Newcastle United forward Ayoze Perez has said Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in him, but he intends to stay at St James’ Park. Perez, 22, signed for Newcastle from Tenerife in 2014 and this season he has impressed, scoring four goals in 15 Premier League appearances. United and Tottenham could be in the market for attacking recruitments in January, as both sides are short on options beyond Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney at OldTrafford and Harry Kane at White Hart Lane. Spanish attacker Perez is quoted by the Manchester Evening News as telling Radio Club Tenerife: “There is…
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Former Real Madrid legend Luis Figo believes former teammate Zinedine Zidane has a goal of becoming Los Blancos manager someday, and has cautioned current boss Rafa Benitez not to count on the patience of Madrid fans. Benitez has struggled out of the gate since being named Madrid coach in the wake of Carlo Ancelotti’s sacking this summer. According to the respected Cadena Ser radio show “El Larguero,” Blancos president Florentino Perez feels that Benitez has completely lost the dressing room and is considering making a move, for which former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has been linked to the job. Figo…
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side may be playing with the utmost confidence, but the experienced Gunners boss knows that can soon change. The Frenchman takes his team to Southampton on Boxing Day knowing they could end the night top of the Barclays Premier League. That comes on the back of three successive league wins, including Monday’s crucial victory over title rivals Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium. Southampton are not in the type of form that saw them finish a club-record seventh last season but they still have the players to provide upsets. Last year Ronald Koeman welcomed Arsenal on New…
Louis van Gaal has admitted it is imperative Manchester United win at Stoke on Boxing Day as he looks for a result that will shore up his position as manager. The 64-year-old has declared he has had the backing of United’s powerbrokers, in the shape of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, former chief executive David Gill and Sir Alex Ferguson, after a disastrous run of results which has led to suggestions one more defeat could be his last game. United, who have lost their last three matches and have not won in six games in all competitions, visit the Britannia Stadium…
Raheem Sterling says he is delighted to be playing alongside world-class players at Manchester City, especially striker Sergio Aguero. Sterling, 21, joined City in the summer for £49 million from Liverpool and insists that he is learning every day from his teammates. “Sergio is a world class player — he’s the sort of player you watch before you join the club and it’s just a great feeling to play alongside someone like that and learn a lot from him,” Sterling told the club website. “Not just Sergio but David [Silva], Kevin [De Bruyne] and Yaya [Toure]. There are a lot…
New interim Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has told fans not to expect a quick fix to the club’s recent problems. Hiddink, 69, takes charge of his first game against Watford on Saturday, having watched from the stands as the Blues beat Sunderland 3-1 after the departure of Jose Mourinho last week. The Dutchman has returned to Stamford Bridge after leading Chelsea to the FA Cup in 2009, but admitted he can’t just walk in and change everything around immediately. “If you look back a bit to last season where there was this huge success in winning the title then of…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says the club are struggling to replace former captain Steven Gerrard, though he again ruled out the midfielder returning on loan. Gerrard, 35, left after 17 years in Liverpool’s first-team to join the LA Galaxy this summer but has trained with the club during the MLS off-season. And Klopp, who was only appointed as Brendan Rodgers’ successor in October, admits that Liverpool’s current crop have found it hard to deal with his exit. “It’s the first year after Stevie — the dominant player of the last 20 years and then he went out of the dressing…
Buzzing Arenal manager has said his team must not drop the already god standard they’ve set so far this season if they want trophies at the end of the season. Monday’s 2-1 victory over third-place City moved Wenger’s side to within two points of leaders Leicester City and they can consolidate that position when they travel to face Southampton on Saturday. The Frenchman claims the performance against Manuel Pellegrini’s side confirmed the growing belief in his team after a season marred by inconsistency. But he is well aware of the risk of failing to build on recent progress ahead of…
Recently appointed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he is a big fan of Leicester City’s style of football ahead of his side’s clash with the table toppers. Leicester lead Arsenal by two points at Christmas after a breathtaking opening half of the season which has seen them top the scoring charts with 37 goals in 17 games. “They play nearly perfect counter attacking football, very quick,” Klopp, who replaced Brendan Rodgers at Anfield in October, told a news conference on Thursday. “I have big respect for (Leicester manager) Claudio (Ranieri) and the whole squad of Leicester.” Ranieri visited Borussia…
England manager Roy Hodgson has aid England may well need Wayne Rooney to keep scoring for club and country if they want to get the best out of him when they need him. Rooney, 30, became England’s record goalscorer when he converted a penalty against Switzerland in September to surpass Bobby Charlton’s long-standing mark of 49. Hodgson, who oversaw a perfect European Championship qualifying campaign with 10 wins from 10, praised the manner in which Rooney handled the pressure and increased media interest associated with the record. “I think he handled that quite brilliantly,” Hodgson told Sky Sports News HQ.…
