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"Atletico Madrid and Girona have held the first round of talks over the possible transfer of Artem Dovbyk, according to Victor_ATM, a journalist specialising in insights on the Matzevotniks.

Madrid tried to negotiate a price reduction of 40 million euros, but Girona remains adamant. Rodrigo Riquelme also plays for Atletico, who may be of interest to the Catalans, but the Matrons are counting on a midfielder and want to offer Reynilde instead.

"Girona is not generally negative about the negotiations with Atletico, but wants to receive the full €40m, the source said.

According to Turkish news, Romanian coach Razvan Lucescu, who heads Greek PAOK, is among the candidates for the position of head coach of Besiktas.

The Romanian coach's contract with the Greek team expires at the end of June 2027. A week before the end of the Greek championship, PAOK, led by Lucescu Jr, is two points ahead of its nearest rival AEK.

Earlier, the Istanbul team had negotiated with Lucescu senior, Mircea, but were rejected because the 78-year-old specialist did not want to start working with the team in the middle of the season.

On 12 May, the youth national team of Ukraine (players not older than 2007) travelled to Cyprus, where the final part of Euro 2024 U-17 will take place from 20 May to 5 June. On the eve of the tournament, the Blue and Yellows' coach Yuriy Moroz answered questions at a press conference.

- "We are happy to be here, we are grateful to the organisers of the tournament for everything going so well. We hope to show bright, modern, winning football.

It will probably be difficult to play against the host team with the support of the Cypriot fans. But all teams are on equal terms. I think that in the course of the match the guys will cope with this psychological state. But it will be difficult, we understand that.

I agree with the opinion of my fellow coaches that there is a high level of organisation here - there are practically no questions. As for the tournament position, we all want to win. But it's also important to show a spectacular game so that the guys do what they want on the football field and the strongest ones win," Moroz said.

According to the UPL TV presenter Maksym Gilenko, Chornomorets midfielder Artur Avagimyan will join Karpaty in the summer.

Interestingly, the midfielder is currently on loan to the Odesa club for the current season. The rights to the player belong to Oleksandriya. It is possible that the Oleksandriya club will receive monetary compensation from the Green and Whites for Avagimyan.

Arthur played 27 matches in the Chornomorets shirt this season, scoring 4 goals and providing 4 assists.

In the match of the 29th round of the Ukrainian championship, Dynamo Kyiv defeated Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3-1 at the Valeriy Lobanovsky Stadium. Here are the most interesting figures and facts of the match.

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Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale may continue his career at Newcastle, journalist Nicolo Scira writes on Twitter.

According to the source, the Magpies are offering the goalkeeper a contract until 2029. This season, the 26-year-old has played only 11 matches for the Gunners.

It will be recalled that in the summer of 2021, Arsenal acquired Ramsdale from Sheffield United for €28 million.

Germany's head coach Julian Nagelsmann spoke about Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos.

"When you hug Toni Kroos, his body feels like steel, even though he's not 20 years old anymore. His body is in the best condition it has been in years, that's what he said. He feels no pain, no discomfort, zero problems. He is at his best," Marca quoted Julian as saying.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti is facing a serious dilemma - even in terms of statistics, the Ukrainian has almost the same performance as the Belgian.

In less than 2 weeks, Real Madrid will play in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. Experts and fans alike are still debating who should play in the decisive match of the most prestigious European competition - the highly experienced Courtois or Lunin, who has adequately replaced the Belgian and has become a co-creator of this year's achievements of Madrid.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti is trying not to make a mistake with the choice of goalkeeper, but even the numbers do not help him make the final decision.

According to Relevo, among all the goalkeepers in the top 5 European leagues who played at least 900 minutes in all competitions in 2023-2024, Lunin has the tenth highest save percentage (76.52%). Almost the same percentage as Courtois' in 2022-2023 (76.44%) and slightly lower than the Belgian's in the 2021-2022 season (77.44%). The number of shots saved was also similar: 10.79 per 90 minutes for Lunin and 11.31 for Courtois.

In addition, last season Courtois conceded 56 goals out of 68 expected (18%). Instead, Lunin's save percentage was 23% - 32 goals scored out of a potential 41.

Thus, Courtois' main advantage is his status and experience - many still remember the 2022 final against Liverpool, in which the Belgian showed an exceptional performance, making nine saves.

As a reminder, the duel between Real Madrid and Borussia D will take place on 1 June at Wembley.

"Dynamo defeated Kryvbas for the fourth time in a row (3-1), extending their home unbeaten streak in meetings with Kryvyi Rih to 23 matches (20 wins and 3 draws).

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Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih midfielder Yehor Tverdokhlib talks about the match of the 29th round of the Ukrainian championship against Dynamo Kyiv - 1-3.

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Vice-president of "Polissya" Volodymyr Teslya spoke about the plans of the president of the Zhytomyr club, Gennadiy Butkevych.

"Our president lives for football and does everything for the development of the team. Gennadiy Vladyslavovych wants Zhytomyr region to be the Mecca of Ukrainian football. And knowing his fanaticism, it is only a matter of time. We have made many fields in Zhytomyr schools, but our president wants every school to have a football pitch, so we are working," said Teslya.

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih defender Volodymyr Vilivald shared his thoughts on the 1-3 defeat to Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian league match on Matchday 29.

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