Manchester United are struggling to sell tickets for Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Young Boys at Old Trafford. United can book their place in the knockout rounds with victory over the Swiss champions but the club have failed to sell out and are offering tickets on general sale. Tickets priced between £45 and £58 are available in three of the four sides of the stadium for the game on Tuesday. United are on the brink of qualification from Group H after a dramatic 2-1 win over Juventus in Turin. But Jose Mourinho’s team have failed to score in their two…
Author: David Folami
Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof is expected to miss about a month due to a thigh injury he picked up against Crystal Palace on Saturday. “Victor [has] a proper injury that will keep him out for a while,” said United boss Jose Mourinho ahead of the team’s Champions League match against Swiss side Young Boys. “[Phil] Jones, [Chris] Smalling and [Eric] Bailly are the three [defenders] we have. He has a muscular problem and muscular problem takes time.” The Swede limped off at the end of Saturday’s draw and missed Monday’s training, and will undergo a scan on Tuesday. “I…
Jose Mourinho has told his Manchester United players to “stay at home” if they cannot handle the pressure of playing at Old Trafford. United have won just three of their nine home games in all competitions this season, including a dire 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, but can book their place in the knockout phase of the Champions League with a win when Young Boys visit on Tuesday night. “If you feel pressure, stay at home — and when I say home I don’t say stadium home, I say home home and watch on TV,” Mourinho told a…
Santiago Solari said he expected his team to pass another “test by fire” in Tuesday’s Champions League Group G game at Roma. Solari won all four games as interim Madrid coach but his first game since being confirmed in the position full-time brought an embarrassing 3-0 La Liga reverse at Eibar on Saturday, in a performance just as poor as any during predecessor Julen Lopetegui’s ill-fated short time in charge. Both Madrid and Roma have nine points each going into Tuesday’s game at the Estadio Olimpico, and the Argentine was asked at the pre-game news conference about how he views…
Paris Saint-Germain are winning their race to have Neymar and Kylian Mbappe fit to face Liverpool in Champions League Group C on Wednesday after the superstar pair trained with their teammates on Monday, sources have said. The Brazil and France internationals were substituted with injuries while playing for their countries in friendlies last Tuesday, and their participation in the potentially decisive encounter has since been the subject of intense speculation. The Ligue 1 giants said the next day that Mbappe had bruised his shoulder while Neymar had strained his right adductor with 48-hour treatment periods required for both before further…
Tickets for Manchester United’s home game against Juventus (and Cristiano Ronaldo) last month were going for £250 on the black market. For Tuesday’s Champions League game against Young Boys, they are still on general sale. There will be empty seats — a rare sight for a Champions League game at Old Trafford — though we’re not talking vacant blocks like at Manchester City, who were derided for their 41,000 crowd in their Champions League opener against Lyon. Manchester United’s matchgoing support has a pretty solid bedrock — Barcelona and Real Madrid, the other two clubs who can call themselves the…
Phil Foden is “definitely ready” for the pressure of starting the Champions League clash with Lyon, according to Pep Guardiola, after Manchester City were hit by a number of injury setbacks in midfield. City are already without Kevin De Bruyne, who is working his way back from a knee injury, and neither Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva travelled with the squad to France on Monday. Silva has a slight injury from the international break with Portugal while Gundogan has damaged a bone in his foot. The pair are not expected to be out for long but it could mean a…
Barcelona will be without more than half a dozen first-team players for Wednesday’s Champions League game against PSV Eindhoven after Luis Suarez and Arthur were added to their injury list. Suarez will be out for two weeks after aggravating a knee problem and is also set to miss the games against Villarreal, Cultural Leonesa and Espanyol. However, the former Liverpool forward should be back for Tottenham’s Champions League visit to the Camp Nou on Dec. 12. Midfielder Arthur will sit out the PSV game with an abdominal injury, but Barca hope he will be fit to face Villarreal on Sunday.…
Andres Iniesta has described the depression he suffered after winning the Treble with Barcelona in the 2008-09 season. Iniesta, now at Vissel Kobe, said he had struggled in the months following their success after his friend Dani Jarque, a former Espanyol captain, died of heart failure during preseason preparations. In his biography “The Artist: Being Iniesta,” published in 2016, he wrote that in such difficult situations people could do “crazy” things. Asked by La Sexta TV whether he had meant the possibility of taking his own life, he said: “Yes, you are talking about very extreme situations. Not because I…
Seyi Shay says American rappers, Meek Mill and Ludacris, were “blown away” when they listened to her new album project in Atlanta, US. The Nigerian singer said the duo was among a number of artistes and producers who came to the studio after she recorded for eight weeks. In an interview with Accelerate TV, Shay said she is delighted to be a part of the Afrobeats movement that is “taking over the world”. Describing the music scene in Atlanta, she said: “I was in the studio for about 8 weeks or so and on the sixth week, I think, the…
