The gunners endured another horrid afternoon at Brighton as the home side come from behind to snatch all three points. On the back of their mid-week 3-0 loss to Manchester City, the gunners conceded a late winner to Brighton who have not win in the league since the turn of the year. The London club started the match brightly but lost goalkeeper Bernd Leno to injury in the 36th minute when he collided into striker Neal Maupay and had to be carried off on a stretcher. Pepe gave Arsenal the lead in the 68th minute but Lewis Dunk equalises for…
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has confirmed that German winger Leroy Sane will not extend his contract at the club. Guardiola said: “Leroy said he doesn’t want to extend his contract. If he wants to leave and it is going to happen this summer or at the end of the contract.” “The club talked to me a few times, he rejected his contract so he wants to play at another club.” “I think everybody knows and if at the end of this season an agreement can be found he will leave, if not he will leave at the end of…
Arsenal Striker Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang says the decision he has to make on whether signing a new contract with the club or not is the most important decision he has ever had to make in his career so far. The Gabonnese told French football programme Telefoot: ” I haven’t had an offer recently, but I did speak to the club quite a few months ago, and the know why nothing has happened yet.” “It’s a turning point in my career and I want to be honest with everyone.” “They [Arsenal] have the keys. It is up to them to do their…
Despite reports that surfaced in January that Spanish giants Real Madrid have agreed personal terms with the Midfielder, it appears the Premier League will be Donny Van De Beek’s destination. When denying any agreement with Madrid, the 23-year old said: “It makes no sense, I can’t control what people say. I think it is premature. I have often said: I will not hurry; I am fine here. If it happens, it happens.” Real Madrid have been linked with a number of Midfield players with one of their top targets being Manchester United’s Paul Pogba while United are also interested in…
Trent Alexander Arnold despite being one of the most excited and talented full backs currently in the game of football, the Liverpool legend and former midfielder has come out to say that he doesn’t see the 21 year old ever winning the renowned award. This latest comments comes in disagreement with the assessments made by Cafu who said someday the Liverpool academy graduate will be recognised as the World’s best player. The Brazilian legend who also played as a right back during his time made this statement while speaking to FIFA’s official website. His words -“He’s a sensational player, a…
Since signing for Real Madrid in January 2015 for a reported fee believed to be around the region of €4m, Martin Ødegaard has hardly been seen in the White and Black of Los Merengues. The Norwegian international made just one La Liga appearance for Real when he became the club’s youngest debutant at 16years and 157days old, coming on as a 58th minute substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo on the final day of the 2014-15 season. He spent his first two and a half years in Madrid with the Castilla before moving out on loan to Dutch side Heerenveen before the…
Bayern Munich came from 1-0 down to beat Leverkusen 4-2 in the BundesLiga matchday 30 as Leipzig fumble at home against Paderborn. Lucas Alario gave Leverkusen the lead in the 10th minute after being played through by Julian Baumgartlinger. Bayern however, responds three minutes from the half hour mark as Leon Goretzka played Coman through. Three minutes to go to halftime, Goretzka turns a goal scorer as he was set up by Thomas Müller who recorded his 19th assists of the season. Gnabry makes it 3-1 to Bayern in the added minutes of the first half, capitalising on Leverkusen’s sloppy…
First match of the BundesLiga matchday 30 sees fourth place Borussia Monchengladbach travel to Freiburg on Friday night and the match was settled by the instant impact of substitute Nils Peterson. The 31year old Midfielder replaced Rolland Sallai seconds before steering Vincenzo Grifo’s free-kick into the back of the net with his head. The result now give Leverkusen, who hosts league leaders Bayern Munich in one of the early kick offs on Saturday the opportunity to go second with a win or go above Gladbach with a draw as the race for champions league place next season intensify. 11th place…
Timo Werner to Chelsea seems imminent as BILD SPORT confirms that The Blues are close to completing a deal of fee around €60m for the German striker. Werner, who has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, has been reported to almost completing a move to Premier League rivals. Chelsea are desperately in need of a striker after the dip in form of Tammy Abraham which has seen Oliver Giroud start for the blues in their recent games before the suspension of matches have maybe convinced the RB Leipzig man to choose them over the current European champion. With…
Odion Ighalo has committed to do everything he can to take Manchester United “higher and higher” after the extension of his loan from Shanghai Shenhua. The Nigerian striker is expected to stay at Old Trafford until the end of January, 2021 after United had signed a new deal with his parent club in China Before the suspension of the Premier League, Ighalo who joined Manchester United in January had scored an impressive 4 goals in 8 appearances in all competitions “I’m really happy,” Ighalo said. “It’s a dream for me to be here. I’m buzzing and ready to go. Since…