Barcelona have signed Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite from fellow
La Liga side Leganes for 18 million euros ($19.43 million) after
receiving permission from the league’s organising body to acquire a
player outside the transfer window.

The Spanish champions said in a
statement on Thursday they had paid the player’s release clause and he
will join the club until June 2024, with a buy-out clause of 300 million
euros.

Atalanta 4–1 Valencia
19 February 2020

– Atalanta have won three consecutive matches in European competition (excl. qualifiers) for the first time in their history.

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Valencia have played more away Champions League knockout matches
without ever winning than any other side in the competition’s history
(P10 – D4 L6).

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Valencia have lost three consecutive games against Italian opposition
in European competition for the first time since a run of four between
November 1990 and March 2000.

Pep Guardiola went to war with his former
club Barcelona on Wednesday as Manchester City’s manager defended his
current employers in the wake of their European ban.

Barca
president Josep Maria Bartomeu has “thanked” Uefa for banning City from
the Champions League and Europa League for two years, a shock sentence
handed out on Friday which the Premier League champions plan to appeal.

The Catalan club, where Guardiola remains a legend, have problems of their own after being accused of hiring a social media company to attempt to damage the reputations of figures such as the City boss and their own striker Lionel Messi.