Juventus are interested in Botafogo talent Luis Henrique and hope to sign him this summer in conjunction with another club.
According to Gazzetta Dello Sport journalist Nicolo Schira, the Bianconeri are interested in signing the youngster this summer by using a friendly club.
Juve would essentially ‘book’ the player using a club they have good relations with, thus saving them using one of their non-EU slots in the squad.
Schira suggests that the move will be overseen by super agent Jorge Mendes who helped bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus.
La #Juventus è interessata al talentino brasiliano #LuisHenrique (classe 2001) del #Botafogo. L'idea è quello di bloccarlo in estate, appoggiandolo a un club amico per farlo crescere e non occupare lo slot da extracomunitario. Regia di Jorge #Mendes. #calciomercato
Nicht nur die Bundesliga-Klubs bereiten sich auf den geplanten Neustart im Mai vor, auch der Pay-TV-Sender „Sky“ plant laut dem „kicker“ ein besonderes Corona-Angebot für die restlichen Spieler in der laufenden Saison.
Während es zuletzt Diskussionen darüber gab ob die Bundesliga-Spiele nach dem Neustart im Free-TV zu sehen werden, scheint der Pay-TV-Sender an einer weiteren Lösung für die Fans zu arbeiten. Demnach könnte es für die restlichen neun Spieltage Sonderpreise für Neu- und Bestandskunden von „Sky“ geben.
Neue Hoffnung für die Fussballfans
Mainz-Finanzvorstand Dr. Jan Lehmann hat diese Woche im Rahmen einer vereinsinternen Infoveranstaltung angedeutet, dass Sky an einem besonderen Angebot nach der Corona-Pause arbeitet: „Sky will ein Angebot machen, das sehr attraktiv ist. Es ist aber noch nicht kommuniziert. Es wird zu sehr vertretbaren Preisen die Möglichkeit geben, die Spiele zu verfolgen“.
Gerüchten zufolge schließen die „Sky“-Pläne eine Übertragung im Free-TV nicht aus. Bisher wurde darüber spekuliert, dass zwei Spieltags-Konferenzen frei empfangbar sind, wie es Sky selbst vor der Corona-Pause mit den Spieltagen 25 und 26 vor hatte.
Wie bereits vermutet hat die Politik heute keine finale Entscheidung getroffen ob und wann die Bundesliga ihren Spielbetrieb wieder aufnehmen kann. Dies wird laut Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel frühestens kommenden Mittwoch, am 6. Mai geschehen. Wie der „kicker“ indes berichtet, ist der 22. Mai der realistisches Starttermin für die Bundesliga und die 2. Liga.
Die Fussball Bundesliga muss sich weiterhin in Geduld üben. Auch wenn sich Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel mit den Ministerpräsidenten der 16 Bundesländer am Donnerstag über weitere Corona-Lockerungen beraten hat, gab es keine neuen Entscheidungen. Die Politik braucht eigenen Angaben zufolge bis zum 6. Mai Zeit, um festzulegen unter welchen „gegebenen Bedingungen bestimmte sportliche Betätigungen“ wieder möglich sind. Dazu zählt unter anderem auch die Fortsetzung der Bundesliga.
Profi-Fussball wird anders bewertet als der Breitensport
In den vergangenen Wochen gab es zahlreiche Diskussionen darüber ob die Bundesliga eine Sonderrolle in der aktuellen Zeit einnehmen soll und vor anderen Sportarten ihren Betrieb wieder aufnehmen kann. Mit Blick auf die jüngsten Aussagen aus der Politik wird deutlich: die Entscheidungsträger wollen den Eindruck einer „Lex Bundesliga“ vermeiden. Ein „grünes Licht“ für den Profi-Fussball kommende Woche wird aller Voraussicht nach auch mit einer Freigabe für den Breitensport einhergehen. Dennoch hat Bundeskanzleramt Helge Braun am Donnerstag bestätigt, dass man einen „besonderen Blick“ auf den Profi-Fussball in Deutschland werfen wird, da es für die Spieler auch um ihren Arbeitsplatz ginge.
Sollte kommenden Mittwoch tatsächlich ein „Go“ seitens der Politik folgen, wird die Bundesliga laut dem „kicker“ frühestens ab dem 22. Mai ihren Spielbetrieb wieder aufnehmen können. Unter Umständen und je nach Vorgaben auch erst am 26. Mai. Grund: die DFL möchte einen Kaltstart verhindern und den Vereinen eine entsprechende Vorbereitungszeit im Mannschaftstraining gewähren.
Bei der DFL wusste man bereits im Vorfeld, dass es heute keine Freigabe geben wird. Im Rahmen einer kurzen Mitteilung betonte man, dass man die Vorgehensweise der Politik selbstverständlich akzeptiert.
