French international striker Antoine Griezmann said Monday he had a six out of 10 chance of moving to Manchester United from Atletico Madrid. After saying a transfer to the English Premier League was “possible”, 26-year-old Griezmann was asked to rate the possibility out of 10. “Six,” he said without hesitation on French television channel TMC. Atletico are likely to be powerless over top-scorer Griezmann’s ability to leave with a number of clubs willing to meet his 100 million euro ($109 million) buyout clause. Griezmann joined this season’s losing Champions League semi-finalists Atletico in 2014 for 30million euros after five seasons…
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Liverpool vice-captain James Mlner admits qualifying for the Champions League is only a step in their development and the most important thing now is to start winning trophies. A top-four finish, which puts the Reds into an August playoff to reach Europe’s elite club competition outright, was the minimum requirement at the start of the season after only one previous appearance in the p ast seven years. However, Milner went through a similar process with Manchester City and while he accepts making the Champions League represents progress, he insists the biggest strides are made by winning silverware. Jurgen Klopp’s side…
Arsenal must focus on keeping Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil at the club before trying to strengthen other areas of the team for next season, goalkeeper Peter Cech has said. Arsenal’s leading goalscorer Sanchez and playmaker Ozil are out of contract in 2018 and talks on an extension have been put on hold until the end of the season. “The main thing is we need to keep the team together and try to strengthen it in the areas where the manager would like to, and then we will be ready to go again,” Cech told British media. Arsenal failed to…
David Moyes has resigned as Sunderland manager following their relegation from the Premier League, the club announced on Monday. The 54-year-old Scot succeeded Sam Allardyce last July and oversaw a desperate season that saw Sunderland finish 16 points adrift of safety at the foot of the table. “I would like to thank (chairman) Ellis Short and the board for giving me the opportunity to manage Sunderland and the fans for always being so passionately supportive of their club,” Moyes said in a statement. “I wish the players and my successor well in their efforts towards promotion back to the Premier…
MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly in advanced discussions with Monaco star Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese playmaker’s talents have attracted interest from the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona. French outlet Le 10 Sport claimed last month that Jose Mourinho was determined to sign Silva this summer as he bids to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford. Canal+ suggested that United moved ahead of Barcelona and Real this week, with the Red Devils in pole position to sign him. The report said Manchester United completed the necessary groundwork by holding informal discussions with the relevant parties. However, Canal+…
The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide on Sunday commended the Federal Government for renaming the Federal University, Oye Ekiti after the late Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo. Aremo Oladotun Hassan, the founder and President of the council, who gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the late Adebayo deserved the recognition and more. NAN reports that the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, had announced the government’s decision to rename the university on Saturday at the burial service of the late general in Ekiti. The acting President said the honour was done to immortalise…
Dencia stopped people in their tracks with her look to the 2017 Billboard Music Awards . The singer who loves to make an appearance at the Billboard Awards 2017 held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas easily stood out again this year in an edgy look. Already causing a stir, the look took a cue from her past Billboard Awards red carpet looks as she sports a jumpsuit in black and yellow with sprinkles complete with a power puff edgy shoulder with a matching headwrap. She paired the look with towering spiky heels with soft makeup look.
Nollywood actress Funke Akindele-Bello has jumped on the low cut trend. Akindele, who is now a household name due to the success of her moral driven drama series, “Jenifa’s Diary”, showed off her new haircut via Snapchat on May 22, 2017. It’s however not clear if she cut her hair for a movie role. JJC and Funke recently moved into their new home in Amen estate. The lovebirds who whisked themselves away for a private wedding back in August, 2016, are obviously smitten with each other. On August 30, 2016, the couple released a press statement explaining why Funke Akindele…
Korede Bello comes through with a video for love song ‘Butterfly’ off his debut album “Belloved”. Video directed by Patrick Elis sees Korede in his usual romantic mushy element. Enjoy.
