Rangnick between trainer and kindergarten teacher
The English press does not give Manchester United a break. After rumors about internal disputes between Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo about the captaincy had been smoldering in the past few days, coach Ralf Rangnick assured at a press conference that he “put the dressing room back in order” have. The coach also confirmed that it was in the cabin “restlessness” given without referring to individual names. Of course, the British gazettes can’t let it go. The ‘Daily Mirror’ headlines “United is divided”for the ‘Daily Express’ it is “a man problem”. Rangnick doesn’t let this background noise dissuade him from his personnel decisions, the captain’s armband should remain with central defender Maguire at least until the end of the season.
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Dusan Vlahovic becomes the bogeyman
After yesterday’s 1-1 draw in the Turin derby between Juventus and FC, the Italian press found Dusan Vlahovic a scapegoat for Juve’s lack of goal threat. The ‘Corriere dello Sport’ calls the Serbs, who left the field goalless yesterday, the “Kleinen Vlahovic”. There is a consensus in the sports press that the underdog was the better team yesterday. Regarding the FC Torino logo, today’s ‘Tuttosport’ headlines: “What a derby, what a bull” and also the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ made their sympathies clear yesterday evening: “More Taurus Than Queen”. Juventus has now slipped to fourth place due to persistent jamming on the offensive.
Spain is fighting over Haaland
It is still not clear whether Erling Haaland will leave Borussia Dortmund in the summer. Where he would go in that case, much less. In Spain, however, the sports newspapers take great delight in provoking a bidding war between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The ‘Sport’ dedicates its front page to this topic and writes from “Barça-Madrid-War over Haaland”. And ‘Marca’, close to the Royals, also likes it martial: “The battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona is getting more intense every day” writes the Madrid sports newspaper. Against this background, the statements of Javier Tebas, head of the Spanish league, who ruled out a transfer of the Norwegian to the Catalans, are interesting.
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