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Man City plot stunning £400,000-a-week deal to beat Chelsea and Man Utd to Lionel Messi

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MANCHESTER CITY are prepared to pay an astonishing £400,000-a-week to land Lionel Messi, according to reports.</div>
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<a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Lionel%20Messi" target="_blank">Messi</a> has 18 months left on his <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Barcelona" target="_blank">Barcelona</a> deal and has become frustrated with tax issues in Spain.</div>
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<a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Chelsea" target="_blank">Chelsea</a> and <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Manchester%20United" target="_blank">Manchester United</a> have expressed an interest in Messi but, with <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Pep%20Guardiola" target="_blank">Pep Guardiola</a> likely to be City-bound, it appears they're going for the jugular.</div>
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If <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Manchester%20City" target="_blank">City</a> can land their dream duo it would take their standing in the game up a notch and make them European heavyweights overnight.</div>
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The <em>Manchester Evening News</em> cite sources in Spain suggesting that City have made a "tentative approach" to Messi's advisers with the thought of a £20million-a-year deal.</div>
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Guardiola is set to join City when he quits Bayern Munich in the summer, meaning Manuel Pellegrini will be dismissed just a year into his new deal.</div>
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City have chased the Spaniard ever since the arrival of Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano at the club.</div>
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Man City plot stunning £400,000-a-week deal to beat Chelsea and Man Utd to Lionel Messi

MANCHESTER CITY are prepared to pay an astonishing £400,000-a-week to land Lionel Messi, according to reports. Lionel Messi is set ...

Mesut Ozil: Arsenal do not fear Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar

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MESUT OZIL says Arsenal will not fear Barcelona's prolific front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar in the Champions League last 16.</div>
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<a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/arsenal-given-chance-of-champions.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">Arsenal paid the price in the draw</a> after they finished second to <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Bayern%20Munich" rel="tag" target="_blank">Bayern Munich</a> in Group F.</div>
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<a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsenal" rel="tag" target="_blank">The Gunners</a> now face holders Barca for the third time in six years, having been knocked out by <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Barcelona" rel="tag" target="_blank">the Catalan giants</a> on the previous two occasions.</div>
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<a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Lionel%20Messi" rel="tag" target="_blank">Messi</a>, <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Neymar" rel="tag" target="_blank">Neymar</a> and <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Luis%20Suarez" rel="tag" target="_blank">Suarez</a> have scored 52 goals between them in all competitions this term, and <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Mesut%20Ozil" rel="tag" target="_blank">Ozil</a> is looking forward to the challenge of facing them in February and March.</div>
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"Barcelona are the hardest team in the world to play against," Ozil told <em>The Times</em>. "Barcelona are the best team at the moment in the world. We know that.</div>
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"But as a player I look forward to encounters like this. For me it is important to have these big games, it's nice to play against the best teams; to compete with them is a big opportunity for us.</div>
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"We respect Barcelona but they will respect us too. We are not afraid of Barcelona. </div>
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"We just need to play our game and we can beat them. There is no fear. In football everything's possible.</div>
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"It is a tough match but I don't think our defenders were afraid after the draw. It's a big opportunity for them to prove themselves against the best attack in the world, players like Suarez, Messi, Neymar.</div>
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"It will be an exciting game, with the possibility of lots of goals, but it's not like we are afraid."</div>

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Arsenal launch January move for Spain striker Nolito as window approaches

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Arsenal star flattered by Spain link

