Month: August 2020

22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Angelino: Barcelona interested in Man City defender

Angelino of Manchester City in action during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Watford FC at Etihad Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Barcelona are interested in Manchester City defender Angelino. The 23-year-old Spanish full-back has just returned from a six-month loan spell at RB Leipzig, who reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. He joined City in 2014, left for PSV Eindhoven in 2018 and returned to City last summer after they triggered a £5.3m buy-back clause. Angelino made 12 first-team appearances for City last season before moving to Germany. The deal with Leipzig contained a 30m euro (£27m) option to buy and it is understood City would be looking for a similar sum from Barcelona, who are trying to reshape their sq...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

PSG shirts ban in Marseille overturned by police

Neymar celebrates victory with Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final match between Atalanta and Paris Saint-Germain at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on August 12, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal. A ban on Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing their club's shirt in the city centre of Marseille during the Champions League final on Sunday has been rescinded, Marseille police announced on Friday. The ban was introduced after disturbances broke out in the city during PSG's 3-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. L'Equipe reported that Marseille ultras patrolled the Old Port district of the city and threatened PSG fans, with one man arrested. Marseille police said in a statement the ban was put in place to protect ...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Newcastle United enter the race to sign Shane Duffy

Shane Duffy of Republic of Ireland during the UEFA EURO2020 Qualifier match between Republic of Ireland and Denmark at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. According to Football Insider, Newcastle United have joined the likes of Celtic and West Ham United in the race to sign Brighton & Hove Albion defender Shane Duffy. The centre-back dropped down the pecking order at Brighton last season as the likes of Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster were favoured ahead of him by manager Graham Potter. With the return of Ben White following his loan stint, it is reported that the Seagulls are prepared to accept Duffy’s departure and are willing to accept an initial loan. Both Celtic and West Ham have been credited with an interest in Duffy, but the Magpies have now joined the pursuit of the Republic of Ir...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Boss has advice for Eze as West Ham and Leeds United eye QPR star

Ebere Eze of QPR during the Sky Bet Championship match between Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn Rovers at The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium on October 05, 2019 in London, England. QPR boss Mark Warburton has told the likes of Ebere Eze not to be distracted by speculation about their future. West Ham are keen on Eze, who has also been linked with the likes of Leeds United. There are also doubts over the futures of Ryan Manning and Bright Osayi-Samuel, who are in the final year of their contracts at Loftus Road. “What they have to do is apply themselves really well. Their job is to focus on football,” Warburton told QPR’s website. “All you can do as a professional player is concentrate on what they control. “And they can control how they apply themselves, how they train an...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Transfer News: Chelsea Offered The Chance To Sign Real Madrid Star Sergio Reguilon For £22.4 Million

Sergio Reguilon of Real Madrid during the La Liga Santander match between Getafe v Real Madrid at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez on April 25, 2019 in Getafte Spain. Chelsea have been offered the chance to sign Real Madrid left-back Sergio Reguilon for a bargain fee of just £22.4 million this summer. According to Sport, as relayed by The Sun, Real Madrid are ready to part ways with Sergio Reguilon.  They are willing to offload the Chelsea target despite a successful loan spell at Sevilla this past season and have put out a fairly reasonable £22.4 million price-tag. It could serve as a massive boost for the Blues, who are desperate to sign a new left-back as part of Frank Lampard’s overhaul this summer.  The Blues have already been linked with a high profile individuals li...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Jadon Sancho to Man Utd: Latest on Dortmund transfer stance as £108m talks continue

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund looks on during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Koeln at Signal Iduna Park on January 24, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. Manchester United are still facing having to fork out £108million in one lump sum for Jadon Sancho this summer, as Borussia Dortmund have refused to budge or alter their asking price. According to Fabrizio Romano, Dortmund are still demanding the full £108m fee.  Sancho’s future is still up in the air, and has turned into one of the biggest transfer sagas in recent years.   The Dortmund winger has been linked to United throughout the season, and negotiations have been rumbling on for weeks now.  The Red Devils want to pay in installments and with add-ons for Sancho, but Dortmund are relu...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

BUNDESLIGA

Philippe Coutinho breaks silence on future amid Arsenal transfer links and Barcelona exit talk

Philippe Coutinho of Bayern Muenchen looks on during the Bundesliga match between SC Paderborn 07 and FC Bayern Muenchen at Benteler Arena on September 28, 2019 in Paderborn, Germany. Philippe Coutinho has broken his silence on his future amid talk of him joining Arsenal from Barcelona. The Brazil international has been linked with a move away from the Nou Camp after failing to impress. Despite signing for a whopping £142m from Liverpool, the playmaker has flattered to deceive. It saw his own fans boo him regularly, including one performance against his former side in the Champions League. A loan move to Bayern Munich has seen him regain some form. But the Bavarians will not be making his temporary transfer a permanent one and he looks set to return to Barcelona. However...

