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Brazil's Philippe Coutinho, left, practices as teammates Firmino, center, and Marcelo look on during a training session in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Brazil will face Ecuador in a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Europe’s transfer window set for frantic finale

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Brazil's Philippe Coutinho, left, practices as teammates Firmino, center, and Marcelo look on during a training session in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Brazil will face Ecuador in a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Europe’s transfer window set for frantic finale

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi attends a training session in preparation for an upcoming 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying soccer match against Uruguay, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Top Billing in South America: Argentina vs. Uruguay

By RICARDO ZUNIGA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

French soccer player Ousmane Dembele gestures during official presentation at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Barcelona is shoring up its attack following Neymar's departure by buying Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund in a deal that could reach 147 million euros (about US dollars 173 million). (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Dembele arrives trying to avoid comparisons with Neymar

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2017 file photo Borussia Dortmund's Ousmane Dembele of France, left, celebrates beside teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the Bundesliga soccer match against VfL Wolfsburg in Dortmund, Germany. Borussia Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said at the annual balance press conference Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 that he is optimistic about the record transfer of the 20-year-old Ousmane Dembele to FC Barcelona very soon. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Dembele arrives with potential to step into Neymar’s shoes

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016 file photo Borussia Dortmund's Ousmane Dembele watches during the German Bundesliga soccer match against FSV Mainz in Dortmund, Germany. Borussia Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said at the annual balance press conference today, that he is optimistic about the record transfer of the 20-year-old Ousmane Dembele to FC Barcelona very soon. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Barcelona brings in Dembele to try to replace Neymar

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, center, celebrates after scoring during the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy soccer match between Real Madrid and Fiorentina at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Group-by-group assessment of Champions League draw

By STEVE DOUGLAS and GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, second right, in action during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Betis at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

European soccer weekend: What to watch in the main leagues

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People stand next to candles and flowers placed on the ground, after a terror attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Police in northeastern Spain said Wednesday they have found a belt charged with real explosives in a house used by the Barcelona attacks extremist cell. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: French want to know why Spain suspects visited

Associated Press

Police work behind a van and screen covering the entrance of a telephone call centre as they search the premises in Ripoll, Spain, Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017. The lone fugitive from the Spanish cell that killed several people in and near Barcelona was shot to death Monday after he flashed what turned out to be a fake suicide belt at two troopers who confronted him in a vineyard just outside the city he terrorized, authorities said. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spain suspects were in France before attacks

By CIARAN GILES and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

PSG's Neymar applauds with supporters after the French League One soccer match between PSG and Toulouse at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Barcelona sues Neymar for $10M signing bonus

Associated Press

Younes Abouyaaqoub: Barcelona attack driver still at large; identity of suspect confirmed

By Joseph Wilson and Aritz Parra - Associated Press

Spanish police Monday shot and killed a man suspected of driving a van into a sidewalk crowd in Barcelona, killing 13. The suspect's death temporarily united Catalonians and Spaniards amid a contentious Catalonian independence movement. (Associated Press)

Catalan independence movement feared to worsen divisions in Spain

By Braden Phillips — Special to The Washington Times

Younes Abouyaaqoub, Barcelona van suspect wearing bomb belt, shot dead outside city

Associated Press

An image of suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub, released by the Spanish Interior Ministry on Monday Aug. 21, 2017. Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, is the final target of a manhunt that has been ongoing since the attacks, Catalan interior minister Joaquim Forn told Catalunya Radio that &quot;everything indicates&quot; that Abouyaaqoub was the driver of the van that plowed down Barcelona's emblematic Las Ramblas promenade on Thursday, killing 13 pedestrians and injuring more than 120 others. (Spanish Interior Ministry via AP)

Spain: Police shoot man wearing possible bomb belt

By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Police officers cordon off the access at Las Ramblas promenade after locating a suspicious backpack in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: Spanish officials meet to discuss attacks

Associated Press

Barcelona players stand for a minute of silence for the victims of the van attacks before a La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Betis at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Security was stepped up for the match after a terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded over 120 in Barcelona and police put up scores of roadblocks across northeast Spain on Sunday in hopes of capturing a fugitive suspect at large following the vehicle attack. Barcelona players are all wearing shirts with 'Barcelona' on their backs tonight, rather than their names to pay homage to the van attack victims. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Honoring victims of attacks, Barcelona wins league opener

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A man looks at flags, messages and candles placed after a van attack that killed at least 13, in central Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe's latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: French police say arrest unrelated to attack

Associated Press

A man looks at flags, messages and candles placed after a van attack that killed at least 13, in central Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Police on Friday shot and killed five people carrying bomb belts who were connected to the Barcelona van attack, as the manhunt intensified for the perpetrators of Europe's latest rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain investigates missing imam, mysterious explosion

By LORI HINNANT and JOSEPH WILSON and ALEX OLLER - Associated Press