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ARSENAL defender Hector Bellerin says he is flattered to be linked with a Spain call-up.</div>
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The 20-year-old has established himself as a mainstay in <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsene%20Wenger" rel="tag" target="_blank">Arsene Wenger</a>'s back-line after his breakthrough season last year.</div>
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The right-back made 20 Premier League appearances in the 2014/15 campaign after injury to <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Mathieu%20Debuchy" rel="tag" target="_blank">Mathieu Debuchy</a> and has kept his place this term despite the Frenchman's return.</div>
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His impressive form for <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsenal" rel="tag" target="_blank">the Gunners</a> has since seen him linked with a call-up to the Spain national side, having only represented his country at Under-21s level.</div>
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The former <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Barcelona" rel="tag" target="_blank">Barcelona</a> youth admits he is only concentrating on his performances for <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsenal" rel="tag" target="_blank">Arsenal</a>, but is flattered by the speculation.</div>
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"There is a high level in national team and I'm happy for them," <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Hector%20Bellerin" rel="tag" target="_blank">Bellerin</a> said. "The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays.</div>
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"It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well.</div>
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"But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.</div>
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"I'm working for my club, I try to do my best here and then the things come when you do a good job.</div>
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"My target is to help the club have a good season and whatever comes later will come."</div>

Arsenal star flattered by Spain link

ARSENAL defender Hector Bellerin says he is flattered to be linked with a Spain call-up. The 20-year-old has established himself as a...

Don't only blame Benitez: Perez and Madrid must copy Barcelona's model to end the nightmare