When most footballers start out, winning a Guinness World Record is probably the last thing on their minds.
Lionel Messi probably doesn't even have room for his certificates on his overbrimming mantelpiece.
Don't knock it, though. These records are a way to make history and that's ultimately what every professional dreams about.
Some entrances into the record books are a little more, shall we say, accessible than others.
Not everyone can score the most goals in a World Cup final or make the most Champions League appearances, but there are all kind of quirky statistics up for grabs.
Little digging through the archives, and here are a collection of the very best records held by some familiar names.
Dele Alli - Most nutmegs in 30 seconds
The Tottenham playmaker has no mercy for his opponents on the pitch, which inspired Guinness to put him to the test using the legs of then-teammate Georges-Kevin N'Koudou as a dummy. Dele didn't disappoint, though it took a few tries before he completed eight nutmegs inside 30 seconds at Tottenham's training ground in 2017.
David Seaman - Highest catch
OK, so technically it's a joint record. Seaman, along with rugby star Gavin Henson, caught the ball travelling at a terminal velocity of 85 mph from a drop of 102.5m off the top of a crane. In case you were wondering whose bright idea it was, the event was organised by Cadbury.
Ederson - Longest drop-kick
Ederson's distribution has redefined the art of goalkeeping. It also got Guinness thinking: Exactly how far can he kick a ball? The answer is 75.35 metres. The Brazilian achieved the feat on his third and final attempt.
Nicklas Bendtner - Fastest goal by a Premier League substitute
Lord Bendtner took precisely 1.8 seconds after coming on for Arsenal in the 2007/08 north London derby at the Emirates against Tottenham to bang a header into the back of the net from a Cesc Fabregas corner.
Ryan Sessegnon - Fastest time to hit both posts and the crossbar
Sessegnon had to ping the ball off both posts and the crossbar and did so in just 7.75 seconds during an England U21 training camp at St George's Park.
Iker Casillas - Most goals from the halfway line in a minute
It's slightly niche given the glittering career Casillas has enjoyed. The stopper took part in a challenge on Chinese TV in 2011 and punted the ball into the goal from the halfway line 11 times inside 60 seconds.
David Hirst - Fastest shot on goal
While playing for Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal, Hirst smashed a blistering shot at a rate of 114 mph (or 183 km/h) on September 16, 1996. It rocketed off the Highbury crossbar from 13.5 metres out.
Jamie Redknapp - Greatest height to control a football
Redknapp controlled a ball dropped from 61ft in the air during the filming of panel show A League of Their Own. Whose record did he break? None other than that of Lionel Messi, who had performed a similar stunt from 59ft on Japanese TV.
Javier Zanetti - Most consecutive Serie A appearances by an outfield player
Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti made it into Guinness folklore by not missing a league game between October 28, 2006 and December 13, 2009.
Lionel Messi - Most goals in a calendar year
Messi's tally of 91 goals, which he set in 2012, will likely never be matched. The Argentine also holds the record for the most La Liga goals by a foreign player. Naturally.
Paolo Maldini - Oldest player to captain a Champions League team
The legendary Maldini skippered AC Milan against Arsenal on 20 February 2008 at the grand old age of 39 years and 239 days. Maldini also holds the record for the most minutes played (2,217) at the World Cup by a single player.
Hakan Şükür - Fastest World Cup goal
The Turkish striker scored against South Korea in their home tournament on June 29, 2002 with just 11 seconds on the clock.
Pele - Youngest goalscorer in a World Cup final
Most career goals (1,283 goals), most World Cup wins (three)...You name it, the accolade goes to Pele. The former might be disputed, but there's no arguing with the fact he remains the youngest goalscorer in a World Cup final in 1958 at the age of 17 years 249 days. Even Kylian Mbappe couldn't surpass that in 2018. Three different world records - maybe he deserves more respect from the younger generation.
Sadio Mane - Fastest Premier League hat-trick
Mane scored his treble for Southampton against Aston Villa in 2 minutes 56 seconds. Even more impressive than the Bundesliga record of three minutes, 22 seconds, which was set by...
Robert Lewandowski - Most consecutive games scored in the Bundesliga
Lewandowski has broken numerous records over the years and one of the most impressive is his run of scoring in 11 consecutive games between August 16 and November 9, 2019. He scored a total of 16 goals in that time. It came to an end when Bayern were thrashed 4-0 by Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Gianluigi Buffon - Longest run of clean sheets in Serie A
The Juventus goalkeeper went on a remarkable run of 973 minutes without letting a goal in, before finally conceding against Torino against 20 March 2016.
