Manchester City Wants Palmeiras Player Allan, Report Says
Listen to the story
Manchester City wants to buy Allan, a player from Palmeiras. This news comes from a newspaper report.
Allan plays for Palmeiras, a football club in Brazil. Manchester City wants him to replace another player, Savinho.
Palmeiras does not want to sell Allan. The club wants to protect him and keep him on the team.
This is part of the football transfer market. Many clubs buy and sell players at this time.
The report also says another club wants to sign Scarpa, a different Palmeiras player. It says a team in Italy wants Ronaldinho too.
Vocabulary15 words
- replace
- to put a new person in the place of another
- protect
- to keep something safe
- transfer market
- the time when football clubs buy and sell players
- report
- news information given by a newspaper
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- sign
- to make a player join a team with a contract
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- interested
- wanting to know more or do something
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- team
- a group of people who play sports together
- news
- new information about events
- buy
- to get something by paying money
- sell
- to give something to someone for money
- wants
- would like to have or do
- keep
- to not give away or lose
Quiz
Answer key
1. Manchester City 2. Savinho 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Manchester City wants to buy _____, a player from Palmeiras.
This news comes from a newspaper _____.
Allan plays for Palmeiras, a football club in _____.
Manchester City wants him to _____ another player, Savinho.
Palmeiras does not want to _____ Allan.
The club wants to _____ him and keep him on the team.
This is part of the football _____ market.
Many clubs buy and sell players at this _____.
The report also says another club wants to sign _____, a different Palmeiras player.
It says a team in _____ wants Ronaldinho too.