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White handkerchiefs were out in protest at the Santiago Bernabeu during the 4-0 loss against the Bluagrana, but a change of coach won't solve the deeper issues at Real</div>
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The pressure is on for <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Rafa%20Benitez" target="_blank">Rafa Benitez</a>. Defeat at Sevilla prior to the international break saw <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Real%20Madrid" target="_blank">Real Madrid</a> slip three points behind <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Barcelona" target="_blank">Barcelona</a> ahead of the Clasico and two weeks on, the 4-0 loss at home to the Catalans leaves the Spaniard on the brink. Sacking him, however, isn't the solution.<br /><br />Benitez has earned a reputation as a defensive coach during his time at Madrid and his players are not particularly fond of the team's style of play. Prior to the game against Barca, he was told by key figures in his squad that they needed to be more positive and, although he claimed that information was false, the former Liverpool boss picked a much more attacking line-up on Saturday.<br /><br />Casemiro dropped to the bench after playing eight games in a row, while James Rodriguez started and so too did Karim Benzema. It was the team the fans wanted and the team the players wanted, but it wasn't the one Rafa wanted. And when coaches betray their ideas, things rarely end well.<br /><br />What followed was a disaster from start to finish. Toni Kroos is not a defensive midfielder, while Luka Modric and James Rodriguez are playmakers who are aided by the presence of a ball-winner. But there wasn't one on the pitch and between them, the trio left far too much space in the centre of the pihct, offering little protection for the defence.<br /><br />Barca's brilliant midfield went through them like a knife through butter and Rafa admitted afterwards that he had got it wrong. "We picked players with quality and experience," he said. "But it didn't go as we had hoped. After the game, obviously it hasn't gone as we wanted. What else can I say?"</div>
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Some reports suggested prior to the match that Benitez would be out if he lost the Clasico, but that still seems premature and the man tipped to replace him, Zinedine Zidane, does not appear ready or even willing to take over at this stage.<br /><br />"Real Madrid already have a new coach in Zidane," former Barca forward Rivaldo wrote on Instagram after the Clasico on Saturday. "I believe it's time to give him a chance like Barca did with [Pep] Guardiola and Luis Enrique."<br /><br />It's true that Benitez may not be the right man for the job. The Spaniard's defensive style has won him few friends at Real and he has failed to win a league title since 2004 (with Valencia), while his only Champions League crown came a decade ago at Liverpool.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the problems at Real run much deeper than the man sitting on the bench.<br /><br />Before the match, former Barca president Joan Laporta told <strong>Goal</strong>: "I honestly think Barca have the better team. They play more as a unit and Madrid are in that phase where they are adapting to a playing style. Ours is very much integrated."<br /><br />How true. All of the players at La Masia are taught to play football in the Barca blueprint, while youth teams at the Catalan club are geared towards playing the same system: 4-3-3. That style has enjoyed spectacular success in recent times, but it has also evolved and players such as Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez have made it even better.</div>
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Madrid, meanwhile, have no such strategy. Their formation and tactics vary from coach to coach, while new signings are identified in line with marketing and merchandising, shirt sales and global appeal. That is the Florentino Perez philosophy, but just like in his first spell in charge of the club, it is a vision that is proving to be flawed.<br /><br />Carlo Ancelotti suffered last season when Angel Di Maria and Xabi Alonso were sold in August, two key players he wanted to keep, footballers who brought balance to his starting line-up and who had both been key in securing La Decima months earlier. He also saw his side depleted by an injury crisis and was up against a Barca team that went on to win the treble. If anything, however, the squad's shortcomings were more Perez's fault than his own.<br /><br />Ancelotti had been talked about by some as a possible Sir Alex Ferguson figure at Real. Perez had tried to sign him twice before and was happy to get his man, yet while he kept faith in Jose Mourinho for three seasons, the Italian was dispatched as soon as things went wrong.<br /><br />Even though Ferguson won numerous trophies in his 26 years at Manchester United, he didn't claim the biggest prizes every single season. After winning four trophies in a calendar year for the first time in Madrid's history (in 2014), Ancelotti was out in 2015.<br /><br />And now Benitez is in danger just 16 games into his tenure. But how can Madrid possibly hope to catch or match Barcelona if they are constantly changing coaches and persisting with a signing policy that involves buying the world's best forwards and shoehorning them all into the same side?</div>
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That may have brought success in the 1950s and 1960s when Real ruled the club scene in Europe, but it won't work now. Football has evolved and Perez is still seemingly living in the dark ages. Spending money is no guarantee of success these days. <br /><br />Instead, Madrid must decide how they want to play, pick a style and stick to it, signing footballers who will be right for a specific system. Whether they are marketable or not should be secondary. After all, Real are already the world's richest club, so the priority now needs to be success on the pitch. One league title and one Champions League crown since 2008 is simply not good enough - especially given the enormous outlay in that time.<br /><br />With less money spent since 2008, the Blaugrana have won La Liga five times and the Champions League on three occasions. But it wasn't always that way, of course, and during his spell as Barca boss, Guardiola admitted that the Catalan club had looked to Madrid for inspiration in the 1980s and 1990s.<br /><br />"It's the work of so many people going back 10 to 15 years," Pep said of La Masia in 2011. "Not so long ago we didn't even have a Champions League to our name. The 'Quinta del Buitre' (the Madrid team featuring five homegrown players and led by Emilio Butragueno that won five straight Liga titles between 1985 and 1990) were an example to us. We fed off of them, we learned so much from them."</div>
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So perhaps now it's time for Madrid to take a look at themselves, and then glance over towards Barca to see just what their biggest rivals have done to achieve all their success over the past few years. If you can't beat them, join them. </div>

Don't only blame Benitez: Perez and Madrid must copy Barcelona's model to end the nightmare

