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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Real Madrid already having transfer REGRET over Trent Alexander-Arnold
Why didn't Alexander-Arnold play against PSG? But this isn't a situation Madrid wanted to find themselves in. Valverde is a midfielder - one of the best in the world. The club do NOT want to use him as a right-back. Advertisement Last season they had to manage as best they could with Dani Carvajal injured and a dearth of other options. Trent was supposed to sort this out. Signed to a massive contract and a sizeable signing-on fee, Madrid should be able to rely on him to fill the position long term. So where was he? Well, according to reports in Spain, he was injured. He didn't finish training well, it was claimed on Cadena Ser, and so starting duties had to be doled out elsewhere. And they are not happy about it. Carvajal tipped to take over 'Fede Valverde has to assume a position that is not his natural demarcation to keep the team competing, a circumstance to which he is more than accustomed,' reads a report in Defensa Central. Advertisement 'However, from the new Real Madrid coaching staff they know that this is not the solution to a problem that seemed extinct with the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold himself. 'If the physical problems of the Real Madrid '12' continue towards the league start, Dani Carvajal may be the one finally chosen to assume the starting position on the right lane.' © IMAGO - Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool 2024-25 Madrid not getting value from TAA deal For Madrid at least, the signs are worrying. Right-back is not a glamour position. You expect those guys to play the vast majority of the games. Spending a reported €15m per annum in salary costs should get you consistency and robustness. Not to mention the €2m per game they lavished on Trent to play in the CWC. Advertisement But those fitness problems are stacking up. Last season for the Reds, Trent had at least THREE separate injuries - causing him to miss around 10 matches in total. The season before, knee ligament trouble saw him miss even more matches. © Anfield Watch Liverpool have moved on from Trent Alexander-Arnold He may only be 26, but there is a lot of football in the legs of a player who's played senior football for close to a decade. Trent played close to 400 times for Liverpool - and has 34 England caps. Liverpool fans were dismayed by his decision to leave the club at the end of his contract - taking it to be a betrayal. Advertisement They would have preferred the vice-captain and homegrown hero to grow old at Anfield and enjoy the adulation coming his way for the rest of his career. But there is a chance that Liverpool have already got the best of Trent Alexander-Arnold - and are now ready to move on with Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley. And for Real Madrid his signing could be one which only adds to their problems at right-back rather than solving them. Madrid's players are already reported to be disgruntled at the level of so-called privilege Trent has been afforded. It's not been a great start to life for the Englishman in Madrid. Who knows, it may be a move he comes to regret as time passes.
USA Today
30-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé inches closer to Club World Cup debut. Here's the latest.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL – Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé could be inching closer to his first match during this summer's FIFA Club World Cup. Mbappé was upbeat and energetic during the first 15 minutes of Real Madrid's training session open to media members at The Gardens North County District Park on Monday, June 30. Real Madrid will play Juventus in their Club World Cup round-of-16 match at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 1. Mbappé has missed all three of Real Madrid's matches in the group stage of the tournament, while reacclimating back to form after a stomach flu that caused him to be briefly hospitalized on June 19. The club said he was treated for "an acute case of gastroenteritis." Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso will speak during a press conference later Monday, where Mbappé's condition will likely be addressed. "As we always do, we're working hard and I think we're ready for the game. Hopefully, it'll be a good game," said Dean Huijsen, a 20-year-old defender who rose through the Juventus ranks, played with Bournemouth in the Premier League last year, and joined Real Madrid this summer. Real Madrid is often a perennial favorite as one of the sport's giants, but two other clubs are considered favorites to the win the Club World Cup more than them. BETMGM has Paris Saint-Germain – the reigning Champions League winners, which beat Lionel Messi's Inter Miami 4-0 on June 29 in the round of 16 – and Manchester City – which beat Juventus 5-2 on June 26 – as the favorites with +275 odds to win the Club World Cup. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, which beat Brazilian side Flamengo 4-2 on June 29 to reach the quarterfinals, have the next-best odds at +550. It's only natural for the participating clubs to watch others play, while waiting in the wings. "We can see the rooms in the hotel, in the common room, and also there in the tents. We need to see the other teams, analyze them a little," Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal said. "And the truth is that it has been a good championship and we hope to get as far as possible and, why not, win." Real Madrid was able to advance out the knockout stage as a group winner with a 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal on June 18, a 3-1 win against Mexican club Pachuca on June 22, and a 3-0 win against Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg on June 26. Juventus was runner up to Manchester City in their group after a 5-2 loss to them on June 26, and features U.S. Men's National Team standouts Weston McKinnie and Tim Weah. The Italian club also beat Al Ain 5-0 on June 18 and Wydad AC 4-1 on June 22 in the group stage. While they await Mbappé's return, Carvajal could be close to a major injury return himself. Carvajal, who helped Spain win the European Championship in July, had surgery to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, a ruptured external collateral ligament and a ruptured popliteus tendon in his right leg in October. "If you had asked me a month and a half ago, I would have said: I don't see myself here because I didn't feel like I could be here, but today I do see myself competing. In the end, everything changes," Carvajal said. "I set it as a goal, but I also remained realistic and cautious. I'm happy. … I'm not afraid. I have no qualms about training hard, putting my foot down, and for me, that's the best part."
