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The Iceland international is expected on Merseyside on Tuesday evening and will undergo a medical on Wednesday.
Ronald Koeman has been determined to sign the 27-year-old all summer and, just last week ahead of the Premier League’s opening weekend, the Dutch boss revealed the deal was “close”.
Sigurdsson missed Swansea’s 0-0 draw at Southampton, which led to criticism of the transfer deadline from the club’s own manager Paul Clement after he was forced to leave him out.
Both Everton and Leicester City saw £40m offers rejected earlier this summer but the former has continued to pursue a move despite being told by the Swans he could cost as much as £50m.
As the saga rumbled on in pre-season, Sigurdsson missed Swansea’s tour of the United States because he was “not in the right frame of mind”, according to the Welsh club.
Sigurdsson joined Swansea from Tottenham Hotspur in a £6.8m deal in 2014 and he has scored 29 goals in over 100 appearances as the Swans have battled to stay in the Premier League.
Ahead of losing perhaps his best performer last season, Swans boss Clement said he would be relieved to see changes made to the transfer deadline –
Clement said: “What would be a better situation would be if the transfer window closed before the start of the season.
I don’t really understand why it goes to the end of August. I know there’s talks about that changing in future. And that’s my opinion that it should do.”
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Arsene Wenger continues to stress Alexis Sanchez will remain at Arsenal beyond this summer and hopes he, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mesut Ozil all sign new contracts.
Sanchez has just 12 months left on his Arsenal contract, but manager Wenger has been adamant the club have made a decision not to sell the 28-year-old and will stick to that beyond the deadline.
Ozil and Chamberlain are also inside the last 12 months of their contracts and have been involved in talks over extensions, but Chamberlain is also understood to be a target for Chelsea in the final weeks of the window.
Ahead of Wenger’s pre-match press conference on Wednesday, in which Arsenal say he will give an update on Sanchez, the Frenchman told Bein Sports: “Of course (I stand by the fact Sanchez won’t leave).
“It’s difficult to say (players are getting) ‘power back’. I just think it looks unusual to the media sometimes that clubs want contracts to be respected. For me, it looks logical so I am amazed that you are amazed because it looks normal.
“If I sign a contract, I respect it. Of course if a club releases me it’s normal that I can go somewhere else. I know when I signed for two years at Arsenal, it’s a contract and I have to respect it.
Wenger said: “I have enough problems not to make an assessment on Chelsea’s problems. This is a little bit of a special situation when you look from outside, it’s a little bit of a different situation.
“We always wanted to keep Sanchez and we always hope, even now, that we can extend the contracts of Sanchez, Chamberlain, Ozil.”
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Brazilian midfielder Sandro has claimed European clubs treat players unfairly following his failed transfer to Sporting Lisbon.
The former QPR player was on the brink of joining the Portuguese club before he failed a medical, however the player has claimed the story was farce and described as a ploy to reduce his proposed wages.
In an interview, he revealed: “Clubs can treat players like meat, they don’t treat people like a person. Football is this — the club treat you like a product. It was near my wedding in Portugal and I said ‘Yes’ both to the club and my wife!
“I was ready to sign but it wasn’t until one week before my wedding in Brazil that they said they were ready to sign. Why were they doing this to me? One week ago I had been in Portugal.
“I agreed to do it but had a feeling they were not expecting me to do the medical, as I arrived in the hospital and there was no kit to go on the treadmill to run. Players don’t need to bring their own kit for a medical!
“I ran with the hospital kit and it was fine. The second part was looking at my body as they need to check everything and this was amazing. They only checked my right knee.
“I knew I needed to do both knees, both ankles, check the hamstring, calves. I’m a product and must be fit. I said, ‘You don’t want to check my other knee?’ And they said it was fine but in my mind it wasn’t fine.
“The doctor said I had an inflammation in my patella but QPR knew this and so did Tottenham — it is normal for a player. The doctor said it was fine and that I could sign.”
“The club were saying my knee was not OK. It all made sense to me. After ten minutes, my agent called me again and said they were offering half the salary with bonuses. The last thing my agent said was that you don’t want to go to a place like that.