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22Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Willian says Chelsea snubbed him despite having Frank Lampard’s backing

Arsenal unveil new signing Willian on August 14, 2020 in London, England. Willian has opened up on his departure from Chelsea, calling it the club's fault after receiving the backing from Frank Lampard. The Brazil international called time on seven years at Stamford Bridge following his move from Shakhtar in 2013. And Arsenal have moved to snap up the forward on a free transfer, despite being Chelsea's big London rivals. It comes after failed contract negotiations between Willian and the Blues. Chelsea were only prepared to give the 32-year-old a two-year contract but he demanded three. Stamford Bridge chiefs were reluctant to give him a deal that would have seen him earning over £100,000-a-week at the age of 35. And Willian has insisted it was the club that forced him o...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

Sevilla Win The 2020 UEFA Europa League After Romelu Lukaku Blunder

Luuk de Jong of Sevilla scores his team's first goal during the UEFA Europa League Final between Seville and FC Internazionale at RheinEnergieStadion on August 21, 2020 in Cologne, Germany. Sevilla have won the 2020 UEFA Europa League, beating Inter Milan. This marks Sevilla's sixth Europa League title and their fourth in the last seven season's. In a UEFA Europa League final that will be remembered for the sheer amount of goals, Sevilla won 3-2 after a brace from Luuk De Jong and an insane own-goal from Romelu Lukaku. The game started off fast with Lukaku being taken down in the Sevilla box by Diego Carlos. This was Carlos' third penalty given away in as many games in the Europa League. Lukaku easily slotted the penalty to put Inter up 1-0 within five minutes. However, the Sp...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

LALIGA

Henrik Larsson joins Barcelona coaching staff

Ex-Celtic player Henrik Larsson looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park Stadium on February 12, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland. Swedish legend Henrik Larsson has agreed to join new Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman’s coaching staff, the Spanish club announced on Friday. “FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with Alfred Schreuder and Henrik Larsson for their incorporation into the coaching staff, headed by new coach Ronald Koeman,” the club said in a statement. “Both have signed on contracts through to June 30, 2022.” A prolific forward for his clubs and country, Larsson played for Barcelona, Scottish side Celtic, Dutch club Feyenoord, and England’s Manchester United among others. He played 62 games in two se...

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21Aug By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

NEWS

PSG shirts banned from central Marseille during Champions League final

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria (L) celebrates with Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar after scoring his team's second goalduring the UEFA Champions League semi-final football match between Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 18, 2020. Paris Saint-Germain supporters in Marseille will have to keep a low profile on potentially their club's greatest night, with local police saying they will ban the club shirt in some areas during Sunday's Champions League final in order to avoid clashes between rival fans. PSG face Bayern Munich in Lisbon on Sunday evening, attempting to become only the second French winners after Olympique Marseille, who clinched the biggest prize in European club football in 1993. The Bouches-du...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Yaya Toure thinks Pep Guardiola may be in precarious position at Manchester City

Head Coach Josep Guardiola of Manchester City looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between Real Madrid and Manchester City at Bernabeu on February 26, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Yaya Toure has questioned whether Manchester City should sack Pep Guardiola after his Champions League failure. The former City midfielder believes if Guardiola had missed out consistently at other clubs he would have been on the brink of the axe. City were beaten 3-1 in the Champions League quarter-finals by Lyon last week, with Guardiola's tactics coming under fire. He has failed to make the last four since moving to the Etihad in 2016 and, despite two Premier League titles, Toure feels the Spaniard's job would be under threat elsewhere. "If this was Barcelona or maybe ...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

NEWS

The 14 best-paid footballers in the world 2020

COVID-19 may have brought financial turmoil and widespread pay cuts to our game, but elite footballers remain some of the wealthiest athletes on the planet. This year’s Forbes ranking of the 100 top earners in sport includes 14 footballers, as earnings for the best-paid athletes dropped for the first time since 2016. The figures include prize money, salaries and bonuses earned between June 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020, but the full-year salary is counted for players who have contracts running to the end of the 2019/20 season. 14. Sergio Ramos - $21.8m (£16.5m) The Real Madrid skipper raked in more than £16m last season, largely through his bumper contract at the Bernabeu. Ramos earned around £14m through salary and winnings and another £2.2m from endorsements, as the 34-year-o...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

