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Antoine Griezmann began the formalities of fitness and medical tests on his first day of pre-season as a Barcelona player on Sunday. The World Cup winner visited his new club’s training ground for routine examinations a day after arriving in Catalonia. Griezmann, 28, joined Barca on a five-year deal after the LaLiga champions triggered his €120million release clause at Atletico ...

Premier League club Ashanti Gold are set announce the appointment of Brazilian coach Ricardo Da Rocha as the new head coach of the club following the departure of Kjetil Zachariassen. Footballmadeinghana.com understands the Obuasi based club are in advance talk with the former Ebusua Dwarfs Coach and could reach an agreement with the Brazilian in the coming days. His appointment ...

Charles Kwabla Akonnor, former Asante Kotoko head coach has declined the role of technical director at the club, Ghanacrusader can exclusively report. The management of Kotoko told Akonnor that he has been promoted to a new role as Technical Director of the club as the Reds have appointed Norwegian tactician, Kjetil Zachariassen. The former Black Stars captain, therefore, has submitted ...

Winger Christian Atsu has been excluded from Newcastle United’s squad to China for the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy in Nanjing and Shanghai. The Ghana international suffered an injury playing at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and has been given some days to recover fully. The Magpies travel to the Far East on Saturday and players including ...

Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi discussed rumours linking the LaLiga champions to Neymar. Neymar returning to Barcelona would be “incredible”, though former star Xavi insisted a transfer to re-sign the Paris Saint-Germain forward would be “very difficult”. La Liga champions Barca have been linked to Neymar, who left Camp Nou for French giants PSG in a world-record €222 million ($250 million/£200 million) deal in 2017. The situation ...

Griezmann to sign Barca contract on Monday 14 minutes ago 09:47 Atletico Madrid release clause set to be paid on Friday Antoine Griezmann is expected to undergo a medical and sign his contract with Barcelona on Monday, according to Sport. Barcelona are expected to pay the €120 million (£108m/$135m) release clause in Griezmann’s Atletico Madrid contract on Friday, but will not finalise the transfer until after ...

The centre-back has swapped the Belgian topflight for the Spanish elite division Ghana defender Joseph Aidoo has completed a transfer to Spanish club Celta Vigo. The centre-back has signed a five-year deal with the LaLiga outfit, bringing an end his two-year stay with Belgian side Genk. “The Ghanaian central [defender] Joseph Aidoo will be a player of the club for the next five ...

Billionaires Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola have both promised the Super Eagles $75,000 for every goal scored in their remaining matches at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. While Dangote made a pledge of $50,000 to the team for every goal in their remaining two matches at the championship, Otedola promised $25,000 for every goal. This is coming after the ...

It has emerged that Ghana’s nurses expected to be exported to Barbados will not be permanently engaged on the Caribbean Islands. The minister of health Kwaku Agyeman Manu made the disclosure shedding more light on Ghana’s memorandum of understanding with Barbados to export nurses to that country. Addressing trainee nurses at the Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College, the minister ...

Girlfriends of Ghana players besieged the team’s camp in Egypt as coach Kwesi Appiah failed to show leadership over the sexual expedition, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. In a shocking postmortem of the country’s disastrous 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, players enjoyed erotic rendezvous with their partners at the expense of focusing on the task. GHANAsoccernet.com understands the lack of personal discipline ...