“I was supposed to sign for four years so I said I would do it two years, no problem. I’ll show them. But they just wanted to halve the salary. It made sense to me. Why only check one knee and not the body unless you don’t want to buy me?”
The embattled player described his present situation has he is being left in a limbo as he looks to get a new club before the end of the summer transfer window.
Goalkeeper Gianlugi Buffon has revealed how Juventus misses French midfielder, Paul Pogba following his departure from the Italian Champions.
Paul Pogba who joined Manchester united in world record fee this summer is currently been missed by former teammates not on the pitch but off pitch due to his jovial nature.
“He’s a good kid, The important thing is that his attitude is excellent on the pitch and in training. Manchester United have signed a very good player and a very good teammate. Manchester United is big club and always will be, But with this transfer there’s no doubt they have increased their level.”Buffon disclosed.
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The Italian legend who have seen a lot of players arrive and leave the club heaped praises on the 23-year old midfielder for his friendly nature.
Although, Juventus started life without Pogba on an impressive form, beating fiorentina 2-1 on through Gonzalo Higuain’ winner they might still feel the gap left in the dressing room by Pogba.
It appears the Italian giants have adequately prepared for life without on the pitch after the arrivals of Higuain, Dani Alves, Miralem Pjanic and Marko Pjaca.
Several Australian Olympic athletes detained by Rio police for not having the correct accreditation to gain entry to the Boomers’ basketball semi-final against Serbia have been released.
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The Australian Olympic Committee’s deputy chef de mission Fiona de Jong, who joined the athletes as they were questioned by police, said they will pay a fine of 10,000 brazilian reais (A$4,092).
“We have agreed on an outcome which is the payment of a fine and good behaviour bond for each of the athletes involved,” De Jong said. “The translation is not precise but it was effectively for using a document for a purpose not intended, falsifying a document.”
The AOC will launch an internal investigation into the incident, which left team chief Kitty Chiller fuming at Olympic organisers.
“I am very angry they had to go through this,” she said of the athletes. “The athletes are not at fault and we will provide counselling.”
In the early hours of Saturday morning, De Jong had confirmed reports that 10 Australian athletes had been questioned by police after accessing a venue without having the correct credentials.
“Early this evening a number of Australian athletes went to support their mates at the Australia-Serbia match,’’ De Jong told media at 1.30am local time (2:30pm AEST). “Ten of the Australians didn’t have accreditation to be in that part of the venue.”
“The Brazilian authorities and us are working through the issues. Nobody has been arrested. We will provide you with a more detailed statement when those discussions have advanced. No one has been arrested or charged.”
Australia lost the game 87-61 and will play in the bronze medal match against Spain on Sunday at the same venue, Carioca Arena 1. Thanks for reading.
Christian Benteke claims a lack of trust from Jurgen Klopp caused his failure to establish himself at Liverpool.
Former Liverpool Player Christain Benteke has said Jurgen Klopp did not trust enough to lead the line at the club, he believed the reds manager did not have faith in his abilities during his time at Anfield.
Christain Benteke who joined Liverpool from Aston Villa in club record fee of £32 million by Brendan Rodgers but the arrival of Jurgen Klopp to Anfield saw the Belgian slipped down the pecking order.
During his first interview as a Palace player, the Belgium international said: ‘A lot of things happened at Liverpool, When I arrived it was with Rodgers as manager, but then he was sacked and Klopp came in and had his own plan. But that’s part of football. I could have done better, but I think I also needed some trust from the manager and the staff.’
Benteke signed a four-year deal with Crystal Palace to put end to a torrid time at the Merseyside; the former Aston Villa striker will hope to put his past behind him and help an ailing Crystal Palace side back to its full strength. Thanks for reading.
Barcelona has confirmed the imminent departure of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to Manchester city.
The arrival of Claudio bravo to the Etihad Stadium has merely been confirmed by Barcelona after Technical secretary, Robert Fernandez admits the goalie is on his way out of the Camp Nou.
Robert Fernandez said: “We have the beginning of an agreement with Manchester City for Claudio Bravo,” We are awaiting events this week. When Claudio leaves, we hope to have a new keeper.”
