Category: Sports

Chelsea sporting director, Marina Granovskaia, has made it clear that the West London club will not go over a specific figure to bring back attacking midfielder, Eden Hazard, from Real Madrid. According to Granovskaia, £34 million would be Chelsea’s limit to try and re-sign Hazard, either in the January or summer transfer windows, El Nacional…

Former Chelsea star, Frank Leboeuf, has slammed Ballon d’Or organizers for their concept of awarding the prestigious prize to individual players in a sport that is regarded as a team effort. Leboeuf compared the Ballon d’Or with awards given to musicians, adding that if an elite musician wins an individual award, his group will not…

Manchester United legend, Roy Keane, has slammed England captain, Harry Kane, for his poor display during his side’s 1-1 draw with Hungary in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Keane said that Kane was unable to get up to the speed of the match. Kane barely had a clear cut chance during the encounter as…

Senegal and Morocco are into the next phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifying series in the African zone. Famara Diedhiou scored a hat-trick on Tuesday, to send Senegal into the final phase of qualifying. The Teranga Lions defeated Namibia 3-1 in Johannesburg, taking them up to 12 points in Group H after four games….

Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, has expressed doubt that the club is heading in the right direction under Mikel Arteta. Henry was in the stands at the Emirates, as the Gunners beat Tottenham in the North London Derby. But the 44-year-old then watched Arteta’s men struggle to claim a point against Brighton a week later. That…

Former Arsenal striker, Olivier Giroud, has said the Gunners’ limited spending power will stop them from finishing in top four. Mikel Arteta splashed out almost £150million in the summer on Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Nuno Tavares and Takehiro Tomiyasu. Last season, Arsenal finished outside the European places for the first time in 25 years. Arteta…

Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane, has slammed Ballon d’Or organizers for not including his compatriot, Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy, in their 30-man shortlist released last week. Recall that the 30-man shortlist for this year’s Ballon d’Or was announced last Friday, with five Chelsea players included. N’Golo Kante, Cesar Azpilicueta, Mason Mount, Jorginho and Romelu Lukaku all made…

England manager, Gareth Southgate, has criticized Arsene Wenger’s World Cup proposal as “making no sense”. Southgate met with Wenger two months ago and was open to changes in the football calendar which would see a World Cup every two years. But now, Southgate claims “they seem to change every time” he speaks about FIFA ’s…

Manchester United have confirmed that Raphael Varane will miss a few weeks, after suffering a groin injury on international duty. Varane was taken off during the first half of their 2-1 win over Spain on Sunday. The 28-year-old was then accessed by club doctors after returning to Manchester on Monday. Tests have concluded that the…

Italy head coach, Roberto Mancini, has backed Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award. Mancini believes Jorginho deserves the Ballon d’ Or because the 29-year-old has won the Champions League and the Euro 2020, adding that it would be ‘strange’ if he didn’t win it. Jorginho was recently named among the 30-man…

AC Milan striker, Olivier Giroud, has urged former Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard, to accept the Newcastle United job promptly should the opportunity arise. Giroud feels it would be the perfect chance for his former coach, Lampard, to ‘bounce back’ and prove his ‘quality’. Lampard is in a pole position to replace Steve Bruce as Newcastle…

Former Juventus defender, Fabio Cannavaro, has backed Napoli to win the Serie A title this year. Cannavaro also labelled Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, as a ‘power horse’ who knows how to hurt opponents. Last season, Inter Milan won the Serie A title ahead of Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus. “This Napoli are solid,” Cannavaro told…

France head coach, Didier Deschamps, has identified the area Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has improved. Deschamps said Pogba has currently improved in terms of his importance to the national team. He also described the 28-year-old as an ‘expressive leader’. The Les Bleus manager said this following France’s UEFA Nations League triumph against Spain over…

Former Paris Saint-Germain winger, Jerome Rothen, has tackled Neymar after the Brazilian forward claimed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be his last. Neymar, who netted 69 goals and won the Confederations Cup in 2013 and the Olympic Gold in 2016, had stated this in a new documentary titled “Neymar & The Line…

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has handed the new owners of Newcastle United names of three players to sign. Ferdinand wants Newcastle to sign the likes of Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and West Ham’s Declan Rice. Recall that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund finally secured a deal to buy Newcastle last…