Football Focus: Rakitic leaves Barcelona to sign for Sevilla

His decomposition ended a six-year era of trophies at the Camp Nou in which Rakitic won 4 Leagues, 4 King’s Cups, as well as the Champions League and the Club World Cup.A year left on his contract was not part of the plans of new Blue Coach Ronald Koeman for the upcoming season.”FC Sevilla and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement for the move of midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who will return for a moment to the club after their first leg at the club between January 2011 and June 2014,” Sevilla said in a statement.Rakitic won Sevilla’s Europa League in 2014 before moving to Barca.He pointed to the defense of the Gabriel Lille.

 

The striker began his adventure with the club in 2010 when he played 85 games and scored 56 goals in a period that also resulted in a Scudetto and a Supercoppa.

Ibrahimovic then returned to Milan in January this year and made headlines after making a significant contribution to the team.

“Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined teammates and coach Stefano Pioli at the Milanello Sports Centre, where he participated in his first consultation of the season,” AC Milan said in a statement.

The striker has scored 11 goals in 20 games and along the way he has also reached the milestone of 100 games with the club.

Milan climbed to sixth place in the 2019–20 Serie A season after winning and winning 3 of their last 12 Serie A games.

Ibrahimovic joined AC Milan after completing his stint at LA Galaxy in January.

He scored 53 goals in 58 appearances in his two seasons in Major League Soccer (MLS) before opting to return to Milan after playing for the club from 2010 to 2012.

AC Milan will now begin their Europa League crusade on 17 September against Shamrock Rovers at the time of the competition’s circular standings.

Mkhitaryan rescinds his contract with Arsenal and joins Roma with contract

Mkhitaryan joined Roma at the start of last season after a disappointing 18-month era at Arsenal following an industry deal in January 2018 that saw Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez move to Manchester United.

Rome had first reached an agreement last month to extend Mkhitaryan’s loan deal until the end of next season.

“Micki leaves us after his long-term loan in Italy.We have agreed to terminate your contract with us by mutual agreement to allow you to sign for Rome in a permanent move,” Arsenal said in a statement.

Mkhitaryan scored goals and got six assists last season when Roma finished fifth in Serie A to advance to the Europa League.

The new Serie A season on September 19.

Two PSG players tested for COVID-19

Two Paris St Germain players have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been quarantined, the club announced Monday, revealing their identities.

But the French media reported that Argentine internationals Angel Di María and Leandro Paredes had interrupted their visit to Ibiza after contracting the new coronavirus.

“Two Paris Saint-Germain players are suspected of being inflamed with COVID-19,” one club said.

“The state of his physical form is very reassuring.They have already undergone the right fitness protocols.”

The two now face the overdue departure of the PSG for the Ligue 1 season away from Racing Lens on 10 September and at home against Olympique de Marseille 3 days later.

Both played for the French club in the 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in Lisbon on 23 August.

Silva de la Real Sociedad tested by COVID-19

Former Manchester City midfielder David Silva tested COVID-19 on Monday, his new club, Real Sociedad.

The 34-year-old Spaniard, who joined the Society on a single play before this month, returned a positive after arriving in San Sebastian.

He has no symptoms and isolates himself, La Liga said.

Former Spain Silva left City at the end of last season after a decade of service in which he won four Premier League titles.

Forlán abandons Peñarol after a four-game loss

Diego Forlán broke away from the tactic with Peñarol on Monday after the Uruguayan club took just 11 games, former Manchester United and Atletico Madrid played off.

Forlán’s team lost 2-0 at home to the Wanderers on Sunday, their moment lost in 4 games.

“It’s time for Peñarol,” he tweeted.

“I have no complaints, it’s football.”

The Montevideo club is lastly in seventh place in the first division of 16 teams, six games after the restart of the league after a five-month hiatus by the coronavirus pandemic.

They have won only four times since the former driver of Peñarol and Uruguay Forlán was named to his first checkpoint last December.

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