What a difference a week makes. This time last week, as City prepared for a tricky-looking trip to West Brom, we were saying what a difference a month makes. Manchester City’s crisis has now developed into full blown euphoria after a 4-0 win at the Hawthorns was followed by a momentous display of attacking verve to write off the aristocrats of Barcelona 3-1 in midweek. Football is nothing if not unpredictable. The fabled ten straight wins, followed swiftly by six without success have now morphed again, into two successive wins, seven goals and a smile as wide as the Manchester…
Author: David Folami
One of the biggest gripes for Liverpool supporters in recent years has been the club’s largely dismal record in the transfer market. Top players were lost to other clubs or to retirement (in the case of Steven Gerrard it was a little of both, as to most UK football supporters the MLS is essentially a glorified retirement home) and the replacements were invariably of a much lower calibre. Frankly it’s impossible to be successful under such circumstances. There was plenty of blame to go around and supporters would regularly argue among themselves as to whether it was Rafa Benitez messing…
Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho has said reports he provoked Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in the aftermath of his side’s 3-1 win on Tuesday are “absurd.” Cadena Cope claimed Messi confronted an unnamed City player after the latter had provoked him as both teams left the pitch following the match at the Etihad Stadium. The Spanish radio station reported that Messi allegedly shouted, “stupid, come here and show your face, don’t hide” as the City player in question rushed into the changing room. On Wednesday, City denied reports of an altercation in the tunnel, a club source said, and Fernandinho has echoed…
Legia Warsaw secured a thoroughly deserved point in the Polish Army Stadium that has seriously compromised Real Madrid’s defence of their Champions League title. Zinedine Zidane’s side seemed set for a comfortable victory after taking a two-goal lead through Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema but were fortunate to escape with a point after Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Miroslav Radovic and Thibault Moulin made it 3-2 to the hosts. Mateo Kovacic, Real’s best player on the night, spared Zidane a full-blown inquisition in the Spanish press but the headlines will not be kind. Positives: None. From a commanding position Real failed to kill…
Sergio Aguero has often been linked with a move to the Bernabeu and reports in the UK continue to link the diminutive Manchester City striker with the European Champions, but would signing the Argentine international make sense for Real Madrid? Does Aguero represent value for money? Transfermarkt.com places Aguero’s value at €60 million but after Paul Pogba’s move to the red half of Manchester last summer, City are going to want at least €20 or €30m more than that for a player whose contract runs through the 2019 season. Aguero is in his prime and undoubtedly one of the finest…
Goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester) Leicester’s 0-0 draw in Copenhagen will not live in the memory, but should ultimately go down as a useful point towards their progress to the knockout stage. Things would have looked considerably less rosy, though, had their goalkeeper not saved them at the death in the game’s only clear chance. Schmeichel flung himself to repel Andreas Cornelius’ last-minute header and preserved a clean sheet in what could yet be a decisive moment for their Champions League fate. Right-back: Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain) Were it not for Mesut Ozil and Gareth Bale, Meunier would probably have a…
Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was dropped for the Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday after reporting back to training late following a private trip to Milan, according to German media reports. Aubameyang, 27, was surprisingly left out of the Dortmund squad for the 1-0 victory over Sporting because of unspecified “internal reasons” and had to watch on from the stands. German news agency dpa, alongside two other media outlets, claim the Gabon international’s suspension was imposed by the club after he flew on a private jet with friends to Italy on Monday and reported late for training…
Kevin De Bruyne has said leaving Chelsea was “the obvious choice” and told FourFourTwo he neither knew nor cared why he had failed to convince Jose Mourinho of his worth. Chelsea signed De Bruyne from Genk for £6.7 million in January 2012, and Mourinho brought him into the first-team squad 18 months later after a season on loan at Werder Bremen. But after making just nine appearances for Chelsea in the first half of the 2013-14 campaign, De Bruyne joined Wolfsburg in an £18m deal in January 2014. The Belgium international’s outstanding performances for them led Manchester City to spend…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan “has to do more” to win his place in the Manchester United lineup, Jose Mourinho says. The summer signing came into the Europa League defeat to Fenerbahce on Thursday with United chasing the game in the second half. It was his first appearance for United since facing Man City on Sept. 10, when he came off at half-time, and Mourinho said the Armenian was still not meeting expectations. “I’m not thinking about sending him off, but he has to do more — it’s as simple as that,” Mourinho said in his postmatch news conference. “We have big expectations…
