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Barcelona will have some tough decisions to make this summer as they look to trim the squad without degrading the quality of the team too much. While the likes of Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo have been linked with potential exits, one player Barcelona do count on is Sergi Roberto. The club have informed Roberto of their desire to …

April 22 – Following their 2-0 defeat to Everton in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest made the extraordinary accusation that the Video Assistant Referee [VAR] was biased against them as they tried to push out of their relegation dogfight. The Trentside club felt aggrieved after referee Anthony Taylor denied three strong penalty appeals. After the match Forest turned to social …

Earlier today, Barcelona president Joan Laporta came out all guns firing against the refereeing in La Liga for Barcelona’s wrongfully disallowed goal against Real Madrid in last night’s Clasico. The incident in question was from a moment in the game when Lamine Yamal tactfully heeled the ball towards the goal from a corner kick. The ball went beyond the goal …

VAR controversy from the Nottingham Forest game at Everton has led to the former asking for public release of the audio between officials. On Sunday, Nottingham Forest suffered a damaging defeat at Goodison Park against relegation rivals Everton. However, several key decisions went against Forest, and that transpired into the club calling out the Premier League and the Professional Game …

April 22 – Ten-man Feyenoord defeated NEC 1-0 to win the Dutch Cup for the 14th time in a match that was halted twice because of flares at their stadium De Kuip. Igor Paixao scored the winning goal in the second half to send the Feyenoord fans into a delirium. In the 72nd minute, Yankuba Minteh was sent off, but …

April 22 – It was seconds away from being one of the most memorable FA Cup stories in the competition’s long history – if not the most. Then a combination of a highly contentious VAR call and a penalty shootout snatched it all away. As pyrrhic victories go, Manchester United’s was right up there on Sunday as they somehow squeezed …

The NUFC Blogcast is back for another week, as me and Ed preview Wednesday’s trip to Crystal Palace and look back at a positive weekend of Premier League results for Newcastle United (Listen here or press play the play button below) We start by discussing West Ham’s 5-2 defeat over the weekend, where Palace’s big win saw the Hammers miss a big …

April 22 – Football took another step in underlining its commitment to promoting and protecting clean sport this week as global and European organisations gathered at an anti-doping education workshop in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA say that more than 100 representatives from its member associations, national anti-doping organisations (NADOs), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Council of Europe, iNADO and the …

If it was not already clear, Sunday night’s El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid showcased that Lamine Yamal is indeed a very special talent. Just 16 years old, making his away El Clasico debut at the Santiago Bernabeu, Yamal dished out a fine performance, running circles around the Real Madrid defence. The youngster, who had a goal ruled out …

Juventus may have the opportunity to sign Udinese star Lazar Samardzic on a free transfer this summer. The 22-year-old was one of the best Serie A revelations from last season, which almost earned him a move to Inter. The midfielder had already undergone medicals, but a dispute between his father and famous agent Rafaela Pimenata over commissions and proxy rights …