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Petr Cech will return to Chelsea this summer in a new sporting director role at the club, Sky Sports News has learnt. The 36-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper announced he will retire from playing after next Wednesday’s Europa League final in Azerbaijan against his former – and future – employers at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have been without a technical director since Michael ...

The former Manchester City owner is looking to get back into football and is eyeing a potential bid for Crystal Palace Former Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra holds the aim of taking a controlling stake in Premier League outfit Crystal Palace. The 69-year-old was once the Prime Minister of Thailand, during which time he sought to buy both Fulham and ...

Red Devils keeper Lee Grant has revealed that the man in charge at Old Trafford has shown that he has lost none of his sharpness on the training pitch Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remains “pretty deadly”, says Lee Grant, with the Manchester United manager having given a finishing lesson to Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba. The former Red Devils striker is ...

The Italy-born Dutchman is one of the most well-known and elite football agents in the industry and has built up an impressive reputation Mino Raiola is one of the most powerful figures in football, responsible for handling stars such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Matthijs de Ligt and Romelu Lukaku. Most of his work is conducted behind the scenes, but ...

Former Black Stars defender, Emmanuel Armah, popularly known as “Armah Senegal” has revealed that he once used black magic, also known as “Juju” to score a goal against rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko during his playing days. Armah made his name with the Black Stars in 1992, forming a solid defensive partnership with Tony Baffoe as Ghana made it all the ...

Head coach of the senior national team Kwesi Appiah has invited three local players to his 30-man squad for the African Cup of Nations camping in Dubai. The list is, however, yet to be made public. Felix Annan and Abdul Fatawu Safiu both from Asante Kotoko and Mohammed Alhasan of Accra Hearts of Oak will be part of the team ...

Augustine Arhinful, former Black Stars forward believes Asamoah Gyan’s decision to retire from international football will not harm their preparation ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The former Sunderland and Liberty Professionals striker announced his shocking retirement from the team with barely 32 days to the start of the 2019 AFCON after it was speculated that ...

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah must resign if president Akufo-Addo interferes with his decision to drop Asamoah Gyan as captain of the team, a former Ghana FA boss said. Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe said he disagrees with the coach’s decision to take the armband from Gyan ahead of the 2019 Africa Nations Cup, but the presidency has no right to put ...

Three top Ghanaian coaches have been appointed to scout for the Black Stars during their AFCON 2019 campaign in Egypt. They are Denmark-based Mas-ud Dramani, Sellas Tetteh and David Duncan. According to a grapevine source, the names of the three scouts were included in Kwasi Appiah’s provisional squad which was submitted to the GFA on Monday. The source revealed to ...

Former Ghana International who doubles as Normalisation Committee member of the Ghana Football Association Samuel Osei Kuffuor is reported to be angry over the questionable decisions of Kwesi Appiah over his team’s selection and appointment of a scout. Kwesi Appiah met Management committee members of the Black Stars on Monday to explain and justify his player selection ahead of the ...