☕️ A brain for Madrid?, Mariano reborn and today’s 5️⃣ stories | OneFootball

The league began in stealth mode, with the strongest teams still lying fallow, but football has already given us quite a few interesting stories.

These are the five we’re suggesting to get Sunday off to the best possible start.    

🧠 A brain for Madrid?

José Félix Díaz, editor of As, leads the website today with the interest of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid in Kees Smit, a 20-year-old midfielder who stands out at AZ Alkmaar.

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He says his price could be around 60 million euros and gives an important detail: his agent is Jorge Mendes.

🤑 This is why Barça sold Ferran

As Sport explains well, Ferran’s sale to PSG for 50 million euros gives Barcelona 50 million euros in salary fair play.

Barça signed Ferran Torres in January 2022 for 55 million euros on a five-and-a-half-year deal, with annual amortization of 10 million euros. Since his contract was due to expire next year, the club still had 10 million left to amortize.

From the sale, Barça makes a net profit of 40 million after subtracting the remaining amortization, but to that amount must be added the wage savings of around 10 million euros gross per season.

The sum is clear: between what it brings in and what it saves, Barça gets 50 million euros of fair play that will help register the new signings.

😳 What do you mean, Mariano?

Most of us had already written Mariano Díaz off, but football is an unruly sport that opens paths where there is only undergrowth.

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Yesterday Mariano came on in the second half, scored a goal, provided two assists and brought down Getafe in the first league match. He had never posted numbers like that in his entire career. Does anyone understand it?

🪄 That’s how you score a backheel screamer

Nashville thrashed Inter Miami last night (4-1) with Messi, Luis Suárez and Casemiro on the pitch. 

The best moment of the night came from Nashville striker Sam Surridge with a spectacular backheel finish to beat Rocco Ríos. Class.

📺 What matches are on today?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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