Shane Long - Fastest Premier League goal
Long scored straight off the bat, within 7.69 seconds in fact, for Southampton against Watford on April 23, 2019. Previously, the record had belonged to an even more unlikely holder - Ledley King.
Sergio Ramos - Most wins in international football
Since making his debut for Spain in a friendly against China in 2005, Ramos has played in 127 victories for La Roja. Love him or loathe him, what an international career he's had.
Peter Crouch - Most headed Premier League goals
'Crouchy' was recognised for scoring a total of 52 headers, making history during his time at Stoke City.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Most UEFA European Championship tournaments scored in by a player
Ronaldo has scored in four different European Championships - though he'll be denied the chance to add to that this summer with the 2020 instalment being postponed.
Christian Benteke - Fastest goal scored in a World Cup qualifier
Yes, there was a time when Benteke used to bag goals with relative frequency. None more so than against Gibraltar, when he only needed 8.1 seconds to get on the scoresheet.
Kevin De Bruyne - Fastest time to 50 Premier League assists
De Bruyne raced to 50 assists in 123 games, thanks to his two spells at Chelsea and Manchester City. What makes it all the more remarkable is that he only made one of those assists for the Blues, before adding 49 after joining City.
Cesc Fabregas - Fastest time to 100 Premier League assists
It took Fabregas just 293 games to beat Ryan Giggs' record of 367. His 100th assist came on December 31, 2016, when he set up Willian for Chelsea in a 4-2 win over Stoke City.
Tim Howard - Most saves in a World Cup match
Remember when Tim Howard turned into an octopus against Belgium at the 2014 World Cup? The American was actually making history, with 16 saves in a single game.
Petr Cech - Most Premier League clean sheets
Cech's goal went unblemished on 202 separate occasions across spells with Chelsea and Arsenal.
Francesco Totti - Oldest Player to score in the Champions League
Francesco Totti is still the oldest player to find the back of the net in Europe's premier competition, which he did aged 38 years and 59 days against CSKA Moscow in 2014.
Trent Alexander-Arnold - Most Premier League assists by a defender in one season
The Liverpool right-back has already achieved so much in his short career so far. His assist to set up Sadio Mane's goal on the last day of the 2018/19 season earned him a tally of 12 assists in just 29 games - the most by a defender in a Premier League season.
Yaya Toure - Most Consecutive Wins of African Player of the Year Award
When the unstoppable midfielder was in his prime, Yaya Toure was crowned Africa's greatest player four years in a row.
Frank Lampard - Scoring against the most Premier League opponents
Ironically, Lampard holds this record partly because he scored AGAINST Chelsea during his later days at Manchester City. Having scored past 39 different teams in the top flight, he beat Andy Cole to this record by a single goal.
Michel Vorm and Cameron Carter-Vickers - Fastest competition of 50 two-metre passes
Dust off that trophy cabinet, Spurs. Fringe players they may be, but nobody can take away the fact they completed 50 passes over a distance of two metres in 29.61 seconds.
Kylian Mbappe - Youngest player to be nominated for Ballon d'Or
In 2017, at 18 years and nine months, Mbappe was the youngest player to be named on the 30-man shortlist for football's most prized individual accolade - finally surpassing Michael Owen. The young Frenchman finished seventh.
Chris Smalling - Most goals by a Premier League substitute in the first half
Think some of the above are a little niche? Well how's this? Chris Smalling once broke TWO records in the same game against Burnley in the 2014/15 season. He scored the fastest goal by a Premier League substitute from kick-off (after five minutes and nine seconds). Then, he scored again, earning the unusual record of most goals in the Premier League by a substitute in the first half.
In truth, some of them are bigger achievements than others. Ronaldo's longevity at the European Championships probably pips Seaman catching footballs off a crane, after all...
Then again, that's what these records are all about. Celebrating the weird, wacky and wonderful from the world of football.
As football fans, we all have their own opinions about which club is currently the best in the world.
Many would say that it’s Liverpool after winning last season’s UEFA Champions League because Europe is the continent which boasts the most quality.
But Jurgen Klopp’s side didn’t win their domestic league, so does that mean Manchester City are currently the world’s best team because they won the Premier League? If that’s the case, why would City be better than, say, Barcelona or Juventus - teams that also won their domestic leagues?
Fortunately, there is a company who rank the world’s best clubs based on statistics.
Football World Rankings explain how they rank the clubs on their website: “The calculation is set up equally to the ATP World Tennis Rankings, for example, meaning only the match result of the past 52 weeks are taken into account.”
It continues: “The match results are weighted when converted to World Ranking Points, because:
- Not every match is equally important
- Not every domestic competition of international cup tournament is equally strong
- Not every domestic competition has the same number of matches
- Not every FIFA Confederation is equally strong”
You can see more about how they calculate the rankings HERE.
