Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has hailed new head coach Unai Emery and said the club had “stagnated” under Arsene Wenger. “He’s a really good coach,” Aubameyang said. “In Paris, it’s never very easy. There’s a huge amount of pressure… I know he did really good work with Sevilla and with PSG too.” Aubameyang only joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in January and admitted that there is always “apprehension” when there is a change of manager. But he said he is looking forward to hearing the Spaniard’s ideas and revealed that he is excited for the future. “I think it’s a little bit…
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Yaya Toure believes he can play at the top level for two more seasons and would not rule out a move to Manchester United, saying he would like to “teach” Paul Pogba. “Let’s see, let’s see,” Toure told the Manchester Evening News when asked about being a potential replacement for the retiring Michael Carrick at United. “I don’t rule big teams out. The big teams are very important for me. What they want to achieve, the way they want to go, for me is very important. I want to go somewhere I can win and achieve. “It’s going to be…
Cristiano Ronaldo has shrugged off new reports of Real Madrid’s interest in Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar, saying the club are linked to “50 players” each year but their all-star attack remains the same. “I don’t know — I am not in charge of these things,” he said. “I’ve been here eight years and they always talk about 50 players, and in the end nobody comes. “But those who reach the finals, who win things, are always the same. The best players are here at Real Madrid — [Gareth] Bale, Karim [Benzema], [Marco] Asensio … they are all here.” Earlier this year,…
Manchester United are determined to resist attempts by Tottenham to include Anthony Martial in any deal for Toby Alderweireld, sources have said. United are keen to take advantage of Alderweireld’s contract standoff with Tottenham to bring the defender to Old Trafford this summer. Spurs, meanwhile, hold an interest in 22-year-old Martial, who has become frustrated at a lack of opportunities following Alexis Sanchez’s arrival in January. But while sources have confirmed Tottenham are resigned to losing Alderweireld, United are hopeful of keeping hold of Martial and will only listen to offers if he pushes for a move. Martial, who started…
Ivan Gazidis has promised to back new head coach Unai Emery with “all the resources of the club” in the transfer market, and said the Spaniard earned the job with the help of an “extremely impressive” interview and “a chemistry between us.” “All the money has always been available for our manager. And that will continue to be,” said Gazidis, who presented Emery to the media on Wednesday after leading the effort to find Wenger’s successor. “All of the resources of the club will be available for Unai to develop the team.” The Arsenal CEO outlined the search by saying…
Brazil midfielder Fred said he is fully focused on the World Cup despite admitting talks over a summer move to Manchester United are at “an advanced stage.” Fred has revealed his representatives, including former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva, have been in contact with the deal-makers at Old Trafford. “Talks have been at an advanced stage since January, if I am not mistaken,” he said. “There was a possible transfer to City. Shortly after, both clubs, City and United talked with Shakhtar and with my agents about a possible transfer. “And if I am not mistaken, there was news of a…
Arsenal’s three-man committee used a silent ballot to pick Unai Emery as their top choice for the head coach job, chief executive Ivan Gazidis has revealed. Gazidis said the meeting between himself, recruitment head Sven Mislintat and director of football relations Raul Sanllehi ended with them ranking their preferred candidates on a piece of of paper — and all three picked Emery as No. 1. “All the way going through the process, Raul and I and Sven spoke to each other as little as possible, because we didn’t want to pollute each other’s viewpoints from the discussions we had,” Gazidis…
Cristiano Ronaldo is sure he never sets out to celebrate goals by whipping his jersey off and flexing his muscles, despite that becoming one of the most iconic images of the Real Madrid star. One of the most memorable scenes in Ronaldo’s self-made 2015 documentary featured him removing his jersey for the camera after scoring a late penalty in the previous year’s Champions League final, with the same topless celebration repeated when he hit the winning spot kick in the 2016 decider. “The women like it,” he said with a laugh on Spanish radio show El Chiringuito de Jugones. “My…
When Rihanna attended the recent Met Gala, she was actually returning to the scene of the crime. The Grammy-winning singer had earlier shot a sequel of the Oceans film franchise that centres on a heist at the annual Met Gala. The memory was particularly amusing for Rihanna, who attended the real gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dripping in pearls and crystals in a Maison Margiela by John Galliano mini-dress, ornate robe and beaded headgear. “I’ve been to the Met Gala so many times, so every time we talk about the Met Gala it was quite a bit of…
Just outside a coffee shop in hipster East London Miles Kane is studiously searching through his phone. One of rock ‘n’ roll’s best connected men is not looking to get hold of one of his many muso/model/footballer mates, however. He is – as it turns out – just looking for somewhere to enjoy a Sunday roast. The LA resident, originally from the Wirral, has been living the California dream for a few years now but is back in town, in his best grey fur jacket, to promote Loaded – his first solo single since 2013’s Better Than That. And though…
