Day: April 12, 2022

Manchester City ready to spend 50 million for Merino from Sociedad

Premier League Ekings News Latest Manchester City are ready to open a release clause of 50 million pounds (60 million euros) of Real Sociedad to buy Mikel Meri. No, former Newcastle midfielder, Spanish national team degree, 25 years old, came to strengthen the team.

Manchester City is ‘ready to pay’ the £50m release clause for Mikel Merino. The Spaniard is being watched by manager Pep Guardiola. Manchester City is reportedly set to reach an agreement with the Real Sociedad midfielder for €60m (around £50m).

The Spaniard has played a key role in his side in La Liga this season, playing 27 league games, and scoring three goals. According to the Spanish outlet, he also added four assists. Confidential, the 25-year-old is the ‘top target’ for Pep Guardiola.  He has impressed Manchester City bosses with his performances in Spain.

His current contract expires in 2025, so City will have to pay a huge fee. However, Miguel Merino’s €60m (50m) release clause means that Real Sociedad has no power to stop him from leaving. Not if they want to sign him. Manchester City is ready to pay that amount. He also decided he wanted to leave, with Merino already familiar with the Premier League. After spending a short time with Newcastle United.

More than One Player from River Plate

Meanwhile, City is also reportedly keen to bring in a second player from River Plate this summer, alongside Julian Alvarez. This was reported by Sergio Gonzalez. TEAMtalk says the Blues are interested in Enzo Fernandez.

The 21-year-old central midfielder has started the season well in Argentina. Has already scored two goals in nine appearances, with City reportedly reaching out to Fernandez’s followers over the matter. He is under contract until 2025, so they must be ready to pay a fee if they want to take him away from the Argentine giants.

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Canelo Alvarez Changes Diet Before Facing Dmitry Bivol

Canelo Alvarez Changed Diet Before Faced with Dmitry Bivol

Canelo Alvarez Changes Diet Before Confronting Dmitry Bivol. World Boxing News, the king of world boxing, Canelo Alvarez, talks about his preparations ahead of the fight against light heavyweight boxing champion, Dmitry Bivol, in particular about the decision to change his diet. latest sports news,
Sports News Site. Canelo Alvarez admits that he has changed his diet towards vegan. That means the boxing king whose real name is Saul Alvarez does not eat animal foods. Talking about his new diet, Alvarez feels his body is in good shape. Even so, he is also not too fanatical about living his vegan diet.

Diet to improve performance

“I feel very good. My body is adapting well. My stomach feels fine too. That doesn’t mean I completely change my diet. Of course, all week I try to eat vegan and if in the future I have to eat meat or chicken , then I have no problem either.” said Alvarez. “But in the end I will prioritize eating vegan food,” continued the Mexican boxing king. Alvarez does have bad memories with animal food. In 2018, he was banned for six months because he showed positive results in checking the use of doping types of clenbuterol. Alvarez at that time firmly deflected the test results.

He argued that the doping entered his body from contaminated meat. Due to this incident, Alvarez began to be advised to change his diet to vegan. Apart from that, Alvarez plans to share the boxing ring with Bivol in May. The fight is certainly very important for Alvarez because he has the opportunity to plunder Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title. On the other hand, fighting against Alvarez is a matter of pride for Bivol. Of course, who is not smitten by the offer of a duel against a world boxing king like Alvarez. In 2022, Bivol is not the only boxer Alvarez will face.

Next Mekawan Gennady Golovkin

It is reported that the Kazakh boxer, Gennady Golovkin, is also on Alvarez’s radar for the September schedule. However, Golovkin’s suitability for a duel against Alvarez has later been questioned. Former king of boxing rival Manny Pacquiao, Timothy Bradley, feels Golovkin will be easily defeated by Alvarez. Bradley’s prediction came after he saw how Golovkin fought against Ryota Murata some time ago (10/4/2022). Canelo Alvarez is the current number one boxer in the world according to several well-known boxing forums. With such prestige, Canelo Alvarez certainly has a big influence in the world of boxing. Not only for the world of boxing, Alvarez could have influenced the world at large with the decisions he made.

The Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol fight is scheduled to take place on May 7 at the T-Mobile Arena, Nevada, United States. In that duel, Alvarez will fight for the WBA (super) light heavyweight belt currently in Bivol. Dmitry Bivol himself is the fighter Canelo Alvarez will face on a two-match contract with Matchroom Boxing. After the duel against Dmitry Bivol, Canelo Alvarez will be faced with Gennady Golovkin. The match against Golovkin is scheduled to take place in September.

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