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Yahoo
2 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Champions League final: a landmark achievement for Désiré Doué! 🤯
A record for precocity before the Golden Boy title? Preferred to Bradley Barcola up front for this highly anticipated final, Désiré Doué is about to break a nice record. Aged 19 years and 362 days, the Rennes youth product is set to become the first Frenchman under 20 to play in a Champions League final. Advertisement Do you think the tricolor international has the weapons to be decisive in such a prestigious meeting? This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 FRANCK FIFE - AFP or licensors
BBC News
18 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Why it would cost £340m to buy Barcelona's Yamal
Barcelona's teenage winger Lamine Yamal would cost about £340m to buy, according to a Swiss research group which has assessed the value of leading CIES Football Observatory, external has calculated the 17-year-old would command a fee of 400m euros - close to double Neymar's world-record transfer of 222m euros from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain in Spain youngster became the fifth-youngest player to make his La Liga debut aged 15 years and nine has scored 23 more goals than eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi had at the same age. Yamal played a key role in Spain's Euro 2024 success - winning young player of the tournament and goal of the tournament - as well as lifting two La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey with won last year's Golden Boy award, given to the best player in Europe aged under six-year deal he signed with the Catalan club last week includes a one billion euro buy-out clause."This extraordinary figure is linked to equally extraordinary performances achieved at an age - 18 in July - when most players, even the best, are just starting out at professional level," the observatory researchers work out the values of players using a statistical model it has created based on thousands of transactions over the past value was increased by having recently signed the new contract. Haaland, Bellingham & Mbappe: yours for £559m Yamal, who turns 18 in July, is valued at £140m more than Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, 24 - who is in second place at €240m (£200m)Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham is the most valuable England player on the list at €234m (£197m) with team-mate Kylian Mbappe landing a valuation of €193m (£162m).Making up the top five is Bayern Munich and Germany forward Jamal Musiala, with a value of €155m (£130m).The highest-value defender on the list is Barcelona teenager Pau Cubarsi at €118m (£99m) while Brighton's Bart Verbruggen is listed as the goalkeeper that would command the highest fee - €64m (£54m). Wirtz to Garnacho: Who could move this summer? The 10th player on the list is Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who looks set to join Premier League champions Liverpool for what is expected to become a new British record transfer formula values him at €122m (£103m), which is lower than the Reds are reportedly set to pay to Bayer Garnacho has been told he can leave Manchester United by boss Ruben Amorim and, according to CIES Football Observatory, the Argentina winger could command a fee in the region of €63m (£53m).Liverpool received some money, £8.4m, from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold - but nowhere his value of €69m (£58m) if he was not approaching the end of his City have agreed a €55m (£46m) fee with AC Milan for Serie A midfielder of the season Tijjani Reijnders - and the formula suggests City have got a bargain, with him valued at €78m (£65m) in the St-Germain winger Desire Doue, player of the match performance in the 5-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final, is valued at €109m (£91m).
Morocco World
3 days ago
- Sport
- Morocco World
Moroccan Trio Shortlisted for Golden Boy 2025
The race for the 2025 Golden Boy award is well underway, and three young Moroccan players have made the first cut in the 100-man shortlist. Eliesse Ben Seghir and Chemsdine Talbi, both full Morocco internationals, are joined by Franco-Moroccan prospect Ayyoub Bouaddi as nominees for the prestigious award, which recognizes the best under-21 player in Europe each year. Ben Seghir, 20, enjoyed a solid season with AS Monaco, scoring nine goals and providing four assists. Talbi, also 20, has been a standout performer for Club Brugge in Belgium. With seven goals and four assists to his name, including key contributions in the Champions League, he's now attracting interest from bigger clubs across the continent, notably German side RB Leipzig. Bouaddi is the youngest of the Moroccan trio. The 17-year-old midfielder has already broken into the first team at Lille and drew widespread attention after running the show in a 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage. He hasn't committed to Morocco or France at the international level just yet. While the Moroccan players are turning heads, it's Barcelona centre-back Pau Cubarsí who currently leads the pack. The 18-year-old has had a breakout season, making 56 appearances across all competitions and helping Barça to a domestic treble under Hansi Flick. His calmness on the ball and defensive maturity have earned him a rating of 95.4 in the Football Benchmark index, putting him at the top of the official rankings. Lamine Yamal, last year's winner, sits at number one on the list with a score of 97.7, but since no player can win the award twice, his name is only there for reference. Paris Saint-Germain's Désiré Doué ranks third and is another strong candidate after a superb season, after winning the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the UEFA Champions League. The shortlist was published this week by Tuttosport , the Italian outlet that created the Golden Boy award back in 2003. The final winner will be announced in December. Tags: Ayyoub BouaddiChemsdine Talbieliesse ben seghirGolden Boy award
