Sergio Aguero has explained the circumstances behind the car crash in Amsterdam that ultimately got him injured ahead of Argentina’s decisive World Cup qualifier against Ecuador, as well as his secret to becoming Manchester City’s record goal scorer. Aguero also revealed on Wednesday that he never expected to score so many goals so fast. “I never thought I’d reach that record so quickly,” Aguero said in a candid chat. “Ever since I went to play for Manchester City, we won the Premier League Championship in our first year and I said to myself, ‘I hope we can grow on this.’…
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Angel Di Maria has said that a summer move to Barcelona was on the cards after the French capital outfit signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. “I was close and at the same time very far from reaching a deal with Barca,” Di Maria said. “I never lost hope over the chance. I was calm about it but it never happened. “For sure, life takes many twists and turns and one never knows what the future might hold.” Di Maria is currently in Russia with the rest of the Albiceleste squad ahead of friendlies against the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts…
Lionel Messi has said he never knew what was going on until the very last moment over Neymar’s decision to quit Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain. Gerard Pique and Xavi Hernandez have both revealed that they found out the Brazilian was leaving to France while they were at Messi’s wedding to long-term partner Antonela Roccuzzo at the end of June in Rosario, Argentina. “Honestly, no,” he said when asked if he was aware during his wedding that Neymar had plans to join PSG. “Until the last day of the tour [of the United States] we were talking and we didn’t know…
Lionel Messi has said that it makes him pissed when people claim he calls the short for the Argentina national team. “It makes me angry that people say so many things so easily,” Messi said about his thoughts on the suggestion he runs the Argentina team. “People say a lot of things without knowing. So, on one hand, it makes me angry. But on the other hand, I am used to everything that they say. “I am used to all the ridiculous things they say not just about me, but about this group [of players] from the last few years,…
Roberto Martinez is not in any way bothered about Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku’s recent goal drought and is tipping the 24-year-old to overcome his terrible spell. “I think Romelu is an out-and-out goal-scorer and his numbers reflect that,” said Martinez in an interview. “Only elite footballers get anywhere near his return in terms of goals so far in the Premier League. He’ll tell you he’s obsessed with the game, he wants to become better and work hard to fulfill the enormous potential that he has.” “He needs to be given a path and I think that path now is…
Belgium manager Roberto Martinez believes Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne can attain the heights of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “Absolutely [he can],” said Martinez in an interview at the Belgium team’s training facility. I think when you see the players that you mention [Messi and Ronaldo], obviously you [have to] become consistent with your performances in order to reach that level. That happens over the course of a few seasons. “The level of performance that Kevin is having this season [and] the level of performance he had last campaign shows you that he has the potential of reaching those…
Eden Hazard has mentioned that “it would be a dream” to feature under Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and he would happily be reunited with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, although he also said he is happy at Chelsea. “Everyone knows the respect I have for the man,” the 26-year-old said. “For the player he was and for the coach he is, he was my idol. Of course I don’t know what will happen in my career in the future, but to play under him would be a dream. “At this time, though, I’m happy at Chelsea. I still have…
Sergio Ramos says he would “open the door” to Neymar if he wanted to switch to the Bernabeu, while also admitting Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent moodiness is “not the best.” “I like to have the best players, and Neymar is one of them,” Ramos said on the El Larguero radio show. “Maybe he thought it would be easier to go through PSG first, rather than straight from Barca to Madrid. I hope so. You never know in football. “He could bring us a lot of quality. I’d open the door if he wants to come in December.” Ronaldo recently said that…
Alvaro Morata says he is happy to be seen as so pivotal at the club that they pick him even when he is not 100 percent fit, unlike at Real Madrid. “I needed something Real Madrid could not give, which was playing every Sunday, whether I was doing well or not,” Morata said. “At the moment I’ve had three games far from my physical best, but I’ve kept playing. That is what I needed. Any player wants to be at Real Madrid. [But] I needed to play. Nothing more. I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to…
