Chelsea have indicated they are willing to pay a club-record £60 million to land Juventus left-back Alex Sandro. Fresh talks regarding Sandro’s future took place on Monday and it is essentially now down to the player whether or not he will move to Stamford Bridge. Juventus are willing to give Sandro a new contract to stay in Italy, but Chelsea are prepared to better their offer and meet the valuation placed on the 26 year-old. Chelsea are hopeful that will be enough to secure Sandro’s signature, but they are still waiting to hear whether or not the player will tell…
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Manchester United will launch another bid for AS Monaco’s Fabinho after the Ligue 1 champions rejected an offer from rivals Paris Saint Germain, according to reports from Italy. Reports earlier this month suggested that Fabinho, who hinted towards a Man United move on live television, had been subject to a €45m bid. However, noise surrounding a move to Old Trafford cooled once it was revealed that Paris Saint Germain had swooped in with an offer of their own. But according to Calcio Mercato, and the same journalist who broke news of a United bid for Fabinho in the first place,…
Manchester United aim to announce the £60million signing of Alvaro Morata on Thursday. There was significant progress made on the deal for the Real Madrid striker over the weekend. Yesterday the player’s father and agent met officials at the club to iron out the details of the deal. It had been held up with Real wanting £80million rather than the £60million United valued him at. But the player himself intervened last week when he contacted Real officials from his honeymoon to try and get the deal smoothed through. Yesterday afternoon his father Alfonso and agent Juanma Lopez went to the…
Manchester United have contacted Inter Milan with a proposal to buy Ivan Perisic in a deal worth over €40million, reports say. Perisic has been repeatedly linked with a move to the Premier League and the Croatia international The Portuguese boss is a huge admirer of the dynamic winger and believes he is an ideal signing to bolster his squad at Old Trafford. According to Sky Italia, United have once again approached Inter, hoping to come to an agreement to sign Perisic who has been one of most impressive performers in Serie A over the past two seasons. It is claimed…
Barcelona will play Brazilian side Chapecoense, whose team was all but wiped out in an air crash last November, in a friendly match at the Camp Nou on August 7. The match will “help pay tribute to the 71 people who died in the accident on November 28th, 2016, as well as their families,” the Spanish giants said on their website. “Barca hopes to help Chapecoense rebuild institutionally and recover the competitive level it had before the tragedy,” it added. The winner of the match will receive the Joan Gamper Trophy, named after the Swiss founder of Barcelona. Nineteen Chapecoense…
Mercy Aigbe amongst many others took to the streets for the #1in3Africa walk against domestic violence organised by the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola Ogunwusi, last week. Considering her experience with domestic violence, being a part of the initiative was a big deal for the Nollywood actress whose seven-year-old marriage fell apart a few months back. She used the opportunity to ask the public to refrain from asking her not to talk about domestic violence on her social media. Since their marriage came to a bitter end, Aigbe and her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry have been embroiled…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Remi Oshodi Surutu, lost her daughter, Ayomikun. The sad incident was reported on Sunday, July 2, 2017. It was reported that the actress’ beautiful daughter passed away due to complications from sickle cell. We reached out to the actress’ representative, Emiralty, who said the actress is doing well. According to him, “she’s doing fine. Remi Surutu is doing fine. thank you so much.” When asked about the burial arrangements he said, “we are yet to conclude arrangements on that hopefully later today we should know the bearing.” Remi Oshodi Surutu, lost her daughter, Ayo, after a sickle…
Popular rapper and Instagram comedian, Falz, is the cover star for Guardian Life Magazine. The lawyer turned entertainer talks about his opinion on the Nigerian legal system, his dream girl, dealing with fame and his alter ego. On how he developed his alter-ego, “Initially it started off as just making fun of people and it was just something that stuck and I found that I had developed a complete alter ego.”
