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Manchester United and Chelsea are reportedly the clubs leading the race to sign Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar.
The PSG attacker has endured another frustrating season that has seen him miss many of his club’s games because of injury. The Brazilian is out for the season with an ankle injury he picked up in PSG’s 4-3 win over Lille in February.
This has led to reports that PSG want to sell him and take his huge weekly salary out of his wage bill.
The Parisian club are looking to rebuild their squad and are now prioritising younger players and French stars instead of big names. They want to build their team around Kylian Mbappe and could allow Neymar to leave this summer if the right offer comes.
So according to reports by Foot Mercato, Man United want to take advantage of this and bring the Brazilian to Old Trafford. However, that can only happen if they can finalise a sale of the club.
The Red Devils are in the midst of a takeover and will be able to sign quality players once the new owners take over. According to the report, several big names will be signed in the event of a successful sale, with Neymar on the list of wanted star players.
Meanwhile, the Red Devils are not alone in the pursuit of Neymar. Fellow Premier League side Chelsea are also interested in the Brazilian.
The Blues unsuccessfully tried to sign the 31-year-old last summer but will be back on the negotiation table this summer.
Real Madrid will travel to Estadio Municipal de Montilivi on Tuesday to face Girona in the 31st Round of the 2022/23 La Liga season.
Girona saw their four-game unbeaten run in La Liga (W2, D2) ended on Saturday when they were beaten 1-0 by Valladolid. The result was a huge blow to their chances of qualifying for European football for the first time in their history.
So a more realistic target for this season will be eclipsing their best ever top-flight finish of tenth in 2017/18, with their next assignment a Real Madrid side against whom they’ve fared well recently (W1, D1, L1).
Although they lost the last two home head-to-head despite scoring on both occasions, draws away to Barcelona (0-0) and Real Madrid (1-1) this season suggest they could influence the title race.
They will fancy their chances of causing another upset here, given that they have lost only one of their last five home La Liga fixtures (W4).
Meanwhile, Real Madrid kept their unlikely La Liga race alive by beating Celta Vigo 2-0 on Saturday. The win was their fourth consecutive game to have finished in their favour with that scoreline.
But they remain eleven points behind table toppers Barcelona. But they will hope to keep winning, hoping for a slip-up from the Catalan side with seven games still to play.
Meanwhile, mixed away form since November has been a key factor in Los Blancos falling so far behind Barcelona (W4, D1, L4), a far cry from when they began their league campaign with six consecutive victories on the road.
But recent campaigns suggest they should finish strongly, as when including only their final four away trips of a La Liga season, Madrid have lost just one of their last 12 fixtures away from the Bernabéu (W8, D3).
Meanwhile, Girona’s home La Liga games have produced the second-highest average of total goals per game (3.07) in the division. So we can expect an over 2.5 goals game here.
Mateo Kovacic’s agents have reportedly landed in England for talks over the Croatia international’s future at Chelsea.
The Chelsea midfielder will enter the final 12 months of his contract at Stamford Bridge in the summer, meaning he could leave for nothing next year.
The club want to keep him, but very little progress has been made over a possible extension, leading to widespread interest from across the Premier League.
Chelsea, do not want to keep any unsettled players, especially those in the final two years of their deals.
So they have ruled that such players are available for the right price and are prepared to sell Kovacic this summer if he declines to sign an extension.
The 28-year-old’s agents are set to speak with Frank Lampard’s side in the coming days about the situation. But according to reports, they aren’t just focusing on talks with Chelsea; they are also scheduling discussions with the numerous Premier League sides who have expressed an interest in the client.
Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United are all expected to hold talks with Kovacic’s representatives, having all expressed an interest in the midfielder over the past few months.
Should Chelsea sell Kovacic, Mason Mount and Gallagher, as reported, they will pursue a deal for West Ham United’s Declan Rice, who has been a long-term target. Southampton’s Romeo Lavia is also a target. The Blues are also big fans of Borussia Monchengladbach’s Manu Kone.
Italian Serie A giants AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Manchester City right-back Kyle Walker at the end of the season.
The English defender has been an ever-present fixture in Pep Guardiola’s side since he joined City from Tottenham for £50m in 2017.
However, in recent months, Walker has struggled for minutes in Guardiola’s setup. The right-back started Man City’s 3-0 win against Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
But that start was just one of the few he has made recently, with the defender, more often than not, starting from the bench. He has started just two Premier League matches in the last two months.
