SPORTS

SKY SPORTS pundit Matthew Upson admits he was staggered to see how many players are out of contract at Manchester United at the end of this season. There are eight players in the Manchester United first-team squad who see their current deals expire in the summer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Michael Carrick signed one-year deals last summer to keep them at ...

Eden Hazard rejected a contract extension at Chelsea, according to his father, who says his son is holding out for a Real Madrid transfer. The Belgian forward, 26, was back to his best last season as Chelsea romped to the Premier League title, after a sub-par season before in which he struggled for goals. He has continued his impressive performances ...

The Bundesliga has been off since Dec. 17. It doesn’t continue play until Jan. 12. It’s up to the players to decide what to do with their spare time. For whatever reason, Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa decided to embarrass a little kid: https://twitter.com/S_Kagawa0317/status/946011196796182528 That’s eight nutmegs in the span of half a minute, along with another failed attempt and ...

Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s sister has fuelled transfer talk suggesting that the midfielder could leave Manchester United for Borussia Dortmund. The Armenia international departed the Bundesliga giants in 2016 when the Red Devils put a big-money deal in place to take him to England. Mkhitaryan has endured a testing time at Old Trafford, with Jose Mourinho displaying an initial reluctance to utilise ...

The Ghana Football Association has appointed Mr. Isaac Addo as the General Secretary of the Association. This was confirmed at the last meeting of the GFA Executive Committee at the GFA Secretariat in Accra. Until his recent appointment, Mr. Addo was a Deputy General Secretary (Marketing) of the Association. He acted as General Secretary of the Association after the retirement ...

My legend now a President! A journey that begun with one vision to use football as a tool to give back to society. Many will recall his outstanding contribution to African and World Football. He always sets the records amidst all “Odds” and immeasurable inspiration to young sports men and women in the world. Yes ! He became the first ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho reportedly disagreed with staff about signing Atletico Madrid hitman Antoine Griezmann over the summer. Manchester United were keen to sign Griezmann from Atletico Madrid in the summer with the France international earmarked as a priority target. However, the striker ended up staying put after the La Liga giants were banned from signing players until January. ...

CHELSEA and Arsenal have been told to keep their hands off Bayer Leverkusen star Leon Bailey. Arsenal and Chelsea were plotting a January raid for the 20-year-old as the battle for the top four begins to heat up. But the Bundesliga outfit have issued an official statement warning clubs off of their highly-rated striker. Bailey has scored eight goals in ...

PHILIPPE COUTINHO has been welcomed to Barcelona by desperate fans who are begging him to sign. Coutinho posted a picture on Instagram this afternoon to celebrate his daughter Maria’s second birthday. Snapped in a short sleeve shirt and glasses, Coutinho is seen holding his daughter as she turns towards the camera. Alongside the picture, Coutinho wrote: “In celebration of two ...

United are a massive 15 points behind runaway title favourites Manchester City after being held by Leicester and Burnley Jose Mourinho has been provided with a massive boost ahead of Manchester United’s showdown with Southampton. Second-place United are a massive 15 points behind runaway Premier League title favourites Manchester City after being held by Leicester and Burnley over Christmas. But ...