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MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho will reportedly only consider signing Cristiano Ronaldo if Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves the club. Manchester United are being linked with Ronaldo amid reports the 32-year-old is determined to swap Real Madrid for an emotional Old Trafford return. The Portugal international is said to be seething at Los Blancos president Florentino Perez for going back on his ...

Carlo Ancelotti has agreed a deal to replace Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager, according to reports in Italy. Wenger will still have one year remaining on his contract at the end of the season but the 68-year-old could reconsider his position if the Gunners end up without a trophy this term. Several managers have been linked with succeeding Wenger, including ...

Ryan Giggs is set to be confirmed as the new Wales manager on a four-year contract. The former Manchester United player will be formally presented as Chris Coleman’s replacement at a press conference in Cardiff on Monday after the 44-year-old emerged as the Football Association of Wales’s preferred choice ahead of Osian Roberts, Craig Bellamy and Mark Bowen. The FAW interviewed ...

With 150 days left until the start of the biggest single-sport event in the world, the demand for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ tickets keeps increasing – both from domestic and international football fans. 3,141,163 tickets have been requested since 5 December, with the current sales window lasting until 12:00 (Moscow time) on 31 January. Fans from all around the ...

Isaac Dogboe’s years of hard work and ambition of winning a world title may have been achieved in a grand style a few days ago, but the excitement about winning the WBO Interim Super Bantamweight crown and an opportunity to face the WBO champion, Jessie Magdaleno, later this year to unify the titles, appear to have been dampened by huge ...

Aduana Coach Yusif Abubakar has slammed the officials for his side’s 2-0 loss to Kotoko in the final Group A match in the ongoing G8 tournament. Two unanswered goals from Eric Donkor and Kwame Banahene ensured that Kotoko progressed to the semis of the competition as group winners and sent Aduana crashing out. In his post match reflection, Coach Abubakar ...

MANCHESTER UNITED target Alexis Sanchez could reportedly follow in Cristiano Ronaldo’s footsteps by donning the No 7 shirt at Old Trafford. The Arsenal contract rebel is expected to leave the Emirates this month after refusing to put pen to paper on a new deal. And he had been tipped to join Manchester City and secure a reunion with his old ...

LIVERPOOL talked over a move for Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez but two things stopped them rivalling both Manchester United and Manchester City for the player’s signature, reports say. Sanchez looks set to join Manchester United from Arsenal despite for months wanting to join Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Liverpool were mooted as potential suitors days ago, with the Reds boosted from ...

CYRILLE REGIS has died at the age of 59 after a suspected heart attack. Regis, who became an icon at West Brom and Coventry during the 1970s and ‘80s, suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. He was part of a West Brom side that included the iconic black players Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson. The trio, who became known as ‘The ...

NEW Arsenal scout Sven Mislintat is behind the Gunners’ interest in Manchester United star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, according to reports. Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Mkhitaryan from Manchester United after the Red Devils offered him up to the Gunners. Jose Mourinho’s side are currently locked in negotiations for Alexis Sanchez who, despite initially preferring a move to Manchester City, now ...