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Luis Suarez and Neymar continued their sensational goalscoring form as Barcelona moved six points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 4-0 thrashing of their bitter rivals at the Bernabeu on Saturday.</div>
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Barca even had the luxury of leaving <a class="auto-link" href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Lionel%20Messi" target="_self" title="Lionel Messi">Lionel Messi</a> on the bench, but the Argentine did make his return from a two-month injury layoff half an hour from time and played a part in Suarez's second and Barca's fourth goal.</div>
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Suarez got Barca off to the perfect start after just 10 minutes and Neymar deservedly doubled the visitors' advantage just before half-time.</div>
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At that point Neymar and Suarez had scored every one of Barca's last 19 La Liga goals, but Andres Iniesta ended that run in style when he blasted a third into the top corner.</div>
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And <a class="auto-link" href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Lionel%20Messi" target="_self" title="Messi">Messi</a>, Neymar and Suarez all combined for the latter to score a fourth before Isco sealed an embarrassing defeat for Madrid by getting sent-off late on.</div>
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"We were at a superior level and generated superiority in many areas of the pitch. We were solid at the back too and it was more the merit of Barca than the fault of Madrid."</div>
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Despite just two defeats in 16 games in charge, Madrid boss Rafael Benitez's job is now in doubt as the home fans turned on club president Florentino Perez towards the end of the game.</div>
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"Logically we are hurting. It hurts to lose and particularly to lose in that manner," said Benitez.</div>
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"What worries me is the team recovering mentally before the next game."</div>
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The build-up to the match had been dominated by security fears after last week's series of deadly attacks in Paris which killed 130 people.</div>
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A minute's silence was held to the tune of the French national anthem La Marseillaise and a large French flag was unfurled by the Madrid fans before kick-off in honour of the victims before kick-off.</div>
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However, the sombre atmosphere quickly turned hostile as the home fans saw their side completely outplayed by Barca.</div>
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Sergi Roberto was rewarded for his great form of late with a start in the position normally occupied by <a class="auto-link" href="http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/lionel-messi-profile-4769.html" target="_self" title="Messi">Messi</a> and he repaid Luis Enrique's faith with a big role in a fine opening goal.</div>
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The Spaniard collected Sergio Busquets's pass and drove at the Madrid defence before threading a pass through for Suarez who coolly slotted home with the outside of his right foot.</div>
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Karim Benzema started for Madrid for the first time since he was charged with complicity to blackmail and conspiring to commit a criminal act in his native France in a case involving a sex tape featuring French international teammate Mathieu Valbuena.</div>
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And after six weeks out, Benzema's rustiness showed as he failed to make a clean contact when presented with a great chance from Jeremy Mathieu's slip.</div>
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Barca's dominance in possession was rewarded with a second before half-time when Iniesta's through ball was perfectly timed for Neymar and his effort squeezed under Keylor Navas.</div>
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It could even have been three before the break as Marcelo cleared Suarez's shot off the line and Raphael Varane blocked Ivan Rakitic's follow-up effort.</div>
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The hosts started the second period slightly better as James Rodriguez forced Claudio Bravo into a brilliant save low to his right.</div>
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But any hope of a comeback was emphatically ended by a brilliant strike by Iniesta as he latched onto Neymar's backheel eight minutes after the break.</div>

