* According to Football-ranking, with the 1-0 victory over Hong Kong (China) and Syria, the Vietnamese team will be awarded 8.53 points. However, coach Philippe Troussier and his team are likely to maintain their 95th position in the upcoming FIFA rankings (expected to be officially announced on July 20) because the teams ranked right above them will all be awarded points, and many teams ranked right below the Vietnamese team are also playing very impressively, typically, Amenia will climb 7 places, to 90th after beating Latvia 2-1 in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

Vietnam National Team is having an impressive series of friendly matches. Photo: Sports442

Although not rising in the FIFA rankings, the Vietnam national team will increase 1 place, from 16th to 15th in Asia, because Palestine will fall from 93rd in the world /15th in Asia to 96th in the world/16th in Asia, after just being held to a 0-0 draw by Indonesia. In the Southeast Asian region, the Vietnam national team will certainly still firmly hold the leading position.

* Inter Miami is witnessing an unprecedented ticket fever in the club's history after announcing that Messi will join. The New York Post reported that the price of tickets on the "black market" to watch Inter Miami play Mexico's Cruz Azul on July 21 at DRV PNK Stadium - also M10's debut match in the US - has reached more than 20,000 USD, 20 times higher than the initial number announced by the organizers.

The appeal of the 2022 World Cup champion has even caused tickets for Inter Miami matches that are on sale until August 20 to be sold out across the system. On the other hand, Inter Miami's board of directors has planned to add 3,000 more seats to the DRV PNK stadium to increase the capacity to 22,000 people, because this is only a temporary stadium while David Beckham's team waits for the inauguration of the new stadium, scheduled for 2025.

Currently, official information about Messi's contract with Inter Miami has not been announced, because in theory, the Argentine superstar is still a PSG player until the end of June.

Fans are looking forward to Messi's debut at a new club in the US. Photo: Goal

* The Athletic reported that MU had offered to pay £45 million up front for Mason Mount plus £5 million in add-ons. However, Chelsea quickly responded by demanding £60 million plus £5 million in add-ons. While negotiations between the two sides are progressing, a final agreement on Mason Mount's contract at Old Trafford has yet to be reached.

Meanwhile, Harry Kane also expressed his desire to wear the "Red Devils" shirt. The Tottenham Hotspurs star has always been MU's top target in this year's transfer season when coach Erik Ten Hag is eager to have a real striker to replace the position left by Ronaldo.

* Goal quoted information from expert Fabrizio Romano saying that Man City has received the first harvest from Chelsea with an offer of 30 million pounds for the service of Mateo Kovacic. Previously, Kovacic intended to join the "blue half" of Manchester this summer and the Croatian player has fully agreed personal terms with the Premier League champions. With the joining of Kovacic, Man City will have a reasonable alternative when both Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva can leave. In the coming time, The Citizens are said to focus on the Josko Gvardiol deal of RB Leipzig after successfully recruiting Kovacic.

* The Sun reported that the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has issued a statement banning coach Jose Mourinho for 4 matches for insulting referee Anthony Taylor after the 2022-2023 Europa League final. The sanction will be effective in matches under the UEFA system starting next season. This means that the "Special One" will miss 4 out of 6 matches of AS Roma in the 2023-2024 Europa League group stage.

In addition, UEFA also fined West Ham, the 2022-2023 Conference League champions, 58,000 euros for allowing fans to display banners containing hateful messages, as well as throwing foreign objects and rushing onto the pitch in the Conference League final.

* Sun Sport reported that the title of “Most Promising Young Player in the World” currently belongs to Jamal Musiala, a midfielder from Bayern Munich. Meanwhile, behind Musiala is Jude Bellingham - the world's most expensive young star (with a contract to join Real Madrid worth more than £130 million).

* Sport said that Real Madrid President Florentino Perez has shortlisted three candidates to replace coach Carlo Ancelotti. Among them, two faces that are no longer unfamiliar to the fans of the "White Vultures" are Jose Mourinho and Zinedine Zidane.

* According to Sky Sports, Arsenal and Chelsea have reached an agreement on Kai Havertz. Specifically, the Gunners will pay the transfer fee of 50 million pounds to The Blues, divided into three payments. In addition, the Emirates team may have to pay an additional 15 million pounds to Chelsea depending on the number of appearances and performance of this German striker.

Arsenal and Chelsea have reached an agreement over Kai Havertz. Photo: Sky Sports

In a related development, the Telegraph reported that Chelsea have reached transfer agreements with Al Nassr and Al Ahli in the Saudi Pro League for Hakim Ziyech and Edouard Mendy. Both players signed three-year contracts until June 2026. Since Ziyech and Mendy are still under contract with The Blues, the Saudi Arabian clubs must pay the transfer fee. Previously, N'Golo Kante was the first player to leave Chelsea to play in the Middle East in this summer's transfer window. Al Ittihad successfully recruited the 2018 World Cup champion on a free transfer.

* On June 21, Chanathip Songkrasin officially became a member of BG Pathum United, the leading team in Thai League 1. According to Thai media, BG Pathum United had to pay Kawasaki Frontale about 70 million baht (more than 2 million USD) to get Chanathip's signature. At the new team, "Messi Jay" wears the familiar number 18 shirt. On the homepage, Kawasaki Frontale also said goodbye to Chanathip. Thus, the biggest star of Thai football returned home to play after 6 years of fighting in Japan.

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