjoy anything. We weren’t champions, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every single match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play it. I’m telling you this because it was the only thing we couldn’t talk about, since you already know everything else. We talked every day and saw each other whenever we could, given my commitments.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ I don’t know what I’m going to do without you, I don’t know how to go on. I only played football and now I have quite a few doubts about whether I’ll keep doing it for much longer. You were by my side from the beginning; there was so little left until the end. Why couldn’t you hold on that little bit more so we could finish together? I know your happiness was seeing your family well, your wife, your children, and above all, without the others finding out, watching me play… It was always like that since I was little. You would take me to all the training sessions as soon as you got home from work. For many of them Mum took me because you were working. Obviously you never missed a single match. How you suffered watching me and how you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me many compliments. You were dad, friend and representative. You were always the person you needed to be in every moment and you never got anything wrong. Beyond a few reproaches or arguments, you were always right. In the end it always turned out the way you said. I’m going to miss you a lot, but you’ll always be present, and especially in the upbringing of my children, because I teach them and raise them the way you both did with me. Rest in peace and look after us from above the way you did down here. Thank you for everything. I love you, Dad. ❤️

🚨 Imagine how many goals Lautaro Martinez would score at Barça! 🇦🇷💫

Messi delivered that World Cup campaign while his father was living his final days and a massive hate campaign was raging against him. Yet, he never said a single bad word about anyone. He carried his pain in silence and still chose kindness🥲