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Everything you need to know about the El Clasico on Saturday, including where you can watch it, team news, odds, prediction and more </div>
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When time is kick off for Real Madrid vs Barcelona?</div>
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Yes, it's that time again. Club football's biggest showpiece - and arguably the finest showcase of global talent football has to offer - is ready for its first instalment of the season as Barcelona and Real Madrid meet in El Clasico this coming Saturday, November 21. The game starts at 5.15pm UK time (or 6.15pm local time) at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu. </div>
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Kick off has been pushed back by 15 minutes to accommodate UK viewers (so you'd better watch it), because of the broadcasting law that forbids live football from being screened between 2.45pm and 5.15pm. </div>
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 </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ronaldo?src=hash">#Ronaldo</a> said to be lacking motivation.. He'll probably score a hat trick then! By <a href="https://twitter.com/zoranlucic">@zoranlucic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WundergolArtFest2016?src=hash">#WundergolArtFest2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/jTx2GrVMse">pic.twitter.com/jTx2GrVMse</a></p>— Wundergol Art (@wundergol) <a href="https://twitter.com/wundergol/status/668046732694061057">November 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Where can I watch it? </div>
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Live coverage of the game will be on Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD. </div>
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You can also follow the match on our live blog. </div>
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Is there any danger it might be called off after the Paris attacks?</div>
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Europe is on high alert following the deadly bombings and shootings in the French capital and a friendly match between Spain and Belgium due to take place in Brussels later on Tuesday has been postponed. </div>
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But the Spanish government's top sports official has sent out a message of calm and said there is no reason for Real v Barcelona to be postponed. Miguel Cardenal, the head of Spain's sports council (CSD), said officials would meet on Wednesday to discuss security at the match and steps would be taken to allow fans to attend the match "with a guarantee of normality". </div>
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"We are the first ones interested in making sure nothing untoward occurs," Cardenal said. "So if anything happens that requires the public to be given certain instructions like suspending a match that will be done. The correct message is one of calm. The advice is the same as last week, to act normally and in absolute freedom." </div>
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What is the team news? </div>
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There could be some big names missing, with Lionel Messi facing a race against time to be fit. The Argentine has missed the last 10 games, but he did return to training on Monday and you would have to think there is a fair chance Barca will do everything in their power to get him on the field. </div>
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Still, if he does not make it, Real's problems do not magically disappear: Neymar and Luis Suarez have flourished in his absence, scoring their last 16 league goals with Barcelona winning 8 of those 10 matches. </div>
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Given that his team-mates have coped without him, it may well be that Messi only makes the bench for this match, with his long-term fitness the most important factor. </div>
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For Real Madrid, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez made their returns to action in the defeat at Sevilla but Karim Benzema missed out for, let's say, 'other' reasons, though he has also been struggling with an injury, too. He should be back for the Clasico. </div>
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What are the odds? </div>
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Real Madrid - 7/5 </div>
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Draw - 14/5 </div>
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Barcelona - 21/10 </div>
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Real Madrid have the home advantage but given recent form it will be some ask to stop Barcelona's lethal strike force, whether or not Messi returns in time. </div>
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That said, Real have plenty of firepower of their own and both teams tend to score in these games, though they rarely end in draws. </div>
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Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona </div>

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Steven Gerrard: How and why I had to stop Luis Suarez leaving Liverpool for Arsenal

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven Gerrard convinced Luis Suarez to stay another year</td></tr>
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STEVEN GERRARD reveals he was prepared to do anything to stop Luis Suarez joining Arsenal.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Luis%20Suarez" target="_blank">Suarez</a> eventually left Anfield for <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Barcelona" target="_blank">Barcelona</a> in a deal worth £75million.</div>
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But the year before he was pushing for a move to the Emirates after <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsenal" target="_blank">Arsenal</a> had made a £40m+£1 bid.</div>
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And Gerrard said, as a <a href="http://www.newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Liverpool" target="_blank">Liverpool</a> icon, he made it his business to make sure they didn't strengthen a rival by selling Suarez to Arsenal.</div>
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Gerrard met with the Uruguay striker to put him off and convinced him to stay put another season.</div>
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"Before the meeting you had Luis Suarez training on his own in the afternoon at Melwood," Gerrard told <em>BT Sport.</em> </div>
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"Brendan’s relationship with Luis had broken down.</div>
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"I don’t think it was Brendan’s fault. Luis wanted to move on, to play Champions’ League football and he had people in his ear and people around him forcing him to make moves that maybe he didn’t really wanna do.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez after the Norwich game</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard still have a good relationship</td></tr>
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"So I think it was just a case of being in the middle and trying to heal that relationship with him and Brendan and get him training with the first team again and just chatting to Luis and saying to him, is it Arsenal that you really want or do you want Real Madrid or Barca?</div>
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That was the jist of the conversation, because I knew, deep down that him and his family wanted Barcelona rather than Arsenal…</div>
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"For me and all the Liverpool supporters and Liverpool people it made no sense at all, him going to Arsenal because it would have made them an awful lot stronger.  </div>
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"When you lose someone like Luis Suarez it makes you an awful lot weaker, so for me, I was prepared to do anything it took to try and make that not happen."</div>
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<em><strong>Watch a 30 minute BT Sport special --- “Sport In Focus - Steven Gerrard" – on BT Sport 1 next Wednesday 30 September at 3pm.  Catch a preview on btsport.com from later tonight (24 Sept)</strong></em></div>

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