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has faulted the increasing engagement of military personnel in the duties constitutionally reserved for the Nigeria Police. The Speaker on Monday, July 4, said the deployment of soldiers to over 28 states in the country is an indication that Nigeria is already in a state of emergency. Dogara noted that in peacetime, soldiers are only meant to complement the police and other civil authorities, and not the other way round. He stated this in Abuja at a “Capacity/Interactive Needs Assessment Workshop of Security Sector Related Committees in the House of…
APC national leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says the death of Alhaji Maitama Sule has reduced the rank of true nationalists at a time the nation is in dire need of wise counsel. Tinubu, in a statement on Monday said Sule’s death came at a time the nation is in dire need of wise counsel on how to navigate through potential landmines. He described the late statesman as a detribalised Nigerian, whose death is not only a loss to his family and Kano State, but to the entire country. Sule died at the early hours of Monday in a hospital in…
A Federal High Court has ordered former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, to pay N50, 000 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, June 4, 2017, gave the order after Mrs. Jonathan withdrew her suit against the EFCC. The ex-First Lady had in February sued the anti-graft Commission for the alleged breach of her fundamental human rights. She asked Justice Saliu Saidu to declare that the freezing of her bank accounts with about $20 million balance and those of her relatives by the EFCC as a gross violation of…
Everton completed the dual signings of Burnley defender Michael Keane and Malaga striker Sandro Ramirez on Monday. The Premier League club had been in talks with Burnley for several weeks over a deal for Keane before agreeing a fee in the region of £25 million, which could rise to a £30m — equalling the club record set by the addition of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford earlier this summer. Keane, who had been entering the final of his contract at Turf Moor, will now line up next to Ashley Williams in Everton’s back line after signing a five-year contract until 2022. The…
It may be early days in this transfer window, but Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is no exception in wanting to have new players added to his squad as soon as possible. He returns from Italy later this week ahead of preseason with no major targets yet signed and sealed. Attempts to strengthen a title-winning squad have so far drawn something of a blank, beyond the arrival of reserve goalkeeper Willy Caballero. Deals for Juventus left-back Alex Sandro, Roma central defender Antonio Rudiger and Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko remain possible — the treble swoop could cost north of £125m and would…
Diego Costa is determined to leave Chelsea at a time of his own choosing — and that is throwing a spanner in the works of their plans to re-sign Romelu Lukaku from Everton, according to the Mirror. Last month, Costa claimed that boss Antonio Conte had sent him a text to tell him he was no longer part of his plans at Chelsea. The 28-year-old, who scored 26 goals in 46 games as the Blues won the Premier League last season, is now “adamant that he will not be pushed out of the door by Conte as he exacts his…
Joachim Loew has hailed Germany’s next generation of stars after beating Chile 1-0 in Sunday’s Confederations Cup final — but says the challenge is to defend the World Cup next year. Lars Stindl’s simple tap-in was enough to seal Germany’s victory in Sunday’s final in St Petersburg as the youthful world champions lifted the Confed Cup for the first time. Germany’s head coach cut a soggy figure at the post-match press conference when his players stormed the stage and showered him in beer. “I am immensely proud of this team, we have only been together for three-and-a-half weeks,” said Loew…
Manchester United have unveiled the new home jersey they will be wearing for next season. The Old Trafford club continues with adidas which they have a 10-year-year deal with and their new strip comes with a button collar design. According to adidas, the new shirt is to pay homage to some of the classic jerseys from the past. The jersey is in Manchester United’s red colour with white and black stripes at the shoulder. “The shirt mixes classic football looks with terrace-inspired details like contrast- colour cuffs and a granddad collar,” adidas said in a statement. In promotional materials released…
Lola Alao has submitted that the status of being a single mother is most of the time facilitated by wrong choices. The actress who remarried following a failed marriage to her ex-husband, Dare Ogunlana stated in an interview with Vanguard News that most women who end up nursing their children alone still have a greater calling. They are still in the process of growing and haven’t yet gotten to their harbour and this applies to her she admitted. “I think it has to do with making the wrong choice. I will say they haven’t gotten to their final destination that…
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday morning, left Nigeria for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice-President) confirmed this development on his twitter handle on Monday in Abuja. According to Akande, the acting president is expected back in Abuja later today . The presidential aide posted on the twitter handle as saying: “Acting President will be attending summit of the African Union in Ethiopia. He leaves Abuja this morning…
Rapper, Jay Z and his wife, Beyoncé, have revealed the names of their twin babies, a boy and girl to be called Rumi Carter and Sir Carter. TMZ reported that the parents filed that the names be used as trademarks “for fragrances, cosmetics, key chains, baby teething rings, strollers, mugs, water bottles, hair ribbons, playing cards, tote bags, sports balls, rattles and novelty items.” The legal document supporting this filed on Monday, June 26, 2017, according to reports. This was done by the same company that made a trademark out of the name of five years old, Blue Ivy. The…
Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as KWAM 1 has taken to Instagram to gush about his son, Ademola’s academic achievement. In his long texts posted yesterday, the proud father narrated the impressive transition made by his offspring who has secured a spot to study Economics at the University of Exeter, England. This was possible through Ademola’s drive and academic excellence as stated by his father who wrote: “GLORY BE TO GOD ALMIGHTY: See how time flies, little did I know that El-Amin Tomowa Adio Ademola my Son, would grown so fast to do myself and his mother…