Andre Gomes and Jasper Cillessen are both set to complete moves away from Barcelona before the end of the week, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.

Gomes, 25, will remain at Everton, where he spent last season on loan. The Premier League club have agreed a fee somewhere between €25 and 30 million with Barca and now just have to finalise the terms of the Portuguese midfielder's contract.

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West Ham had also shown an interest in Gomes, but his preference was always to remain at Goodison Park, where he made 29 appearances last year.

Netherlands goalkeeper Cillessen, meanwhile, will remain in Spain with Valencia. He will join the Copa del Rey winners in search of regular football ahead of next summer's European Championships, with Brazilian stopper Neto moving in the other direction as part of a player exchange deal.

Cillessen, 30, has played second fiddle to Marc-Andre ter Stegen since joining the Spanish champions from Ajax in 2016. He's spoken in several recent interviews about his desire to move on during the transfer window.

Neto will take his place at Camp Nou as Ter Stegen's understudy. Barca then plan to sell him within two years and replace him with academy graduate Inaki Pena, who currently plays for the B team.

The Spanish champions hope to move more players on before the month is out, too, as they look to bring in around €60m in sales by June 30 to balance their accounts for the financial year.

Marta's second-half penalty sent Brazil into the last 16 of the women's World Cup with a 1-0 win against Italy on Tuesday that ensured they finished as one of the best third-placed sides.

It was Marta's 17th World Cup goal, moving her ahead of Germany's Miroslav Klose to become the outright top scorer in both the men's and women's game. She is also the only player to score at five different World Cups.

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Marta converted a spot kick in the 74th minute as Brazil finished third in Group C on six points, level with Italy, who top the group on goal difference.

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Australia beat Jamaica 4-1 to finish second in the group, also on six points, but ahead on goals scored of Brazil, who face a potential clash with hosts France for a place in the quarterfinals.

"We were obviously targeting the first place in the group, but this is a World Cup after all. Now it doesn't matter who will cross our path. We can't choose it," said Marta. "We have cleared a goal of ours: qualifying. Now it's a matter to get ready and to try to go further."

Italy coach Milena Bertolini told a new conference: "It's hard to say it's a nice defeat, however we are pleased to come through as group winners. It was very much unexpected as our goal was to just make it past the group phase."

Italy looked physically superior, but it was Brazil who had the biggest early chance when Debinha flicked on a corner kick and forced Italy keeper Laura Giuliani to make a point-blank save.

Cristiana Girelli fired home after controlling superbly in the area, but the effort was disallowed for offside in the 29th minute.

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Italy went close again in the 40th minute when Barbara Bonansea's volley at the end of a sharp counter attack forced Brazil keeper Barbara to make a spectacular save.

Brazil threatened after the break, with Cristiane's finely taken free kick hitting the crossbar in the 52nd minute.

Brazil were eventually rewarded when they were awarded a penalty after Debinha was brought down by Elena Linari and Marta coolly converted the spot kick, wrongfooting Giuliani.

Paris Saint-Germain are open to selling Neymar this summer, sources have told ESPN FC, although the Ligue 1 champions have yet to receive any formal offers for the Brazilian.

A potential move would come two years after Neymar joined the capital club from Barcelona for a record transfer fee of €222 million.

A source said that PSG expects an offer from either Barcelona, Real Madrid, or Manchester United. Noted football agent Pini Zahavi is involved in the process.

Sources close to Barcelona told ESPN FC on Monday that the Catalan giant think a deal transfer "could be doable, but it won't be simple."

One reason Barca are now contemplating bringing Neymar back is because key players desire to have him back in the dressing room, according to a source. The Brazil international remains good friends with Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, in particular.

PSG owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi has hinted that Neymar could be allowed to leave in the current transfer window. He told France Football this week that the club will no longer tolerate superstar attitudes from their biggest players and warned Neymar he only wants players who are "willing to give everything for the shirt."

Neymar is sitting out the Copa America in Brazil after suffering a right ankle injury in a friendly match against Qatar earlier this month. He is also under investigation after a woman accused him of raping her at a Paris hotel. He has denied wrongdoing.

ESPN FC's Moises Llorens and Sam Marsden contributed to this report.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Over the years, style of play has been a steady source of debate as it relates to the U.S. men's national team. The question usually centers on if the U.S. ever will reach the point where it, more often than not, plays on the front foot and dominates opponents. Or will it remain a team content to defend and counter?

