Statement by Cesar Azpilicueta, the Chelsea defender who came close to strengthening Barcelona but ended up extending his contract for another two seasons with the Blues, to the Daily Mail.

Repair: “It was a very rare situation. I did not have a contract until March, I played the necessary matches to trigger an automatic extension, but the club was sanctioned. Everyone spoke for me, but my actions spoke for themselves. I played without knowing what would happen. The new owners arrived and we had a very honest conversation. I decided that the best thing to do would be to stay at home.”

Barcelona: “Yes, there were negotiations. After the Club World Cup, I felt it was time to return to Spain, but I remained a Chelsea loyalist. I have never opposed the club. I had negotiations with Barcelona, ​​during which I explained everything. for them, such a market situation for ten years. The last time was in Marseille and this time it was different because there was this automatic renewal clause. I was a free agent for a while and who knows what could have happened. I decided to keep quiet because I thought there was already too much noise.”

Have you considered leaving Chelsea? “Of course, there was a turning point in the Club World Cup. I fought hard for this trophy, I was the only player to win every trophy the club played in. From that moment on, I felt different. I thought: Wow, I’ve won everything there is to win at this club, maybe a new chapter will be the next step.” Then I paid the price for playing from December to February. I’m no longer a boy and I played every three days in position [ala] which requires a lot of energy. over the past two months [da época]was not so good physically.

Nova was not Chelsea: “I really look forward to it, otherwise I would not last. I was very honest with the club and had a meeting with the management. They wanted me to stay to lead the team on and off the field. thanks to them for that, they have been very honest and transparent from day one. I felt a responsibility to stay in my house. My family is happy here and we have a new project with new players and a lot of young people. I feel good and I’m ready for what’s to come.”

Leandro Lo got into an argument with a military policeman at a party and was shot in the head as a result.

Leandro Lo, a Brazilian fighter and jiu-jitsu world champion, died early this Sunday after he was shot in the head by Enrique Otavio Oliveira Veloso, a military policeman, with whom he had an altercation at a party in Brazil.

“According to witnesses, the policeman, after a short argument, approached the victim’s table, grabbing a bottle. Leandro knocked down and immobilized the author with a blow. [polícia] blow, taking the bottle out of her hands. At this point, some colleagues of the victim separated the two participants and asked them to calm down. Standing up, the author walked around the table, grabbed a pistol and fired a shot that hit the victim in the frontal region of the head, ”says an excerpt from a report prepared by the São Paulo military police, which Globo Sport had access to. .

The fighter was nevertheless taken to the hospital, but the wound did not survive.