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Real Madrid president's hilarious response when asked about Kylian Mbappe and Alphonso Davies deals

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez joked he did not know who Kylian Mbappe and Alphonso Davies were when asked for transfer updates by fans. Mbappe and Davies are Madrid's two priority transfer targets for the summer window. The former is available on a free transfer with his PSG contract expiring at the end of the season though an agreement over lucrative personal terms have not yet been reached, while the latter has one year left on his Bayern Munich deal. Madrid are known to make their admiration of players they wish to buy public, but Perez reversed this stance when most recently quizzed by supporters over their plans to bring in Mbappe and Davies. pic.twitter.com/H2UXxd5cKx — Videos MADRID (@mediamadrid93) March 7, 2024 While posing for photographs, one fan told Perez: "You have to bring Davies!" Perez deadpan replied: "Davies? Who is Davies?" After Perez broke into a small chuckle afterwards, another supporter said: "With Davies and Mbappe, we a...

Separatist parliament in Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region elects new president

Lawmakers in a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan have elected a new separatist president in a move that was strongly condemned by the Azerbaijani authorities YEREVAN, Armenia -- Lawmakers in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan, voted to elect a new separatist president on Saturday in a move that was strongly condemned by the Azerbaijani authorities. Samvel Shakhramanyan's election as the new president of Nagorno-Karabakh follows the resignation of Arayik Harutyunyan, who stepped down on Sept. 1 as president of the region — which the Armenians call Artsakh. It comes amid soaring tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry denounced the vote as a “gross violation” of the country's constitution and a “serious blow to the efforts of normalization in the region.” The ministry emphasized that “the only way to achieve peace and stability in the region is the unconditional and complete withdrawal of ...