Jose Mourinho has to be given time to overhaul Manchester United’s underperforming squad and build a side capable of challenging for top honours, according to Paul Scholes. Former United player Scholes believes that the club’s current problems, compounded by a 2-1 Europa League defeat against Fenerbahce, are not the fault of Mourinho and urged that the former Chelsea manager is backed to turn things around at Old Trafford. “It’s been quite a painful three years,” Scholes said on BT Sport. “And I think the next 18 months to two years could be very similar until this manager has three or…
Paul Pogba limped off the pitch in the first half of Manchester United’s 2-1 Europa League loss at Fenerbahce on Thursday. The midfielder picked up a knock when Fenerbahce’s Souza caught him with a knee to his leg, and though Pogba tried to continue he eventually had to leave the game in the 29th minute. United’s official website said Pogba “seemed to injure his thigh.” Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on in his place, with Wayne Rooney dropping back into his deeper midfield role. United were already trailing 1-0 following Moussa Sow’s spectacular overhead kick in the second minute and went on…
Jose Mourinho felt let down by Manchester United’s players, accusing them of ignoring his advice and treating the Europa League clash at Fenerbahce like a “summer friendly.” On the back of Saturday’s frustrating goalless draw against Burnley and with a touchline ban looming at Swansea this weekend, any hopes the United boss had of a morale-boosting win in Istanbul were swiftly extinguished. Moussa Sow’s outrageous overhead kick after 65 seconds gave Fenerbahce a lead that Jeremain Lens, on loan from Sunderland, extended with a superb second-half free kick. Wayne Rooney superbly pulled one back late on — equalling Ruud van…
Manchester United’s wretched European away form continued as Fenerbahçe scored two magnificent goals against them without reply in Istanbul. The 1,200 travelling United fans present for the Europa League match have now seen their side lose seven and draw one of their last eight matches on the continent. After Thursday’s 2-1 defeat, United slump to third in Group A with two games to play. Fenerbahçe started the night two points behind a United side who defeated them 4-1 two weeks ago in Manchester, but the hosts got off to the perfect start in the second minute when full-back Hasan Ali…
Lil Kesh of YAGI/YBNL releases new tune titled ‘Shele gan gan’. The song was produced by Krisbeatz, same guy responsible for Tekno’s wave making song ‘Pana’. The song is groovy in its own right .
Sarkodie has stated that that Nigerian star, D’banj, was instrumental in the push for African music to receive the global spotlight it deserves. 2016 has seen an explosion of African sounds in the international market, with Wizkid, Alikiba, Davido, Ayo Jay, Okuntakinte and other acts getting international deals from major labels. Sarkodie believes that the time is right for Africa, and attributes all of it to D’banj, who first pushed for international acclaim by signing for Kanye West-owned G.O.O.D Music in 2011. “I think it’s about that time. I think it’s our time. There was always gonna be a time…
Africa’s premiere annual music showcase, the MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 held at the Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa on October 22, 2016. With Nigerian artists picking major awards and breathtaking performances. Nigerian star boy (WizKid) won (3) awards with wins in the prestigious Best Male and Artist of the Year categories, and his featured performance on Best Collaboration. while Nigerian afropop /R&B artiste Yemi Alade walked away with the Best Female trophy. Patoranking won the Song of the Year category sponsored by Google for his chart-topping hit, “My Woman, My Everything” with Tekno Miles bagging the best breakthrough act…
Yemi Alade drops a freestyle of Tekno’s hit song ‘Pana’. As you’d expect, the MAMA 2016 Best Female Artist of the year goes in on the song with her unique flavour. Listen up.
Off the sophomore “R.E.D” album comes the video for Tiwa Savage’s ‘Rewind’ single. Over the course of the year, the Mavin singer has actively promoted the album, with a widely successful US tour across a number of cities. She also recently headlined a concert along with Davido and Phyno tagged “3 Thrones”. Watch and enjoy ‘Rewind’.
Off his fourth studio album “El-Hadj”, comes Reminisce’s video for ‘If e no be God’ featuring Mr Eazi. The rap album has been doing very well for itself since its release on August 29, 2016. It’s fine blending between the pair. Enjoy the music visual.
Mavin Record’s Dr. Sid has finally dropped the visuals to his hit track, ‘Flawless’. Together with label mate, Korede Bello, the music star brought life to the Lavinia Noe directed video. Check it out.