FIFA moves to buy Stade de France?! So what is the reason and how much is its price?

According to media reports, FIFA, headed by Gianni Infantino, entered into serious negotiations with the French government to buy the Stade de France stadium.

And the French newspaper "L'Equipe" reported that FIFA is seeking to buy the "Princes' Park" stadium for use in several ways if it acquires ownership, in emergency cases such as the case of Ukraine or when a neutral land is needed.

And holding the Club World Cup in its new dress there, with an increase in the number of teams, starting from the 2025 edition.

In addition, this stadium can host sporting events such as matches or tournaments that will generate profits for FIFA.

And “L’Equipe” revealed that Emmanuel Macron, the country’s president, wants to sell the “De Princes” stadium, as he discussed with the Swiss Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Football Associations, about the possibility of buying “FIFA” for the stadium.

The former president of the French Football Federation, Noel Le Graet, who works as director of the “FIFA” offices in Paris, presented the idea to Infantino last February.

The famous French newspaper stated that the process of selling the Paris Saint-Germain stadium will take a long time, but for the financial consideration, its current value is estimated at about 600 million euros, in addition to maintenance work that alone may reach 300 or 400 million euros.

Source: agencies

A surprising salary bill for English clubs

The English newspaper The Times published a list of the total spending of the six major English clubs on the salaries of their players for the 2021-22 season, and Manchester City was not the leader, as everyone was used to criticizing what they spend.

The newspaper showed in its report that Manchester United paid 384 million pounds in salaries and was the most paid team.

While Liverpool jumped to second place with salaries amounting to 366 million pounds, driven by spending more than 158 million pounds more than they spent on salaries in the past six years, an increase of 75% from 2017.

Liverpool signed new, improved contracts, starting last season, with a number of its players, Andy Robertson, Virgil Van Dyck, Jordan Henderson and Trent Arnold.

It is expected that the salary bill for Liverpool players will increase after renewing the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah’s contract last summer with the “Reds”, with a salary of 350,000 pounds per week.

Manchester City, last season's champion, came third in the salary list with spending of 354 million pounds, while Chelsea paid salaries of 333 million.

Tottenham surpassed its rivals in north London, Arsenal, in the salary scale, and came fifth, by paying 209 million pounds in salaries to its players, an increase of 3 million pounds from Arsenal, who currently lead the Premier League standings.

Source: goal.com

Officially, the referees' department settles the controversy over Ronaldo's "crisis"

The arbitration department of the Saudi Football Association settled the controversy over arbitration cases during the Al-Nasr and Al-Taawun club match, which brought them together, in the 17th round of the “Roshen” professional league.

And the arbitration department revealed, in an official statement, the validity of the goal of Al-Nasr club defender, Abdullah Mado, against Al-Taawon goal (2-1), on February 17, when the result indicated a positive tie with a goal for the same.

The department explained, in its presentation of some controversial cases for the seventeenth and eighteenth rounds: "The goal is correct, and there was no influence from the player Ronaldo, who was standing in an offside position."

And she added: “The situation was complicated. In the first shot, Ronaldo, who contributed to making the goal, was not offside, and in the second situation he was in an offside position, but he did not participate in the attack, so the video assistant referee (VAR) asked the match referee to watch the situation and make sure of himself and make the right decision.”

Regarding the second controversial case, in which Al-Alamy demanded a penalty kick, the arbitration department said: “There is no penalty kick for victory, in the 49th minute in front of Al-Taawoun. The player put his hand on the ground, to support the body, and there was no abnormal movement, and the referee made the right decision, For his good attitude towards the game."

It is noteworthy that the board of directors of the Al-Taawon club accused the referees of “complimenting” the victory, in the match that brought the two teams together, due to the presence of Ronaldo.

Al-Nasr club leads the Saudi “Roshan” league ranking table, with 43 points, two points ahead of its runner-up, Ittihad Jeddah, followed by Al-Shabab in third place with 40 points.

As for Al-Hilal Club, the defending champion in the last three editions, it ranks fourth in the league standings table, with 32 points, with 3 postponed matches.

Source: Media