Author: Bamidele Festus

On Saturday night, the English football team Chelsea defeated the Everton football team in a hard-fought battle, giving them a winning start in the 2022–2023 English Premier League. The Thomas Tuchel-led team had a strong preseason, winning some games. On Saturday night, they continued to impress, defeating the Frank Lampard-led Everton Football Club 1-0 at Goodison Park Stadium to earn the maximum three points. The Blues have been very active during the current summer transfer window, and they have been able to add some new players to their roster. The players performed superbly against the Toffees. For the Blues, debutants…

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Erling Haaland, an Arsenal striker who just signed with Manchester City, reportedly laughed when Martin Odegaard, an Arsenal midfielder, tried to persuade him to move to the Emirates. With the Norway international, Odegaard and Haaland are teammates. Haaland recently moved from Dortmund to Man City in the summer. We have a group on Snapchat with some of the members of the national team, and we communicate daily. He’s a terrific player and a terrific man, Odegaard said FourFourTwo. He’ll be a wonderful player for them and score several goals, which is unfortunate for us! With the exception of when we…

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Wayne Rooney, a former striker for Manchester United, has pleaded with the team to allow Cristiano Ronaldo to depart this summer. Ronaldo is reportedly aiming to leave Old Trafford because he wants to play for a Champions League team. However, the greatest clubs in Europe have all turned down the 37-year-old, including Chelsea, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich. Ronaldo is rumored to have told Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, that he is prepared to give everything against Brighton this weekend as he appears destined to stay at Old Trafford. But Rooney believes it’s time to bid the football…

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Mohammed Salah, a winger for Liverpool and an Egyptian, broke a Premier League record against Fulham. On Saturday, August 6, the Reds and Fulham drew 2-2 at Craven Cottage. While Salah provided assistance to Darwin Nunez for the first goal and then scored the second, Aleksander Mitrovic scored both goals for Fulham. Salah then scored in his sixth straight Premier League opening-day match. Prior to then, he scored against Watford (2017), West Ham (2018), Norwich (2019), Leeds (2020), and Norwich once more in 2021. He is the only player in the history of the Premier League to have five or…

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No Chelsea player is presently sporting the number 9 shirt. The number was worn by Romelu Lukaku last season, however since moving from Chelsea to Inter Milan, it has been empty at Chelsea. There are a few attacking players at Chelsea, but none of them are prepared to wear the number 9. Raheem Sterling recently transferred from Manchester City to Chelsea, but he is not yet ready to don the number 9. Timo Werner is presently sporting the number 11 for Chelsea, and it doesn’t appear like he will switch numbers. The mere idea that the number 9 is cursed…

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Five members of Thomas Tuchel’s team have not received shirt numbers from Chelsea. They are Kenedy, Billy Gilmour, Ross Barkley, Michy Batshuayi, Ethan Ampadu, and Kenedy. Tuchel believes they are no longer needed at Stamford Bridge and wants them to join new teams. Fabrizio Romano, a football transfer analyst, reaffirmed this. Levi Colwill, who will join Brighton as part of the Cucurella trade, has not been assigned an official squad number. He will join Brighton, but everything depends on the specifics of the loan. Ampadu, Kenedy, Gilmour, Barkley, and Batshuayi have all been left without a number, according to a…

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Lionel Messi was born in Central Argentina, to parents Jorge Messi and Celia Cucittini, 35 years ago. Nobody realized at the time—not even his parents—that their son would go on to become one of the greatest football players in history. Lionel Messi was born in Central Argentina, to parents Jorge Messi and Celia Cucittini, 35 years ago. Nobody realized at the time—not even his parents—that their son would go on to become one of the greatest football players in history. The career of Lionel Messi has been extremely successful. He is regarded as the GOAT by some (Greatest Of All…

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According to Completesports.com, Romelu Lukaku’s Premier League club Chelsea has chosen Victor Osimhen as one of the possible replacements. Lukaku’s loan agreement has apparently been reached between Chelsea and Inter Milan, and the Belgian forward is set to undergo medical testing next week. Following his high-profile return to Chelsea last season, Lukaku had trouble making an impression there. The Blues will step up their search for a replacement now that the club is considering Osimhen. At Stamford Bridge, the Nigerian is being discussed together with Jonathan David of Lille and Gianluca Scamacca of Sassuolo. The 23-year-old is apparently attracting interest…

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Sadio Mane has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, and a deal for the Liverpool forward is now very close to being completed. Negotiations between the two teams are nearing completion, and the Senegalese international is close to signing a three-year contract. An earlier bid was rejected by Liverpool, but Bayern Munich is prepared to make a more acceptable offer to the English Premier League club. Mane has been linked with a move away from Anfield for some time, with Bayern Munich his favoured destination. Mane’s chances of playing in the Bundesliga next season are growing…