Guardiola prefers to use a system that doesn’t require a conventional right-back, meaning that Manuel Akanji, John Stones and Rico Lewis are ahead of Walker.
According to The Telegraph, AC Milan is looking to add Walker to their squad ahead of next season.
The 31-year-old has one year remaining on his contract at the Etihad, so Milan are looking to take advantage of the situation. The reigning Scudetto champions are currently outside the Serie A title race, so they are keen to bolster their squad for next season.
The San Siro side views Walker as someone who can challenge right-back Davide Calabria for minutes.
Should no move materialise this summer, and Walker does not renew terms with City, he would be free to negotiate with potential suitors next January.
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn has defended under-fire manager Thomas Tuchel after his side’s shocking defeat to Mainz on Saturday.
The Bavarians suffered their third defeat under Tuchel at the weekend, as his team were beaten 3-1 by Mainz.
The result means that Bayern have gone four games without a win in all competitions, while they have recorded just two wins in seven games under Tuchel.
However, despite the poor results, Kahn has backed the former Chelsea boss. According to the German legend, the coach’s job is safe, and the players should take the blame for the loss at Mainz.
“Thomas Tuchel is the last person we need to talk about now,” Khan said.
“He is doing everything he can to help the boys progress.
“There are 11 men on the pitch who have to work hard to achieve the goals of this club. What the team showed on the pitch is not enough.”
The Bayern chief was particularly critical of Bayern’s second-half showing, with the Bavarian giants conceding three goals in 14 minutes as Mainz came from 1-0 down to secure all three points.
“We played a catastrophic second half,” he added. “Who was the team that wants to become champions? It will be very difficult to become champions with such performances.”
Bayern’s recent defeat means Borussia Dortmund has the upper hand in the title race. Edin Terzic’s side moved to the top of the table, one point ahead of Bayern, thanks to a 4-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 in their weekend game. Both sides now have just five games left to play.
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is reportedly attracting interest from several top Italian clubs amid uncertainty over his future at Old Trafford.
The Englishman has endured a nightmare season and was at fault for Sevilla’s first goal in their 3-0 win over Man United on Thursday. That loss confirmed the Red Devils’ elimination from the Europa League at the quarter-final stage.
Although he is back in the starting team in recent matches, it is only due to injuries sustained by first-choice centre-back pairing Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez.
According to reports by 90min, United want to sanction a permanent exit for Maguire but understands it could be difficult to recoup a substantial fee from the defender’s sale. The 30-year-old earns £190,000 a week at Old Trafford, and few clubs are willing to offer him that amount. So that leaves sanctioning a loan move also difficult.
Few Premier League clubs have indicated interest, but Juventus, Milan and Inter have also indicated an interest in potential loan deals with options to buy.
While such a deal wouldn’t be perfect for United in the circumstances, they may need to be flexible to create room to manoeuvre around FFP limitations and to ensure they purchase quality players in key positions.
CF Montreal VS New York Red Bulls is one of the 13 thrilling matches happening today in the MLS. It will be a clash of two Eastern Conference teams who need points to rise from the bottom of the standings and step out of the two wins they’ve managed this season.
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After three successive losses, CF Montreal is not at the bottom of the Eastern table, with only three points to the clubs’ name, and is also the team that has given up the most goals in the whole MLS, allowing 17 points against and registering the worst goal difference with a -14.
They’ve gone back to their home field after a loss by the minimum score against D.C. United. However, note that Montreal scored just three goals, which is the only win they have this season. In other matches, they lost all the time and couldn’t score.
Possible Lineup (3-4-3): Jonathan Sirois; Rudy Camacho, Joel Waterman, Aaron Herrera; Ilias Iladis, Victor Wanyama, Zachary Brault-Guillard, Mathieu Choiniére, Ahmed Hamdi, Bryce Duke, Chinonso Offor.
Betting On The New York Red Bulls
1XBet Spread: -1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 2.24
The New York Red Bulls enter today’s matchup fresh off a fifth draw in 8 games. In their last game, they tied 1-1 at home against the Houston Dynamo, leaving them with just 8 points and 12 positions in the East.
New York’s sole win was secured on March 18th when they won the Columbus Crew at home and on the road. The Red Bulls don’t score many goals, but they don’t also allow many goals. They scored 6 goals and forfeited seven.
Possible Lineup (3-5-2): Carlos Coronel; Andres Reyes, Sean Nealis, John Tolkin, Daniel Edelman, Cristian Cásseres Jr, Kyle Duncan, Omir Fernández, Cameron Harper, Cory Burke, Tom Barlow.
