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Barca have already seen two bids turned down for Neymar, who left the club for France in a world record €222 million transfer in 2017. PSG rejected a first offer which included Philippe Coutinho, Ivan Rakitic and €80m and then dismissed their request to take him on loan this season ahead of a permanent move next summer in a deal which would have been worth…
Chi Chi Igbo, popularly known as Chified, had an interesting answer for a follower who mocked her for still using an iPhone 4 in 2019. The Nigerian footballer shared a photo where she was posing with an iPhone 4. While others complimented her looks, one follower noticed her phone and asked why someone of her status is still using an iPhone 4 when others…
A Norwegian third-tier side have signed Lionel Messi… but there’s no need for Barcelona fans to worry. Formerly known as Daniel Are Knutsen, the 16-year-old admires the Argentina international so much that he changed his name to honour his idol. Junkeren, a side from the north of Norway, announced the signing of the younger Messi this week – and the club hope that the teenager…
As the country and the entire world grief the passing of former Black Stars striker Junior Agogo, Ghanaweb.com has gone deep into its archives to give readers a flashback of the last few years of the ever-smiling ex-footballer. Two years ago, Ghanaweb.com caught up with the former Black Stars goalkeeper and now goalkeeper’s trainer of the national team, Richard Kingston following revelations by Agogo that…
Franck Ribery has joined Italian sideFiorentina on a free transfer. The French footballer, 36, became a free agent in the summer after 12 years at Bundesliga club, Bayern Munich, where he made 425 appearances and scored 86 goals in all competitions. On Wednesday, August 21, Ribery signed a two-year deal with Fiorentina. At his unveiling on Thursday, August 22, at Fiorentina’s Stadio Artemio Franchi, the 36-year-old winger who…
Sevilla were a counter-attacking side, but not in the traditional sense. Rather than sit in a deep block and absorb pressure, they pressed in strategic bursts to target opposition weak spots; rather than concede possession they played a sharp short-passing game to draw the other team out before suddenly switching gears to break into the spaces left behind. When Unai Emery was unveiled as Arsenal manager in…
“I played a lot this summer, because I needed to adapt to the team,” Rabiot told Sky Sport 24. “I’m managing to create an excellent affinity with Cristiano Ronaldo, because he also plays on the left. Training with him allows me to improve myself a lot and his presence is very good for the group.” “Turin is different from Paris. It’s smaller, but it’s a beautiful city,”…
“At the beginning of my career I thought I might be a manager but at this point I don’t think I will become a manager,” Van Dijk told media. “The world can be very cruel…there are a lot of people that have opinions and that can affect you – if you have the choice you’d rather not be in those kind of situations. But I think…
Since signing from Real Betis for €18 million (£16.3m/$20m) , Firpo, now 23, regularly crosses paths with Messi and stressed there’s no bad blood between them. “I see him every day in the changing room,” Firpo told SPORT . “I know you’re asking this because of the old tweets I made but that’s in the past and we’ve squashed that. It isn’t something I want to make a bigger deal out of.…
Manuel “Junior” Agogo (1 August 1979 – 22 August 2019) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Ghana but spent most of his childhood in the UK. He then moved back to Ghana during his years in secondary school. He began his youth career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, moving up to the senior squad in 1997. He played for fifteen…
