Jurgen Klopp has insisted that the speculation around Philippe Coutinho’s future is not a distraction for his Liverpool side as they prepare to take on Everton in the third round of the FA Cup. He has stressed that the saga will have no impact on his players against Sam Allardyce’s side. “They are professional football players. Sometimes they are in the middle of the story and sometimes they are sat next to the guy in the dressing room who is in the middle of the story,” he said. “These young boys are used to this from a really early age…
Author: David Folami
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and Marco Alonso of Chelsea are among the contenders for the Premier League player of the month award for December. Harry Kane, Marko Arnautovic, Riyad Mahrez and Nicolas Otamendi are the other players nominated. Lingard gets the nod after scoring five goals in seven games, including important braces against Arsenal and Burnley and the winner against West Brom. Salah is in following a month in which he scored seven times in as many appearances, while Firmino was on target six times. There are six managers nominated with Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola,…
Lukasz Piszczek has said he believes his injury absence played only a minor role in Borussia Dortmund’s struggles since September. “I don’t think the team depends on me. “A lot of things happened at that time, and all of them led to us not being that successful any more. “We never were at 100 percent, not even in the beginning when we still won matches. In the second phase of the first half [of the season], we then ran out of luck.” He said. Piszczek, who joined Dortmund from Hertha Berlin in 2010, is set to return when BVB restart…
Zinedine Zidane has said he was now looking for “regular games” from Gareth Bale, after the fit again galactico marked his first start in four months with a goal in Thursday’s 3-0 Copa del Rey last 16 first leg win at Segunda side Numancia. “It was important to see how [Bale] felt,” Zidane told the post-game news conference. “In the end he played an hour, without problems, feeling physically well. He had played four games with 20 or 30 minutes [off the bench], this was his first start. So we will continue like this. We want him to play regularly…
Ross Barkley will undergo a medical on Friday before completing a £15 million move to Chelsea, a source close to the deal has said. Asked about Ross Barkley on Friday, Conte told a news conference: “I think that if there is news, the club will inform you. This is the right way. “For sure we’re talking about a young player, an English player. He can have good prospects for Chelsea. I think the club decided on this investment also for his contract. “He’s very young. He has a lot of space for improvement. He’s very strong physically, good technique. He’s…
Sergio Ramos will face a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a calf muscle injury in training, the club announced on Friday. Ramos, who was rested in Real’s 3-0 midweek win at Numancia in the Copa del Rey round-of-16 first leg, reportedly got hurt during Thursday’s training session. He had tests on Friday morning, after which Madrid released a statement that said: “Following tests carried out on Sergio Ramos by the Sanitas Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscular injury in the soleus of his left leg. His recovery will continue to be assessed.” Ramos could…
Jose Mourinho has said he is at the club during a time when it is “more difficult to make history.” “Everybody knows this kind of emotional connection that I keep with the clubs, and that’s the way I’m doing it. “The difference between Chelsea and United is that I really belong to Chelsea’s history because I won three Premier Leagues, I won cups, lots of things there — the club won their first Premier League in 2004. “So I have a history there and here my history is the history of somebody who works hard every day. “We [United] won…
Antonio Conte has replied Jose Mourinho’s criticism of managers who are like “a clown on the touchline,” suggesting that the Manchester United boss has forgotten the way he had behaved. “I think that he has to see himself in the past — maybe he was speaking about himself in the past,” Conte said. “Maybe sometimes I think that someone forgets what they said in the past, his behaviour. Sometimes I think there is, I don’t know the name, demenza senile [senile dementia], when you are a bit [taps his head], when you forget what you do in the past.” Conte…
Arsene Wenger will serve a three-match touchline ban after being charged by the Football Association over a confrontation with Mike Dean following Sunday’s draw at West Brom. Wenger was also fined £40,000 for the incident, in which the Frenchman is alleged to have verbally abused Dean in his changing room and questioned his integrity. After he was charged in the Dean incident, Wenger also spoke out against the referees after calling Chelsea’s penalty at the Emirates “farcical.” He has been asked by the FA to provide observations about those comments. At a news conference earlier on Friday, Wenger said he…
Nigerian musician, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun is among the names billed to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This year’s edition will hold from April 13 to April 22, 2018. Hip-hop icon, Eminem is one of three headliners, along with Beyonce and neo-R&B singer and pop star, The Weeknd. Wizkid will perform either on Saturday, April 14 or 21 as part of a batch of performers that also features Post Malone and Tyler The Creator. After a very eventful December, Wizkid will continue his trip around the world as he continues to establish himself as a global concern.
