Riqui Puig is the boy of the day on the covers of Barcelona. There is not a single first page of the Catalan sports newspapers in which the Matadepera player does not appear. “Riqui knocks on the door,” headlines L’Esportiu on its first page. “It’s your time,” Mundo Deportivo tells him, illustrating the phrase with a photo in which Riqui receives instructions from Leo Messi. Sport with Riqui with Ansu. The two, in a photo with Messi: “It’s up to you.” The losses of Sergio Busquets, De Jong, Sergi Roberto, and the more than likely goodbye of Arthur, with his head elsewhere, may favor the Brazilian’s ownership.
The “total KO” of basketball Madrid also occupies a prominent place in the first pages, especially in Mundo Deportivo. Arthur loses some prominence once his transfer is practically closed.
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