Al-Nassr Wins King Salman Club Cup After 2/1 Victory over Al-Hilal

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Al-Nassr Wins King Salman Club Cup After 2/1 Victory over Al-Hilal

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Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and on behalf of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Governor of the Makkah region crowned Saturday Al-Nassr team as champions of King Salman Club Cup.

Played at King Fahd Sports City Stadium in Taif, the final match between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr teams concluded with a victory for Al-Nassr, scoring 2/1 after extra time.

Following the match, Prince Badr awarded the trophy of the tournament to Al-Nassr and the silver medal to Al-Hilal team.

Additionally, he presented the best player award to Sergej Savic from Al-Hilal and the top goal scorer award to Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker of Al-Nassr, with 6 goals.

The best goalkeeper award was given to Al-Nassr's goalkeeper, Nawaf Al Aqidi.



Bayern Munich Wants to Keep Forward Mathys Tel Despite Reports Linking Him with Chelsea

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Bayern Munich Wants to Keep Forward Mathys Tel Despite Reports Linking Him with Chelsea

Mathys Tel. (AFP)
Mathys Tel. (AFP)

Bayern Munich's sporting director Christoph Freund says the German club is planning to keep Mathys Tel, after several media reports linked the French forward with a move to Chelsea.

Freund said Tuesday that the 19-year-old Tel was a “very important player” for Bayern and that the club wants to follow a plan for his development.

“We have a very good dialogue because he’s a big talent who should take on an important role for us. We’ve had a lot of conversations. Our clear aim is that Mathys will make the breakthrough with us,” Freund said. “Obviously we’ll listen if a player isn’t happy, then we’ll talk about it. We want to see through our plan with Mathys.”

Freund's comments followed reports in British and German media that Chelsea was interested in signing Tel, with some claiming a swap deal could see out-of-form Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku head to Bayern.

Tel became Bayern's youngest-ever goalscorer when he netted in a cup game in August 2022 at the age of 17 years, 126 days, breaking a record held by teammate Jamal Musiala. He had joined Bayern earlier that year from French club Rennes.

Tel netted 10 goals in all competitions last season but has yet to score in this campaign. He has played 12 games under coach Vincent Kompany in all competitions but started only two of them, with his last start coming in a Bundesliga game Sept. 1.

Bayern next plays Wednesday at home against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Kompany signaled Tuesday that attacking midfielder Musiala could return after missing Saturday's 1-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach with an illness.