* The Guardian reported that after Messi, the MLS team Inter Miami continued to add an extremely high-quality name, Sergio Busquets, from Barca on a free transfer. The contract between the Spanish midfielder and the Nou Camp team expires at the end of this month. Busquets refused an attractive offer from Saudi Arabia to go to the US to experience the MLS with his former teammate Messi.

Messi and Busquets will be on the same side in the MLS tournament. Photo: Sports442

Busquets started playing football with Messi in 2008 and won many prestigious continental titles. Now they can continue playing together before retiring.

* According to Eurosport, after rejecting a third offer of £55 million from MU, Chelsea announced that the fee required for Mason Mount is £65 million. Of which, The Blues will accept an upfront payment of £58 million, plus £7 million in additional fees. This is the first time the London team has clearly expressed its intention to sell the English player and the two sides need to meet in person to finalize the final figure. In the desired squad for next season, coach Erik ten Hag sees Mount as an ideal addition to the midfield.

* The Heritage Times quoted an announcement from the International Football Federation (FIFA) saying that it had officially awarded the right to host the 2023 U17 World Cup finals to Indonesia. Initially, the 2023 U17 World Cup was hosted by Peru. However, this country withdrew from hosting the tournament last April due to not meeting the requirements for competition facilities.

The U17 World Cup is scheduled to take place from November 10 to December 2, 2023 with 24 participating teams. Thanks to the organization and stadiums prepared for the U20 World Cup, Indonesia is considered fully capable of successfully hosting the U17 World Cup. Along with that, the Indonesian U17 team will have a wild card to participate in the tournament as hosts, even though they did not previously qualify for the tournament.

The U17 World Cup will be hosted by Indonesia. Photo: Sporting News

* French Football Weekly, citing French media sources, confirmed that PSG's sporting director Luis Campos will be fired this week, with Qatari owners disappointed that the Portuguese expert could not convince Mbappe to extend his contract with the club. The Parc des Princes team is likely to bring back Antero Henrique as sporting director to support the new coach. Earlier this week, The Athletic confirmed that PSG is likely to reach an agreement with coach Luis Enrique.

* BBC Sport reports that Ruben Neves has officially joined Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal. Wolves earned £47 million in transfer fees, a record for the English club. Neves is the latest name to join the Saudi Pro League after names like Ronaldo, Benzema and Kante.

* Football Espana reports that Osasuna have been banned from the Europa Conference League (European Cup C3) next season by UEFA because of a match-fixing scandal 10 years ago. The scandal mentioned by UEFA took place in the 2013-2014 season when Osasuna was found to have paid 650,000 euros to visiting team players to influence the results. The scandal ended with former President Miguel Archanco and five former team directors being sentenced to prison. For their part, the La Liga representative immediately protested and said they would appeal: "Osasuna is just a victim of some former leaders".

* Real Madrid, Man City and Chelsea are the first three European clubs to secure tickets to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup - the first tournament to feature 32 clubs from around the world. With FIFA expanding the number of teams participating in the Club World Cup, Europe will have 12 places.

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