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VICE Sports World News Roundup: January 29, 2016

Start your day with VICE Sports. Here's our morning roundup of the sports news from around the world.
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Good morning, America. It's January 29th, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop every morning for more headlines from around the world.

Looks like Barcelona's high wages could put the club in a difficult financial situation. Messi and Neymar are due for mandatory pay raises, and the club might not be able to afford it. So maybe those rumors about Real Madrid bidding for Messi weren't so crazy after all.

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Ronaldinho wants Liverpool to build around Roberto Firmino, who is in amazing form.

Rugby's Six Nations tournament begins next weekend. The Independent has some previews for you Rugby nerds.

Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne is out for an estimated 10 weeks with a knee injury.

Swiss authorities have received information from a whistleblower they say could be "very helpful" in the investigation of Sepp Blatter. The BBC has more.

This, via Reddit: a Bolivian team apparently turned out in bootleg Roma jerseys for a recent first division match.

Pasa en Bolivia, juegan Real Potosí y Ciclón, ¿problemas con la camiseta?, Ciclón usa la de la Roma pintadita a mano — Leonardo Sanguinetti (@leo_sanguinetti)January 28, 2016

Gary Neville's Manchester Hotel, which has been housing homeless people for the last 3 months, will no longer do so. Neville is thought to have spent around 15,000 pounds on the homeless while they were in his hotel. The hotel is set to undergo renovations.

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