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ARSENAL midfielder Mesut Ozil must not join Manchester United, according to former Germany striker Karl-Heinz Riedle. Mesut Ozil is out of contract with Arsenal in the summer and is yet to agree new terms with the north London club. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to Manchester United to reunite with former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho. However, ...

RAY WILKINS has bemoaned Chelsea’s decision to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United, after midfielder N’Golo Kante was injured playing for France in the international break. The perpetual midfielder, who was crowned PFA Player of the Year last season, was taken off 34 minutes into France’s 1-0 win over Bulgaria with a suspected hamstring injury. He has returned to Chelsea’s ...

Saudi Arabian top sports officials have visited the Black Stars in their training camp in Jeddah to give the players and official commemorative gifts ahead of Tuesday’s friendly. The Asian country’s Ahlete’s Gift programme visited the Ghana team hotel on Monday night to greet the players and officials as part of the welcome for the four time African champions. Ghana’s ...

CHELSEA forward Eden Hazard admits he’s far from 100 per cent fit despite making his return to first-team action. Hazard missed Chelsea’s opening three Premier League games of the season after undergoing surgery on an ankle injury back in July. He’s appeared in the Blues’ last seven games across all competitions, starting their latest league outing in the 1-0 defeat ...

The 72-year-old returns to management four years after Bayern sacked him, but the former sporting director is sure the club will not regret it Bayern Munich have made the right decision in bringing Jupp Heynckes back to replace Carlo Ancelotti as head coach according to Matthias Sammer. Heynckes made a shock return for a third spell in charge of the ...

Madam Inas Mazhar, the spokesperson for the Egyptian Football Association has stated that the Black Stars of Ghana were clearly robbed in Kamapala in the 2018 world cup qualifier. There were controversies over a last minute goal that was denied by South African referee Daniel Bennettte when Dwamena slotted home from a rebound deep into stoppage time but his effort ...

Iceland sealed a place in Russia with a 2-0 victory against Kosovo in Reykjavik, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup finals. Heimir Hallgrimsson’s team knew a win against Group I’s bottom side would guarantee top spot and an automatic qualifying place, and Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson settled their nerves with a superbly taken goal five minutes ...

CHELSEA starlet Charly Musonda looks to have vented his frustrations on Instagram at not being given chances at Stamford Bridge. The 20-year-old has made just one league appearance for the Blues since joining from Anderlecht in 2012. The winger also started in Chelsea’s 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup last month in which he scored his first ...

The winger will watch the games in Russia from home after yet another physical problem kept him out of his national side’s last qualifying game Gareth Bale is Wales. There is no denying the Real Madrid star’s importance to his national team. With Bale in the team, the Dragons are a side capable of reaching the semi-finals of major tournaments, ...

BARCELONA have made Atletico Madrid hitman Antoine Griezmann their No1 summer transfer target, according to reports. The Argentine ace has yet to sign a new contract with Barcelona and the Catalans will be growing anxious as the January transfer window approaches. Any player whose contract is due to expire in the summer of 2018 can agree to join a foreign ...