There have been rumours about his future in recent months, but his ideal outcome would be to stay and to see out his contract.

“I don’t want to be anywhere else,” he said as the Blaugrana celebrated the title.

“I hope the club, the president, the coach and the fans see this the same way I do. I hope they tell me that I’ll stay here for another three years.”

“I’d like to be able to point to the three more years on my contract and to say I’ll be here three more years. Anything can happen in football, but I am very calm about it all,” he added.

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The England international has been developing well in recent years and attracting attention of many teams. Aside from Barca, reports claiming that Atletico Madrid and two Manchester teams are also keen on him.

Chilwell’s deal with Leicester won’t be up until 2024, so any teams interested on signing must prepare some cash. The media believes the Premier League side will want at least around 30 to 50 million pounds for the defender.

Barca themselves are yet to agree on any extension for Alba and their search for new left back shows that they’re ready to move on. The Catalan side are working to replace some of their old guards with a smooth transition.

Chilwell has been considered as one of the most exciting left back in England. His impressive and consistent displays from club and country earned him that affection from top teams.

The left back will certainly appreciate Barca’s interest, but Leicester are not an easy team to deal with. The Foxes are not giving away their important players cheaply.

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The 52-year-old was axed following the 5-1 El Clasico humiliation at the hands of Barcelona on Sunday.

Madrid released a statement to confirm Lopetegui’s exit, in which they appeared to criticise the former Spain boss for failing to make the most of a talented squad, saying “there is a great disproportion between the quality of the squad, which has eight players nominated for the Ballon d’Or, and the results obtained so far [this season]”.

However, Lopetegui refused to hit back at the Madrid board and instead thanked everyone associated with the club.

“After the decision taken by the Real Madrid board of directors, I want to thank the club for the opportunity they gave me.

“Thank you to the players for their effort and their work, as well as to each and every one of the club’s employees, for their good treatment during this time.

“And, of course my gratitude to the fans for their backing. I send them my best wishes for the rest of the season,” he said in a brief statement provided to EFE.

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Ronaldo left Madrid as their all-time highest goalscorer to join the Serie A champions, Juventus last summer in a 100-million-euro deal. McManaman stated this after Madrid were defeated 5-1 by Barcelona in the El Clasico La Liga fixture played on Sunday.

Goals from Luiz Suarez (3), Philippe Coutinho (1) and Arturo Vidal (1) ensured victory for the Catalan club at the Camp Nou. Marcelo’s lone strike was not enough to get a point for the visitors.

McManaman said it was now necessary that the Santiago Bernabeu club must reinforce their squad in the January transfer window to turn things around.

McManaman reveals what Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence has done to Real Madrid

 “Everybody was surprised, weren’t they?” McManaman told Reuters on Monday.

“They took a long, long time to bring in new signings. They didn’t bring anyone to replace Cristiano.

“It was a big shock for everybody. Whether they could buy somebody of his quality, I don’t know.

“The fact that they didn’t bring anybody in and they did slow business in the centre forward area, it surprised everybody.”

McManaman added, “They probably need to refresh the team a bit more, to be very honest. They have kept the majority of the same team for the last couple of years.

“If you look at the age group of the Real Madrid players now, four or five of them are in the 30’s. It’s probably the time to start refreshing it and bring in more players and try and replicate the success.

“They have got a hard job on their hands. They are not playing well, the manager is under pressure and the team as well. They need to do something and need to do it quickly.”

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Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are said to be chasing for the signature of the 21 year old.

Reports by the Catalan radio station RAC1 indicated that Barcelona are willing to accept offers for the French World Cup Winner after he arrived late for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

Ousmane Dembele arrived after 25 minutes after the scheduled 7pm time at Camp Nou that made coach Ernesto Valverde to drop him on the bench for the entire Inter Milan match

The player arrived after 25 minutes after the scheduled 7pm time at Camp Nou that made coach Ernesto Valverde to drop him on the bench for the entire match.

However, Barca coach Valverde cleared off the romours saying it was rather a purely tactical decision of not to play against Inter Milan.

Dembele set up Arturo Vidal to score Barcelona’s fifth goal against Real MADRID on Sunday.