Much of this is specific to the opponent, but many a U.S. manager has wrestled with this dilemma before usually deciding that against the best teams, a pragmatic, defense-first approach was the best way to go.

Gregg Berhalter is merely the latest coach to tackle this conflict. He has talked often of wanting to use the ball to disrupt opponents and is trying to implement a system that fits this goal, one in which the U.S. strives to play out of the back and has two attacking midfielders with wingers close by, all in support of a central striker. To provide defensive stability he'll have an outside-back, usually the right-back, step into midfield alongside the holding midfielder, giving the U.S. a better shot of winning back possession when an attack breaks down.

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The initial returns were promising, too, with a trio of wins followed by a draw against a formidable Chile side. Then the first rough patch of Berhalter's tenure hit with consecutive losses to Jamaica and Venezuela. The latter result, a 3-0 home defeat, set off alarm bells in terms of the program's overall direction, the personnel and tactics. The fact that Berhalter was missing a chunk of his preferred lineup was countered with the reality that the U.S. shouldn't be getting walloped at home by Venezuela.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup, which starts for the U.S. in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday against Guyana, makes for an interesting test case in terms of what style this team should adopt.

The biggest issue? Covering for injuries

The Gold Cup contains some minnows and Guyana, making its first appearance in the competition, certainly qualifies. The latter portions of the tournament, when the likes of Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica and Panama turn up, pose bigger challenges. And then there is the biggest one of all, Mexico, which can be counted to put the U.S. under pressure with its possession game.

It will be downright shocking if the U.S. isn't the aggressor on Tuesday, but Berhalter's approach has been tested further by a spate of injuries. Neither the LA Galaxy's Sebastian Lletget nor Derby County's Duane Holmes was expected to start, but both were penciled in as "supersubs" should an extra dose of attacking verve be needed. Now both will miss the tournament due to injury.

The biggest loss of all is RB Leipzig midfielder Tyler Adams. Berhalter settled upon this system with Adams in mind, expecting the former New York Red Bull to operate in the hybrid right-back/extra central midfield role. Now a recurring groin injury has sidelined him for the entire offseason, as well as the Gold Cup.

"This happens, and we'll figure out a way without [Adams]," Berhalter told reporters shortly after the team arrived in the Twin Cities.

So with the team short on momentum, and shorn of a key player in terms of talent and tactics, what is Berhalter to do?

Most signs point to the U.S. manager staying the course. He doesn't appear to be a man who will be dissuaded by a couple of poor results. "Our job is to evaluate and make adjustments as necessary. It's not to be reactionary," Berhalter said earlier this week.

"We know the groups we had going into those games. We know what we need to work on. We know what was good, and it's just about improving and continuing to make progress."

In terms of personnel, the often-mocked January camp saw Nick Lima emerge as Adams' understudy. Given the U.S. is playing what looks to be an overmatched opponent, there seems to be every reason to continue with the system and see how it plays out. The progression of games certainly will give Lima the opportunity to grow more into the role.

Finding the balance further upfield

Tuesday's match will also be a chance to see how Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie fare as the two attacking midfielders. The two have spent just 62 minutes on the field together in the Berhalter era, and the hope is that the two longtime friends will have developed some semblance of chemistry in the new U.S. system over the past week. But what may be most important of all is what happens behind that duo in terms of the cover provided.

The friendlies against Jamaica and Venezuela saw Wil Trapp struggle on the defensive side of the ball, especially in terms of the amount of bite he can deliver. The alternative is to slot Michael Bradley into the holding midfield role, but that is by no means a perfect fit either, and Berhalter seems to understand this.

"Do we need a stable figure [as a holding midfielder], more of a passing figure or do we need activity?" he asked during an interview with ESPN FC just prior to the Venezuela match. "Right now, I like having stable and activity in that position. Then it's simple: OK, how do we achieve that? That's the dilemma. That's why we think of something like that [system]. We get the best of both worlds when we have the ball."

Without the ball is where the U.S. has run into problems. Against Chile, Cristian Roldan was forced to drop back and help Bradley cope with the attacking movements of Arturo Vidal and Diego Valdez. Guyana is no Chile of course, and the Golden Jaguars will also be without Philadelphia Union midfielder Warren Creavalle, who has been sidelined with a broken foot. But the games will get more difficult as the Gold Cup progresses and the limits of having either Trapp or Bradley in that role and in that system will become more apparent.

For now, the team's focus is on Guyana. A comfortable victory is expected, but given recent results, the U.S. is in a position where nothing can be taken for granted.