Cee-C has spoken about her stay in the Big Brother Naija house, and which housemate she thinks she misjudged. She also spoke about her favourite and least favourite housemate, apologizing to housemates she might have offended and more. On housemate she misjudged “I think it would be Ifu Ennada. I never really connected with her because I felt she was – I just didn’t understand her. But coming out of the house, I found out that she is actually an amazing person.” On favourite and least favourite housemate “Coming out of the house, we are all friends now, we chill…
Adekunle Gold is creating an experience with the release of his sophomore album, ‘About 30’ in a way that his contemporaries have not woken up to. Since the release of his debut effort, Gold in 2016, it has been a journey of exciting times and accomplishments for the singer and all this he aims to capture in his follow up project, About 30 scheduled for release on Friday, May 25 2018. But unlike your regular artiste who when not doing a Beyonce and dropping an album unannounced, goes ahead to advertise a release date, with the only buzz around the…
The Beyonce and Jay-Z rumor mill spun into overdrive last month as fans speculated that the superstar power couple would drop a surprise album (or two) on April 4, their 10-year wedding anniversary. The timing made sense because it would’ve been a nice lead-up to Bey and Jay’s On the Run II Tour, which kicks off June 6 and continues through Oct. 4 with 48 shows across North America and Europe. But instead of releasing new music on April 4, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the couple celebrated their anniversary by reserving the entire rooftop at The NoMad Hotel…
Going by a recent post shared by Tekno, he just may have welcomed his first child. In the post the singer shared via his Instagram page today, Saturday, May 26, 2018, Tekno’s hand can be seen resting on a new born. With the caption, “Skye,” the only plausible explanation seems to be that the “Pana” singer has just become a father. If this is true, we believe congratulations are in order! Big congrats to him.
Late Aisha Abimbola’s husband, Mr Ibrahim Okunola, is finally speaking about the loss of his wife, and as can be expected, it has been a struggle for him. Despite being estranged from the Nollywood actress prior to her death, Mr Okunola made it clear that Aisha was his wife until her death. Okunola said: “It is a lie that we had divorced. We had not lived together for about seven years but we were still legally married till she died. The reason we were separated is a family issue. I would miss her till I die because she was a…
Gifty is not as thrilled with Davido’s “assurance” to his girlfriend, Chioma Avril, as we are. The ex-BBN housemate took to her Snapchat account to throw shades at the “FIA” singer today, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Gifty, accused Davido, without mentioning his name of course, of using his assurance to Chioma as a publicity stunt. You would recall that assurance became the trending topic after Davido went all out on Chioma’s birthday, throwing her a pre birthday bash as well as a birthday dinner. He rounded it up by gifting her with a brand new Porsche reportedly worth $45 million.
Toke Makinwa says during her struggle with fibroid, she removed 12 of them from her womb. The beautiful media personality took to her Instagram page on Friday, May 25, 2018, where she made the revelation She also talked about how scared some people might be scared of going under the knife but advise them to brave up. “12 was the number of Fibroids I had taken out of me on the 3rd of April. Since I opened up about my surgery I have had so many people reach out to me with various questions, I have also read from so…
Tonto Dikeh is slamming those who wouldn’t allow Linda Ikeji to chill. Tonto Dikeh took to her Instagram page on Thursday, May 24, 2018, where wrote quite a long message slamming those who have been calling out the media entrepreneur. “All this negativity is the reason I Jejely went extremely private /personal during my pregnancy… Not even my parents knew until I was 8months and far away from the world negativity and hate. Carrying a baby is a very complicated process let alone carrying a baby with so much hate and negativity… Let this lady breathe, She may not deserve…
Ebenezer Babatope has said he was pained that Chief Iyiola Omisore dumped the party. Babatope made the statement on Saturday, May 26, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Omisore, a one-time governorship candidate of the PDP dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party on May 20. In a statement announcing his defection to SDP, Omisore said he was moving to a credible platform to realise his governorship ambition to “rescue the state from the All Progressives Congress.” The Osun State Chairman of SDP, Mr Ademola Ishola, had on Thursday confirmed Omisore’s membership of the…
The Sen Suleiman Hunkuyi-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State says it is considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The group said it would take the decision “if there is no visible evidence of success in addressing the damaging levels of alienation and frustration among the millions of party faithful in Kaduna State”. Prominent among the group are Sen Shehu Seni, Isah Ashiru former APC governorship aspirant Mr. Mataimaki Tom Maiyashi, among others. Mr. Tom Maiyashi, Chairman of the group, who signed the statement said two recent events…