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
🚨 Napoli stick with manager Antonio Conte
Plot twist! Just as he had led Napoli to a championship title that made the whole city roar, Antonio Conte was announced to be leaving in recent days, and was even sent to Juventus. The reason, among other things, was a complicated relationship with the iconic and temperamental club president Aurelio De Laurentiis. But the latter published a photo with Conte on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday evening, announcing that he was staying. Advertisement The club also published a video to confirm the news. It remains to be seen whether this is just a maintenance of the current contract or if the Neapolitan club will extend/revalue the Italian coach. In any case, the supporters can reassure themselves, Conte should stay to defend his title, while the arrival of big players like De Bruyne is awaited. Also read: - AC Milan fires coach, successor known - Di Maria officializes new club - The 100 players nominated for the 2025 Golden Boy This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 Francesco Pecoraro - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Oscar De La Hoya praises Jake Paul's influence in boxing
Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions is touching gloves with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions for an incredible fight night next month. After getting a call from Paul's manager requesting that the two work together, De La Hoya got the ball rolling to have him fight former WBC middleweight title holder, Julio César Chávez Jr. Advertisement 'He started with Nickelodeon, then he started doing YouTube videos, and now he's fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.,' De La Hoya said proudly on the KTLA 5 Morning News about Jake's journey to the ring. Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer open AC Barbeque at Century City Does the Golden Boy himself think Paul has what it takes to go toe to toe with Chavez, Jr.? 'It's all experience and every single fight he's been having, he's been getting better and better,' he explained. 'I think Jake Paul is one of the most disciplined athletes out there today. I really feel that, because he, I don't know, at what age he started boxing. Maybe he started boxing at, I don't know, 25. Normally, when you're a prodigy or you grow up fighting, you have to be 5,6,7 years old, just like I did. You grow up in the system, but Jake Paul took it up and he's just so disciplined and trained so hard.' Jake Paul lands a left to Mike Tyson during their heavyweight boxing match, Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Next month's bout will be Paul's 'first real test' on his in-ring skills. Advertisement 'People have been talking about, 'Well, you've been fighting these ex-basketball players, you've been picking your opponents. Well, now he's fighting a real fighter, a son of a legendary name in Mexico, Julio César Chávez, and he's been world champion,' he explained. 'Canelo fought Chavez. I promoted that in Vegas a few years ago, and they went to 12 rounds. So my thinking is, if Jake Paul can go out there and do something that Canelo couldn't do to Chavez. I mean, just as a promoter, I'm thinking, 'My gosh, this Jake Paul is on his way to becoming a world champion.'' Like many people, De La Hoya tuned into Paul's famous fight against Iron Mike Tyson last year. 'I felt bad. I felt sad for my buddy, Tyson,' he said. 'Everybody was expecting Mike Tyson to be the old Mike Tyson, but come on, he's like 62. I've tried, like, I wake up in the morning thinking, 'My gosh, today's the day.' I wake up like spraining my ankle or trying to throw a punch, and my shoulder blows out.' De La Hoya acknowledged the boxing world's criticisms over Paul entering the sport at a later age than most and him eyeing the championship, but he chalks that up to envy. Advertisement As for the future of the sport, the 11-time world title champ thinks having Paul involved is a 'positive thing.' Hollywood Park to develop movie studio and production facility 'Jake Paul has such a big influence, especially with kids. You're seeing a lot of kids now in the gyms. You're seeing a lot of kids now off the streets and and that's a great thing,' the Olympic gold medalist said. He also touted Paul's hand in helping transform women's boxing. '(He) now lives in Puerto Rico for obvious reasons, and he has a program there where he works with women. So he's put women on his shows. It's all women. They fight. They become world champions.' Advertisement On the promotions side of things, De La Hoya said he's keeping an eye on the 'growth of just kids just coming up the system and and kids that are just wanting to become like a Jake Paul, like an Oscar, or a George Foreman and it's because of Jake Paul, he's introducing them to a whole new sport, which is pretty cool.' The fight is happening on June 28 at Anaheim's Honda Center. For more information, head to or follow them on Instagram. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.
