Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, has backed the Manchester United attacker to win the Ballon d’Or this year. Mendes believes his client has proven beyond doubt that he is the greatest player in history and should be awarded the 2021 Ballon d’ Or. Ronaldo has won the prestigious prize five times in his career and…
Paris Saint-Germain manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has named his side’s squad to face Angers in a French Ligue 1 fixture on Friday night. Pochettino named a 22-man squad to tackle Angers at the Parc des Princes in a post via PSG’s website on Friday morning. PSG head to the game following a 2-0 defeat to Rennes…
Mark Lawrenson, a former Liverpool player, has predicted the scorelines of some of the Premier League games that will be played this weekend. Leicester City will host Manchester United on Saturday evening at King Power Stadium, while Chelsea will face Brentford in an away Premier League tie. Arsenal will host Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium…
Jack Wilshere has said Arsenal first-team players are talking about academy star, Charlie Patino. Wilshere is back to training with Mikel Arteta’s side, as he seeks to find a new club after being released by Bournemouth. Patino, on the other hand, signed his first professional contract with Arsenal one year ago and is yet to…
Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, took the penalty in their 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa despite being instructed to leave it for Cristiano Ronaldo, according to The Transfer Window podcast. It was United’s first loss of the new Premier League campaign. Fernandes placed the ball on the spot with Villa a goal up and blazed…
Former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville, has identified two major problems for the club’s manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, this season. According to Neville, the two key problems for Solskjaer at Old Trafford is that the Norwegian needs to deliver a trophy with Cristiano Ronaldo now in his team and the Red Devils must improve their…
Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has named Cristiano Ronaldo as the player who should win the Ballon d’ Or this year. According to Ferguson, Ronaldo deserves the Ballon d’ Or because he has broken record after record this year. Recall that Ronaldo became the leading goalscorer in men’s international football after surpassing Ali…
Former Arsenal skipper, Thierry Henry, has vowed he will never manage Tottenham Hotspur. Henry was present at the Emirates Stadium, as the Gunners outclassed Spurs 3-1 in the North London Derby last month. That defeat put pressure on Nuno Espirito Santos, who only replaced Jose Mourinho before this new campaign. Since then, a couple of…
Barcelona have confirmed their player, Pedri, has agreed a contract extension that will see him remain at Camp Nou until 2026. The LaLiga giants also said that Pedri’s deal has a 1 billon euro release clause. Barcelona disclosed this in a statement via their website on Thursday. “FC Barcelona and the player, Pedro González ‘Pedri’,…
Arsenal hero, Paul Merson, has predicted some of the English Premier League, EPL, games that will be played this weekend. Leicester City will host Manchester United on Saturday evening at King Power Stadium, while Chelsea will face Brentford in an away Premier League tie. Arsenal will host Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium on Monday night,…
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have confirmed that centre-back Sergio Ramos will not be making his much-awaited debut when they tackle Angers. PSG disclosed this in a statement via their website on Thursday. According to the statement, Ramos will continue on his road to full recovery by training individually for the next 10 days. Mauricio Pochettino’s side…
Barcelona striker, Sergio Aguero, has compared both Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Aguero said the major difference between Ronaldo and Messi is that the Portugal captain is much more of a forward compared to his Argentine counterpart. The former Manchester City explained that if Ronaldo is confident upfront, he can score…
Former Manchester United midfielder, Luke Chadwick, has expressed worry about two players of the club ahead of their away Premier League clash with Leicester City on Saturday at the King Power Stadium. The two players Chadwick is worried about are Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane. According to Chadwick, It is a real shame and a…
Legendary Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has hinted that he was sacked by the club in May 2018. Wenger, in his new documentary, said “it was not really” his decision to step down after 22 years in charge. The Frenchman also described his Arsenal exit as “a funeral”. During his stint with the Gunners, Wenger won…
Former Arsenal defender, Nigel Winterburn has predicted the position Manchester United will finish this season in the English Premier League, EPL. Man United are currently in the 4th position on the Premier League table with 14 points after seven matches. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side finished second on the Premier League table last season behind champions…
Arsenal academy director, Per Mertesacker, has said Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe can carry the club back into the Champions League. According to Mertesacker, the duo are good enough to inspire a new generation of young talent at the Emirates. Saka, 20, is one of England’s brightest prospects, while Smith-Rowe scored for England U-21s this…
Boxing promoter, Frank Warren, has told Anthony Joshua to allow Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Every major belt in the division is held by the undefeated duo of Fury and Usyk. Last weekend, Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in the 11th round of their bout, while Usyk saw off…
Former Chelsea star, John Obi Mikel, has cleared the air on rumours that he was kidnapped before moving to Stamford Bridge from Lyn in 2006. Chelsea battled Manchester United to sign Mikel, despite the midfielder having signed a pre-contract with the Red Devils during Sir Alex Ferguson’s regime. Lyn had started rumours that Mikel was…
The Spanish Superior Sports Council (CSD) has upheld LaLiga’s request to postpone Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid fixtures this weekend. The two clubs had made an appeal for the games to be moved, after learning that Brazil and Argentina intend to keep their Europe-based players for Thursday’s matches. This would have effectively ruled them out…
Kenyan Olympic star, Agnes Tirop, has been found dead in her home after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband. The 25-year-old represented Kenya in the 5,000m women’s finals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Her death was confirmed by Barnaba Korir, the chairperson of Athletics Kenya in Nairobi Region. In a statement ,…
