Portuguese Football in English
Manchester City recently confirmed that Jack Grealish has joined them from Aston Villa in a deal worth a reported British-record £100 million.
Grealish joins a City squad that would already have been a strong contender for the Premier League title with their B-team - and that’s before we even discuss Harry Kane and his protracted potential switch from Spurs.
Portuguese international Gelson Martins has been in fine goalscoring form for French club Monaco during the early stages of the season.
The former Sporting forward scored just three goals in all competition for Les Monegasques last season, but already has two from the opening pair of matches this term in Ligue 1 and Champions League qualification.
Ludogorets 2-2 Olympiacos (3-3 agg; Ludogorets win 4-2 on pens)
Greek champions Olympiacos are out of the Champions League at the 3rd qualifying round after a penalty shootout defeat to Ludogorets in Bulgaria.
The first leg ended 1-1 in Piraeus last week and a 2-2 draw in Razgrad on Tuesday evening would traditionally have seen Olympiacos through on away goals. However, the deciding rule was abolished ahead of this season and instead the sides contested a penalty shootout in which the hosts emerged victorious.
Bruno Fernandes returned to training with Manchester United last week having been issued a month off following Portugal’s elimination from Euro 2020 at the hands of Belgium.
Fernandes has played around 100 matches in the last 18 months, having featured 80 times already for United since arriving at Old Trafford last February. The former Sporting man experienced a slight decline in form over recent months, with many feeling exhaustion was finally catching up with Fernandes following so much football.
Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has made no secret of his desire to leave Turin this summer on the back of a disappointing season with I Bianconeri. The Portuguese forward wasn’t able to lead his country to success at the Euros this time around either, with Italy coming out on top.
According to Spanish publication AS, the player wants to head back to Real Madrid but is aware that Kylian Mbappe’s future could be tied to his. Sources in Italy have reported that Madrid president Florentino Perez is ready to pull out all stops to land the French striker but, if Paris Saint-Germain remains intransigent over the World Cup winner, Ronaldo could return to the Bernabeu ahead of next season.
