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Report: PSG on verge of signing Barcelona's Dembele

Paris Saint-Germain are about to rob Barcelona of another star player.

Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele agreed to a five-year contract with PSG, paving the way for the French giants to activate his release clause, sources told ESPN’s Julien Laurens.

Dembele’s €50-million release clause expires Monday before doubling to €100 million, according to Laurens.

Barcelona reportedly offered to extend Dembele’s contract as well. It’s unclear if that includes a raise on his current wages. Dembele’s annual salary is €12 million before tax, per Capology.com.

PSG have raided Barcelona before in the transfer market. The serial Ligue 1 champions broke the transfer record in 2017 by activating Neymar’s €222-million release clause and exploited Barcelona’s dire financial situation in 2021 to sign Lionel Messi on a free transfer. Highly rated La Masia product Xavi Simons also left Barcelona for PSG in 2019.

Incidentally, Dembele joined Barcelona as a replacement for Neymar. The Catalan side paid an initial €105 million to acquire the Frenchman from Borussia Dortmund.

The 26-year-old was expected to leave Barcelona as a free agent last summer but reversed course by signing a two-year contract with the Blaugrana.

Dembele made just 16 starts in La Liga last season, scoring five goals. A hamstring injury forced him to miss 17 matches between the end of January and end of April, according to transfermarkt.com. The World Cup winner has suffered various hamstring injuries over the course of his career.

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Report: Bayern's Mane joining Ronaldo's Al-Nassr for close to €40M

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr are adding Sadio Mane to their arsenal after reaching an agreement with Bayern Munich, according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano.

Al-Nassr struck the deal Friday after offering a reported €37 million for the Senegalese forward.

Bayern left Mane out of their squad for a friendly in Japan on Saturday, confirming that the former Liverpool star is in “contract talks ahead of a possible transfer.” Bayern did not name the club in question.

Mane recorded 12 goals and six assists in a short and disappointing spell at Bayern. All but two of those goals came before he suffered a leg injury that ruled him out of the World Cup last November. He was then accused of slapping teammate Leroy Sane in a locker-room dispute following Bayern’s Champions League defeat to Manchester City in April.

He signed a three-year contract with the Bundesliga champions upon joining from Liverpool in June 2022 for a reported €32 million.

He’s now set to form an interesting duo with Ronaldo, whose move to Al-Nassr in December sparked a mass exodus to Saudi Arabia. Al-Nassr have also signed Seko Fofana from RC Lens, Alex Telles from Manchester United, and Marcelo Brozovic from Champions League finalists Inter Milan during the summer window.

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Report: Man United signing Danish prodigy Hojlund for potential €85M

Manchester United reached an agreement with Atalanta on Saturday to sign 20-year-old forward Rasmus Hojlund, according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano.

The Red Devils will pay around €75 million up front and another €10 million in add-ons, reports Gianluca Di Marzio of Sky Sport Italia. The deal will represent a record-breaking sale for Atalanta.

United reportedly made bids worth €50 million and €60 million before agreeing to meet the Italian club’s asking price.

Paris Saint-Germain reportedly attempted to hijack United’s move for the player last week with a take-it-or-leave-it offer of €50 million. It’s unclear if PSG’s interest forced the English giants to raise their bid or if they had intended to do it anyway. Romano reported this week that United wanted to get a deal done as soon as possible.

Atalanta stand to make a sizeable profit on Hojlund, who joined the Italian club for just €17 million last summer. The Danish hotshot displaced oft-injured striker Duvan Zapata in Gian Piero Gasperini’s lineup in his breakout season, scoring nine goals in 33 Serie A matches.

Hojlund will now complement Marcus Rashford and Antony in United’s attack. Rashford carried much of the Red Devils’ scoring burden last season, leading the team with 17 goals in the Premier League. None of his teammates reached double digits in Premier League scoring.

Hojlund will be United’s fourth major summer signing following the arrivals of goalkeeper Andre Onana, defender Jonny Evans, and midfielder Mason Mount.

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Juve kicked out of Europe for 2023-24 due to FFP breaches; Chelsea fined €10M

UEFA banned Juventus from playing in European competition for the 2023-24 season and fined the club up to €20 million on Friday for violating a previous settlement agreement and breaching Financial Fair Play rules.

Juve had qualified for the Europa Conference League courtesy of a seventh-place finish in Serie A last season. A 10-point deduction for false accounting, which the Italian football federation issued in May, dropped the Bianconeri from fourth to seventh place.

Chelsea also received a €10-million fine for “submitting incomplete financial information.” UEFA said the club’s new ownership group “proactively reported” the financial anomalies to the governing body and determined they had occurred under previous owner Roman Abramovich between 2012 and 2019.

The Italian football federation previously ruled that Juventus inflated the value of player sales to remain compliant. The scandal, prompted by public prosecutors in Turin, forced former president Andrea Agnelli, vice president and former Ballon d’Or winner Pavel Nedved, CEO Maurizio Arrivabene, and the entire board of directors to resign.

Despite reiterating the club’s innocence, Agnelli’s successor, Gianluca Ferrero, said Juventus wouldn’t appeal UEFA’s decision.

“This decision is in line with the one taken last May in the context of the disputes with the (federation),” Ferrero said in a statement. “As in that case, we prefer to put an end to the period of uncertainty and ensure full visibility and certainty.

“Lodging an appeal, possibly to other levels of judgment, with uncertain outcomes and timing, would increase the uncertainty with respect to our eventual participation in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League.”

UEFA ordered Juventus to pay €10 million in penalties and another €10 million if they fail to comply with FFP regulations in the next three financial years.

Fiorentina, who finished behind Juventus in eighth place, will likely take their rivals’ place in the Europa Conference League.

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