Bravo who has fallen down the pecking order at the camp Nou to a much younger Andre ter stegen may be offered a lifeline by Pep Guardiola who already showed Joe hart the way out of the Etihad stadium after continually dropping the Englishman from the starting line-up so far this season.
It is believed that Pep Guardiola prefers a keeper who is better with the ball at his feet which the 33-year-old Chilean fits the bill.
Barcelona might also be on the look out for replacement for the Chile international was brought in to replace Victor Valdes but saw the Number One spot snatched away by Ter stegen last season. Thanks for reading.
“There you go,” said Usain Bolt moments after the world watched him go supersonic for a final time in the Olympics. “I am the greatest.” Once again it was impossible to argue.
When the baton was slapped into his hand on the final leg of the men’s 4x100m relay, Jamaica, US, and Japan were in a line, all theoretically vying for gold. But then Bolt applied those familiar afterburners and blasted away from his opponents and towards the pages of history.
This was his third gold medal of these Games, his ninth overall at the Olympics. No wonder he savoured a super slow lap of honour, waving at every Jamaican flag in the Olympic Stadium and dancing with his team-mates, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade and Yohan Blake on the back straight.
“I am proud of myself and I have to say thanks to the guys,” said Bolt. “The pressure is real. I look at it as an accomplishment. I live for these moments, it is beautiful and I came through. I’ll go home, stay up late tonight talking and having fun. It is not real. It is a brilliant feeling. I told the guys if it didn’t happen tonight I would beat them up.”
Behind the Jamaicans, who finished in a time of 37.27 seconds, were Japan, who took a shock silver in 37.60. None of the Japanese team have personal bests under 10 seconds but their use of the underhand baton pass – rather than the more common upsweep method – made their changeovers far slicker than everyone else.
Canada were pushed up to the bronze medal position after the US team were disqualified. The Americans heard the news just as they finished their lap of honour.
It was actually the Canadians who alerted them to the DQ by their country’s name on the stadium scoreboard. Later it transpired that the baton change between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin had been illegal. Said Gatlin: “It was the twilight zone. It was a nightmare. You work so hard with your team-mates, guys you compete against almost all year long. All that hard work just crumbles.”
Britain’s team of Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington and Adam Gemili – who were without the injured James Dasaolu and CJ Ujah, who was surprisingly dropped - were a disappointing fifth in 37.98sec after struggling to cope with the very sharp bend in lane one.
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“It’s not an excuse but it’s the truth it is more difficult in lane one,” said Ellington. “We genuinely believed we could go out there and win it or get a medal at worst and run our asses off and it was not meant to be. We know what we are capable of more so we are going to have to go back as a team and rebuild and get ready for London next year on our own terms and if we change it around then this will be forgotten.”
But this night was all about Bolt, who has had the crowds coming to the stadium for his Olympic farewell tour all week. As Blake put it afterwards: “Usain needs to be immortal and he is immortal, but I will encourage him to come back for 2020.”
Bolt’s long, poignant wave to the large throng of Jamaican supporters as he left the stadium suggested he has other ideas. Thanks for reading.
The Dream team have won Nigeria a medal at the Rio Olympics after beating Honduras 3-2 to clinch bronze medal.
Nigeria started as the better side in the third place match against Honduras but wasted most of their chances at goal. In the 34th minute, Roma striker Sadiq Umar opened scoring for team in a one sided first half. The Honduras also tried to gain momentum but no avail.
In the second half, Nigeria came in with increased vigor, searching for a second goal, four minutes in to the second period, Aminu Umar got a much needed second goal for the Dream team while Sadiq Umar extended the lead seven minutes later. In the 71st minute, Anthony Lozano scored from close range for Honduras before Marcelo Pereira headed in their second from a free kick on the edge of the box barely four minutes to injury time and continued to pile pressure on the Nigerians, who nervously finished the match to claim the bronze medal in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
The Samson Siasia-led Dream team will be delighted to be the first team to win a medal for Nigeria at the Rio Olympics. Thanks for reading.
