Arsenal’s french defender, William Saliba has vowed to stay and fight for his place at the club after a successful season long loan spell at Marseille.The 21-year-old defender enjoyed a successful spell with the French club and a lot of speculations has ensued, with many reports suggesting he wants to stay in Marseille to play Champions League football.Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has respond to the reports, stating Saliba is an Arsenal player and the loan agreement is just for a season, which has been concluded and Saliba will return to the Emirates this summer.The stressed that the loan was to…
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PSG Paris Saint-Germain could be willing to part ways with Neymar Junior this summer after what is considered a season of failure in their quest to maximize the potential of Brazilian alongside the other two superstars, Messi and Mbappé to win a Champions League title.The Brazilian has endured another season where injuries limited his impact in the team, albeit he was available for their two legged Champions League round of 16 3-2 aggregate loss to Real Madrid, he was only able to come on in the second half in Paris.Neymar did assisted PSG’s two goals in the tie but he…
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has told he is interested in the services of Portuguese midfielder, Bernardo Silva.The Spanish manager has named the 27-year-old among his summer transfer targets, including Chelsea’s trio of Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta and Andres Christensen.Bernardo Silva has been one of City’s best player since joining from Monaco in the summer of 2017.The former Benfica player in the concluded season enjoyed his most productive season in front of goals, netting eight times in the league to help City leapfrog Liverpool to the title.Xavi has confessed he want the midfielder in Barcelona but it will it highly unlikely…
Paul Pogba is leaving Manchester United and probably returning to Juventus, the same club that took him away from Old Trafford for free and sold him there for what was a world record transfer fee in 2016.Six years after Manchester United, under Jose Mourinho spent £89 million to bring him back to the club, it is without a doubt a regrettable decision as the Frenchman never really played the class that made United reunite with him.Maybe the club did benefitted from their percentage on the player’s image rights and other endorsements he won them but it was because of the…
Real Madrid midfielder, Isco has announced he is leaving the club as a free agent this summer after nine successful years in the Spanish capital.Isco, joined Real Madrid from Malaga in the summer of 2013 for a fee in the region of €30 million, becoming Carlo Ancelotti’s first signing at the club.He has gone on to make 353 appearances for Los Blancos, scoring 53 goals and 53 assists, winning 19 trophies.His role in the team has however been limited over the past few seasons, including just 11 starts in La Liga in the last two seasons combined. He has now…
Bayern Munich has announced that French midfielder, Corentin Tolisso will leave the club this summer after the end of a five year contract which will not be renewed.The Midfielder, 27, who joined the Bundesliga winners in 2017 from French side Olympic Lyon for what was a club record fee of £35.2 million has struggled to live up to the hype despite having a stunning debut season in Germany.Injuries has limited the former Lyon man to only 23 Bundesliga starts in four seasons and with the five years contract signed in the summer of 2017 running out this summer, the Bavarians…
Ivan Perisic will travel to London on Monday in order to undergo a medical ahead of his move to Tottheham Hotspur as a free agent.The Croatian is set to become a Spurs player after Antonio Conte utilizes his stance to influence the players decision, and in the end, he turned down a new contract from Inter in favour of a move to England.Chelsea were in pole position to sign him up before Tottenham entered the race but having played under Conte in Inter Milan’s Scudetto win in the 2020/21 season, the relationship between Perisic and the Italian was key.The 33-year-old…
French star, Christopher Nkunku has admitted he is opened to a summer move away from RB Leipzig this summer as he continues to be linked with European giants.The former PSG teenager enjoyed a stellar individual campaign with the German side, contributing to 55 goals in 51 appearances, which included a Champions League hat-trick against Manchester City at the Ethiad and one in the final of the DFB-Pokal against Freiburg.His seven goals in the Champions League this season is only bettered by four players, despite Leipzig’s early elimination from the group stages and in a tough group of PSG and Manchester…
Jose Peseiro’s era as the boss of that Super Eagles of Nigeria kicked off in the early hours of Sunday at the AT & T stadium in Texas against Mexico’s El Tri.The much anticipated game by Nigerians, which has seen the Portuguese called up a host of home based players stated with Europe based players making the starting XI.Mexico scored an early lead in the 12th minute of the contest as Cruz Azul striker, Santiago Gimenez scored with a shot into the bottom left corner from close range.His initial strike was saved by Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzohor but the ball…
Real Madrid and Liverpool clash in yet another Champions League final for only the third time in the history of the club.The two are arguably the biggest names in the competition with Spanish giants, Real winning the title a 13 record times while Liverpool’s six titles is only bettered by their opponent and AC Milan.However, in recent times, it is this two that has stand out among peers, with Los Blancos reaching a fifth final in eight years while Liverpool for the third time in five years.Ahead of the final tonight in Paris, we take a look at some interesting…