The presidency has revealed that it will present achievements of President Buhari’s administration to Nigerians on May 29, 2017. The acting President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, May 21, 2017. Speaking on the presidential level report card, Akande said “Here at this national event, we shall be updating Nigerians on the progress so far attained, how we are addressing some challenges and how President Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes would be significantly expanded going forward. “Here at this national event, we shall be updating Nigerians on the progress so far attained, how we are addressing some…
Governor Nyesom Wike has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government had a plan to remove him from office. The Governor also said that God delivered him from all the evil plans of the ruling party. Wike said the government planned to rig March 19, and December 10, 2016 legislative rerun elections so they could impeach him. He said this during a thanksgiving service organised to celebrate the second year anniversary of his administration in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. According to Daily Post, Wike said “They wanted to use the rerun elections to get enough state lawmakers to…
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that Babachir Lawal, and Ayodele Oke remain suspended. Oke was the head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), while Lawal was the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Buhari suspended the two top government officials, following allegations of corruption levelled against Lawal, and the discovery of N13b in an Ikoyi apartment, reportedly belonging to the NIA. The President also set up a panel headed by Osinbajo to investigate the allegations and submit a report. There are unconfirmed reports that Osinbajo submitted the report of the investigative panel to Buhari before he travelled…
Pep Guardiola insisted that Manchester City are “decades” behind Europe’s largest clubs despite the 5-0 win away to injury-hit Watford that clinched Champions League qualification. The City manager was delighted with the result on the final day of the Premier League season for one of the richest clubs in world football, but former Barcelona and Bayern Munich head coach Guardiola said that wealth did not count as much as experience and status. “When Real Madrid and Barcelona want one player other teams cannot compete,” said the Spaniard. “It’s not just money. It’s Real and Barca. (Money) is not enough. To…
Hull City manager Marco Silva will decide on his future at the relegated club at a meeting with the owners on Wednesday after his side ended their Premier League campaign with a pitiful 7-1 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Hull’s impressive home league record under Silva, who replaced Mike Phelan in January, came undone as they buckled under pressure to lose three of their last five league matches to confirm their relegation to the Championship. “I will talk to the owners on Wednesday then I will speak to the players and the fans,” Silva told reporters after the…
Despite the joy of helping seal Real Madrid’s 33rd La Liga title on Sunday, Cristiano Ronaldo slammed his treatment by the media, saying he is not “the devil” he is made out to be. Ronaldo scored his 40th goal of the season inside two minutes as Madrid won 2-0 at Malaga to depose Barcelona as Spanish champions. However, when questioned about a gesture he made to Celta Vigo players in Madrid’s 4-1 win over the Galicians on Wednesday insinuating Celta had been offered bonuses to damage Madrid’s title charge, Ronaldo turned on the press pack. “People say things about me…
Victoria Kimani has premiered a brand new joint titled ‘My body’. This is her latest release since she dropped her debut album, “Safari” under former label, Chocolate City. The track was produced by Zimbabwe’s Mr. Kamera and co-written by MC Galaxy. Download and listen!
Five keys to Juventus’s title success this season: Recruitment Juventus’s path to a record sixth consecutive ‘scudetto’, and a possible treble of trophies, has been a steady work in progress but the Turin club’s recruitment policy, particularly last summer, was key. Although coach Massimiliano Allegri picked his targets, most of the credit will go to general director Beppe Marotta, who thanks to some shrewd negotiating added quality to the squad — and at a cut-price cost. Snapping up Paul Pogba on a free transfer from Manchester United in 2012 and then selling the emerging French star back to the Premier…
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been warned against making mockery of the health of president Muhammadu Buhari. O’odua Progressives Youth Movement, which handed this warning to the ex-minister, said his recent comments suggest that he is one of those planning to lure the military to overthrow Buhari. In an article on Thursday, May 18, 2019, entitled ‘The ringing of coup bells and a cause for deep concern,’ Fani-Kayode noted that ever since 1966, the northern ruling class had always effected a coup d’etat whenever they feel sufficiently threatened with the loss of power. “They would rather have…
Executive producer and star of Power 50 Cent was left furious late last year when the show was overlooked for even a single Golden Globes nomination. A report from Deadline suggests that Fiddy had every right to be upset — it turns out that Power is second only to HBO’s flagship show Game Of Thrones in terms of premium cable show ratings. Last season’s premier racked up 2.26 million viewers — the highest ever for the Starz network. The news gets better, with the report also revealing that with other platforms and delayed viewership being taken into account, each episode…
This penultimate episode of The Flash‘s third season was filled with secrets, surprises and reunions. But after all of that, it finally presented what we’ve all been dreading all season — the death of Iris West. Or did it? While the episode seemingly ended with Savitar killing Iris, as Team Flash feared he would, there’s a chance the episode also introduced the means of her likely salvation. Early in the episode, Flash recruits Captain Cold from his time among the Legends to help him break into A.R.G.U.S., where a piece of the Dominators technology, the last component Team Flash needs…