FC Andorra - owned by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique

Posted by Tomas on August 1st, 2019

FC Andorra - owned by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique - have paid 452,022 euros (£411,000) to fill a vacated slot in Spain's third tier. ufabet

The club, bought by Pique's Kosmos group in December, earned promotion to the fourth tier last season but have now replaced Reus, who were relegated as a result of financial problems.

Zamora, Jaen, Intercity and Linares were also keen on replacing Reus. ufabet1688

FC Andorra, founded in 1942, have played in the league system since 1948.

When Kosmos took charge of the club, they were struggling with debt in the fifth-tier Primera Catalana regional division, one point off the relegation places and 17 points behind the leaders.

Lukaku was part of the pre-season tour of Australia and the Far East, but did not play because of injury.

United remain in talks with Inter Milan over the Belgium international, 26, but there is no agreement over a fee.

The Old Trafford club rejected a 60m euro (£54m) bid for Lukaku from the Italian giants earlier in July.

Inter boss Antonio Conte has said the forward is his number one summer transfer target.

Italy full-back Matteo Darmian, another player linked with move away from United, is also absent from the squad heading to Norway for Tuesday's match.