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European roundup: Lewandowski and Barça frustrated by Rayo Vallecano | European club football

Robert Lewandowski’s Barcelona debut resulted in a goalless dwelling draw towards Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou of their first La Liga recreation of the season. It was a disappointing evening for Barca whose followers confirmed up at an virtually sold-out stadium to see their new workforce headlined by the Poland striker Lewandowski, the twice the Fifa Participant of the Yr, and the Brazil winger Raphinha. Barcelona dominated the match with virtually 70% of possession and 18 purpose makes an attempt towards two for Rayo. However the two greatest probabilities fell to the guests, Álvaro García thwarted by a superb save by Marc Andre ter Stegen and Sergio Camello capturing extensive. Because the frustration mounted for Barça, their captain, Sergio Busquets, misplaced his cool and was despatched off for an elbow to the face of Radamel Falcao in stoppage time. In Italy, the champions Milan turned an early one-goal deficit right into a 4-2 win over Udinese at San Siro, making certain a profitable begin to their marketing campaign in an electrifying Serie A opener. Two objectives by Croatia worldwide Ante Rebic plus strikes by Theo Hernandez and Brahim Díaz helped the Rossoneri to recuperate from…

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West Ham poised to seal £17.5m Cornet signing, Telles joins Sevilla on loan | Transfer window

West Ham are poised to signal Maxwel Cornet from Burnley after assembly his £17.5m launch clause. The Ivory Coast ahead has additionally been a goal for Everton, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. Cornet turned a precedence goal for West Ham after Filip Kostic, one other left-sided participant, indicated he was reluctant to affix from Eintracht Frankfurt. Cornet signed for Burnley from Lyon final August and scored 9 objectives and arrange one other within the Premier League final season. West Ham are going through disappointment of their try to purchase Amadou Onana after Everton matched their €40m (£33.5m) bid for the Lille midfielder in a late try and hijack David Moyes’s transfer. West Ham had their provide accepted by the French membership and are attributable to talk about private phrases with the Belgium worldwide. However Everton have additionally met Lille’s asking value for the 20-year-old – an preliminary €35m plus €5m in add-ons – and the indications are Onana would favour a transfer to Goodison Park. Everton’s supervisor, Frank Lampard, is eager to signal two midfielders and the membership have held talks over re-signing Idrissa Gana Gueye from Paris Saint-Germain. Manchester United left-back Alex Telles has accomplished…

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