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João Félix will leave Atlético Madrid, but there is a possibility that the 23-year-old Portuguese striker will renew his contract with the ‘colchoneros’ before moving to Chelsea. According to the newspaper Brandthe Spanish club wants to ensure that João Félix extends the constraint until 2027 (the current one ends in 2026).

This renewal has one objective: to reduce the annual depreciation, in order to balance the accounts. The colchoneros have already done the same with Lemar and Oblak, with contracts renewed until 2027 and 2028 respectively.

If this point is resolved, the transfer of the Portuguese player to London could soon be announced. Remember that on Monday afternoon, the portal The Athletic advanced that João Félix is ​​very close to leaving Atlético de Madrid and moving to Chelsea. The deal would be a loan deal until the end of the season, with no option to buy.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of Spain has praised Portuguese under-21 midfielder Fábio Vieira after the 22-year-old Portuguese player, formerly of FC Porto, provided assists for the first two goals of the three scored by the Londoners in the victory ( 3-0) obtained by the ‘gunners’ in Monday evening’s match at the Kassam Stadium, against Oxford United.

«Fabio [Vieira] it has the quality. He is a very creative player and can decide games in the last third of the pitch. It made all the difference,” the Gunners’ Spanish manager told ITV at the end of Monday night’s meeting at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford, which put Arsenal on the path to Man. City, in the next round of the FA Cup, on the 28th of this month, at the Etihad Stadium (Manchester).

“It’s always difficult to get through this round [terceira, mas a primeira com os clubes da Premier League]. We have to be patient, and we have been, finding the right openings to decide the game in our favor. The contribution of the players who came off the bench was also important in changing the dynamics of the match», underlined Mikel Arteta regarding the 3-0 victory over Oxford United, the team coached by Karl Robinson and only 15th in the league. One (Third Division).

The London coach also reassured everyone about the possible injury of Bukayo Saka, who was moved – “he’s fine”, he reassured – and praised the performance of Nketiah, who scored twice in Oxford.

“He is everything we could want from a player. I’m delighted. You always have to score goals… and he does,” added Arteta, who already predicts a big home match for the two-times England champion Man. City ‘by’ Pep Guardiola – but also by Rúben Dias, João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva – in the fourth round of this same FA Cup (Father’s Cup): «We go match by match. It will be fantastic, yes, but my focus is… on Tottenham, our next opponent,” concluded the Spanish coach.

Tite stepped down as Brazil manager following the World Cup in Qatar and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has since been looking for a replacement. After the news about Zidane, ‘Sky Sports’ from Italy anticipated this Monday that José Mourinho also declined the invitation to lead the Brazilian.

The same source also reveals that the CBF has resorted to Ronaldo ‘Fenómeno’ to try to get a positive response from the Portuguese Roma coach, but without success.

It is remembered that José Mourinho was named in the Portuguese national team, but that hypothesis ended up not materialising.

Benfica SAD informed this Monday, in a statement sent to the Securities Market Commission (CMVM), that the company and members of the board of directors were accused,

Two days later the club confirmed that it had been «constituted defendant on January 3, as well as, inherently and among others, the members of the board of directors in the 2016-2020 term and currently in office», SAD reports the situation to the CMVM.

«Benfica SAD confirms that, taking into account the information made public on 7 January 2023, the club, as well as, inherently and among others, the members who served on its Board of Directors in the 2016-2020 mandate and who are currently in office, defendants were constituted in the context of a trial that takes place in the secrecy of justice. The Company has expressed its total availability and readiness to collaborate with the competent authorities, as has always happened up to now», reads the statement released today by the Commission.

On Friday, Diário de Notícias said that “at stake will be a process in which crimes resulting from pirated emails in Benfica are investigated and in which other processes, such as ‘voucher’ and ‘bad bye’, have been joined”. Also according to the DN, the defendants are Rui Costa, current president, Domingos Soares Oliveira, Luís Filipe Vieira, José Eduardo Moniz and Nuno Gaioso Ribeiro, all directors, or former directors, of the Benfica company.

Club Brugge, opponents of Benfica in the round of 16 of the Champions League, were defeated by Genk, 1-3, on the debut of the new coach, Scott Parker.

In the away match against the leaders of the Belgian championship, Club Brugge even scored first, with Hans Vanaken (21′), an advantage shortly after canceled by Carlos Cuenca (25′).

It was in the second half that Paul Onuachu (65′) turned the tables, at a time when former Benfica player Roman Yaremchuk and midfielder Mats Rits (who made his debut after eight months off due to injury) were already on the field.

The final result was established by Bryan Heynen, in the 81st minute, with Genk already in numerical advantage on the pitch: Abakar Sylla was sent off for accumulated yellow cards, in the 75th minute.

Fourth consecutive game without a win for Club Brugge, fourth with 34 points, now 13 behind Genk.

The Spaniard Julen Lopetegui, former coach of FC Porto and now in charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers (England), has not silenced his indignation at the decisions of the referee team led by Andrew Madley in the draw (2-2) of the ‘wolves ‘ ‘ Last Saturday evening, at Anfield, against Liverpool, in particular for validating the 2-1 draw for the ‘reds’ and Salah (52′) with the Egyptian forward offside, and invalidating the 2-3 draw for Toti Gomes, presumed offside by a teammate at the start of play (82′).

«I went to talk to the referee at the end, plus Rúben [Neves, capitão de equipa], but only to talk about these two goals. The offside that is pointed out to us to invalidate the 2-3 doesn’t exist: we haven’t seen it… and it simply doesn’t exist! I’m sorry, but that’s impossible! The only explanation for the decision is that someone told you [ao árbitro] that was out of the game. There are two touches of the ball first by our players [Wolverhampton] and the decision is wrong,” said the Spanish coach in statements to ITV after the match in Liverpool, concerning the 32nd round of the FA Cup (FA Cup) and in which, given that there was no winner at the 90′ by regulation, the obligation of a new meeting between the two teams was sealed, probably on 17 or 18 January, but this time in Wolverhampton.

“I make mistakes every day too, and sometimes they do too [árbitros] also. In this match there was also the help of the VAR, and it’s a shame, because, and I’m sorry to repeat the same problem, sorry, but in the 2-3 draw there is no offside, the goal had to be validated” , considered Lopetegui, who extended the criticism… to 2-1.

“Salah’s 2-1? It’s the same in all leagues! My opinion is that we need to make the referees aware of this type of situation, as a player takes advantage of it. Salah was offside before Toti [Gomes] touch the ball: so he was ahead. And, of course, Toti just hit the ball and tried to intercept because of the offside player. [Salah]», explained at the end a didactic Lopetegui, indignant with the refereeing but finally thanking Andrew Madley for his cordiality.

«We saw the images of the offers in the booth, the referee listened to us very cordially [no final do jogo]… and that’s a good thing, because it’s not common in Spain. I love to talk about football. But the damage is done. We have to accept it! And that’s a shame, because these players deserved to win against a fantastic team like Liverpool. The players deserved to have won and the team to have qualified for the round of 16» added the coach of the ‘wolves’ to the BBC, in subsequent statements.

“In my opinion Salah’s goal should have been disallowed [o 2-1] it belongs to everyone [Gomes, que seria o 2-3] validated. This is absolutely clear, from my point of view» concluded a nonconformist Lopetegui.