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Barcelona’s Malcom suffers sprained ankle AFP | Barcelona Messi omitted from arcelona forward Mal- Bcom sprained his ankle in training yesterday, the club has announced. Malcom, who joined Bar- ca from Bordeaux in July, is award shortlist expected to be out for one week. times in 2009. have a combined 14 domestic A club statement read: “In Ronaldo, Salah and Messi and Ronaldo, the league titles. Monday morning’s training • world’s two best players, have Now Messi’s absence from session with the Barcelona Modric nominated for been engaged in a fascinating the shortlist opens the way for squad, Malcom suffered a FIFA best player award duel for the sport’s top Ronaldo, also a five-time winner sprain to the lateral external individual and club of the award, to move ahead in ligament of his right ankle. Deschamps, Dalic honours for over a their personal battle. The estimated recovery and• Zidane nominated decade. Portugal forward Ronal- time is one week.” Between them, do lifted a fourth Champions The 21-year-old is un - for best coach award Messi and Ronaldo League title in five years in May likely to miss any fixtures, have won the before joining Italian champi- with Barcelona’s next match AFP | Champions ons Juventus in July. against on League The 33-year-old won the September 15, after the in- ionel Messi was left off nine player of the year crown in ternational break. the shortlist for the FIFA’s times 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and Lmen’s player of the year and 2017. award yesterday as his old rival Joining Ronaldo on the was named shortlist is his for- Costa replaced alongside Luka Modric and Mo- mer Real team-mate hamed Salah. Modric, who en - by Aspas in Spain Messi has dominated the joyed a superb season Zlatko Dalic and Zinedine Zi- squad award along with Ronaldo over for club and country. dane were nominated as the the past decade, but the Barce- As well as his influential finalists for FIFA’s coach of the AFP | lona star has been displays in Real’s Champions year award. omitted from League triumph, the Croa- Deschamps became just the tletico Madrid’s Diego the contend- tia was the key 5 third man to win the World Cup ACosta has withdrawn ers list for the man for his country as they Cristiano Ronaldo has as a player and coach with victo- from the Spain squad ahead first time since reached their first World won the player of the year ry over Dalic’s Croatia in Russia of their upcoming games 2006. Cup final, finishing as run- crown five times (in 2008, while Zidane led Real Madrid to against England and Cro- After featuring in the ners-up to . 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017) a third consecutive Champions atia, the national team an- top three for 11 straight Liverpool and Egypt League win in May before step- nounced yesterday. years, Messi was over - forward Salah has also ping down. Costa has pulled out for looked when the list was an- Cristiano Ronaldo impeccable credentials as The best goalkeeper prize is “family reasons” and will nounced by football’s world gov- a potential winner of the propelled Jurgen Klopp’s to the to be contested by Tottenham be replaced by Celta Vigo erning body yesterday. award. Champions League final and set and France’s , Den- striker Iago Aspas, who had The 31-year-old Argentine was Salah enjoyed a re - a host of individual club land- mark and Leicester’s Kasper been a surprise omission runner-up for the prestigious cord-breaking first marks. Schmeichel and Belgium and from ’s first se- prize in 2007 and 2008 before season with Liv- France’s World Cup-winning Real goalkeeper Thibaut Cour- lection as manager. winning it for the first of five erpool as his goals manager Didier Deschamps, tois.

Henderson signs new contract with Injured Lloris ruled ‘Man Utd headed in right Liverpool out of France matches AFP | London direction under Mourinho’ AFP | Clairefontaine-en-Yve- iverpool captain Jor- lines, France Ldan Henderson signed AFP | London a new long-term contract rance World Cup-winning with the Fcaptain Hugo Lloris will anchester United are leaders yesterday. miss his country’s games in Mheading in the right di- Henderson has emerged the inaugural UEFA Nations rection under Jose Mourin - as a key figure under Reds League this week due to a ho, insists the club’s legend- boss Jurgen Klopp and the thigh injury, coach Didier De- ary former goalkeeper Peter new deal is a reward for the schamps confirmed yesterday. Schmeichel despite two ear- England midfielder’s fine Lloris missed Spurs’ 2-1 de- ly-season defeats. form. feat at Watford in the English Hugo Lloris United bounced back from The 28-year-old has made Premier League on Sunday and losing to Brighton and Totten- 283 appearances for Liver- will now sit out France’s games Germany in a meeting of the ham with a comfortable 2-0 pool, scoring 24 goals, since against Germany in Munich on last two world champions. victory at Burnley on Sunday arriving from Sunderland Thursday and at home to the Areola went to the World to quell some of the mounting in 2011. Netherlands on Sunday. Cup but did not play a single tension at Old Trafford. The uncapped Montpellier game in Russia as Les Bleus Mourinho has routinely Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (L) vies with Burnley’s goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte won the trophy for the second clashed with media in recent English defender Ben Mee has been called up to the squad time. weeks, demanding more re - Furious Bayern as a replacement for Lloris. “The fact he came with us to spect for his managerial record, a second-place finish behind had a really tough awakening With Marseille’s Steve Man- the World Cup means I consid- and his superiors at the club Manchester City last season since Sir Alex and (former chief Munich president danda -- the regular back-up er him to be one of the three over a lack of transfer activity. -- United’s highest league fin- executive) David Gill left at the slams PSG director to Lloris -- also absent due to best French goalkeepers. He However, Schmeichel cited ish since ’s re- same time. It left the club with- injury, Paris Saint-Germain’s knows the squad well, so this the two trophies won by the tirement in 2013 -- as signs of out a certain type of experi - Henrique is set to win is not all new to him,” said De- Portuguese during his first sea- progress. ence that the biggest club in the his first when France play schamps of Areola. son in charge in 2016/17 and “We are progressing, we’ve world needs,” said Schmeichel. AFP | Berlin

ayern Munich presi- Bdent Uli Hoeness, ex- asperated by two long and eventually failed transfer Brazil great Ronaldo buys 51pc of Real Valladolid negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain, fired off a AFP | Madrid Ronaldo personally acquires 51 within the game and outside it. poor condition of the club’s volley of criticism at the percent of the shares of Real “You can count on us to con- pitch at their Jose Zorrilla sta- French club’s sports direc- ormer Brazilian striker Valladolid.” solidate Real Valladolid in the dium, following a 1-0 loss to tor Antero Henrique in an FRonaldo has taken control “He is an idol that loves and top division and to keep building Barcelona. interview yesterday. of Real Valladolid after buying spreads a dream.” our dream.” Ronaldo will bring a sprin- PSG made bids for Bayern 51 percent of the club’s Ronaldo played in Spain for Valladolid earned promotion kling of stardust, with the for- defender Jerome Boateng shares, it was announced yes- Real Madrid and Barcelona, to the top tier last season and mer forward widely regarded and Portuguese internation- terday. while also winning the World sit 16th, after two draws and a as one of the game’s greatest al Renato Sanches over the At a press conference held Cup twice with Brazil. defeat from their opening three ever players. summer but the way Henri- in the city’s town hall, Vallad- “This is a very important games. He retired in 2011, having que went about his business olid president Carlos Suarez day for me,” he said. “I’ve gone La Liga also opened an in - been named Fifa World Player of left Hoeness seething. said: “Today is a starting point. through a lot to prepare both Retired Brazilian star striker Ronaldo vestigation last month into the the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2002.