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The Blues continue to progress talks over a legend returning to manage the club but not all of their options want the job Chelsea want to meet with Frank Lampard to discuss the manager’s role at Stamford Bridge as Juventus prepare to announce the appointment of Maurizio Sarri as their new coach, Goal can confirm. Derby County head coach Lampard ...

The Liverpool centre-back is a favourite to be named the Ballon d’Or winner ahead of the Barcelona superstar and Portuguese forward Luka Modric winning the Ballon d’Or in 2018 broke the Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or dominance over the last 10 years, but will it be for good? Ronaldo and Messi have both won five apiece, but they ...

The Wales international continues to be heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford and Rene Meulensteen believes a deal could be put in place Gareth Bale represents a “risk” for Manchester United, but former Red Devils coach Rene Meulensteen believes he is one worth taking for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Wales international is in danger of becoming an outcast ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has budgeted a humongous record amount of $15 million to execute Ghana’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, representing the highest amount ever spent by a country playing in the tournament, a reliable source has revealed. The Sports Minister, who had vowed to slash Ghana’s financial expenditure on the Black Stars in the face ...

The Egyptian Football Association have clarified that the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ represented in Egypt replacing Cameroon as Africa Cup of Nations 2019 hosts was the major reason that demanded the postponement of the final rounds of Egyptian Premier League games. Al Ahly had released a statement in which they criticized the EFA’s scheduling changes and listed a series of claims supporting ...

Ghana head coach, Kwesi Appiah, has named his final 23-man squad that will represent the Black Stars during the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. Ghana, who finished fourth at the last edition of the AFCON after losing 0-1 to Burkina Faso, will be playing in Group F alongside Cameroon Guinea Bissau and Benin in the tournament that will kick off on ...

Nigeria national team coach Gernot Rohr has named his 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which is set to take place in Egypt. The Super Eagles were drawn in Group B alongside Burundi and Madagascar, who will be participating in the tournament for the first time in their history, as well as Guinea. German coach Gernot Rohr released ...

The Black Stars lost 0-1 to their Namibian counterparts in a pre- AFCON friendly match played at the Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence in Dubai on Sunday evening. Manfred Starke scored the only goal of the game around the half hour mark after Lawrence Ati Zigi’s failed attempt to parry the ball ended in his own net. Ghana enjoyed lots ...

The Belgium international has completed a move to the Santiago Bernabeu, with Pat Nevin saying he may face a “tough” few years in the Spanish capital Eden Hazard has been warned that “sometimes the grass isn’t greener”, with Chelsea legend Pat Nevin saying the Belgian could face a few “tough” years at rebuilding Real Madrid. A former Blues star has ...

The battle for the No.1 spot at Arsenal in 2007-08 between the German and Spanish goalkeepers was a feisty one Vito Mannone has revealed what it was like to be stuck in the middle of Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia during their bitter battle for the No.1 spot at Arsenal throughout the 2007-08 season. The feud between the two goalkeepers ...