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MANCHESTER UNITED legend Rio Ferdinand says “carnage” is about to happen on transfer deadline day as the Red Devils aim to sign at least one player before the window closes. Maguire to Manchester Utd is a great move says expert This is a modal window. Manchester United have signed Brazilian midfielder Fred, Portuguese defender Diogo Dalot and goalkeeper Lee Grant ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho fears the club fail in a bid to raid one of Tottenham, Barcelona or Leicester before the transfer deadline. Manchester United manager Mourinho wants to sign a centre-back with three players on his list of potential reinforcements. The Red Devils are keen on Tottenham’s Toby Alderwiereld, Leicester’s Harry Maguire and Barcelona’s Yerry Mina – but ...

TRANSFER NEWS live updates – follow the latest news ahead of deadline day with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal battling to do late deals. Chelsea have triggered Kepa’s release clause and he will become the most expensive keeper in the world Mateo Kovacic is having a medical ahead of a loan move to Chelsea Thibaut Courtois will complete his move ...

Former Ghana International, John Paintsil says his biggest regret in life is allowing people he considered friends to get so close to him that they eventually destroyed his marriage. He says, these days his best advice to up and coming footballers is simple, “beware of who you call your friend and who you allow into your home”. Speaking on popular ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are furious with Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola for trying to engineer a move to Barcelona for the World Cup winner. United have rejected out of hand a double player-plus-cash deal for Pogba from the Spanish club. Their offer of £44.6million plus defender Yerry Mina and midfielder Andres Gomes was laughed off by United’s hierarchy – but they ...

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Pinnick on his ascension to the position of the second most important personality in African football. Pinnick, who is also Vice President of Africa’s Zone West B and Member of the Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions, was nominated for the exalted position during the ...

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is closing in on a move to Real Madrid in a deal worth around 35 million euros ($41 million), Spanish media reported on Tuesday. “Courtois, decision imminent”, Madrid sports daily Marca ran as its headline, claiming that the record 13-time European champions are “confident of his signing”. “The Courtois soap opera is coming to its end. ...

Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke on Tuesday announced an offer to take full ownership of the Premier League club in a deal worth £1.8 billion ($2.3 billion). The American sports mogul, who already owns 67 percent of the club through his company Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, has reached a deal with Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov for the sale of his ...

Following the mammoth announcement of a jaw-breaking sponsorship package of $10m dollars for the Ghana Premier League as title sponsors, many would think that players of Star Madrid are enjoying a honeymoon, but the story could be the opposite. Owed winning bonuses for seven matches in the national Division One League, players of Star Madrid – a club owned by ...

MAURIZIO SARRI has revealed he intends to sit down with Willian to discuss his Chelsea future as well as his misdemeanour. Willian has been strongly linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge this summer. Manchester United have been closely connected with Jose Mourinho eager to reunite with the Brazilian. Barcelona are also monitoring Willian and have had three bids ...