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Bellerín and Marcos Alonso’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday
FC Barcelona scrambled in the last minutes of the summer transfer window to sign Héctor Bellerín. Things were easier on the following day with Marcos Alonso after he terminated his contract with Chelsea and became a free agent.
The official presentation of both the players will take place on Tuesday at the Ciutat Esportiva.
The busy fixture schedule with no midweek breaks for a while means there are very few windows available. The current plan is for the presentation to take place on Tuesday following the press conferences previewing the first Champions League group match between FC Barcelona and Viktoria Plzen at Camp Nou. For now, Barça have officially announced that Xavi Hernández will appear before the media on Tuesday at 12.30 p.m. and that a player, as yet unspecified, will also speak, although it is not expected to be either of the two new players
The team will have trained earlier, at 11 am, with the first fifteen minutes open for filming, as required by UEFA.
Viktoria coach Michal Bílek will appear at 18.15 with a player in the Ricard Maxenchs press room at Camp Nou. The Czech club will train at the stadium at 19.00.
It is not usual for Barça to introduce two players at once, but Bellerín and Marcos Alonso have arrived at the last moment and exceptions will have to be made. A similar precedent occurred in the 1999 winter transfer window when Barça signed brothers Frank and Ronald de Boer from Ajax and they were presented at the same time. Two signings that Barça had then been pursuing for a long time. The duo finally arrived to meet the request of coach Louis van Gaal.
Kylian Mbappe of Paris St-Germain has been named the new captain of the France national team.
He takes over for Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who announced his retirement from international football in January.
On Tuesday, the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed Deschamps’ selection of Mbappe as captain and Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann as vice-captain via social media.
“Kylian meets all the requirements to have this responsibility,” France manager Didier Deschamps told French TV channel TF1 in an interview to be aired on Sunday.
“On the field as in the life of the group, by being a unifying element.”
On Tuesday, the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed Deschamps’ selection of Mbappe as captain and Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann as vice-captain via social media.
Mbappe was the top scorer at last year’s World Cup, helping France to a second consecutive World Cup final, which they lost to Argentina.
He scored two goals against Croatia in the 2018 final and was named the tournament’s best young player as France won the World Cup for the second time.
Deschamps’ team faces the Netherlands in their first Euro 2024 qualifier at the Stade de France on Friday, before facing the Republic of Ireland on Monday.
After being released from prison in Sweden earlier this month, Asante Kotoko winger Joseph Amoako has returned to the club.
Amoako, who was on loan at relegated Swedish Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF for the season, was reportedly found guilty of statutory rape of a minor in Sweden and sentenced to two years in prison.
After being charged with having sexual relations with a minor, the 20-year-old was detained in Swedish Police custody in November 2022 for a court trial.
Due to the rape allegations, Helsingborgs IF cancelled his loan deal before the contract with his parent club, Asante Kotoko, expired in January 2023.
The Helsingborgs District Court initially found the talented young winger guilty on two counts and sentenced him to 24 months in prison, but the charges were dropped after an appeal.
Amoako, who arrived in Ghana last week, paid a visit to his teammates on Wednesday morning at the Adako Jachie Training Complex in Kumasi.
After Kingsley Sarfo and Kwame Bonsu, he was the third Ghanaian footballer to be wrongfully imprisoned in Sweden on rape charges.
Amoako struggled for playing time at Helsingborgs IF, where he appeared in only ten (10) games — 295 minutes — across all competitions.
Asante Kotoko did not register him for this season, so he is ineligible to play for the Porcupine Warriors in the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League.
Chris Hughton, the new head coach of the Black Stars, will be introduced today in Kumasi at the SG Mall in Ayigya.
Following successful negotiations with the Sports Ministry and the Ghana Football Association, the 64-year-old who replaced Otto Addo has been in charge of the team since last month.
Hughton’s contract details and other pertinent information will be revealed at the unveiling.
Ghana will play Angola in a double header AFCON Qualifier at the Baba Yara Stadium on Thursday, March 23, 2023, before travelling to Luanda for the rematch on March 27.
Source: citinewsroom.com
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