#roberto-martinez-candidacy

#roberto-martinez-candidacy

Queiroz, 73, left his role as Oman coach last month after the side failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, but will make his fifth consecutive appearance as coach at the World Cup with the Black Stars.

"I've been very lucky to only have great coaches. I grew up in the Barcelona school and travelled a lot. I've taken a bit from all of them."

When I set out there were no role models, no Spanish players, Martinez says. Only Nayim, from Ceuta. England was unknown. It's the Third Division. You've spent your whole life learning you have to look after the ball, then you get there and the first thing they say is: Second ball'.

Fermin Lopez suffered a gruesome facial injury in the first half of Barcelona's Champions League tie with Atletico. He was already playing with a headband, after needing stitches in a wound following a collision in training, when he was hit full in the face by goalkeeper Juan Musso's boot.