Today’s game between Montreal and New York features two low-performing teams who must improve and come up with methods to improve their goal-scoring for better results. The Red Bulls are better off, mostly because they don’t allow many goals, even with one win.
Montreal on the other hand has defensive challenges which could influence this match, despite being the hosts. Due to this, sportsbooks predict that New York will emerge winner but by a very thin thread.
MLS continues with matchday 9 which features FC Cincinnati VS Portland Timbers, happening live this Saturday.
Cincinnati and Portland had a different season, and their results so far tell on their positions in the conference standings. This is why both sides must win to go a step further towards achieving their objectives.
MatchPlug as always has all the details you need for wagering on this highly competitive game between Cincinnati and Portland. You’ll get a full analysis of each club’s current form and how they’ve performed in their different leagues. We also have the MLS Picks and odds for the game.
FC Cincinnati has had a promising season, as they have shown impressive performance in all the matches they’ve played. They are presently in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with 5 wins, two draws, and one loss.
Following their defeat, Cincinnati got their first loss in the previous game. They got passed by St. Louis FC. But, before that, they had achieved three 1-0 wins in a row; proving that defensive solidarity was sufficient to earn points. Regardless, it is clear that Cincinnati cannot depend on its backline’s performance all the time.
Now that they will play on their home field a gain, a place that brought them comfort. To the point where they remain unbeaten, winning all four matches they played in front of their fans. Cincinnati has tried scoring five goals and forfeited just one.
Possible Lineup: (3-4-1-2): Roman Celentano, Nick Hagglund, Mathew Miazaga, Yerson Mosquera, Santiago Arias, Marco Angulo, Júnior Moreno, Álvaro Barreal, Luciano Acosta, Brandon Vazquez, Brenner.
Betting On The Portland Timbers
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 5.35
Unlike FC Cincinnati, the Portland Timbers have not had the season they expected in the MLS’ Western Conference. They only gathered two wins, two draws, and four losses so far this season.
The club hasn’t given a good performance and it is clear that it gave up 13 goals, making them the second team in the West with the highest number of goals. Additionally, the Timbers scored just 10 goals, giving them a goal difference of -3.
Possible Lineup (4-3-4): Aljaz Ivacic, Eric Miller, Dario Zuparic, Zac McGraw, Claudio Bravo, Eryk Williamson, Diego Chará, Santiago Moreno, Juan Mosquera, Nathan Fogaça, Diego Gutiérrez.
There is no argument that Cincinnati is in better form than Portland in this game, not just because of their consistency throughout the season, but because of their undefeated home record.
The Timbers on their own part mustered a victory in this last match, they haven’t shown enough skills to deem them worthy to play against Cincinnati. This is why sportsbooks expect the hosts to win.
New England Revolution VS Sporting Kansas City is another exciting matchup happening for MLS matchday 9. New England is largely favoured to win this matchup.
The Revolution leads the Eastern Conference with 17 points, while Sporting is at the bottom of the Western Conference with just 3 points. This proves how unevenly placed the game can be.
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The New England Revolution in their last 5 games has three wins and two draws. The club hasn’t lost a single match since a 4-0 defeat against LAFC on March 12th, which is their only loss in the season thus far.
Thomas McNamara, Ryan Spaulding, Nacho Gil, and Jacob Jackson succumbed to injury, while Dylan Borrero is on suspension and won’t play. For home matches, the Revolution has three wins and one draw, with a remarkable goal difference of nine favour and just one against.
Possible Lineup (4-4-2): Djordje Petrovic; Brandon Bye, Henry Kessler, Dave Romney, DeJuan Jones, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Noel Buck, Matt Polster, Jack Panayotou, Gustavo Bou, Bobby Wood.
Betting On Sporting Kansas City
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 4.2
Sporting Kansas City’s season remains a huge heartbreak for the team, losing four out of their last 5 games and conceding 10 goals in this regard.
To worsen things, Peter Vermens the coach will have many absent players for this match: Tim Leibold, Nemanja Radoja, Kortne Ford, Kayden Pierre, and Gadi Kinda are injured, while Robert Castellanos is on suspension.
On the road, Kansas City sports two draws and three losses, with only one goal scored and six forfeited.
