Xavi, Gerard Pique and Bojan to all represent Catalonia in friendly against Venezuela
Catalonia are set to field a star-studded line-up when they take on Venezuela in a friendly next week.Girona’s Estadi Montilivi hosts the encounter on March 25, which will be Catalonia’s first match to be played within an official FIFA window for international friendlies.3As the autonomous community is not registered with either FIFA or UEFA it can only take part in friendlies, and they are usually played outside the official fixture schedule.However, Venezuela visit next Monday, and manager Sergio Garcia is set to field a team including Barcelona legends Gerard Pique and Xavi Hernandez, both of whom have come out of international retirement for the match.It will be a particularly special occasion for Xavi, the midfielder, who currently plays for Al-Sadd in Qatar.3The 39-year-old is set to retire from playing entirely at the end of the season, meaning this will be the final time he represents Catalonia.It will be his 13th cap for the team. Pique is set to win his 10th cap for Catalonia having first debuted in 2004, and the legendary duo will be joined in the starting line-up by the likes of Marc Bartra, the former Barcelona defender, Sevilla full-back Aleix Vidal, and striker Sergio Garcia of Espanyol.

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There will also be representation from English football in the Catalonia squad, with Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu and Bojan, the Stoke forward, given permission by their clubs to play against Venezuela.Gerard Deulofeu could also be a late addition to the squad having put in a request to Watford’s management to be allowed to feature.3It is understood permission will be granted to the 25-year-old forward.However, some Spanish clubs have denied their players the chance to play for Catalonia, with LaLiga sides Rayo Vallecano, Huesca and Valladolid all refusing to release their players as they attempt to fight off relegation from Spain’s top flight.

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Eden Hazard will become Real Madrid’s second-best paid player when he completes his transfer from Chelsea to the Bernabeu.The 28-year-old agreed a much anticipated move to the Spanish capital for a fee believed to be around 88million, which could rise to 130million due to add-ons, last week.getty2And the money will continue to flow when Hazard officially joins Los Blancos when the international transfer window opens, with ABC revealing just how much the Belgium superstar will be paid by the LaLiga giants.Hazard is allegedly in line to receive a net salary of around 9.8million-a-year (11m-a-year), with bonuses able to raise that base figure by a sizeable amount.This net figure is Hazard’s take-home pay, and works out at around 188,000-a-week for the forward.

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Though this total is lower than Hazard’s 200,000-a-week salary at Chelsea, he has NOT taken a pay cut to join Real. His Chelsea wage is reported as a gross total, meaning Hazard has taken home much less than the reported figure once tax is deducted.Hazard’s salary makes him the second-higest earner at the Bernabeu, the report continues, with only captain Sergio Ramos making more than the Belgian.Ramos, the Spain defender, earns 10.7million-a-year net (12m-a-year), which equates to around 206,000-a-week.getty2Ramos recently dismissed claims he wants to move to China and insisted he wants to end his career at Real.Hazard made a total 352 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 110 goals.He will be presented to thousands of adoring fans at the Bernabeu on Thursday, where he will wear the number 7 shirt, previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The Dutch national anthem was booed by the England fans. Its got to stop.England fans booed Van Dijk to unsettle him. They shouldnt be criticised.Theres a moment where England fans shout no surrender. That has to stop.@talkSPORTDrive on England fans. pic.twitter.com/9F9ybNwhcT— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) June 8, 2019

When were talking about respecting another country, respecting a city, thats the first step. That booing of another national teams anthem has to stop immediately.Durham wants disruptive fans to educate themselves and thinks stadium bans should be handed out.He added: This has got to stop as well, during the national anthem for England, theres a moment when the England fans shout no surrender – and that has to stop.They know when it is, its not part of the lyrics of the national anthem, it has to stop. Its part of the problem. So booing the other teams national anthem has got to stop and the singing of no surrender during our national anthem also has to stop. Those fans are in the stadium doing this what we have to start doing is locating them, identifying them and banning them. Thats whats got to happen.The way forward [is] teaching some England fans, I stress its the minority, teaching some England fans to respect opponents and to respect another country and its population.Thats got to be the first step and hopefully fans will learn and theyll start to educate themselves.

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