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After Neymar was linked with a move back to Barcelona in the summer transfer window, Lionel Messi has admitted he would have loved to have the Brazilian back. Neymar had expressed his desire to leave Paris Saint-Germain after growing increasingly frustrated with the club. Barcelona tabled a bid in late August but the offer was rebuffed by PSG who were ...

After qualifying Tanzania’s Taifa Stars for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the first time in 39 years and leading the team to the continental showpiece in Egypt, Emmanuel Amuneke, has asked the Arbitration Committee of FIFA to compel the East African nation to pay him his outstanding wages. The former Nigeria and Barcelona winger who is AFCON ...

The Confederation of African Football’s bid to pay the Africa Cup of Nations winners is seriously threatened by a paucity of funds, Sports Extra has reliably gathered. AFCON winners Algeria, finalists Senegal and third-place winners Nigeria are yet to be paid their prize monies due to CAF’s current financial deficit. The sum of $14.2m is expected to be shared between ...

The Senegalese forward has sparked transfer talk and reports of rifts in the Reds camp, but he maintains that he is settled and ambitious at Anfield Sadio Mane has reiterated his full commitment to the Liverpool cause, saying “I really struggle to describe how happy I am to be here”. Transfer talk has been sparked around the Senegalese forward in ...

Mathias Pogba has revealed that a World Cup winner at Old Trafford has held discussions with the likes of Antoine Griezmann and Zlatan Ibrahimovic Barcelona are among those said to have expressed interest in Paul Pogba and the Manchester United midfielder’s brother, Mathias, claims the World Cup winner has spoken with Lionel Messi. Another window of speculation surrounding a France ...

The former England international wants the Manchester United striker to decide whether he wants to be a central striker or wide forward Marcus Rashford has been warned that he faces becoming “the modern-day Theo Walcott”, with Stan Collymore urging the Manchester United and England star to make a definitive decision on his best position. As things stand, the 21-year-old continues ...

The Portuguese is once again the top earner in Italy’s top flight, with Matthijs de Ligt and Romelu Lukaku making up the top three Cristiano Ronaldo earns almost three times more than any other player in Serie A, comfortably retaining his position as Italian football’s highest earner. According to figures published by Gazzetta dello Sport, the Juventus star takes home ...

The Gunners’ head of football is making a big impact at the Emirates after 10 years as director of football at Barcelona “That’s the guy who finally spent the money.” Those were the words one Arsenal fan whispered to a confused Liverpool supporter when a buzz started to sweep around the streets outside Anfield last month. The Gunners were on ...

Manchester City have assembled the first billion-euro squad, a report by the CIES Football Observatory announced yesterday. City, who have benefitted hugely since the Abu Dhabi group takeover in 2008, spent 1.014bn euros on their current players with Paris St-Germain (913m euros) and Real Madrid (902m euros) in second and third respectively. The Premier League champions’ squad is worth 32 ...

In the wake of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, A Ghanaian footballer caught in the attacks, Jacob Adu Twum is appealing to the government of Ghana to speed up processes in rescuing Ghanaians who are becoming victims of the attacks. According to reports, one Ghanaian footballer known as Arthur had been shot in both legs by the South African ...