English media reported that Barcelona has expressed interest in Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata. The Catalan club is trying to convince the Spaniard not to renew the contract with the club as he wants to take it as a free transfer.

The Spanish midfielder is not among the favorites of Manchester United’s new coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as the Norwegian prefers to use the speed of other side attackers in his squad.

The contract of Mata with Barcelona ends this summer and now he has become one of the players that are being sought by Barcelona. The Catalan club is trying to sign a pre-agreement with the Spaniard.

The Catalan giant has already contacted Meta’s representatives. Barcelona’s interest in former Chelsea and Valencia players is believed to be very serious.

Other European clubs like Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in the transfer of Meta. However, all of these clubs want in their team Mata if he does not sign a new contract with the “Red Devils”.

Manchester United is now in talks with Mata to renew the contract, but so far these negotiations have been unsuccessful since no agreement has been reached between the two sides.

Now Mata is free to negotiate with clubs outside of England to pass as a free transfer during the summer transfer. Initially, Mat’s contract should have been completed last summer, but the “Red Devils” activated a clause in his contract to keep the Spaniard for another year.

Mata moved from Chelsea to Manchester United in January 2014 and, during this time, made 208 appearances for his club. In his five years at Old Trafford, Mata has scored 44 goals and has assisted 35 others.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is expected to return to Argentina’s national team on March 22, when he will play in a friendly match against Venezuela after nearly nine months out of the squad.

The 31-year-old has not represented his country since the defeat against Argentina 4-3, in the 1/8 phase of the Champions League final. He had decided to focus on his career with Barcelona.

Initially, he had doubts that he might eventually retire from Argentine national team, but then he was reported that he would return to the national team in 2019.

“I do not speak often with Messi, but we have some kind of connection. We are trying to turn him into the team in 2019, we will talk and be optimistic that the result will be positive. For us, this is important. Every coach would like to train him, I more than others, “said Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni in December.

Messi has not yet confirmed the date of his return, but the international football website, Goal.com, reports that he will be back in March for the match between Argentina and Venezuela. This match will take place at Atletico Madrid Stadium, Wanda Metropolitano.

Messi has made 128 appearances for Argentina’s national team since August 2005 when he debuted. Only Javier Macherano (147) and Javier Zanetti (143) have more appearances than Messi for Argentina.

However, Barcelona star is the best scorer in Argentina’s history with 65 goals scored. In second position Gabriel Batistuta ranks 54 goals and in third place Sergio Aguero with 39 goals.

Southampton and Portugal right-back Cedric Soares reportedly close to joining Inter.

According to Gianluca Di Marzio’s website, talks have gone very fast on Wednesday and are “very positive”.

Constantly, Inter is close to completing Soares’s borrowing with the purchase option.

The 27-year-old has made 22 appearances for Southampton this season, but his injury caused him to lose place because Yan Valery now plays.

Despite this, he was part of the Portugal squad who lost Euro 2016 and appears to be a substitute for Sime Vrsaljko, who may return to Atletico Madrid due to injury problems.

Juventus is reportedly met today with agent Medhi Benatias and has told him to forget the departure in January for teams like Marseille, Arsenal or any other.

The defender is frustrated as he has very few minutes to play and is expected to leave so late at the end of the season.

Benatia and his agent met with Juventus directors this evening.

He has sought to be sold, but the club has reiterated their stance that after Andrea Barzagli is out for months after injury, they can not allow the 31-year-old to leave.

The defender has been interested in Arsenal and Marseille, while the Gunners have also sought it as a substitution opportunity after Aaron Ramsey passes to this team after six months.

Benatia has made six appearances for Juve this season.