Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken publicly for the first time since emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage, thanking everyone for their support. On Thursday, Manchester United posted a video from Ferguson to say thank you as he continues to recover. “Hello just a quick message, first of all to thank the medical staff at Macclesfield, Salford Royal and Alexandra hospitals,” Ferguson said. “Believe me, without those people, who gave me such great care, I would not be sitting here today. So thank you from me and my family. Thank you very much. “It has made me feel so humble, as…
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Miralem Pjanic is not taking any notice of rumours surrounding his future amid reports Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City are lining up bids. However, speaking at Adidas’ flagship store in New York, Pjanic said he was paying no attention to transfer gossip, although he stopped short of saying he will definitely be staying at Juve. “I listen to a lot of things that are not true,” Pjanic said. “I’m cool. I’m preparing my new season. That’s what’s the most important. What I did the last two seasons for Juventus was really great, and I am happy what I’m doing here.…
Barcelona’s new signing Malcom has said he pulled out of a move to Roma at the last minute to fulfil his dream of emulating Ronaldinho and Neymar’s success at the Camp Nou. Malcom, 21, says his conscience is clear, though, and that there was only ever one option for him once the La Liga champions came in. “I was always relaxed about the situation, my agents were in charge of it all,” the Brazilian forward said as he was officially presented as a Barca player at Nike’s headquarters on Thursday. “I had the chance to sign for Barcelona and since…
Beppe Marotta has said he is considering the future of Gonzalo Higuain amid reports he could move to AC Milan. Milan and Chelsea have both been linked to Higuain, who set a league record with 36 goals under Maurizio Sarri in 2015-16 and has scored 55 times across two seasons with Juve. “He is still an important player for us, but now we obviously have greater competition [up front], but he is a professional and we are evaluating his future together with the people who represent him,” Marotta told Sky Sport Italia. “We have a great deal of respect for…
Unai Emery has said midfielder Alex Iwobi is close to signing a contract extension. Iwobi, 22, came through the club’s Hale End academy before establishing himself as a first-team regular under Arsene Wenger. “I have the information — he is near,” Emery said at a news conference in Singapore ahead of Saturday’s preseason game against Paris Saint-Germain. “My information is that he is going to sign and continue with us.” Iwobi, Mesut Ozil and Mohamed Elneny joined up with their teammates for the flight to Singapore after their post-World Cup breaks but did not play in the friendly against Atletico…
Jurgen Klopp has dismissed Jose Mourinho’s suggestion that he is under pressure to guide Liverpool to the Premier League title this season after heavy investment in the transfer market. Mourinho recently said that Klopp must earn his first honour as Liverpool manager in 2018-19 following the big-money signings of Naby Keita, Fabinho and goalkeeper Alisson this summer. And Klopp laughed off Mourinho’s comments, stating that moves in the transfer market do not necessarily guarantee success. “One of my biggest goals in life is to make Jose smile — it doesn’t happen very often,” he said. “I don’t even think it…
Daniel Sturridge has said that he regards his return to Liverpool like a second chance with a girlfriend, insisting he still loves the club and is ready to help Jurgen Klopp’s team end their wait for silverware. “I’ve never had any issues with anybody at the club,” Sturridge said. “I’ve never had any issues with the manager, with the staff. I love it here. I love the players, but sometimes you have to do something for you. “It’s the same as, I don’t know, if you’ve been with a woman for a long time, and then you’re like, ‘Man, I…
Daniele Rugani’s agent has confirmed Chelsea have made a “pretty big offer” for his client, but Juventus are unwilling to let him go. Italy international Rugani — who won the Serie B Player of the Year under Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri at Empoli in 2013-14 — appeared close to making a move to Stamford Bridge. However, Davide Torchia, his agent, claims Juventus don’t want to sell him because they see him as an important player. “I can tell you the truth about Daniele,” Torchia told Radio Vecchia Signora when asked about Chelsea’s interest. “Sarri holds the player in very high…
Barcelona remain interested in Paris Saint-Germain’s Adrien Rabiot but are aware it could prove difficult to sign the midfielder this summer, sources have said. Barca’s new sporting director Eric Abidal, therefore, travelled tothe French capital earlier this month in an attempt to improve the relationship between the clubs. However, the Catalan side are not optimistic about things changing this summer and may have to wait until next year to sign Rabiot, when he would be available for free if he doesn’t sign a new deal in Paris. PSG have so far refused to open a line of negotiation for Rabiot,…
Matteo Darmian wants to leave Manchester United even if Antonio Valencia and Diogo Dalot are ruled out for the start of the season. The Italian said he has given up hope of becoming a regular under Mourinho and is determined to leave. “I don’t think the injury of Antonio is a big injury. I don’t know how long he needs to stay out, but at the moment he is the captain, he’s first choice,” Darmian said. “I want to play more regularly. Last season, I didn’t play much — that’s my objective and my ambition. That’s why I spoke with…
