Arsenal has confirmed that it has recently reached an agreement for attacking midfielder Marcelo Flores to join Real Oviedo on loan.The Premier League club disclosed this in a statement via its website on Wednesday.The statement read in part, “Marcelo Flores has joined Real Oviedo on a season-long loan."“The 18-year-old will spend the next campaign in the second tier of Spanish football to continue his development, having joined us from Ipswich Town in 2019.“We wish...

Barcelona forward Ansu Fati has explained why he rejected Real Madrid to join the Blaugrana’s youth academy, La Masia, in the past.Fati said Real Madrid did not have a residence for young players at the time and hence joined La Masia as the best option.The Spain international joined La Masia back in 2012 at the age of 10 from Sevilla’s youth team.The 20-year-old was promoted to Barca’s first team in 2020.Speaking on why he picked Barcelona over Real Madrid, Fati sai...

Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, has called on referees to protect Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr.He compared Vinicius Junior to Neymar, who once played for Barca.Vinicius has been a menace for LaLiga defenders and has drawn some very heavy challenges.Xavi believes he deserves more protection than he currently receives.“Vinicius, who is very good one-on-one, causes the opponent to be more aggressive.“That also happened with Neymar. There is a referee and a commit...