The 7 key sports news this morning

This has been the press conference of Sergi Barjuan and Laporta

The president of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, accompanied Sergi Barjuan, the new interim coach of the Barça club, at a press conference. In addition, the president has spoken about the arrival of Xavi Hernández to the bench.

If you want to see the full press conference, click here.

L’Équipe questions Messi’s performance on its cover

Leo messi has had a more than discreet start in the Parc des Princes after all the expectation that his arrival generated and the trident with Neymar and Mbappé, which has not shown much either. “Finally a good start?”, Says the owner of L’Équipe, who also adds that “after his arrival at PSG closed in summer, Messi he has not yet reached the performance he had at Barça “.

Maximum Caution by Modric

The Croat was low at the last minute against Osasuna due to muscle fatigue. Luka Modric He is a key piece for Ancelotti who is the one who must decide now if he has him tomorrow against Elche or reserves him for the November 3 duel against Shakhtar in the Bernabeu.

In your medical examination, the medical services of the Real Madrid nothing serious was detected, but the truth is that the white doctors recommended rest for the Croatian.

The way is cleared for Real Madrid with Pogba

Real Madrid does not lose sight of Pogba, who is one of the players who can reach the white club next summer. 28 years old, the French midfielder has sounded several times to reach the Real Madrid, especially when Zidane was there, and now it’s ringing again. His contract with Manchester United ends in June next year and in England they assume that he will go free.

Lots of surprises in public favorites in F1

According to a global survey conducted between F1, Motorsport Network and Nielsen Sports, called the ‘Global Fan Survey’ and which included the participation of more than 167,000 fans from 187 different countries, the team of choice for F1 fans is no longer Ferrari. It is McLaren.

Rooney whips United players: “It’s not acceptable”

Wayne Rooney, current Derby County coach, has appreciated the bad moment of his former team, blaming Solskjaer and pointing directly at the players: “They have to question and look at themselves. It’s too easy when the coach takes all the criticism while those players are being paid a lot of money to do the job and I don’t think they are doing it well enough. “.

Tsitsipas says goodbye by surprise in Vienna

Stefanos Tsitsipas He finished his tour of the Vienna tournament beaten by the American Francis Tiafoe. The Greek did not finish straightening his duel with Tiafoe, which was more solid in the final stretch, in the final set. The 23-year-old American, without memorable results in his career, completed his comeback and won 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3, in one hour and 51 minutes.

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