SERIE A

Fiorentina showing interest in Davide Zappacosta

Davide Zappacosta of AS Roma looks on during the Serie A football match between Juventus FC and AS Roma. AS Roma won 3-1 over Juventus FC. Davide Zappacosta spent most of last season dealing with an ACL injury while on loan at AS Roma, which limited him to just 9 appearances even with the season delayed by three months in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite those setbacks, AS Roma looked set to make his loan permanent for much of the season ... until the very end, when they didn’t.  And so Zappacosta bid his goodbye to the Italian capital and set about finding his next assignment, which remains as unlikely to be at Stamford Bridge as last summer. There hasn’t been much interest in the 28-year-old however, but a report last night from Gianluca Di Marzio claims th...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

PREMIER LEAGUE

Rio Ferdinand gives verdict on Arsenal and Chelsea target Houssem Aouar

Lyon's French midfielder Houssem Aouar celebrates their win at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Lyon at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon on August 15, 2020. Rio  Ferdinand has laid down his verdict on Lyon ace Houssem Aouar amid links to Arsenal and Chelsea. The Frenchman has delivered impressive performance after performance in the Champions League for his club. Lyon's European run came to an end after reaching the semi-finals when they were beaten by Bayern Munich. Despite the German club running out 3-0 winners, it was Aouar that caught the eye after another sensational display. However, even before the match the 22-year-old had plenty of suitors - including Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. Against...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

BUNDESLIGA

Flick’s 10-month path from interim Bayern coach to Champions League final

Hans-Dieter Flick, head coach of FC Bayern Muenchen smiles during a training session at Saebener Strasse training ground on August 05, 2020 in Munich, Germany. Hansi Flick can write himself into Bayern Munich folklore by lifting the Champions League trophy in Sunday's final to complete his 10-month odyssey from interim boss to treble-winning head coach in his first season. Flick leads out Bayern against Paris Saint-Germain in Lisbon having already secured the Bundesliga and German Cup. Yet he was only initially appointed caretaker coach when Niko Kovac was sacked last November following a humbling 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. It was the 55-year-old Flick's first job as a Bundesliga head coach. "We can all be happy that we chose Hansi Flick and put our trust in him," said...

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21Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

SERIE A

Conte’s focused on Sevilla challenge and not his future

Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Inter Milan looks on prior to a training session ahead of their UEFA Europa League match against Sevilla at RheinEnergieStadion on August 20, 2020 in Cologne, Germany. Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte dismissed questions about his future ahead of tonight's Europa League final against Sevilla, by insisting he has learnt to "live in the moment". Uncertainty surrounds Conte's position with the Serie A runners-up after he complained publicly of a lack of protection from the club and his work not being recognised. The former Chelsea manager is on the cusp of guiding Inter to their first European trophy since they won the Champions League under Jose Mourinho a decade ago. Conte has already expressed a desire to discuss his concerns with club president Steven ...

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20Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Aaron Ramsdale completes move to Sheffield United

Aaron Ramsdale of AFC Bournemouth in action during the Premier League match between Burnley FC and AFC Bournemouth at Turf Moor on February 22, 2020 in Burnley, United Kingdom. Aaron Ramsdale has completed his transfer back to former club Sheffield United. The fee is officially undisclosed for the Cherries goalkeeper, but the Daily Echo understands he has returned to south Yorkshire for a deal of around £18.5million, factoring in the 15 per cent sell on clause held by the Blades. Ramsdale joined Cherries from Sheffield United for an initial £800,000 in January 2017, but only made his debut in August last year, ironically against the Blades. The young stopper went on to feature in all-but-one of Cherries' top-flight matches last season, sitting in the North Stand with fans for the...

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20Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

UCL

Champions League: Hansi Flick’s Bayern bulldozer ploughs back to the final

Serge Gnabry of Bayern Munich celebrates with teammates Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich and Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich after scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final match between Olympique Lyonnais and Bayern Munich at Estadio Jose Alvalade on August 19, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern Munich head into Sunday’s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain in extraordinarily dominant form and with a real chance to become the first team to win the competition with a 100 per cent record. The 3-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday wasn’t a perfect performance, with the French side surely given too many chances for coach Hansi Flick’s liking, but the outcome was never truly in doubt. In fact, “doubt” is a word that hardly seems app...

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19Aug By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

LALIGA

FC Barcelona Announce Ronald Koeman As New Head Coach

Head coach Ronald Koeman of Holland speaks during a press conference prior to a Germany against Netherlands - UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifier match at Volksparkstadion on September 05, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. Ronald Koeman has been announced as the new head coach of FC Barcelona. Joining the club on a near two-year contract until June 2022, the Dutchman has left behind his responsibilities as the manager of the Netherlands national team to replace the ousted Quique Setien. Although previously receiving backing from president Josep Bartomeu as the La Liga title slipped away to Real Madrid, Setien could no longer continue in the Camp Nou hotseat following Friday’s abysmal result against Bayern Munich. In what was their darkest night on the continent in a rich 121 year history, the Blaug...

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