June 18

Hashmatullah Shahidi will never forget Old Trafford and Old Trafford can never forget Hashmatullah.

Hit flush on the side of his helmet by a Mark Wood short ball when on 24, Afghanistan's top-scorer ignored his broken helmet and the doctor's advice to walk off the field. He stood his ground he says, for his team and his family.

When the ICC doctor and the team physio attended to him, Hashmatullah said he knew what he had to do. "They told me 'let's go' and I said 'no. I can't leave my team at the moment because my team needed me' and so I carry on."

Hashmatullah said one of the reasons he had got up quickly after being stuck such a fierce blow - the impact made a sound that left the first slip Joe Root visibly distressed - was that he knew his mother and his family back home would be watching.

"My mom is always thinking of me and I lost my father last year and I didn't want her to hurt. I carry on and I get up early because of my mom."

His elder brother was also in the capacity Manchester crowd and saw Hashmatullah survive five balls at top pace from Wood, fending one that fell short of short leg.

"You can see [Jofra] Archer and Mark Wood, they were too quick for me," he laughed, "Mark Wood was consistently bowling too quick for me and I said 'okay, I'm not going out'. He took a short leg, he keep [bowling] bouncers to me and I said 'okay, I will never give up'."

Off the sixth ball from Wood after having his helmet shattered, Hashmatullah smacked him over long on for a six. "I will not give up and I try and hit a six." The crowd roared.

Afghan management play down restaurant altercation

The Afghanistan team manager has played down an incident that saw the police called to a restaurant in Manchester late on Monday night.

Naweed Sajem insists nobody in the squad was spoken to by police, despite reports of an altercation involving a player at around 11pm, the night before Afghanistan's match against England at Old Trafford.

Greater Manchester Police confirmed that "shortly after 11.15pm, police were called to reports of an altercation at a premises on Liverpool Road in Manchester." They said "no one was injured and no arrests have been made" but confirmed that "enquiries are ongoing".

Gulbadin Naib, the Afghanistan captain, denied any knowledge of the incident and threatened to walk out of a press conference if questioned about it further.

One eye-witness claims there was a minor disagreement between Mohammad Nabi and a member of the public, who had suggested the players may be eating too much the night before a game. Another claims players were irritated by a particularly persistent supporter looking to video them as they ate. Neither allege any physical altercation.

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Boston Celtics center Al Horford will decline to exercise his $30.1 million option for the 2019-20 season and seek to leave the franchise as an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources told ESPN.

Talks on a new deal with the Celtics have perished, with too great of a gulf between what the team is willing to offer and what Horford wants on a long-term deal, league sources said.

Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and Horford's agent, Jason Glushon, aren't expected to restart talks again, league sources said. Horford is entering free agency with the full expectation that his three-year Celtics career has ended, sources said.

Horford, a five-time All-Star, was a key member of the Celtics' core and a favorite of management, coaches and teammates.

Horford averaged 13.6 and 6.7 rebounds for the Celtics this past season, his third with Boston since leaving Atlanta for a four-year, $113 million free-agent deal with Boston. He has been to the Eastern Conference playoffs 11 times in his 12-year pro career. He won two national championships at the University of Florida.

NEW YORK -- While Giancarlo Stanton is ready for what he hopes will be a dramatically healthier remainder of the season, the New York Yankees outfielder acknowledged Tuesday that his recent two-month-plus injured list stint was "very frustrating."

A trio of injuries, one more serious than originally disclosed, made for a challenging return.

Shelved since April 1, Stanton came off the Yankees' IL on Tuesday after three separate injuries derailed him. Twice during his rehab he had false starts, thinking he was nearly over one injury when another would appear.

"I was so close. Had a buildup and had to stop three times," Stanton said.

Stanton, who was scheduled to bat fifth and play right field in Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, spoke to reporters at Yankee Stadium before the game.

As he returned to the Bronx, Stanton was all smiles, saying he was "excited" to finally be back in pinstripes.

"It's been a long time. It feels longer than it has been, for me," Stanton said. "The boys have been fun to watch while I've been gone, so it's going to be good to file in and battle."

The Yankees have gone from being in fourth place in the American League East the day before Stanton was hurt to holding a 1½-game lead on the division entering Tuesday's game against the second-place Rays.

Initially, Stanton was placed on the IL with a left biceps strain. He had appeared in only three games, batting .250 (2-for-8) with one run scored, and no homers and no RBI. Stanton said Tuesday that the injury was a little more serious than a simple strain.

"I tore my bicep muscle," he said.