The Coachella 2018 lineup has arrived. We already knew Beyoncé would be heading to Indio, California, this April — thanks to her cancellation at last year’s festival because of her pregnancy — but the two-weekend festival has now confirmed The Weeknd and Eminem as her fellow headliners. The 2018 festival kicks off on April 13 and then wraps up weekend two on April 22. In addition to the three headliners, some notable artists on the bill include red-hot rappers Cardi B and Post Malone, R&B torchbearers SZA and Miguel, and newly minted rock hitmakers Portugal. The Man. When Beyoncé was…
As recent rumors have been circulating rapper Nicki Minaj may be preparing for motherhood. She has been recently taking to Instagram with maternity pictures of her own. Although the rumors have not been confirmed she has recently been spotted dating fellow Queens rap legend, Nas. In addition, she has been entertaining the rumors through Twitter saying, “Y’all want the album or the baby? Cuz ch- y’all ain’t bout to get both.” Nothing has been confirmed but Nas has been reported in the past to leave relationships while going through pregnancies and it seems his current relationship with Nicki is getting…
Just three months ago Rihanna released what could be the most inclusive foundation range of all time. Fenty Beauty announced the Pro Filter foundation that comes in 40 different shades. Rihanna said at the launch for the product, ‘There needs to be something for a dark-skinned girl; there needs to be something for a really pale girl; there needs to be something in-between.’ Rihanna continued to push the envelope for diversity with her lip products, revealing her first liquid lipstick, ‘Stunna’ which is made to work on every skin tone. Her campaigns reflected the representation ethos too, with models such…
Now that Tory Lanez and Drake have officially patched up their differences as of last year, they’re able to crack jokes with each other like good friends. The “Luv” vocalist went to Instagram to share a video featuring comedian Shiggy. The reposted visual features a Tory Lanez imposter that exhibits extremely similar features to the hitmaker. While he calls out Shiggy and his crew for feeding into the imposter’s act by singing his original hook on Meek Mill’s “Litty,” Tory also laughs it off by cracking jokes with Drizzy in the comment section. “YOO this fame shit getting too crazy,”…
Cardi B wants to show her appreciation to God and her fans for supporting her career in 2017. She posted a video of her just wearing her bra and sweat pants thanking God and her fans for her career growth. “What a great way to start my Year. Thank you Lord .Only you and i know how much i pray to you.These last few weeks been too much for me but my Lord always find a way to uplift me .Thank you to my fans ,DJS ,Team for the support .Thanks to all the artist who featured me I️n thesee…
DJ Cuppy seems to be going through something and we are waiting for some inside information right about now. The celebrity DJ shared a post on Snapchat with the comment, “Tell your boyfriend to stop texting me.” Of course, this has got investigative instincts working and we cannot help but wonder who she is referring to. You will recall that the Cuppy only recently split from footballer boyfriend, Victor Anichebe, but is yet to reveal the reason for the split. Could she have discovered that she was the side chic? She would not be alone there. Media personality, Laloye Oyatogun…
Daddy Freeze has started the year stating that giving first fruit in the church is foolishness. Also, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has apparently never heard of first fruits and was shocked to see the Cool FM OAP’s post. The controversial OAP shared the statement via an Instagram post, which comes as no surprise, seeing as he has been leading a movement that seems to abhor giving in churches. Responding to Daddy Freeze’s post, Omotola revealed that she is hearing of it for the first time. The conversation quickly dissolved into a free for all.
A few hours after JAY-Z released the star-filled video for 4:44’s “Family Feud,” Lil Wayne and Drake have come through with their remix of the song. It’s a bonus addition to Weezy’s Dedication 6, and there’s plenty to bite into. Drake opens his verse by alluding to Diddy’s plans to purchase the Carolina Panthers with Colin Kaepernick either under centre or in the owner’s box: “Super Bowl goals / I’m at the crib with Puff, he got Kaepernick on the phone / He in a whole different mode.” He also doubles down on his support for former rival Meek Mill,…
Days after superhuman Penn State running back Saquon Barkley announced that he’ll be entering the 2018 NFL draft, the 20-year-old shared that he has signed with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports. Barkley wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of himself with Jay-Z and another of him with his new agent Kim Miale. Barkley had a meeting with Jay-Z at his home in Los Angeles. Afterwards, the RB said. Many noticed that Jay-Z chose to go without shoes for the photo in the rapper’s backyard and joked about it, but I wouldn’t wear shoes in my own home either if I…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Katsina State Government of misusing over N400 billion generated by the state in the last 31 months. Alhaji Salisu Majigiri, the State Chairman of PDP said that the over N400 billion was “misused by top government officials”. He said, “In spite of collecting four Tranches of debt refunds amounting to over N30 billion, the government has borrowed various sums of monies from commercial banks with double digit interest rates to the tune of N70 billion. “The receipts, loans, internal revenue and more than N14.5 billion left in the various accounts by the…