Possible Lineup (4-3-3): Timothy Melia, Graham Zusi, Daniel Valencia, Andreu Fontas, Robert Voloder, Felipe Hernandez, Remi Walter, Erik Thommy, Johnny Russell, Alan Pulido, Daniel Salloi.
The last time New England and Kansas City played was on June 12, 2022, and then, New England won the match by a 2-1 victory.
Given the contrast in the forms and positions of these clubs, we believe that the team leading the Eastern Conference will easily win over the team at the bottom of the Western Conference, at New England Revolution VS Sporting Kansas City.
Final Prediction: New England Revolution Moneyline.
Two rivals from the NL Central fight for a win in Pittsburgh Pirates VS Cincinnati Reds. The Reds will be the guests in the second game of a four-game series against the Pirates today.
Last Thursday, Pittsburgh clinched a 4-3 victory. So, will Cincinnati return this favour or will the Pirates defeat them in front of their home audience?
The Pittsburgh Pirates won four consecutive matches when they defeated Cincinnati on Thursday night. They entered Friday 13-7 on the season and placed second in the NL Central, 1.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the top position in the Division.
Against the Reds, the Pirates started a 4-0 lead in the opening inning and maintained control despite being scoreless for the rest of the match. They ended the game with just 4 hits and no player scoring more than one. Connor Joe and Jack Suwinski homered in the victory for Pittsburgh. Roansy Contreras got a win when he threw 6.2 innings, allowing one run on five hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. David Bednar worked a 1-2-3 ninth, and struck out one, for his sixth save of the season.
Rich Hill starts for the Pirates for the 5th time this season. He comes in 1-2 with a 5.57 ERA, a 1.333 WHIP, six walks and 15 strikeouts over 21 innings. Hill allowed seven homers after allowing just 15 over 124.1 innings last year. He secured a win in his last start against the Colorado Rockies on Monday.
Hill threw 6 innings and allowed one run on 6 hits with two walks and 7 strikeouts in a game Pittsburgh won 14-3. The last three times he started, Hill was 1-1 with a 5.62 ERA, a 1.44 WHIP, four walks and 8 strikeouts over 16 innings of work. He will be making his 16th career appearance and 14th start against Cincinnati.
He is 5-4 with a 3.61 ERA, a 1.092 WHIP, 31 walks and 80 strikeouts over 72.1 innings of work this year. Hill is 1-3 with a 5.18 ERA, a 1.075 WHIP, 8 walks, and 26 strikeouts over 40 innings in 7 career starts at PNC Park.
Betting On The Cincinnati Reds
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Moneyline: 2.36
1XBet Over/Under: Under 9.5
BetMGM Spread: +1.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 2.35
BetMGM Over/Under: Over 9
The Cincinnati Reds lost for the third time in a row during the opening match of this series on Thursday. They dropped to 7-12 on the year and entered Friday at the bottom of the NL Central, 7 games behind Milwaukee for the top spot in the division.
Thursday night, the Reds ended the game with 8 hits with Jonathan Indian leading with three points in the contest. Luke Weaver lost on the mound, allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with two walks and 8 strikeouts over 6 innings of work.
Luis Cessa is picked to take the slab for Cincinnati as he starts for the 4th time this season. He has 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA, a 2.75 WHIP, 8 walks and 3 strikeouts over 12 innings of work this season. Cessa was beaten up as his last start yielded a loss against the Philadelphia Phillies at home on Sunday. He threw 3 innings and allowed 11 runs on 14 hits with 3 walks and no strikeouts in a 14-3 Cincinnati loss.
Cessa’s 10th appearance and third start against the Pirates will be in this matchup. He enters the game 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA, a 1.095 WHIP, 5 walks and 16 strikeouts over 21 innings of work. He has no record with a 3.38 ERA, a 1219 WHIP, 3 walks and 4 strikeouts over 10.2 innings in 4 career appearances, one start, at PNC Park.
MatchPlug Prediction
The Cincinnati Reds haven’t had an easy season and bringing in Cessa shows how they struggled with depth in terms of rotation. Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo and Graham Ashcraft are a decent trio, but the other members are a mess.
Furthermore, Cincinnati’s lineup didn’t deliver enough offensive production this year. Hill turned in a good outing last time the teams played at Coors Field, to secure a win and the Pirates have gotten some great performances from their bullpen this season.
After what the Reds have displayed this season which is not much, fans can overlook them and instead back the Pirates, led by Hill on the mound, as they earn the victory.
Final Prediction: Pittsburgh Pirates Moneyline.
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