Arsenal fans are currently venting their anger at the club’s social media post celebrating a decade at the Emirates stadium.
Arsenal left Highbury for the Emirates in 2006 with hopes of
continued success after winning several major trophies at the former
ground but to their utmost dismay, the gunners have only won two FA
trophies in a decade with plenty of disappointing results to remember.
The Emirates Stadium project had initially hampered the club’s
progress in making major transfer and even sold key players to rival
club due to cash issues. Notable stars such as Hleb, Mathieu Flamini,
Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Adebayor and Van Persie much to
the disappointment of the Red and white fans.
Although, Arsene Wenger has come out to reiterate his desire to bring
in players but precedence shows that the French man may not make any
major additions to the squad after the signature of Granit Xhaka earlier
summer. Thanks for reading.
Nigeria International Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a new two- year deal contract extension with Manchester City.
Iheanacho who joined City in 2014 has gone on to be one of the club’s best forwards, scoring 14 goals in all competitions last season making him the second-best scorer for the Citizens.
Expressing his delight at the new deal, Iheanacho said: I can’t express how I’m feeling! I’m very happy to sign my new deal for this Club, I’m excited. I just need to keep working hard and express my feelings on the pitch, and work really well and do great things for the team. I’m happy and I appreciate everything the Club has done for me so far at this point so I really need to help and work for them as well.”
Manager Pep Guardiola added: “Kelechi is a natural goal-scorer. I knew about him before, but I’ve been really impressed with him since I arrived. I like his personality, his attitude, his ability – we hope to help him reach the highest level and to realise his full potential.”
Having gained the attention of his manager, Iheanacho will hope to cement a starting berth under Guardiola who has always shown strong belief in youngsters.Thanks for reading.
Valencia forward Luis Nani has confessed his love for former club, Manchester United, recalling Old Trafford memories.
The Euro-winning forward revealed: ‘It could have been the best moment of my life but it turned into the worst, After you sign a contract like that, you think all the people will be behind you and help you. And you see the opposite.
‘Then the stress comes. I was down and, when it’s like that, of course, the injuries come too. It was a bad moment. It was something that made me very down, very disappointed.’
Nani who was an important first team player under Alex Ferguson but saw his chances reduce under David Moyes, who also left old Trafford after a run of poor results and was later replaced by Louis Van Gaal.
“He [LVG] told me that, if I wanted to stay to fight for a position, then good but I would not be his first option or maybe even the second, I said: ‘No. I have been here for many years, I have been very important to this club and I think it’s time to decide.’ I wanted to play every game in the starting XI.” the Portugese winger revealed.
Luis Nani left Manchester United at the beginning of the 2015/16 season to join Fenerabahce for a reduced fee of the £22million Sir Alex Ferguson paid for him eight seasons earlier.
Nani could not understand it. His mind was scrambled and the situation
would affect him physically. The Portugal winger had been given a new
five-year contract at Manchester United
in September 2013 by the manager, David Moyes, and, having joined from
Sporting Lisbon in 2007, he felt wanted and ready to fire himself to
higher levels. Then Moyes did not play him. Or at least he hardly did
so. In 2013-14 Nani would start only seven Premier League games.
“It could have been the best moment of my life but it turned into the
worst,” Nani says. “After you sign a contract like that, you think all
the people will be behind you and help you. And you see the opposite.
Then the stress comes. I was down and, when it’s like that, of course,
the injuries come too. It was a bad moment. It was something that made
me very down, very disappointed.”
There were fewer shades of grey at the beginning of the following
season under Moyes’s successor, Louis van Gaal. “He told me that, if I
wanted to stay to fight for a position, then good but I would not be his
first option or maybe even the second,” Nani says. “I said: ‘No. I have
been here for many years, I have been very important to this club and I
think it’s time to decide.’ I wanted to play every game in the starting
XI.”
And so Nani ended a fitful United career, marked by flashes of genius
but defined by the feeling that he never delivered on his potential. He
went on a season-long loan back to Sporting and then signed for
Fenerbahce in July 2015 for £4.25m. He took with him a reputation for
flakiness and, if he had become trapped in a spiral of decline at
United, there were few people in England to predict that he would rise
again.
