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Barcelona winger Lamin Yamal appeared in the starting lineup of the Spanish national team in the Euro 2024 group stage match against Croatia.

This game will definitely go down in the history of the tournament, as Yamal became the youngest player in the history of the European Championships. The young Spaniard was 16 years and 338 days old at the time of his appearance. The previous record belonged to Polish midfielder Kacper Kozlovski, who played at Euro 2020 at the age of 17 years and 246 days.

"Girona has signed Sparta Prague midfielder Ladislav Krejci, the club's official website reports.

The agreement of the Czech national team representative is valid until 2029. The transfer fee for the 25-year-old footballer amounted to 12 million euros.

Krejci has played most of his career as a supporting and central midfielder, but in recent years he has been playing in the center of defense.

Last season, Krejci played 35 matches for Sparta, scoring 10 goals and providing six assists.

London Arsenal interested in transferring Girona forward Artem Dovbyk. This was reported by journalist Rudi Galetti.

"Arsenal has made a transfer request for Dovbyk. He is among the names on the list of Londoners to strengthen the attack. "Napoli, which is already in contact with the player's entourage, is also interested in the Ukrainian. Also, several other clubs continue to claim Dovbyk, including Atletico," Galetti said.

Last season, Dovbyk became the top scorer in the Spanish league with Girona.

The fate of Real Madrid's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, whose contract with his club expires in a year, remains uncertain.

"Royal Club" offered the 25-year-old goalkeeper a new agreement, but accept it Lunin is not in a hurry to accept it, because he does not want to be satisfied with the role of understudy Thibaut Courtois, who returned after a long pause due to a serious injury, and in which the main goalkeeper sees Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti.

According to PlanetaRealmadrid, now the Ukrainian, despite interest in him from Arsenal London, is leaning towards the option of continuing his career at Juventus Turin, but he will decide on his future only after the end of Euro 2024, when he will consider all the options available at that time, including the possibility of signing a new contract with Real Madrid.

Myron Markevych, the head coach of Lviv's Karpaty, shared his description of the Champions League winner Carlo Ancelotti.

- Carlo Ancelotti is a confident and charismatic coach. He doesn't have a star disease, he has a very warm relationship with the players, expresses high respect for them, but at the same time he doesn't let himself get in over his head and can be tough at times. In addition, Ancelotti has a phenomenal sense of touch, as he makes substitutions during matches that improve the game and change the outcome. And the selection of players at Real Madrid is incredibly good. And this is also his merit," Myron Markevych is sure.

Real Madrid has received an attractive offer for the transfer of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

According to Fichajes, an unnamed club from Saudi Arabia offered 70 million euros for the Belgian. However, the "creamy ones" do not plan to sell Thibaut. The Royal Club's management considers the 32-year-old to be the main player in the project.

It will be recalled that Courtois was not included in the Belgian national team's application for Euro 2024.

"Bayer Leverkusen announced on its official website the signing of a contract with Girona midfielder Ales Garcia.

The Spanish midfielder's agreement with the German champion is valid until the summer of 2029. The transfer fee for the 26-year-old footballer amounted to 18 million euros plus 2 million euros in potential bonuses.

Thus, Garcia became the most expensive sale in Girona's history, surpassing the previous record of Pedro Porro and Santiago Bueno, both of whom were sold for 12 million euros.

The president of Catalan club Barcelona, Joan Laporta, praised the Blaugrana's current position in the European arena.

"The Barcelona brand is quite powerful. We are the best multi-sport club in the world, we have 48 wins in the Champions League," said Joan Laporta.

It is worth noting that the 61-year-old added the achievements of men's and women's teams in other sports to the success of the football club.

Real Madrid and Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Lunin will leave the Spanish club this summer. This is reported by the portal El Golazo de Gol.

It is reported that Lunin told his inner circle that he does not plan to extend the agreement with Real Madrid and wants to leave the Madrid club.

The main reason is the lack of trust from the team's head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who considers Lunin to be only the second goalkeeper.

Earlier, there was information that Lunin could move to London's Arsenal.

Legendary forward of Kyiv Dynamo Igor Belanov said what he thinks about the situation in which Ukrainian goalkeeper of this team Andriy Lunin found himself at Real Madrid.

"I am sure that it will not happen that next season Lunin will return to the bench of Real Madrid, giving way to Courtois in the main lineup. His contract with the Madrid club expires in 2025, and Lunin is in no hurry to renew it. He realizes that now it is very important for him to show himself at Euro 2024, as he will be watched by scouts of many important clubs in the world.

If Lunin plays successfully at the European Championship, Real Madrid will receive many offers from top clubs and, perhaps, will let their Ukrainian goalkeeper go. Andriy is definitely not happy with the prospect of being an eternal number two, and with no guarantees of a stable game, he will want to leave.

Keeping a goalkeeper of such quality on the bench and then letting him go after a year for free is simply not profitable for Real Madrid. Therefore, I see only two possible outcomes of this situation: either Lunin will get a promise to play consistently for Real Madrid and sign a new contract this summer, or he will be sold to another top club. The press, for example, has already reported interest in Andrei from Bayern Munich, who need a replacement for Manuel Neuer," Belanov's words are quoted by AS with reference to Winwin.

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Former Dnipro and Ukraine goalkeeper Mykola Medin spoke about Andriy Lunin's performance as Real Madrid's main goalkeeper.

- Lunin, class of 2022 and class of 2024, is a goalkeeper with different statuses at Real Madrid. Two years ago, he was constantly on the bench in the Champions League, and this year, we can say that he pulled Real Madrid to the final. Let's recall his phenomenal performance in the game against Leipzig, two penalties saved in the quarterfinals against Manchester City and many other good matches. Andriy has started to act much more confidently and he passes this confidence on to his teammates. And his footwork is fantastic. It's a pity that Lunin missed the Champions League final, because he deserved to be a direct participant in it," the expert believes.

Arsenal are finalizing the acquisition of goalkeeper David Raya from Brentford.

According to Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners are in the final stages of finalizing the documents for the full transfer of the 28-year-old goalkeeper. The Spanish goalkeeper will cost Arsenal 27 million pounds.

Last season, Raya played on loan for Arsenal. As a result of the 2023/24 campaign, David received the Golden Glove, which is awarded annually to the goalkeeper with the most "dry" matches in the English Championship.