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Arsenal has confirmed the arrival of Marquinos from Sao Paulo in the Premier League. The Gunners have signed the 19-year-old to a long-term deal. Marquinhos grew up in the Sao Paulo development system before breaking into the first-team squad and made his debut in July at the age of 18 years old. During his stint with Sao Paulo, he made 33 first-team appearances and was a member of the club that won the Campeonato Paulista in 2021. Marquinhos will fly to London from Brazil in the coming weeks to begin pre-season training with his new colleagues. “We’re thrilled to have…

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Xavi Hernández, Barcelona’s coach, and Joan Laporta, the club’s president, met with Gerard Piqué to discuss his status in the team and express their concern about his recent controversy regarding his playing career. According to Diario Sport, the 35-year-old was encouraged to leave Camp Nou in a dignified manner, as well as disowning the €40 million owed to him by the club, given that his contract expires in 2024. Despite the coach showing him the escape door, the center-back chose to rebel and pledge to remain away from his business for at least two years in order to focus on…

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In 2005, John Obi Mikel was a relatively unknown Nigerian footballer who was playing for Lyn in Norway. Despite never having played a game in England, he quickly became the most talked-about player in the country. Manchester United, Lyn, and the player had a press conference to confirm his signing, and the player even posed with a United shirt with the number 21 on it. When Chelsea claimed they had an agreement with the player, the guy went missing, and there were additional reports that he was compelled to sign a deal with United and other shenanigans, everything became a…

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Burnley has made the bold decision to hire former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany as their new manager. Last season, the Belgian manager was in charge of Anderlecht in his own country, but he resigned at the end of May. On Tuesday afternoon, the club announced the news on their website, but did not indicate how long it would last. Kompany has returned to English football after a three-year hiatus during which he resigned from the game and began a management career. He joined Anderlecht as a player-coach in 2019, but stood down shortly to focus on his playing duties,…

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It was recently reported that Roma had signed Nemanja Matic on a free transfer from Manchester United. Matic has signed a one-year contract with Roma and will wear the number 21 shirt. Nemanja Matic started his senior career with Kolubara before moving to Kosice in Slovakia in 2007. He joined Chelsea, an English club. He played the 2010-2011 season on loan at Vitesse, a Dutch club, after being purchased for 1.5 million euros in 2009. He moved to Benfica in the summer of 2011 as part of a swap deal with David Luiz. Nemanja Matic was included in the PFA…

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On Monday, the Super Eagles ran riot over a feeble Sao Tome and Principe team, winning 10-0 at the Adrar Stadium in Agadir, Morocco, in their second Group A game of the 2023 AFCON qualifiers. It is officially Nigeria’s biggest ever football victory, and it is the second time the country has scored ten goals in a game, following a 10-1 win over Dahomey (now Benin Republic) on November 28, 1959. The star of the Agadir showpiece was Victor Osimhen who scored four goals and provided two assists. Terem Moffi and Ademola Lookman scored the Eagles’ first goals, with the…

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Liverpool have agreed to pay up to €100 million (£85 million) for Benfica striker Darwin Nunez. The deal was revealed by the Portuguese club on Monday morning. They revealed that Liverpool will pay an initial fee of €75 million (£64 million), with €25 million in add-ons included in the deal. The move is conditional on the 22-year-old agreeing personal terms with Liverpool and passing a medical examination. Nunez will then sign a five-year contract with the company. Julian Ward, Liverpool’s director of football, was in Portugal to finalize the transfer while negotiating the terms of the agreement. Nunez scored 34…

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Chelsea are still hopeful about signing Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde, despite the Frenchman’s recent valuation being revealed, according to reports. Last summer, the 23-year-old was extensively linked with a move to Chelsea and was on the verge of joining before the Spanish club turned down Chelsea’s alleged proposals. However, his departure is becoming increasingly imminent, and his ties with Chelsea do not appear to be fading. According to Matt Law of the Telegraph, the Blues are hoping that a bid of around £42 million, with the possibility of add-ons bringing the total value up to £50 million, will be…

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On Saturday, Liverpool and Real Madrid will meet in the Bosses Association final for the second time in five years in Paris, with Jurgen Klopp’s side hoping to finish the season on a strong note, while the Spanish giants will rely on Karim Benzema to inspire them to a fourteenth European Cup title. The final promises to be a fitting end to the European season, with Liverpool aiming to win their fourth Champions League in four seasons after losing 3-1 to Genuine in Kyiv in 2018, when Mohamed Salah was injured in the first half and Gareth Bunch scored…

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AFP reports from London. Todd Boehly’s proposed takeover of Chelsea football club from sanctioned Russian businessman Roman Abramovich was given the green light by the UK government on Wednesday. Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said late Tuesday that she had granted a license approving the arrangement, which had been approved by the Premier League. “We are confident that the sale revenues will not benefit Roman Abramovich or other sanctioned people,” Dorries wrote on Twitter. “The club’s long-term survival can only be ensured under a new owner,” she stated, referring to the penalties…

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