Nani has risen again. In a rare interview, with the Guardian, the
29-year-old can reflect on a £7.2m transfer from Fenerbahce to Valencia and there is excitement before the start of La Liga. His new team kick off at home to Las Palmas on Monday night.
But there is something else, something fundamental. The four-time
Premier League champion and one-time Champions League winner describes
it as the highlight of his career. He is now a European champion with Portugal.
Nani enjoyed an outstanding tournament in France, scoring three and
setting up one more. But there was particular resonance to a moment from
the final against France. It came when Cristiano Ronaldo, the talisman
and Nani’s one-time house-mate in Manchester, sat down on the turf with
tears in his eyes. His game was over because of a knee injury and he
looked for Nani to pass on the armband.
It was the biggest game in Portuguese football history – never before
had they won a major final – and from the 25th minute Nani would carry
the captaincy and the responsibility for driving on the younger players
like Raphaël Guerreiro, Renato Sanches and João Mario. Nani’s critics
have said that he does not have the broadest of shoulders. Here, he led
his country to glory.
Nani celebrates with his former Manchester United team-mate Cristiano
Ronaldo after Portugal’s triumph over France in the Euro 2016 final in
July. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images
“It was a very strange feeling when Cristiano went off because I was
very upset about losing our captain and our best player,” Nani says.
“But very quickly I had to put my head up and try to help the team, try
to give them the confidence and motivation to continue. I had to do my
job. I had to do what captains have to do.
“The
thing that changed was that I was shouting to my players, to the
younger players, giving them motivation. And it was fantastic. We
deserved to win and it’s in history now. It’s something we’ll remember
for ever. It’s once-in-a-lifetime.” After the substitute Eder’s extra-time goal had secured the 1-0 win,
Nani was overtaken by the emotion. The words tumble out now and there
is hyperbole but the over-riding impression is that the magnitude of the
achievement has yet to sink in. The moments after the full-time whistle
were a blur and Nani says he slept for “maybe one hour” that night, as
he was so excited about getting back to Lisbon for the open-top bus
parade.
“It was the best thing of my career because it was for my country,”
Nani adds. “Every player wants to win something for his country. It’s
amazing how the Portuguese people lived this and the feeling that they
gave to us when we got home was incredible. We proved a lot of doubters
wrong. We drew our three group games but when it mattered the most, we
were decisive.”
Nani has long been driven by the desire to prove people wrong; from
his childhood in Lisbon’s impoverished and crime-ridden Amadora slum
district, when he told his friends he would play for United and they
were not convinced. “I remember watching United’s Champions League final
win over Bayern Munich in 1999 and, of course, when you watch teams
like that, your dream is to play for them,” he says. “I said to my
friends: ‘One day, I will play there.’ And the dream came true. If you
believe and work hard, you can achieve your dreams.”
Nani after scoring for Manchester United in 2011. He struggled to get in
the side after Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure in 2013. Photograph:
Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Nani won the Champions League in his first season at Old Trafford,
coming on as an extra-time substitute in the 2008 final against Chelsea
and scoring with the fifth kick of the penalty shootout, which United
edged in sudden death. He was voted their best player in the 2010-11
title-winning season and he can look back on a clutch of spectacular
goals. The ones that stand out for him are the smart finish against
Liverpool in 2008 and the firecracker against Chelsea in 2011.
Nani
says “United gave me all that I have in this life”, and his affection
for Sir Alex Ferguson endures. “I see him like a father, angry and
shouting at you one minute but in the next, patting his hand on your
head and saying: ‘Come on, son.’
“It was hard to deal with at first, because you don’t know him and
his strong ways but when you know him, you learn it is for your benefit.
If today I have a strong mentality, it’s a lot to do with him.”
Perhaps Nani was frustrating at Old Trafford because his potential
was so rich and, consequently, the bar was set so high. It is also true
that he was not helped by the comparisons with Ronaldo, who had arrived
at United from Sporting in 2003.
“They were expecting me to be the next Ronaldo but that’s unfair,” he
says. “We are different players, different personalities. Maybe it was a
mistake to compare us.”