But how does the current top 50 look? Let’s take a look…
Football is not left with the title of a sport. It is another name for passion and strategic planning with intelligence.
Football has increased its popularity and fan support in the last few decades.
The sport of Football is strengthening and coming forward with its legacy. Not only the football players receive love and support from fans across the globe, the football clubs also boast to have a huge number of followers on social media platforms.
This is the reason, single information about these football clubs make news sence and get circulated in the world within minutes across the internet.
Let’s go through top 10 football clubs with highest fan following on social media platforms.
1. Real Madrid
Real Madrid top this list with a total of 242 million fanbases. Real Madrid is strengthen by major people from Spain and Europe.
Also, you cannot resist talking about Cristiano Ronaldo who is the most popular player in Real Madrid. Ronaldo has given 9 major years to the European football club before turning to Juventus till the date. Real Madrid has increased more fans following after Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2009.
Real Madrid is embraced by 109 million likes on its official Facebook page and 67 million followers on Instagram. Not only this Real Madrid is followed by 50 million people on Twitter and has 4 million active subscribers on YouTube.
2. FC Barcelona
The greatest level of Real Madrid is FC Barcelona who holds second place in this list. FC Barcelona is more empowered and strength when Lionel Messi joined this Football Club.
Ronaldo and Messi are always treated as the player with the same capacity and strength.
FC Barcelona boats 240 million fans following from across the globe.
FC Barcelona holds 102 million likes on its official Facebook page, 63 million followers on their Instagram handle, and is followed by 52 million people on Twitter and has active subscribers of 5 million on their YouTube channel.
3. Manchester United
Manchester United is embraced by 137 million fan base and is placed third in this list.
Manchester United is very active on their social media handles. They are followed by 20 million people on Twitter. They also have 25 million followers on their Instagram with active subscribers of 1 million on YouTube. They are more strengthened by 73 million likes on their Facebook page.
4. Chelsea FC
This London based football club comes fourth in the list and holds 90 million fanbases.
They are embraced by 47 million likes on their official Facebook page and followed by 15 million people on Twitter. Their fan power includes 14 million followers on Instagram and 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
5. FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich is the only German football club that is motivated and supported by 79 million fan following.
FC Bayern Munich is liked by 49 million users on their Facebook page and followed by 6 million people on Twitter. They also boats 14 million Instagram followers and 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
6. Arsenal
Arsenal holds a total of 76 million fanbases all over digital platforms.
Arsenal holds the sixth place in the list with 37 million likes on its Facebook page and followed by 14 million people on Twitter. Their fan power includes 13 million followers on Instagram and 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
7. Manchester City
Manchester City is empowered and encouraged more on their Facebook page with 36 million likes.
They hold a total of 72 million fanbases all over the digital platforms. They include 9 million followers on Instagram followed by 11 million Twitter followers with 1 million active subscribers on YouTube channel.
8. Juventus
Significantly Juventus is leading Liverpool with 69 million of the total fan base.
They are also gaining profit due to the high popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo.
They are embraced by 36 million likes on their Facebook page and 20 million followers on their Instagram handle. They are followed by 8 million people on Twitter and has almost 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
9. Liverpool
Liverpool is embraced by 67 million fanbases all over the digital platforms.
Their fanbase includes 32 million likes on their Facebook page and 11 and 12 million followers on Instagram and Twitter and approx 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
10. Paris Saint – Germain
Paris Saint – Germain has an aggregate of 66 million fanbases over the digital platforms.
They are liked by 35 million users on Facebook page and 18 million and 8 million followers on Instagram and Twitter and almost 1 million active subscribers on YouTube.
Therefore football is loved and encouraged by all. The players and football clubs are supported by many people.
Real Madrid top this list with a total of 242 million fanbases. Real Madrid is strengthen by major people from Spain and Europe.
The greatest level of Real Madrid is FC Barcelona who holds second place in this list. FC Barcelona is more empowered and strength when Lionel Messi joined this Football Club.
Manchester United is embraced by 137 million fan base and is placed third in this list.
This London based football club comes fourth in the list and holds 90 million fanbases.
FC Bayern Munich is the only German football club that is motivated and supported by 79 million fan following.
Arsenal holds a total of 76 million fanbases all over digital platforms.
Manchester City is empowered and encouraged more on their Facebook page with 36 million likes.
Significantly Juventus is leading Liverpool with 69 million of the total fan base.
Liverpool is embraced by 67 million fanbases all over the digital platforms.
Paris Saint – Germain has an aggregate of 66 million fanbases over the digital platforms.