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The Netherlands midfielder Frankie de Jong did not have time to heal his injury and will miss Euro 2024, according to the official resources of the national team.

The 27-year-old footballer came to the national team with an ankle injury, but still will not have time to fully recover.

"Unfortunately, he will not be ready in three weeks. Frankie has a long history with this injury, so we have to think about his health. His club decided to take a risk, and now we will have to pay the price for it," said the national team's head coach Ronald Koeman.

Ukraine and Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin told us about the positions he played as a child.

"Until I was 11, I was a striker until I was accepted to Metalist's academy. In my city, I was a striker, and once a week I played goalkeeper for Kharkiv's Arsenal. That is, five days a week I was a striker, and one day I was a goalkeeper. And one day was a day off," Lunin was quoted as saying by the Vzbirna telegram channel.

Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Kyrylo Pashko has attracted the interest of several European clubs. This is reported by TMW.

According to the source, three teams of the Italian championship - Fiorentina, Atalanta, Bologna, as well as the representative of the Spanish championship Girona - are interested in signing Pashko and are ready to start negotiations with Dynamo.

It is known that the clubs are in contact with the player's entourage to try to formalize Pashko's transfer this summer.

Recall, Pashko's agreement with Dynamo is valid until the summer of 2025.

Atletico Madrid forward João Feliz, who spent last season on loan at Barcelona, spoke about the coaches of both teams.

"The difference between Xavi and Diego Simeone? Xavi communicates more with people, he cares more about the players. This aspect is very important, I think Xavi is better at it," Feliz told The Nude Project.

Girona's Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Tsygankov will spend the next season with the Catalan club.

According to the Spanish edition of Más Fichajes, despite the great interest in Tsygankov from the top clubs in Europe, it is expected that the Ukrainian will continue his career in Girona.

The main reason for this decision is the excellent relationship between Tsygankov and the team's head coach Sanchez, who managed to integrate the player into the team.

The Girona coach is counting on Tsygankov for the next season, in which the Catalan club will play in the Champions League for the first time in its history. All these circumstances suggest that Tsygankov will decide to continue playing for his current team.

Last season, Tsygankov played in 34 matches for Girona, scoring 8 goals and 7 assists.

Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola has said that his return to Barcelona is not possible.

"Is the door closed to my possible return to Barcelona in the future? Yes, the door is closed," journalist Fabrizio Romano quoted Guardiola as saying on his Twitter page.

It will be recalled that Guardiola's current agreement with Manchester City expires at the end of the upcoming season.

The management of Spanish "Girona" has formed its position on the Ukrainian midfielder of the club Viktor Tsygankov on the background of interest in him from a number of European clubs.

As reported by Fichajes, the Catalans are categorically not satisfied with the prospect of getting for the transfer of the 26-year-old player only 15 million euros (Tsygankov's clausula under the contract - 30 million euros, but 50% of the amount of his sale "Girona" will have to pay the previous club of the midfielder - Dynamo Kyiv), and therefore in July, after Euro 20204, "Girona" will seek at any cost to convince the Ukrainian not to change the team in the current transfer window.

Obviously, "Girona" its desire to keep Tsygankov will be supported by an offer of a new contract, which will be fixed not only more favorable financial terms for the player, but also a completely different clausula. Earlier it was reported that the Catalan club has already sent the player a draft of a new agreement, but he has not yet given his response.

Recall, according to media reports, now Tsygankov is interested in English Arsenal, West Ham, Wolverhampton and Aston Villa, as well as Bayern Munich, Spanish Barcelona and Italian Milan.

Former FC Barcelona player Javi Hernandez is not averse to continuing his career in the Premier League, Sport.es reports.

According to the source, Javi Hernandez believes that he could find an interesting project in the Premier League. However, the 44-year-old currently plans to take a year off and then resume coaching.

It will be recalled that Javi Hernandez took over at Catalan side Barcelona in the fall of 2021. During this time, the Spanish specialist managed to lead his home team to the championship.

The leader of the Dallas Mavericks basketball club Luka Doncic commented on the transfer of his friend Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid.

- I knew this would happen. Since Mbappe announced his move to Real Madrid, we haven't talked to him," Luka Doncic said.

Interestingly, Luka Doncic defended the colors of the Real Madrid basketball club, with which he won the Euroleague in the 2017/18 season.

Former Arsenal player Santi Cazorla may return to the Gunners as a coach.

- "I have an incredible attachment to Arsenal. I spent six years at Arsenal, I am very loved there. I was lucky enough to share a dressing room with Mikel Arteta. We talked about a possible return, but right now I'm focused on helping my club, Real Oviedo, and enjoying football as a player.

We will see what the future holds for me. "Arsenal is a club that always keeps its doors open for me, but right now I'm only thinking about the playoffs and enjoying the final days of my playing career," said Santi Cazorla.

We would like to add that this season, 38-year-old Cazorla played 24 matches for Real Oviedo, and did not score.

Ukrainian midfielder of Girona Viktor Tsygankov may change clubs in the summer transfer window.

According to L'Esportiu de Catalunya, the player's clausula is indeed 30 million euros. However, the Catalans will receive only 50% of the sale amount, because the other half of the sum will belong to Dynamo.

It is noted that Tsygankov is considering offers from other teams, but he also sees an opportunity to stay at Girona, because he is happy at this club.

As previously reported, Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladyslav Vanat is in the sphere of interest of Italian Napoli. However, this club is not the only one that is following the 22-year-old footballer.

According to the information of the famous Ukrainian TV commentator Viktor Vatsko, Amsterdam Ajax, Spanish Villarreal and Austrian Salzburg also have a view on Vanat: scouts of these clubs are present at the current friendly matches of the Ukrainian national team in order to watch the Dynamo striker.

We shall remind you that last winter Vanat signed a new contract with Dynamo until the summer of 2027.