Nani moved in with Ronaldo for a month or so when he first arrived in
Manchester and, disappointingly, he is not willing to reveal any of his
friend’s bad habits. “We just had great moments,” he adds. “I needed
somebody to help me to deal with things in Manchester and he was very
important to me.”
Nani spent last season with Fenerbahce in Turkey but has now joined the
Spanish side Valencia. Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images
The appraisal of Nani’s time at United is coloured negatively by the
statistic that shows he started, on average, only 16 league games a
season over his seven years. In 2012-13, Ferguson’s final campaign and
the one before Moyes, he had only seven starts in the league.
“Maybe I could have played more games but the routine at that club,
especially under Ferguson, was to alternate the players,” Nani says.
“Everyone was part of the team. I played in big games and I played in
not so big games. I played in finals. I had fantastic performances and I
had not so great performances. This is football.
“What I have in my mind is just the great moments I had in
Manchester; the fantastic goals that I scored against top teams. It’s
what my friends remember and it’s what the fans remember, when they
write to me. They don’t remember the bad things.”
Valencia have been keen to hype their new signing and have shot an in-house documentary entitled El Fenémeno de Nani.
It might seem a little over-the-top but in reality he is a decorated
former United player who has just helped his country to the European
Championship.
After his moment of triumph at Stade de France Nani said he thought
about his journey to the top – from Amadora and the days at junior level
when Portugal’s leading clubs would overlook him for being too small
and skinny. He eventually changed Sporting’s opinion of him at a trial
when he was 16. “Where I grew up it was very difficult for kids,” Nani
says. “Some of them would go the wrong way – stealing, smoking, drugs
and everything, but I never wanted to go that way. My way was that I was
their friend, I saw them do the wrong things but I was with them. And,
after, I go to play football. We had nothing when I was young. We were
very poor but all my life I have been a fighter. I think that’s why I am
here, because I will fight until the end.”
Former Arsenal star Andrey Arshavin has made shocking claims on doping at the Olympics.
Arshavin claimed that some Olympics games are not possible without doping with regards to the Russian state-sponsored doping case. He said it is ‘simply impossible without doping’, adding that the ban is politically motivated.
The former Zenit midfielder said: ‘In my opinion, all cyclic sports involve doping. It’s simply impossible without doping. That means swimming, skiing, cycling. I think everyone dopes, Russia is paying for its political decisions, including in sport. Is it fair or unfair? Life isn’t fair. Of course, this is a great tragedy for the athletes, especially the Olympians. For them, this is the World Cup and European Championship for footballers. We have every two years, with good players, earning good money at clubs, and they have the reverse.
“[They have] almost one or two chances in life to get an apartment, a normal premium. Of course I understand them, they are not in the best condition now.”
Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency issued a blanket ban, which was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for sport.
Chelsea are on the verge of completing a deal to bring in AC Milan goalkeeper Diego Lopez to the Stamford Bridge.
Antonio conte will hope to sign the diego lopez to act as backup for Thibaut Courtois with Asmir Begovic is expected to leave the blues for Everton, if Joe Hart decides to leave the Etihad before the end of this summer transfer.
It is believed that Conte rates lopes as a strong character to in the Chelsea dressing room as he shapes his squad ahead of next season.
Diego Lopez has fallen down the pecking order due to the emergence of teenager Gianluigi Donnarumma who has established himself as a number one at the San Siro.
Thibaut Coutois will face a stiff competition from the AC Milan goalie if the transfer goes through, Chelsea are will Watford at the Vicarage road this weekend in the match-day two of the Premier League after a hard fought victory against London rivals, West ham.
In related news, Winger Cuadrado is said to eyeing a move back to Juventus on loan although conte is said to be angry at his decision. Thanks for reading.
Arsenal have begun talks with Atletico Madrid over £40m rated Uruguayan centre-back Jose Gimenez.
According to reliable sources, Arsene Wenger have contacted Atletico Madrid over the availability of Jose Gimenez, with negotiations said to be going on as the 21-year old appears interested in the move to the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are desperate to bring in a central defender before the end of the transfer window after been hit by injury crisis very early on in the Premier League season. Although, the price might put off the north London who are known to be “price-pinchy”.
