Liverpool vs Hoffenheim 2017 (LFC-Hoffenheim Second Leg Playoff)
Final score and result:- Liverpool vs Hoffenheim 4-2 (Can*2, Salah, Firmino/Uth, Wagner)
Anfield, Liverpool- 23 August, 2017- Champions League playoff second leg
Emre Can scores twice as Liverpool seal their spot in the group stages of the Champions League with a 4-2 win over Hoffenheim
According to Dutch media reports, Ajax Amsterdam have rejected a 50 million euro bid from AS Monaco for teenage striker Kasper Dolberg. The news of the bid comes shortly after the club agreed to sell Davinson Sanchez, their Player of the 2016/17 season, to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record £42m fee. After the Sanchez deal, Ajax director Marc Overmars mentioned that there would be no further sales.
The news of the bid is interesting because it also hints at Kylian Mbappe’s move to Paris Saint-Germain getting finalised. Ajax apparently do not wish to sell the 19 year old, who won the Johan Cryuff award for young talent of the year for 2016/17.
The Amsterdam outfit have roughly made 75 million euros by selling players this summer to English top flight clubs- Sanchez to Spurs, Davy Klaassen to Everton for 27 million and Jairo Riedewald to Crystal Palace for 9 million euros. Their acquisitions so far have totalled to a little over 6 million euros.
OGC Nice vs SSC Napoli 2017 (Nice-Napoli Second Leg)
Final score and result:- Nice vs Napoli 0-2 (Callejon, Insigne)
Allianz Riviera, Nice- 22 August, 2017- CL Playoff Second leg
Callejon and Insigne score as Napoli seal a 4-0 win over Nice on aggregate in their CL playoff tie