Lanre Dabiri popularly known as elDee believes that most wealthy Nigerians today didn’t get rich from hardwork and long-suffering but from sheer luck. The retired musician now based in the United States also holds the opinion that as a result of this, they cannot serve as mentors or offer valuable business advice to young entrepreneurs. “We don’t have enough mentors for our young entrepreneurs because many of our wealthy folks weren’t business savvy, they were simply lucky,.. lucky to have a friend/uncle/brother in govt & able to usurp opportunities./resources illegally. “They simply “hammered”. You can’t teach luck and that’s why…
An upcoming music act, Omeje Chidiebere, David, also known as Chidokeyz, who was mistaken for the brother of Chioma, the girlfriend of superstar artiste, Davido, has denied sharing any blood relations with her (Chioma). Chidokeyz, who recently released a song titled ‘With You’, featuring Davido, said that Chioma is not his sister as rumoured. He said, “I woke up one evening to see that I was tagged on a post which had gone viral in less than 10 minutes saying I’m Chioma’s brother.’ “I had to push for the news to be taken down because personally I don’t know the…
Kizz Daniel, has finally cleared the air on why Harrysong recorded another version of his latest song, ‘Selense’, with Iyanya and Dice Ailes, and stopped promoting the original version which featured himself and Reekado Banks. Recall that Harrysong claimed he recorded another version of the song because Kizz Daniel had refused to work with Reekado Banks over an unsettled beef between both artistes. Speaking through a member of his management team who wouldn’t want his name in print, Kizz Daniel said contrary to Harrysong’s claim he has no beef with Reekado Banks. He explained the reason behind his refusal to…
Notable pan-African talent and event management agency, the Temple Management Company, has signed on one of the pacesetters of modern hip hop music in Nigeria, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan. Both parties put pen to paper on July 7 at the Temple Management office in Lagos. Expressing his glee at the new partnership, Sound Sultan remarked: “I am amazed at how much this organization has achieved within a short space of time and I excitedly look forward to a fruitful, interesting and successful journey with this new management team. Before joining the Temple Management, looking from the outside,…
African Muzik Magazine Awards and Music Festival (AFRIMMA) has released the full nominees list for the 5th edition of the award that celebrates African stars in entertainment and sports. Ahead of the event scheduled to hold on October 7, at the House of Blues, Dallas, Texas, AFRIMMA has released the nominees list for the 2018 awards. Nigerian artistes, Davido and Wizkid are up against each other in three categories as the superstars were both nominated in the Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male West Africa categories respectively. Other Artistes that were also nominated for the…
If you were Blinded by the white hot intensity of a thousand supernovas that is Fenty’s new sterling-shaded highlight earlier this week, allow me to catch you up on some Riri ~content~ you might’ve missed. The ruler of all that is good and pure beauty mogul and Oceans Eleven star took to Instagram Wednesday to debut a playful, low-maintenance look for summer: an asymmetrical bob (which you might not have noticed if you were staring at that coral Savage X Fenty bra, because same). “Summertime flexin in my Candy Apple Red,” she wrote of the new style, shaking out her…
Drake’s new album Scorpion is all over YouTube and Instagram right now, in part thanks to a challenge issued by Instagrammer TheShiggyShow, which has people dancing to “In My Feelings.” The song mentions a character named Keke, and the “Keke Challenge” meme has become a viral sensation. While it can be performed anywhere, some of the biggest videos have people stepping out of moving cars to boogie in the streets. That particular version of the meme — an echo of an earlier viral fad referred to as “ghost-riding the whip” — has gotten bad enough that a government agency has…
Before there was #WhoBitBeyonce, there was the mystery behind “Becky with the good hair.” In her 2016 song “Sorry” off her “Lemonade” album, Beyoncé had name-checked husband Jay-Z’s alleged mistress with the lyric, “He only want me when I’m not there/He better call Becky with the good hair.” It set off much speculation about who the other woman might be. At the time designer Rachel Roy had to deny it was her after the Beyhive swarmed her social media accounts. Jay-Z even rapped on his song “Family Feud” last year, “Let me alone Becky.” Now Gwyneth Paltrow’s name is being…
Wendy Williams is defending herself against accusations that she is especially harsh in her criticism of Black women on her daily talk show. “I’ve heard that. But it’s not true,” The Wendy Williams Show host told Cosmopolitan. “Those people are saying the wrong thing—it’s what they would like to believe, you see. Because I’m up here, so the only place that I can go is down.” Williams is known for her fun, yet shady antics during the popular “Hot Topics” segment of her show. But she says that she is an equal opportunity critic when it comes to “dumb” behavior.…
Celebrity best friends, actress Genevieve Nnaji and supermodel Oluchi Onweagba are in Venezia, Italy, on a “mini friendscation” and judging from the photos shared on their respective Instagram pages, they are having a helluva time there. The lovelies look all shades of stunning as they pose for the cameras in their lovely casual summer outfits – Genevieve shows off some thighs and we’re definitely here for it. They look like they’re having a blast.