Aston Villa have signed former England midfielder Ross Barkley from Luton Town, both clubs announced on Monday.
Neither team disclosed the details of the deal but British media said Barkley has penned a three-year contract at the Premier League club.
The 30-year-old is set for his second stint at Villa Park following a loan spell from Chelsea during the 2020-21 season.
Barkley will join a Villa side who finished fourth last season and will compete in the Champions League this term.
“With additions to the already great squad that we’ve got it’s going to be pivotal for the season,” Barkley said.
He played a key role for Luton last term, making 32 league appearances, although they were relegated from the top flight. He also has 33 caps for England with six goals scored during his time with the national team.
Ronaldo, who was in tears after Jan Oblak saved his spot-kick, scored in the shootout and immediately held up his hands to apologise to the Portugal fans for his earlier error. In the end it didn’t matter because Costa first denied Benjamin Sesko when the RB Leipzig striker was sent clean through by a Pepe mistake and then saved all three Slovenia penalties in the shootout. Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva scored to set up a quarterfinal tie against France in Hamburg on Friday.
Head coach Roberto Martinez wore a beaming smile as Silva scored the decisive kick, but he will know he’s got problems to solve before facing France. The issue of whether Ronaldo should be starting or not aside, his team boast some of the best attacking players in the world but they struggled to break down a stubborn Slovenia side.
Oblak made a fantastic save to stop Ronaldo’s penalty, but had very little else to do except watch his defenders crowd the box and head clear the flurry of crosses aimed at the Al Nassr striker.
At times, Ronaldo looked overtaken by desperation as he tried everything to score his first goal of the tournament. He will get another chance against France, but unless Martinez solves some of the issues around how his team attack, Portugal’s journey will end there.
Two minutes after De Bruyne’s 83rd-minute shot, which was well struck, the winner arrived.
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