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Barcelona defender Marcos Alonso will become a free agent in a little over a month, as his contract with the Blaugrana will not be renewed. But the 33-year-old will not be without a club for long and has already decided on his future.

According to Diario Sport, if everything goes according to plan, the left-back will move to Atletico Madrid and will be called upon to replace Mario Hermoso.

It will be recalled that Alonso injured his back in late November. His recovery from the injury took more than three months, but after that Marcos lost his place in the team's starting line-up.

The day before, the Spanish As reported that Girona's Ukrainian Viktor Tsygankov has three bidders from the English Championship.

Fichajes deciphered this news, saying that West Ham, Wolverhampton and Aston Villa are in the running for the Dynamo player. The source notes that these clubs have already contacted the player's agent.

According to the press, apart from the English teams, Bayern Munich and Barcelona are also interested in Tsygankov.

UEFA President Alexander Čeferin has called Real Madrid President Florentino Perez an idiot and a racist. This was reported by The Objective, which published a correspondence between Ceferin and former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales in 2019.

According to the correspondence between the two officials, which was conducted on the Whatsapp messenger, Čeferin called Pérez an "idiot and a racist".

It was probably a conflict amid talk of creating a Super League. Perez is still a supporter of the introduction of this tournament, while Čeferin is against this idea, because the Super League would then be an independent organisation, without UEFA's involvement.

Rubiales: "I will talk to Perez. If La Liga president Javier Tebas and Florentino Perez go against me here in Spain, my situation will become unbearable. Let's think about what to do. He is a very proud man. I think we can try to talk and calm everyone down, but I will support you 100%. Don't worry about it."

Cheferin: "I don't want to talk to him. I'm only doing this for you. He's an idiot and a racist! You don't have to soften the situation for me, I don't need to. I just want you to stay strong."

The future of Real Madrid's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin remains uncertain.

In the course of the current season, which the 25-year-old goalkeeper spent more than successfully, the management of the "creamy" expressed a desire to conclude a new contract with Lunin. Especially since the current agreement with the Ukrainian is only until the summer of next year.

The goalkeeper himself was also not against extending the cooperation with Real Madrid, and his agent Jorge Mendes even agreed with the Madrid club all the terms of the new contract with a term of validity until 2029. However, recent events have changed everything: Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear that he will rely on Thibaut Courtois, who has recovered from a serious injury and is expected to play in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.

Such a stance has baffled Lunin and for now he is refusing to sign a new contract, reports EPE. For their part, the Real Madrid management is concerned about this stance of the goalkeeper, who is clearly of interest to a number of clubs.

Legendary Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has revealed what he thinks about the competition in the goalkeeping position of this team between Belgian Thibaut Courtois and Ukrainian Andriy Lunin.

"What I will say is my personal opinion because I am not a coach. I believe Courtois is the number one in the current Real Madrid. He was the main goalkeeper of the team last year and this year he is recovering. I think he is very good at getting back to his former level.

I understand Lunin, who had a great season and his play contributed to Real Madrid reaching the Champions League final, but the coach makes the decision.

I'm glad Courtois has returned to a great level and I'm glad Lunin has shown he can be trusted too. Ancelotti has a choice, so he has to decide what is best for the team. Lunin has shown that he has class and that he can compete with an experienced goalkeeper like Kepa.

Lunin has had a number of great matches, but it is also true that he has not been good in other matches. Lunin continues to grow day by day, but he is still very young and it is very difficult for him to compete with Courtois," Mundo Deportivo quoted Casillas as saying.

The previously circulated information about the amount of the pay-off for the Ukrainian striker of Spanish side Girona Artem Dovbik, prescribed in his contract with the club, turned out to be inaccurate.

Famous insider Fabrizio Romano reported that the clausula 26-year-old footballer is 40 million euros, however, according to the authoritative publication Mundo Deportivo, this amount is slightly more, namely 45 million euros.

It should be recalled that Italian Juventus and Napoli are interested in Dobwick, while Atletico Madrid, according to the latest information, have already entered into negotiations with Girona on the transfer of the striker.

Barcelona's management has decided on the ideal candidate to replace Xavi, who angered president Joan Laporte with his comments at a press conference.

According to Sport.es, Barcelona's sporting director Deco and the club's football coordinator Bojan Krkic flew to London today to meet with German coach Hansi Flick. The appointment of Flick is a personal wish of Barcelona president Joan Laporta.

It is expected that if Barcelona fails to reach an agreement with Flick, Xavi will be replaced by Barcelona B head coach Rafael Marquez.

The Spanish As has dedicated an article to the continuation of the career of Girona's Ukrainian player Viktor Tsygankov.

The information that Viktor has offers from English Premier League clubs was confirmed to the website by an unnamed "source from the 26-year-old's entourage":

"He has offers and wants to calmly evaluate them."

According to the press, in addition to English teams, Bayern Munich and Barcelona are interested in Tsygankov.

Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has commented on the news of his retirement after the 2024 European Championships.

"Am I at least in the trend?" Kroos jokingly wrote on his page on the social network X.

It will be recalled that Toni Kroos has been defending the colours of Real Madrid since 2014. During this time, the German played 463 matches and scored 28 goals.

Valencia forward Roman Yaremchuk, whose agreement belongs to Brugge, may continue his career in Turkey.

According to Fanatik portal, Trabzonspor are interested in signing Yaremchuk and are already in active negotiations with Brugge. The parties have already made progress on the transfer, but are still unable to agree on the final sum of the deal.

In addition, it is known that with Yaremchuk himself, the Turkish club is also successfully discussing the terms of a personal agreement.

Recall, this season Yaremchuk played in 29 matches for Valencia, scoring 4 goals.

Real Madrid's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin reacted to the decision of the team's midfielder Toni Kroos to end his professional career in the summer.

"A very sad day for the whole football world. Toni is a legend, a genius and an example as a person! We will miss you very much, we love you, Tony," Lunin wrote on his Instagram page.

Barcelona coach Javi Hernandez has congratulated Real Madrid on winning the La Liga title.

"Congratulations to Real Madrid, they had an outstanding league season. We could not impose a fight on them. Second place is a minimum task. We will play in the Super Cup. I am happy," Marca quoted Xavi as saying.

We would like to add that there is only one round left in La Liga, but Real Madrid became the champion ahead of schedule, Catalan Barcelona took second place, and Girona closed the top three.