The vice-president of Gremio, Odorico Roman, claims Barcelona target Arthur will not be allowed to leave the club for less than his release clause of €50million.
Earlier this month, the midfielder was forced to deny reports he has agreed to join the LaLiga leaders after he was photographed with representatives of the Catalan club.
Arthur is a rising star and helped Gremio to the 2017 Copa Libertadores title, shortly after which he was snapped in Barca colours during a meeting with sporting director Robert Fernandez.
Roman says Barcelona will have fierce competition for Arthur s signature from fellow European giants Real Madrid, Chelsea and Inter.
Gremio renewed Arthur s contract for three years, his clause is €50million and we do not plan to sel…
Sean Dyche was left frustrated that referee Paul Tierney failed to award Burnley a penalty in the goalless draw at Huddersfield Town, claiming it was impossible not to give the decision.
Burnley midfielder Jeff Hendrick went to ground when attempting to round home goalkeeper Jonas Lossl in the second half of Saturday s Premier League encounter at the John Smith s Stadium.
However, Tierney did not award a spot-kick or a yellow card for diving, and Burnley boss Dyche was bemused as to how a foul was not called.
I don t need to say too much as everyone will see it because it is impossible that it is not given as a penalty, he told BBC Sport.
I am in a league where penalties are given for all reasons and that is definitely a penalty.
Jeff has g…
Luis Enrique has urged Barcelona to bounce back immediately after their 1-0 defeat at Real Sociedad blew La Liga s title race wide open.
Barca s wait for a first win at the Anoeta Stadium since 2007 was extended by Mikel Oyarzabal, whose fifth-minute header condemned the Catalan club to successive league defeats for the first time since November 2014.
The result leaves Barca just three points ahead of Atletico Madrid and four clear of Real Madrid with six games remaining.
Barca travel to Atletico for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, having come from behind to win last week s first leg 2-1.
The game started in the worst possible way, they scored from their first chance, we had a very bad first half, Luis Enrique sa…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes Son Heung-min can match David Beckham s superstar status in east Asia as the South Korea international was lauded by his boss.
While Harry Kane has dominated headlines with his record-breaking efforts in the Premier League, having scored 39 in 2017 and 56 in total for the year, Son has impressed for Spurs.
Korean forward Son has scored nine goals in all competitions this season, and five in his past seven appearances.
And Pochettino heaped praise on Son as he talked up the 25-year-old s potential to be a hero in his homeland, even surpassing former Manchester United and Real Madrid winger Beckham – who is a worldwide phenomenon – especially in Asia.
Yes, that is what we think. But we cannot prove this, P…
Southampton are considering a move for out-of-favour Manchester City winger Scott Sinclair, .
Despite uncertainty surrounding the future of manager Mauricio Pochettino, the south coast club are keen to assemble a list of potential transfer targets for the forthcoming campaign.
He moved to the Etihad Stadium from Swansea City in the summer of 2012, but made just two starts for the club in his first season, before moving to West Bromwich Albion on a year-long loan last August.
Despite the Manchester club’s need to fill a quota of home-grown players, Sinclair is one of many English players to be linked with a transfer away in the close season.
Joleon Lescott, Gareth Barry, Micah Richards and Jack Rodwell are all likely to be playing their football els…