Today's 5 key sports news

We review the most relevant sports news for this Friday, December 24.

Today's 5 key sports news

FC BARCELONA

Barça-Seville-Cádiz agreement for the transfer of Luuk de Jong

FC Barcelona, ​​Sevilla and Cádiz have reached an agreement for Dutch forward Luuk de Jong to join the Cadiz club on loan until the end of the season. Xavi Hernández does not have the 31-year-old attacker and now it only remains for Luuk de Jong to give the okay regarding this agreement for the operation to materialize. If the Dutchman ends up leaving, this will help free up salary mass that allows Ferran Torres to register when the winter market opens.

FC BARCELONA

The presentation of Ferran Torres will be on Tuesday, December 28

FC Barcelona is already organizing the preparations for the announcement and presentation of Ferran Torres, at the express request of coach Xavi Hernández. Once the definitive agreement with Manchester City has been sealed, the Barça team will officially announce the signing of the Spanish attacker on Monday 27th and his presentation will be on Tuesday 28th December. The operation for Ferran Torres has been closed in exchange for a fixed 55 million euros plus a series of variables.

TENNIS

Paula Badosa will play doubles at the Australian Open

The Catalan tennis player Paula Badosa, who ends this 2021 as number 8 in the world, will play the Australian Open (from 17 to 30), a tournament in which she will double, also playing the doubles draw. In fact, Badosa will play together with the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, number 14 in the individual ranking and 50 in the doubles ranking. Also, Paula Badosa will play in January the tournament in Adelaide (from January 3 to January 9) and Sydney (from 10 to 15).

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

The Argentinians from PSG are already in Rosario, Argentina

The Argentine soccer players of Paris Saint-Germain have decided to travel to Argentina to spend Christmas with their families. Messi and Di María traveled to Rosario, while Icardi and Paredes continued their journey to Buenos Aires on another private flight. Moreover, Antonela Rocuzzo and Jorgelina Cardoso, the wife of Angel Di María, received their respective husbands at the Rosario airport, where numerous fans were waiting to greet and wish happy holidays.

DM INTERVIEW

"Mbappé will be the best, but number one now is Messi"

The footballer Ander Herrera (Bilbao, August 14, 1989), who shares a dressing room with Messi, Neymar and Mbappé at PSG, attended Mundo Deportivo in a recent interview. The 32-year-old midfielder, a tireless worker in the teams he has played for, has stated about the PSG-Real Madrid Champions League tie that he is now "equal to 50%". About Messi sharing the throne with cracks like Neymar or Mbappé, the Basque footballer was clear: "Kylian will be the best player in the world for many years but we all agree that Leo is number one."