Paul Pogba has upped his recovery from injury by training with Manchester United’s reserves, sources have said. Pogba has missed United’s last 12 games after suffering a hamstring tear playing against Basel on Sept. 12. But there is genuine hope that the 24-year-old could return to Jose Mourinho’s squad following the international break after he took part in a session with some of the club’s young players on Wednesday. Mourinho has given the week off to the many of first-team players not involved with their national teams, including Chris Smalling, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Scott McTominay. But Pogba has…
Even though the final season of “Game Of Thrones” is still months away, spoilers are already rocking the internet. Ellie Kendrick, who plays Meera Reed on the show, has confirmed that she probably won’t be back in Season Eight. “[I’m not appearing] as far as I know. I don’t know. It’s funny because I always get asked, ‘What’s going to happen? Are you in it?’ Genuinely the truth is I don’t know,” Kendrick told Metro. “I wait for the phone to ring and then I find out, but it hasn’t rung so I don’t know. I’ll find out whether I…
Eedris Abdulkareem has blasted Nigerian male-barbie, Bobrisky over his personality. The veteran rapper could no longer hide his displeasure over the way and manner Bobrisky acts in his videos. “One thing I’ll say is Allah says that if you are a man and you get hmmm by a man, on the day of judgment expect fire coming from your mouth to that stupid place wen dem they choke you is as simple as that, bobrisky is just trying to be an American this is Nigeria we are fake people and don’t forget there are a lot of rich people into…
Recent reports have it that the group Psquare are about to sell their house popularly known as “Squareville”. The house which is located at Omole Estate, Ikeja in Lagos state has a new post in front of it with the inscription, “For Sale.” It is unclear why the brothers have decided to put up the house for sale but it might be related to present feud going on between the brothers. Peter and Paul Okoye both moved into the Squareville in 2010 and the building was constructed by a Nigerian architect and it was reported that the building cost over…
Banky W is praising God for being on his side as he recovers from a successful skin cancer surgery. The music star took to his Instagram page to share pictures of him recuperating and his soon to be wife and actress, Adesua Etomi by his side. He captioned the photos with quite a lengthy quote; “A wise man once said this: “Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had been healed.” Scroll through the pictures to see mine. I’m sharing these because they’re proof of what God has brought me through. And because somewhere out…
Eedris Abdulkarim might have started a journey month ago called the ‘subbing spree’ and tried to add P Square to the list. That might come back to haunt him from the look of things. He recently blasted the Okoye twins, Peter and Paul for embarking on solo careers, predicting that they were doomed to fail. Paul aka Rudeboy was having none of that and was quick to fire a shot back at him and it was indeed epic. He shared a photo on Instagram with the caption, “Pls I advise!! before u get high, make sure you arrange beta food…
Yung6ix is back in the entertainment mix with the visuals of his single – ‘The Man’. The video was directed by Unlimited L.A.
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DJ-Cuppy-with-Jada-Pinkett-Smith.jpg" alt="DJ Cuppy with Jada Pinkett Smith" width="600" height="601" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-174314" /DJ Cuppy has spoken up about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and in Nigeria. When asked about the new confessions of sexual harassment scandals taking over the Hollywood industry and if there are incidents like that in the Nigeria entertainment industry, DJ Cuppy gave her own view which she felt would be a very horrible experience. "This is such a sensitive thing over here, it's more like a taboo, even outside the entertainment industry there is so much domestic abuse going out there and people don't…
For her role in a soon-to-be-released movie, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi had to undertake the task of learning Igbo. “For some funny reason, the directors, the producers imposed it on me, they forced it on me. They kept telling me yes, ‘it’s you, it’s you. Step out of your comfort zone, do something different. Wow people,” the actress said during a recent interview. She eventually decided to jump the hurdle and explained how she learnt the Igbo language. “I engaged the services of a few friends who are very fluent in Igbo language, and then someone in particular who works for an…
MTN Project Fame winner, Iyanya is back with a new hot jam, ‘Iyanu (Holy Water)’. The song is produced by Black Jerzey, and mastered by Selebobo. ‘Iyanu (Holy Water)’ is a Yoruba word that means miracle. The singer who is managed by Temple Management Company (TMC) might just get music fans dancing again with the feel good Afro Pop song.
Juliet Ibrahim is letting the world know she has the backing of all her country people back in Ghana concerning her relationship. “Ghanaians are listening, the whole country is behind me. If you mess up…if you mess up Iceberg Slim…I see the comments from my Ghanaian fans like ‘if you try it, if you mess Juliet up, we will deal with you,” the actress warned. Recently, a lot of people were of the perception that Iceberg Slim was taking advantage of Juliet Ibrahim. While in an interview on September 16, 2017, Iceberg Slim was asked if he was using the…