Ilkay Gündoğan has been ruled out of Barcelona’s LaLiga opener at Valencia on Saturday to add to the Catalan side’s injury problems ahead of the new season.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has responded to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s claim that Liverpool’s trophies mean more than City’s, saying the defender doesn’t know what it feels like to win the treble.
An own goal, a counter-attack and a rebound gave Fortuna Düsseldorf a big advantage with a 3-0 win in Bochum in the first leg of their Bundesliga relegation/promotion playoff on Thursday.