Under pressure Louis van Gaal “doesn’t understand English football” and is “not a head coach for Manchester United”, says their former winger Andrei Kanchelskis. But Kanchelskis believes the Dutchman should remain in charge until the end of the season, despite a six-match winless run in all competitions. Van Gaal walked out of Wednesday’s news conference in protest at media reports that his job is under threat. “I am disappointed with the way United are playing,” Kanchelskis said. “Under Alex Ferguson, we played in a more attacking style of football and played in a 4-4-2. Van Gaal sees things differently. This…
Chelsea are in talks with Major League Soccer franchise Montreal Impact over the future of striker Didier Drogba. Montreal say Drogba has expressed a “desire to help” his old club. “We understand his attachment, but our objective is to have him back for another season,” Montreal tweeted. Drogba, 37, who signed for Montreal in July, watched Chelsea’s win over Sunderland on Saturday with interim manager Guus Hiddink and owner Roman Abramovich. Hiddink on Wednesday refused to be drawn on whether Drogba would join his backroom staff. “I worked with him five or six years ago and I was delighted to…
American female rapper, Nicki Minaj left several fans and men drooling when she flaunted her butt on her Instagram page as she twerked for her boyfriend, Meek Mill. The rapper and singer shared a short video of herself clad in a g-string and twerking for her man at their hotel room in Australia, where they are currently touring. An obviously embarrassed Meek couldn’t face the camera as Nicki wriggled her butt to the admiration of her fans and men who have been enjoying the short video on her Instagram page. It should be recalled that the pair we recently spotted…
Kanye West reportedly slept off during Kylie Jenner’s 18 birthday party. During the festivities, Kim Kardashian caught her husband snoozing with his head against the wall. The reality star took a selfie sticking her tongue out with the rapper sleeping in the background. ”Side chicks be like…..part2,” she captioned the shot. The “part 2″ refers to a similar picture Kardashian snapped just over a year ago. While the couple was in Ibiza, the star took a selfie with West passed out in bed behind her, writing, “Side chicks be like…” The joke is that ‘side chicks’ often take such surreptitious…
Pop queen, Beyonce, has shared her Christmas card photo and like everything about her, it stands out. Where most would have expected a regular and sweet family photo, which would include rap icon hubby, Jay Z and their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, Queen Bey decides to switch things up. In the photo, Beyonce is her divalicious self in ankle boots, a swim trunk and a Santa hat, as she poses with a bottle in hand. The mother-of-one looked like the total party queen, as she wished everyone a very merry Christmas.
Meek Mill is throwing in the towel in the feud with Drake that has ruled social media for weeks! The 28-year-old rapper took to his Instagram on August 12 to end the so-called hip-hop beef with the Canadian rapper by ‘taking the blame’ for it all. In a rambling Instagram comment, Nicki Minaj’s alleged fiancé doesn’t exactly take back anything that he’s said, but he does make it clear that he want’s the fighting to stop once and for all. “We really only focusing on making it out that’s the only war we fighting…” he wrote. “I’m not entertaining no…
Rapper, 50 Cent seems to be hot on the beef trail this season as he seems to have a new score to settle with everyone. The rapper has replied to the shade thrown at him by hit TV show, Empire, after a reference was made to him in the latest episode. Last night, Empire season 2 premiered and in the episode, Taraji P. Henson known as Cookie threw shade at 50cent when she said “so 50 still throwing shots at us, look at what he put on the gran now with his thirsty a*ss.” The rapper posted a photo on…
Nigerian star Korede Bello who recently dropped the video to his smashing hit single ‘Godwin’ took to Twitter on Monday, June 22nd 2015 to reward fans. The give away, which started around 10:45pm on the social networking platform, twitter got massive engagement from his fans who are fondly called ‘Bellovers’. Korede centered the giveaway on his new Godwin video, putting up questions from scenes in the video. It was clear that only those who have watched the video could answer the questions correctly. At the end of the giveaway, more than 20 fans were rewarded with a total sum of…
As one of Mavin act, Korede Bello is not just the rave of the moment in the music industry but he is still gathering awards from his hit single ‘Godwin’. Korede, recently won ‘The Song of the Year’ at the 4th Annual Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA) that held last night in Houston, Texas. The event was hosted by Nigerian comedian and actor AY Makun. Korede Bello is signed to Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records alongside Reekado Banks, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, and ‘Dija and recently featured Asa his new song entitled ‘Somebody Great’
Are Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris finished? If this is true, then we can expect another song about heartbreak on Swift’s next album! According to Life and Style magazine, the 25-year-old singer has allegedly broken up with her DJ boyfriend-of-six-months after he was spotted leaving a Thai massage parlor last month. Radar Online posted photos of the 31-year-old musician emerging from the shady-looking LA storefront on September 12 after a two-hour visit. “When the photos got posted on Radar Online, Taylor said to him, ‘What the f–k?!'” an insider tells the site. “He lied to her. He gave some bulls–t…