Argentina took a shot at music artist Drake after the Canadian lost $300,000 on a bet his country would beat the defending champions in Tuesday’s Copa América semifinal, using rap rival Kendrick Lamar’s song to send him a message.
Drake posted an image on Instagram that showed his bet would have given him a $2.88 million payout if Canada won, but goals from Julián Álvarez and Lionel Messi moved Argentina into their fourth final in five editions.
Not like us, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/Zoa4OTbgnK
— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) July 10, 2024
The World Cup winners responded to Drake’s post with a photo accompanied by the caption: “Not like us,” the title of a ‘diss’ track released by Lamar in May which criticised the Canadian artist and which has been streamed nearly half a billion times on Spotify.
The music video has over 115m views on YouTube after both rappers released several solo tracks taking aim at each other.
Argentina are looking to secure a record 16th Copa América title and will play either Uruguay or Colombia in Sunday’s final.
Manchester United have reached an agreement with Lille to sign Leny Yoro for around €45 million ($48.7m) amid significant interest in the player from LaLiga champions Real Madrid, sources have told ESPN.
Madrid remain confident of winning the race for the young centre-back because of the player’s desire to play for Los Blancos, the sources added, despite the fact that Madrid have not yet tabled a formal offer to sign the French star and are hoping to make a deal with Lille for a slightly lesser sum.
Sources also told ESPN that United are aware that the player’s preference is to play for Madrid but hope to force Lille’s hand with their more substantial bid.
Paris Saint-Germain have also shown interest in the 18-year-old but Madrid remain optimistic as they have had an agreement with the player for some time, sources told ESPN.
Yoro’s contract with Lille expires in June 2025 and he has no intention of renewing it, meaning the French club need to sell him this summer to avoid losing him for free next summer.
Yoro made his debut for Lille at the end of the 2021-22 season and quickly caught the eye, with sources at Madrid highlighting his physique and ball-playing skills.
The defender is already a France international at under-21 level, though he was omitted from Thierry Henry’s final squad for the football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Meanwhile, Madrid need to reinforce their defence after Nacho decided to join Saudi Arabian club Al Qadsiah after his contract expired.
Carlo Ancelotti is counting on Antonio Rüdiger to lead the defence, with Éder Militão and David Alaba returning after missing much of last season with serious injuries.
However, he is still looking for another defender following the decision to sell Rafa Marín, who spent last season on loan at Alavés, to Napoli.
Information from ESPN’s Rob Dawson contributed to this report.