Nicki Minaj announced her next release a few days ago. Her “Good Form” remix assisted by Lil Wayne is set to drop on November 29. The rapper offered her fans a reminder of the upcoming single with a shamelessly sweet shot that embodies the song’s reference to eating cookies. The Queen artist uploaded a picture of herself posing in a gigantic bowl of…milk? At least this is what the massive cookie suspended over the cream would suggest. The sunscreen-like consistency, though peculiar, adds significant shine to the visuals. Her assets peak out of the molten mass, glistening in the light.…
Snoop Dogg’s legendary debut turns twenty-five, and it still sounds amazing. The Doggfather. Uncle Snoop. “Todd.” The legendary Snoop Dogg goes by many names. Yet regardless of what you call him, Snoop has proven himself to be, without discussion, one of the most enduring and iconic figures in the entire music industry. Everyone loves him, from suburban parents to Long Beach crips. Yet such admiration did not flourish overnight. Sometimes, it feels like some young fans take Snoop’s musical legacy for granted; it’s hard to blame them, as he’s become such a recognizable cultural presence, far beyond the scope of…
It’s already one of the most widely anticipated movies of next year, with a star-studded cast and controversial story-line. And Margot Robbie was spotted on the set of the upcoming flick about Roger Ailes – the disgraced former boss of Fox News. The 28-year-old actress was seen making a phone call as she filmed scenes in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. She plays Kayla Pospisil, a fictional associate producer for Fox News. The Wolf of Wolf Street beauty flashed her legs in a knee-skimming flared skirt, and black heels. Her blonde tresses were loose, with a braid pinned around the…
Even though Thor is the most famous holder of Mjolnir, many others in the Marvel Universe have been able to lift the hammer if they’ve proven themselves worthy of wielding the power of the God of Thunder. Today, Brie Larson, the star of next year’s Captain Marvel, proved herself to be worthy in a light-hearted video directed towards Chris Hemsworth, the MCU’s Thor. On Larson’s Twitter, she posted a video that shows a repeating six-second loop of herself lifting and swinging a 16-pound sledgehammer towards what appears to be a slab of concrete, acting like she was wielding Thor’s uru…
From the large presence of fans who came to visit her at a club in Abuja, Blac Chyna would have learned on her first visit to Nigeria that she is adored but that didn’t keep her away from trouble. Many who appreciated the worth of the model stacked themselves at the party house to get a glimpse of her. A male admirer came too close to her and gets a feisty response as he tries to initiate a conversation. In a video the model leans away from the stranger who was persistent. He goes on to mumble some words to…
Blac Chyna’s mum, Tokyo Toni has come to her rescue as she slams those who have accused her of coming to Nigeria to sell her skin lightening cream products. An obviously angry Tokyo took to her Instagram page on Sunday, November 25, 2018, where she posted a video. In the video, she said the reason some people are angry over her visit to Nigeria is that of their inability to afford $250 cream. She went on to tag the video with a caption’ “Get the dirt off your face“ is a METAPHOR obviously . #tokyotoni #chyna.” Tokyo Toni’s recent lashing…
Toke Makinwa wants you all to know that she is no longer into dark ‘chocolatey’ men, rather she is opened to meeting just anyone. The media personality made this confession known via her Instagram page on Sunday, November 25, 2018. According to her, she no longer finds dark chocolate guys attractive. “Congrats TM you are growing. I no longer have a spec. I find dark chocolatey guys not attractive anymore. The lord is good,” she wrote. Well, light-skinned brothers who have been crushing on Toke…the gates of heaven have been opened for you guys, slide into her DM and do…
At the graveside where ex-girlfriend Kim Porter was to be buried, Diddy cuts a sad figure as he ponders about the devastating loss. He describes Porter who died on Thursday, November 15, 2018, as the “truest definition of a MOTHER” in a post tweet he posted on Saturday, November 24, 2018 — the day the model and mother of his kids was buried. The deceased was laid to rest in a golden casket according to a report by TMZ. Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s going on’ plays as a procession of mourners escorted Kim Porter from the funeral home to be buried…
Wizkid was the headline act at the first edition of the Booth Fest concert in South Africa which went down over the weekend. The event which was held on Saturaday, November 24th at the Golden Harvest Park in Randburg featured a number of top South African artists like AKA, Distruction Boyz, Riky Rick, Babes Wodumo, Superstar Ace and more. The concert which witnessed a massive turnout was hosted by Idols SA judge, Somizi Mhlongo and Mbali Nkosi. Despite the complaints of technical failings which affected the sound at the concert, Wizkid assisted by DJ Spinall and a live band was…
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has said that President Buhari is not a materialistic person. The monarch said this in an interview with Vanguard recently. According to reports, Oba Akiolu also called on politicians who don’t want to hear the truth not to come to his palace. “It’s unfortunate that Buhari did not stay long as Head of State in 1984, Nigeria would have been better. Buhari is one of the few, politicians who are not materialistic. “Majority of them are ‘grab –grab’ politicians. Let me use this medium to tell all those politicians moving about because election is…