The year 2022 has been an eventful one with the African Cup of nation and the FIFA World Cup all taking place during the course of it, while the annual UEFA Nations League also presented European players the avenue to represent their countries.The year saw Real Madrid extend their record of most Champions League title won to 14 while also winning the league for a record 35th time.Manchester City won a fourth Premier League title in five years, Milan won first Scudetto in eleven years, PSG reclaim the Ligue un title from Lille and Bayern continued their dominance in the…
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Chelsea have spent well over £350 million since the Todd Boehly takeover in May despite it not been up to two full transfer windows since then, but the Chelsea’s seemingly unchanged starting XI is a worry going forward.The players, a few of them big names have not been able to replicate the form or fitness that made them daring to Blues fans upon their arrival at the club few months back.Raheem Sterling, who joined from Manchester City as the marquee signing to kickoff the new era seems to be the only fresh leg added to the squad that consistently show…
You look at Mykhaylo Mudryk and go wow as the mercurial winger utilizes his speed, coupled with skills to skip past one two three four defenders, leaving them all in his wake and then you feel this player potentially has the world at his feet.The Ukrainian without a doubt is one of the hottest prospects in Europe today albeit he only plays in the Ukrainian league, he has been able to earn himself more fans with his sensational displays in the Champions League group stage.Even though Shakhtar disappointingly failed to reach the round of 16, Mudryk’s star shone brightest for…
After passing the chance to sign Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United must surely have plans of bringing in a No.9 in the coming windows, be it now in the winter or later in the summer.We take a look at a number of No.9 profiles the club could possibly move for and the degree of the feasibility to get the potential deal over the line.1. Dusan VlahovicThe Juventus striker only moved to Turin from Fiorentina about a year ago and it’s not been all plain sailing. No one could have had the Serbian on this list but due to…
Under their noses, Liverpool have secured the signing of one of the hottest properties in the world of football today and knowing Cody Gakpo wanted a move to Manchester United will always make the deal a big failure on United’s part.23year old Gakpo has been linked with a move to Old Trafford since last summer while Erik Ten Hag is a huge fan of the Dutchman. However, United could not follow their interest following the late signing of Antony from Ajax.Even before Liverpool tabled a bid to Ajax, the player was adamant of his love to play for United, under…
Liverpool have all but completed the signing of Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven after a fee was agreed between the two clubs in the late hours of boxing day.Liverpool have agreed to pay a guarantee fee of £37 million and another £13 million in add ons to PSV while Gakpo will sign a six year contract with the six time European Champions.The 23year old attacker, who had been linked with Manchester United since the last transfer window but couldn’t move to the club after the Antony deal with Ajax.There was also contact with Ajax, who intended to sign Gakpo as…
Arsenal have been here before but they look better and capable of overcoming the storm that wiped their predecessors and fortune seems to be on their side because the transfer window is not far away.The emergence of the news of Gabriel Jesus’ knee injury has obviously not been well received by Arsenal, Mikel Arteta and Arsenal fans world wide and to worsen matters, he is expected to be out for at least three months.The Brazilian has had a promising start to life at the Emirates and the fans are now dreaming of the possibility of winning the Premier League title,…
According to reports, the Interim Management Committee, IMC has decided that the new kickoff date for the new Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL season is set to kickoff on the 8th of January 2023.The committee also confirmed that meeting will be held on the 28th of December, 2022 to discuss the schedule for the league, which will be played in an abridge format following the delayed start, which has seen a lot of time already wasted.Clubs have also been informed that the deadline for the completion of their licensing ahead of the 2022/23 season is the 28th of December, and…
The Premier League returns following the end of the FIFA World Cup tournament, which saw the top teams go into an unusual mid-season break because the mentioned tournament was slated for winter months.Premier League teams, our focus in this article have enjoyed different fortunes in the aftermath of the break. While it was a break that came at the right time for a team like Chelsea and their new manager, Graham Potter, it was case for some others.In this articles, we will be looking at the impact of the break, and how prepared the top teams are ahead of the…
The FIFA World Cup is a tournament know to present a platform to players whose names are barely heard to give good account of themselves in the hope of securing moves to elite clubs.In the case of some others, it is an avenue to prove that they are not only a system player, thereby showing that what they actually do consistently at club level, they can replicate it on the international stage or any other places.The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup was not an exception as a lot of players really delivered some astonishing individual performances and scouts from the…