☕️🥐 Neymar’s Batmobile, ter Stegen and 5️⃣ stories to start your day

While we wait for the Super Cup semifinal, here are the five news stories that could shape the football conversation on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Coffee, croissant, and lots of football from early morning!

🚑 Ter Stegen returns to the infirmary

📸 Alex Caparros – 2026 Getty Images

The Barcelona goalkeeper will not play in the Super Cup due to injury. The German had to leave the team’s training camp in Arabia yesterday and will undergo medical tests today.

The goalkeeper couldn’t complete Tuesday’s training due to an injury that doesn’t seem serious, and today we will learn about its nature and extent.

Is such caution related to an imminent winter departure seeking minutes ahead of the World Cup?

🏆 Did you know there’s a Cup draw today?

After Rayo Vallecano’s qualification for the round of 16 yesterday, the draw will be held today to determine the matchups for that round.

The Federation will once again favor the big teams with an impure draw, where Super Cup participants (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético, and Athletic) will be placed in the same pot and will be required to face lower-tier opponents.

🦇 Neymar as Batman

The Brazilian star (who has just renewed his contract with Santos) sees his career slowly fading, but not his aura as an extravagant and ostentatious star.

For proof, just take a look at his Instagram to find him posing, as if it were nothing, next to his helicopter, private jet, and Batmobile.

🤑 Amorim has been very expensive

Rúben Amorim’s stint at Old Trafford has cost Manchester United more than 42 million euros, not including salaries.

While the club returns to its traditional coach casting, they will have to pay him 12 million for the dismissal, leaving the team sixth with a poor record of 24 wins, 18 draws, and 21 losses in 14 months.