The Ball Man

The new FC Barcelona signing opened up about everything in an exclusive interview with SPORT Were the first training sessions at FC Barcelona as you expected? De Jong : "𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝." When you arrived at Barcelona, did you feel shy or timid? De Jong : "𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞." And when you're on the ball, you don't feel shy? De Jong : "𝐍𝐨. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ...

Yes, You heard it right. That’s according to reports in Spain. Neymar is desperate to force a move away from PSG after two years in the French capital, and has his eyes set on a reunion with Lionel Messi at Barca. Despite having spent £108million on Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, Barcelona are keen to work out a way to bring the Brazilian back to the Nou Camp. Despite his father reportedly setting up a meeting with Juventus chiefs, it is unlikely that the Italian champions will make a move, with Barcelona still in pole position. Now, it is claimed by Spanish publication Sport that Barca and PSG are confident that they can seal an agreement within the next few days, with two players plus cash believed to be going the other way. Barcelona are claimed to have offered up a list of six players for PSG to choose from, as well as Barca offering up a large cash sum. Ivan Rakitic, Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Nelson Semedo, Malcom ...

Lionel Messi has won most number of MOTM awards in the last 9 seasons – 100 times more than Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi has racked up an incredible 225 Man of the Match (MOTM) awards since the 2010/11 season – which is 100 more than his arch rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The Ball Man   floated statistics that reveal that Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has won the MOTM award a grand total of 225 times in the previous 9 seasons. In the same time Cristiano Ronaldo has (only) the award 125 times. However, it is worth mentioning that Messi and Ronaldo comprise the only duo to have won the MOTM  awards more than a 100 times in the past 9 seasons. Third on the list is now Real Madrid galactico  and former Chelsea player Eden Hazard. Former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Luis Suarez are the other players who make the top 5. These stats burns the debate of best player of all time. Who is your best of all time ...