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Granada attacker Isaac Cuenca is keen to end Barcelona s La Liga title hopes when he takes on his former team on Saturday.

The 25-year-old came through the ranks of the Barca youth academy, but eventually left the Catalans on a permanent basis in July 2014.

Cuenca has since worn the jerseys of Deportivo La Coruna and Bursaspor before joining Granada in February, and he is desperate to play a role in the title race.

Luis Enrique s men sit atop of the table heading into their final league game of the season, holding a one-point lead over arch-rivals Real Madrid.

A win over Granada would guarantee their 24th La Liga title in history, but Cuenca hopes to avoid a title party at Los Carmenes.

To score the winning goal in the last minute would be perfec…

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Belgium and Austria will lock horns with each other in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group F this weekend. The match between Domenico Tedesco’s side and Ralf Rangnick’s team will be held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Saturday.

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Belgium have established themselves as a major power in European and world football in recent years and have done pretty well in recent major competitions. True, the Red Devils have not won a major international competition in the last few years, as then manager Roberto Martinez simply could not get the team over the line. The nation will hope for something more and better under now head coach Domenico Tedes…

They might have given us a lovers tiff or two on the pitch but, as a key Valentine s Day engagement arrives, Paris Saint-Germain forwards Neymar and Edinson Cavani have shown themselves to be the hottest couple in Europe.

Neymar and Cavani can spearhead PSG s bid to unseat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday knowing no two players in Europe s top five leagues this season have combined more often for goals than the seven their partnership has yielded.

Cavani surpassed PSG s all-time scoring record with the help of five Neymar assists, while also laying on a couple of goals for the Brazilian. Perhaps tellingly, no Madrid duo make the rundown.

The next most prolific pairings on the continent have produced six goals in tandem, including Lionel Messi …

Manchester United s goalless draw with Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday highlighted two facts we already knew: Jose Mourinho s side are unadventurous but incredibly hard to beat, and David de Gea is a genius.

The Spain goalkeeper added one more to his catalogue of best saves towards the end of the first half, producing a quite remarkable reaction stop to deny Luis Muriel s close-range header.

It was a moment that dominated plenty of the post-match talk (at least, when nobody was discussing Paul Pogba) and underlined why De Gea is widely considered the best goalkeeper in England and, perhaps, the world.

Well, the former is certainly true, if Opta s data for the 2017-18 Premier League season is anything to go by

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Paris Saint Germain are leading the race to sign Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier,.

Premier League trio Arsenal, Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers have also been linked with a move for the 21 year old right-back, though it is the French champions who are favourites to complete a deal.

Aurier scored six goals in thirty-four Ligue 1 appearances for Toulouse last season while internationally he played every minute of his countries unsuccessful World Cup campaign in Brazil this summer.

He has spent his entire professional career so far in France having started out with Lens, for whom he made fifty-four senior appearances before moving to the Stadium Municipal in January 2012.

Laurent Blanc’s side eased to the French top flight title last season fin…

Brendan Rodgers has warned his striker Luis Suarez to be on his best behaviour if he is to fulfil his world-class potential.

The Uruguayan’s time in the Premier League has been a mixture of controversy and impressive performances, but more often than not it has been the former which has made the headlines.

Most recently, Suarez was banned for 10 games by the Football Association for biting Branislav Ivanovic and it is this sort of behaviour which boss Rodgers feels could be hampering both himself and his club.

The Liverpool manager claimed that Suarez can never be called a great player while he continues to be involved in situations such as this and said the club wanted to help improve his image.

Everyone isn’t perfect, Rodgers said. If you have a s…

Barcelona could not compete financially with Paris Saint-Germain if the French champions approach Lionel Messi, presidential candidate Agusti Benedito has conceded.

Six-time Ballon d Or winner Messi failed in an attempt to engineer a move away from Camp Nou in the close season but is due to become a free agent at the end of this campaign, meaning he is able to open talks with other clubs from next month.

Manchester City and Inter have been strongly linked with the Argentina international, but reports from Spain last week suggested PSG are the frontrunners for Messi s signature, although his father and agent Jorge has since labelled that speculation false .

Neymar recently hinted he would love PSG to bring his former team-mate to the Parc des Princes, and Benedit…

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Looking to extend on their impressive start to the 2022/23 La Liga campaign, Real Betis will make the trip to the Mallorca Estadi on Saturday evening.

Starting with the hosts, eventually dragging themselves over the finish line last season and hanging onto their La Liga status thanks to a one-point buffer, Mallorca could be heading for another relegation scrap this time around. However, opening the 2022/23 campaign with a hard-fought 0-0 stalemate away at Athletic Bilbao, Head Coach Javier Aguirre has seen his side enjoy a summer boost. Unbeaten in each of their six pre-season friendlies, the Pirates will be desperate to spring an upset on Saturday evening. Making their first appearance at the Mallorca Estadi this wee…

Lionel Messi might have been embroiled in something of an argument with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) on Thursday, but he spent his Friday imploring his team-mates to give their all in the Copa America Centenario final against Chile.

Messi took to social media to voice his displeasure with the AFA after their flight to New Jersey ahead of the final was delayed, but he called for everyone to unite for one final push in the United States as Argentina look to avoid Copa America final heartbreak at the hands of Chile for the second year running.

Now is not the time to give nothing because we are very close to achieving the objective that we came here to achieve, he said.

In this last year, we have grown a lot as a group and as a team. We arrived in a ver…

Zinedine Zidane insists James Rodriguez is happy at Real Madrid amid speculation the Colombia international could swap LaLiga for the Premier League.

Both Arsenal and Chelsea have been heavily linked with moves for the playmaker after he dropped down the pecking order in the Spanish capital.

James only made 17 starts in the league in 2015-16 – his second season with Madrid and he was only given 13 minutes of their opening league match of this campaign against Real Sociedad on Sunday.

His lack of action has seen him linked with a move away, but Zidane has consistently echoed the comments of Madrid president Florentino Perez in insisting the 25-year-old is not looking to leave.

He is well and happy, Zidane said when asked about James after the 3-0 victor…