Nearly three weeks later, the Yankees were preparing for his return. As they went on a West Coast road trip, he tagged along.

And then the first setback occurred.

"The bicep connects to your shoulder in two places, and when I was getting back swinging and getting moving around again, my shoulder started acting up," Stanton said. "So we had to shut it down, get a cortisone shot, let that ease for a little bit."

When the Yankees traveled to San Francisco following a four-game series at the Los Angeles Angels, Stanton stayed back in his native Southern California. He received the cortisone shot there and had to completely stop baseball activity.

Then, nearly a month later, in an extended spring training session at the Yankees' complex in Tampa, Florida, he was hit by a pitch in his left knee. Again, he got shut down. That time, it was a left calf strain.

"I probably should have took some more time than I did, and that set me back because my knee wasn't stable and my calf strained there," Stanton said.

Three weeks after that, Stanton was back in the batter's box, going through a minor league rehab assignment with the High-A Tampa Tarpons and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Through six games with both teams, he hit five home runs, and had a .286 average with 10 strikeouts.

"It's just having the quickness and getting the barrel there," Stanton said. "Obviously, the homers are the ultimate goal, but even if I just squared up a couple balls, that's what you're looking for."

Stanton's addition makes the deepening Yankees lineup that much better, manager Aaron Boone said.

"We've got a lot of dynamic players and hitters, and certainly Giancarlo is one of those," Boone said. "Hopefully the length that we have in that lineup makes it difficult on the opposing team, on the opposing pitcher."

Along with Stanton's return, the Yankees last weekend traded for 400-homer hitter Edwin Encarnacion. The 36-year-old will move into the designated hitter role Stanton had previously occupied, forcing Stanton to more regularly play in the outfield. In terms of taking on a more defensive responsibility, Stanton said he was fine with that.

Outfielder Aaron Judge also is expected back sometime this week as he wraps a rehab assignment at Triple-A due to a left oblique strain.

"People are saying [it'll be] like 'Murderers' Row,'" Yankees first baseman Luke Voit said. "It'll be an intimidating lineup, especially because you get one guy out, you're going to have to face the next guy.

"It will finally be nice to see some big dudes coming back in this locker room."

Voit isn't the only one looking forward to seeing the Yankees' lineup at full strength once Judge arrives.

"We were already dangerous, and now it's another icing to the cake," Stanton added. "Once we're at all full force, it's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm just glad to be back."

WASHINGTON -- Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer suffered a broken nose when he took a ball off his face during batting practice on Tuesday.

Scherzer was injured while attempting a bunt. The team said a CT scan was negative.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner was scheduled to start one of the two games of Washington's day-night doubleheader against Philadelphia on Wednesday. The Nationals said Scherzer's status -- as well as the team's pitching plan for the doubleheader -- was still to be determined.

Scherzer is 5-5 with a 2.81 ERA.

The Chicago White Sox will extend protective netting to both foul poles this summer, the team announced Tuesday, committing to additional safety measures a week after a woman at Guaranteed Rate Field was struck in the head by a foul ball and hospitalized.

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf spearheaded the plan, sources told ESPN, and high-ranking officials from other teams expect it to have a cascading effect, with teams around the league pledging to extend netting.

One source with knowledge of installing netting believes other teams could retrofit their stadiums before the end of the 2019 season.

Players have been outspoken about increasing safety measures after multiple foul-ball injuries in recent weeks.

After a foul ball by Cubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. injured a young girl in Houston, Chicago star Kris Bryant told ESPN every team should extend netting to the foul poles. "I think any safety measure we can take to make sure that the fans are safe, we should do it," he said.

Almora saluted the White Sox's move Tuesday.

"Obviously that's a positive step in this sport,'' he said. "I don't think anybody should go home with bumps or bruises or even worse. So whatever they got to do to take care of that, I'm glad they're taking procedures.''

While the impetus for the White Sox wasn't necessarily the June 10 incident in which an Eloy Jimenez screaming line drive went into the stands and hit a woman, it accelerated their plans to extend the netting at Guaranteed Rate Field. The woman was released from Mercy Hospital and Medical Center last week.

Major League Baseball has left the decision of increased netting up to teams.

Before the 2018 season, every team committed to extending netting to the end of both dugouts after a spate of highly publicized foul-ball injuries. Commissioner Rob Manfred said recently he expected the extended-netting conversation to "begin and continue into the offseason."

Protective netting was not expected to be a priority discussion topic at the owners meetings that begin Wednesday, according to sources. The White Sox's decision, however, could change that.