Initially, the Gunners were chasing Valencia centre-back Shkodran Mustafi but are very reluctant to meet the £30m asking price with the German already training separately due to the negotiations that had already reached the final stages but the dispute in the final fee still a problem to contend for the Gunners.
Arsenal have been hit with another transfer blow after Riyad Mahrez yesterday signed a new four-year deal with Leicester city much to the delight of Claudio Ranieri; all attention may now be shifted towards Lyon striker Alex Lacazette.
Manchester United legend Paul Parker has criticised Paul Pogba’s style of play and even said Mikel Obi is better than the Frenchman.
The £100 million world record transfer of Paul Pogba to Old Trafford has attracted comments from different quarters while some hailed the transfer other criticised, the latest happens to come from United favourite, Paul Parker who has said the Frenchman is not as good as Nigeria’s Mikel Obi in the holding position tagging him a waste in that position.
Parker said: ‘In a holding position it would be a waste because he’s not a Makelele or even a John Obi Mikel because one thing Mikel can do is close people down.
‘Pogba can get forward, and score goals, and pass the ball but in a high-tempo game he won’t be very good in a deep role. We saw that in the Euros where he looked lost for long periods of games when France didn’t have the ball.
‘So when United don’t have the ball what’s he going to be like? Fellaini can’t do that either. Or Rooney. They can’t get around. Behind Ibrahimovic and Martial there will be changes because there is no way that midfield can last.’
The United legend also criticised the physique of the club captain, Wayne Rooney’s weight, tagging him “overweight and slow”.
Hedvig Lindahl made two saves and Lisa Dahlkvist converted the final penalty as Sweden defeated hosts Brazil 4-3 in a shootout to reach the final of the Olympic football tournament for the first time. Cristiane and Andressa had their shots saved by Lindahl at the packed Maracanã Stadium. Brazil goalkeeper Barbara stopped the shot by Kosovare Asllani. The teams drew 0-0 after extra time.
Brazil was trying to win the women’s soccer gold for the first time. They have twice won the silver, in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. Brazil were eliminated by Japan in the quarterfinals of the London Olympics four years ago.
Canada and Germany will play in the other semi-final.Thanks for reading.
The English Premier League have a new man of the Match trophy and it appears everyone hates it.
The man of the match trophy has taken new shape as part of the
metamorphosis the English league is going through, before now the man of
the match was given a bottle of champagne but it appears the premier
league decided to cut costs and go with a cone –looking block not
minding the aesthetics involved.
English Premier League fans have reacted have negatively to the new
development as they have taken to the social media to bash the trophy
calling different funny names. Known as the most-widely watched league
in the world with trends which other leagues try to follow but Premier
league seems to have displeased it fans with its latest effort.
The man of the match trophy is usually awarded to the best player in
each game of the premier league.Hull city Robert Snodgrass is the first
man of the match trophy winner this season after an impressive display
in the 2-1 victory over Champions Leicester City in the early kick-off
of the Matchday 1 of the English Premier League. Thanks for reading.
uventus have put Gonzalo Higuain on special diet in a plan to make the striker shed some fat.
Gonzalo Higuain who signed for Juventus earlier this summer for the record fee of £78million has being asked to through a special diet plan as he arrived at the Italian champions a bit overweight. The club became more concerned with the striker’s current phsique as he took part in the club pre-season match against West ham.
Higuain who scored an historic 36 goals for Napoli last season was touted by Major European clubs before agreeing to join Juventus will be required to undergo a diet ahead of the start of new season under Massimiliano Allegri who will be keen to have his point-man at optimal level as they contest for the UEFA champions league trophy once more.
Weight issues seem to be taken seriously by managers as Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola who have also hammered on weight problems in their teams. In times past, top clubs have employed the services of specialists to handle the diet and nutrition of their players in order to get the players to optimal performance level.
Higuain have being at the centre of Banter from fans due to his recent wieght problems, the former Real Madrid star will hope to be in good shape ahead of a crucial Serie A aand Champions League. Thanks for reading.
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