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The 5-1 heavy El Clasico defeat at the Camp Nou against Barcelona was the final blow for the Spanish manager. Solari who has been the manager of Castilla side is given two weeks as an interim manager but he can be made permanent manager by the club.

Santiago Solari set to replace Lopetegui

Lopetegui left Real Madrid ninth on La Liga table with only 14 points from ten outings.

In the official statement issued by the club on Monday night, it states that Lopetegui’s contract was terminated due to the fact that the expectations of the club are beyond his capabilities.

Official statement of Real Madrid

The Board of Directors of Real Madrid C. F., meeting today October 29, 2018, have agreed to terminate the contract that linked Coach Julen Lopetegui with the club.

This decision, adopted from the highest level of responsibility, aims to change the dynamics of the first team, while all the objectives of this season are still achievable.

The Board of Directors understands that there is a great disproportion between the quality of the staff of Real Madrid, which has eight players nominated for the next Ballon d’Or, something unprecedented in the history of the club, and the results obtained to date.

The club thanks Julen Lopetegui and his entire technical team for their effort and work and wishes them the best in their professional career.

He will be provisionally replaced by Santiago Solari, who will lead the first team starting tomorrow, Tuesday.

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Italian giants Juventus also sent their scouts to watch the 21-year-old player a few time this season and also monitor his movements.

Pep Guardiola is highly interested in the Ajax youngster

The price of the Dutch midfielder, however, has jumped to £ 71 million, a fee that Manchester City want to match in the summer to sign the player who could join the Cityzens and move back to Ajax on loan until the end of the season.

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The Blues boss feels that the supporters’ relative indifference to the elite European competition is holding City back in their quest to scale the summit in a competition he won twice with Barcelona.

Manchester City fans booing their team in their Champions League against Lyon

Guardiola said recently that he does not feel City have enough history to win the Champions League as yet. But he said that a desire to succeed in the Champions League has to fill the whole club and hinted that City fans hostility to Uefa is a flaw in that.

City’s supporters still booed the Uefa anthem and the home game against Lyon saw thousands of empty seats, with many supporters believing the Premier League is a bigger target.

“That’s not enough that the manager wants to win it,” said Guardiola. “It’s not just the players. You have to have the desire – the club, chairman, owner, the fans, everyone has to push to be closer, to achieve the next stages, and when it happens, everyone will feel it.”

“It’s one important thing to win this kind of title, you have to be pushed, not just by the manager, but by everyone surrounding Manchester City that we have to win it – and still we don’t have that feeling.” He said.

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Ronaldo’s fifth Serie A goal for Juventus was added to his 84 Premier League goals he scored for Manchester United and 311 in La Liga for Real Madrid.

Ronaldo scored the goal tapping in from close range after Genoa failed to clear their lines when Joao Cancelo‘s shot took an awkward deflection inside the box.

The Portuguese star found himself free from close range and he side-footed into the net

Ronaldo’s milestone puts him 10 goals above the second top scorer in Europe’s main leagues, Lionel Messi – who scored his 390th La Liga goal for Barcelona in their 4-2 win against Sevilla.

However, Juventus’ perfect start to the season came to an end in Turin on Saturday as Genoa earned a 1-1 draw and the visitors dropped the first points this season.

The hosts dominated most of the game having 21 shots but only three were on target – all from Ronaldo, who had 11 efforts in total in the first half of the game. The draw left the defending champions four points above second-placed Napoli who won 3-0 against Udinese later on Saturday.

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Song joined Barca who loaned him to West Ham in 2014-15 and 2015-16

The 30-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the Swiss Super League side, who are currently fifth after four games in the country’s top division.

Song had been training with Sion for several weeks before sealing the move, after leaving Russian side Rubin Kazan in January.

Song made 206 appearances for Arsenal between 2005 and 2012

The Cameroon international made over 200 appearances for the Gunners, before moving on to Barcelona.

Song then returned to the Premier League for two separate loan spells with West Ham, before moving to Russia.

Sion are captained by former Fulham and Nottingham Forest midfielder Pajtim Kasami.

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