Barcelona utility man Adriano has signed a new contract with the club which will expire at the end of the 2016/17 season.
The Brazilian moved to Camp Nou from Sevilla in 2010 for a fee of 9.5 million euros and has filled a variety of roles for the team, most commonly in defensive positions.
His contract was due to expire at the end of next season but the 28-year-old has now sealed an extension.
Barcelona have agreed terms with Adriano to renew the player s contract for four additional seasons, through June 30 2017, a statement read.
The agreement was reached this afternoon in Barcelona after club officals discussed terms of the contract extansion with the player s representative.
The contract includes a buyout clause of 90 million euros.
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Chelsea’s Premier League title bid will be put on a stern test at the beginning of 2017. Antonio Conte’s men travel to White Hart Lane on the back of 13 Premier league wins on the trot and will be looking to extend their winning run against the invigorated Tottenham Hotspur who are coming off from four straight league wins.
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Consistency has been the main problem for last season’s title contenders Tottenham Hotspur, who are struggling to replicate their fantastic form from the 2015-16 season. The Spurs have struggled in big matches and have wasted to many opportunities, which ultimately cost them the spot in the standings. The most recent patch, however, enabled Mauricio Pochettino’s men to get back i…
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Atletico Madrid will be playing host to Granada at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium on Saturday evening, in what will be the 23rd La Liga game for both teams, potentially harder to predict than it might appear at first glance.
Atletico Madrid
Though undoubtedly favorites on paper, Atletico haven t exactly been on sparkling form recently. They haven t been able to register a single win in any competition in a month now, not since they beat Barcelona in the Supercoppa de Espana semifinal in early January. They lost the final to Real Madrid, and the city rivals confirmed that triumph last week when they met in the league. In the meantime, they managed to get beaten in the Copa del Rey by third-tier side Cultural Leonesa, as well as by Eiba…
The two most successful clubs in the history of the Champions League meet on Wednesday at Bernabeu. Between them AC Milan and Real Madrid have won 16 European Cups. The Spanish side are the most successful club in the history of the competition with nine victories, compared to Milan s seven.
Real good start to the season
The two giants have had contrasting starts to their seasons so far. Real Madrid currently sit second in the La Liga table just one point behind European champions Barcelona. They have also started off their European campaign with six points out six.
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AC have struggled this season under new boss Leonardo. They are already seven points behind their rivals and league league leaders Inter in the Serie A table. They …
Safe for another week?
La Liga
Just when you thought that Barcelona were over their very minor blip and were going to run away with the league over a Real Madrid side that can’t keep a clean sheet and were going to sack their manager, guess what goes and happens. Barcelona get held to a 1-1 draw at mid-table Osasuna whilst Real Madrid win 2-0 over mid-table Getafe and close the gap at the top to one point.
Barcelona looked good for all three points when Keita put them ahead with seventeen minutes to go but a Pique own goal deep into injury-time cost them the win.
Real had a relatively comfortable win thanks to two second half goals from Higuain, despite being reduced to ten men on the half hour when Albiol saw red.
Sevilla and Valencia both had …
Juan Mata says he feels important and happy at Manchester United and outlined his frustration at a summer of speculation linking him with a move away.
Jose Mourinho s arrival at Old Trafford led to a raft of stories suggesting Mata s future lay elsewhere with the pair having a frosty relationship when they worked together at Chelsea prior to the Spain international s move to United in January 2014.
But Mata has been a key player for Mourinho over recent weeks, his form enough to land the club s player of the month award for October.
Asked if he had discussed his role at United with Mourinho, Mata told talkSPORT: No. It all goes naturally.
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Leonardo Bonucci has warned Juventus rivals that the reigning Serie A champions will only get better over the course of the season.
Massimiliano Allegri s men sit top of the table after 12 games, holding a four-point lead over Roma, but have yet to hit their best form.
Bonucci sees no reason for concern, though, and is confident they will progress further over the coming months.
We have not been playing great, but it is only November and there is plenty of time to improve. That is one of our objectives, Bonucci told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Right now, collecting points is all that matters and then toward January, February, we can show a bit more. The other teams should be worried.
Juve have dominated Serie A in recent years, winning the title f…
Eden Hazard has vowed he will return to his best form once his delicate situation at Real Madrid has been resolved.
The Belgium international showed flashes of quality during his 65 minutes on the field in his country s 2-1 Nations League win over Wales on Thursday.
That was the longest Hazard has played in a single match this season, having been restricted to just one start across Madrid s nine matches, each of those ending in victory.
Hazard s place in Belgium s line-up has been called into question ahead of the World Cup, and the ex-Chelsea forward acknowledged he needs to be playing more regularly.
I was happy to start another match, he told RTL. You saw that, I think. I m happy when I play and it was nice to play for the supporters here [in Brussels…
Barcelona have confirmed Ronald Araujo suffered a thigh injury while on international duty with Uruguay, adding to the Blaugrana s defensive problems after Jules Kounde sustained a hamstring injury.
Araujo was substituted just five minutes into Uruguay s 1-0 friendly loss to Iran in Austria on Friday, having pulled up less than a minute into the match.
Earlier on Friday, the French Football Federation announced Jules Kounde was to leave Didier Deschamps squad after being replaced during their Nations League win over Austria on Thursday.
Barcelona have now revealed the nature of the duo s injuries, with Araujo suffering an avulsion fracture in his right thigh and Kounde having a biceps femoris injury in his left hamstring.
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that Tottenham are prepared to take a gamble with Barcelona midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.
Spurs plan to further reinforce the squad in the January transfer window and they are reportedly pondering a loan move for the Dutch midfielder.
Afellay has finally resumed full training following an 18-month spell on the sidelines, and he is widely tipped to be farmed out on loan by the end of the month.
The 27-year-old could need quite a while to regain his form and fitness, so Tottenham s interest in the player certainly comes as a surprise.
Afellay had been regarded as one of Europe s top midfielders when he left PSV Eindhoven for Barcelona in January 2011, but he has only managed 20 La Liga appearances for the Catalans.
Tata Martino s side remain despit…