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It would great if Fluminense can get to final

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FC Bayern may have to do without Jamal Musiala again for a longer period of time. The international, who was back in the starting eleven for the first time in three months, injured his left ankle in stoppage time of the first half in the Club World Cup quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain in Atlanta on Saturday evening. The TV pictures suggested the worst: Musiala's foot was sticking out at an unnatural angle from the rest of his leg. The surrounding players had horror written all over their faces.

It was preceded by an initially seemingly harmless scene in the PSG penalty area: Michael Olise played a high pass into the penalty area on the right. As Sacha Boey, who was supposed to receive the pass, did not seem to have expected it, Musiala ran towards the ball while Willian Pacho shielded it and waited for his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Donnarumma made a courageous tackle and hit Musiala full on the left leg.

The match was immediately interrupted and never restarted, referee Anthony Taylor from England sent the two teams into the dressing room at 0-0, with some PSG and Bayern professionals continuing to stand by Musiala, who was treated on the touchline, carried off on a stretcher and replaced by Serge Gnabry for the second half.

Musiala missed the final spurt of last season due to a torn muscle bundle and only made his comeback at the Club World Cup. Now the 22-year-old midfielder is facing another lengthy absence.

FCB coach Vincent Kompany had already had to make his first injury-related substitution against PSG in the 33rd minute. Right-back Josip Stanisic had hurt his hamstring and had to leave the pitch after trying to continue playing for a while. Boey eventually came on for the Croatian.

Kyle Walker has left Manchester City on a permanent transfer, joining Burnley in a deal reportedly worth up to £5 million as Scott Parker's side return to the Premier League. The England international, who left City in January to join AC Milan on loan, has made a swift return to the English top flight, where he has made 410 appearances. The 35-year-old defender has earned 96 caps for England.

L’Equipe claim that Juventus have set the price tag for Timothy Weah at €15m after opening negotiations with Olympique Marseille.

The USMNT star had been effectively sold to Nottingham Forest in a double deal with Samuel Mbangula, but when both players turned down the move, those talks were abandoned.

Weah and his representative were openly furious about the fact they were not informed until late in the day about this discussion, so insisted on being more involved in any future transfer negotiations

The ending to the saga took many by surprise, and as confirmed by Uli Hoeneß, honorary president of Bayern, those at the Bundesliga champions were equally as shocked as those at Barcelona. Speaking to BR24, he spoke on the matter.

“When a club extends its own player, it’s nothing unusual. I would have done the same if I was Athletic Club. But we were all surprised that Nico Williams extended his contract. I had close contact with Hansi Flick, who’s currently in Tegernsee on holiday, and they were surprised too because they had more or less an agreement with him.

“I don’t understand what (Nico) wants, but in my opinion Athletic Club are just trying to get more money because next year he will cost more than €60m.”

[Official] PSV add women's U17 team to the youth academy. The women's side of the youth academy now consists of U13, U15, U16, U17 and Jong PSV. U17 is the first age category which will train at and play for PSV full time, the categories below are combined with local amateur clubs

What we know so far

Wales' most capped and highest scoring men's international, Bale was initially linked with a takeover at Plymouth Argyle.

With owner Simon Hallet looking for fresh investment, Bale was said to be the face of a USA-based private equity group that had entered early talks over a deal.

Some sources at Plymouth played down those reports with no public utterance from Bale or the unnamed other members of the consortium.

That changed, though, when it emerged the group had written to Cardiff owner Tan making it clear they would be keen on taking control at the club recently relegated from the Championship.

There was no formal bid but the proposal did make clear what the group would be looking to pay for a shareholding.

Cardiff's board became aware of the approach but only after it had been dismissed pretty swiftly by Tan. As a result, there was no boardroom discussion or invitation for further talks.

BBC Sport Wales has been told a second approach was made to Tan but was met with the same short shrift.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by police in the United Kingdom. The Ghana international is expected in Court on Tuesday the fifth of August.

Partey, 32, is accused of five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault that are believed to have taken place in 2021 and 2022, report the BBC. The incidents involved three separate women, two of which allegedly suffered the former five charges, with the third suffering an alleged sexual assault