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Venezuela's ex-spy chief pleads guilty to narco-terrorism charges
Venezuela's former head of military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal - also known as "El Pollo", or The Chicken - has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US. US officials accused the 65-year-old of forming part of a drug-smuggling organisation made up of high-ranking members of the Venezuelan military. The guilty plea is the latest twist in Carvajal's demise from feared spymaster to convict via his ignominious arrest in a hideout in Madrid, where he had been spotted despite donning a fake moustache and a wig. Carvajal, who was a close ally of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, is thought to hold key information about Chávez's successor, Nicolás Maduro. Carvajal was part of the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns) - named after the suns which feature on the lapels of high-ranking officers in the Venezuelan military - according to a statement released by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where Carvajal was due to go on trial in the coming days. "For years, he and other officials in the Cartel de Los Soles used cocaine as a weapon - flooding New York and other American cities with poison," the statement read. It added that he partnered with left-wing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in neighbouring Colombia, whom he supplied with weapons and whose cocaine shipments to the US via Venezuela he protected. Carvajal received millions of dollars in payment in exchange, according to US Attorney Jay Clayton. The fact that Carvajal changed his plea to "guilty" two years after he denied all of the charges brought against him led to speculation he may have reached a deal for a lower sentence in exchange for providing incriminating information about the Maduro's government. The US charged Maduro with "narco-terrorism" five years ago and has imposed sanctions on him and his inner circle. Maduro has long accused the US of trying to overthrow him in order to seize control of Venezuela's oil reserves and has said that the charges against him are part of their efforts to remove him from office. As former spy chief, Carvajal is thought to have access to a wealth of material about the current and past Venezuelan governments. Relations between Carvajal and Maduro soured in 2017, when anti-government protests that Carvajal spoke out in favour of swept the country. They broke down completely in 2019, when Carvajal urged the military to back opposition leader Juan Guaidó's attempt to overthrow Maduro. When the military remained loyal to Maduro, Carvajal fled to Spain. Following several years during which he was on the run, he was finally tracked down to an apartment in Madrid and extradited to the US. Ex-Venezuela spy chief denies US drug charges Spain extradites Venezuela's ex-spy chief to US
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
US: Ex-Venezuelan general pleads guilty to drug trafficking
US: Ex-Venezuelan general pleads guilty to drug trafficking (Image: AP) A former head of Venezuela's military intelligence pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a United States federal court. Hugo Carvajal — a close aide of the country's late President Hugo Chavez — on Wednesday pleaded guilty to four criminal counts, including narcoterrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine and weapons charges. The indictment accused the retired major general of leading a cartel composed of senior Venezuelan military officers that attempted to "flood" the US with cocaine in collusion with leftist guerrillas from neighbouring Colombia. The 65-year-old faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. Carvajal's sentencing is slated for October. Extradited from Spain after 10 years on the run Nicknamed "El Pollo," Spanish for "the chicken," Carvajal advised Chavez for over a decade and was considered one of the most powerful figures of the socialist leader's rule. The spymaster later broke with current President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's chosen successor, to support the US-backed political opposition. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Pelajari Undo In 2023, Carvajal was extradited from Spain after being on the run from US law enforcement for more than 10 years. "The deeply troubling reality is that there are powerful foreign government officials who conspire to flood the United States with drugs that kill and debilitate," Jay Clayton, the interim US attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement on Wednesday.
DW
26-06-2025
- Politics
- DW
US: Ex-Venezuelan general pleads guilty to drug trafficking – DW – 06/26/2025
Hugo Carvajal was extradited to the US from Spain in 2023. The former spy chief pleaded guilty to narcoterrorism, weapons, and drug trafficking charges. A former head of Venezuela's military intelligence pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a United States federal court. Hugo Carvajal — a close aide of the country's late President Hugo Chavez — on Wednesday pleaded guilty to four criminal counts, including narcoterrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine and weapons charges. The indictment accused the retired major general of leading a cartel composed of senior Venezuelan military officers that attempted to "flood" the US with cocaine in collusion with leftist guerrillas from neighboring Colombia. The 65-year-old faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. Carvajal's sentencing is slated for October. Nicknamed "El Pollo," Spanish for "the chicken," Carvajal advised Chavez for over a decade and was considered one of the most powerful figures of the socialist leader's rule. The spymaster later broke with current President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's chosen successor, to support the US-backed political opposition. In 2023, Carvajal was extradited from Spain after being on the run from US law enforcement for more than 10 years. "The deeply troubling reality is that there are powerful foreign government officials who conspire to flood the United States with drugs that kill and debilitate," Jay Clayton, the interim US attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement on Wednesday. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
