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PHILIPPE COUTINHO is not the kind of player Jurgen Klopp can afford to have at Liverpool, according to Ronnie Whelan. The Brazil international has handed in a transfer request at Liverpool but the Reds are not willing to let him leave this summer. Jurgen Klopp admits Coutinho’s future is out of his hands but Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group issued ...

Paulinho, Barcelona’s first signing after the shocking departure of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record fee of 222 million euors, is the club’s fourth most expensive ever. The club have paid €40 million to Guangzhou Evergrande for the player. The fee is only exceeded by the fees paid for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Luis Suárez. Although it’s still ...

Ghana’s world title prospect, Richard Commey, has moved to the 3rd in the lightweight division in the latest World Boxing Council rankings for the month of August 2017. Commey who was last month was ranked 4th, has moved above former WBC world lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin. The former IBF world lightweight title contender was ranked number 10 by the WBC ...

This was confirmed by the club’s sports director Azad Budak on their official website. “We got a really good and experienced left back that will mean a lot to us. Not only on the field, but also in the locker room. We are very happy that he is here,” Budak said. A club statement read: “Thirty two-year-old Taye Taiwo began ...

Southampton have entered into a partnership with Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng, the Premier League club’s owner Katharina Liebherr announced on Monday. “I am pleased to confirm that talks to bring in a new partner to our club have been concluded,” said Liebherr in an open letter to supporters on the club website. “Following extensive and fruitful work, we are entering ...

CHELSEA expect Diego Costa to return to the club after going awol in Brazil. Chelsea have fined Diego Costa two weeks’ wages for failing to return to pre-season training with the rest of the squad last month. The striker is currently his his hometown in Brazil and is furious with the club for preventing his return to Atletico Madrid. However, ...

DIEGO COSTA has admitted he’s not expecting Antonio Conte to change his mind and pave his return to Chelsea. Diego Costa was informed by Conte in June via text message telling him he wasn’t a part of his long-term plans. The 28-year-old striker last played for the Blues in the FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal in May at Wembley. ...

ALVARO MORATA is reportedly not happy at Chelsea and has been in constant contact with his former Real Madrid team-mates via Whatsapp. Alvaro Morata joined Chelsea last month for a club-record fee in the region of £70million but has failed to start in either of the Blues’ first two matches. The 24-year-old was a second-half substitute in the Community Shield ...

BARCELONA have announced they have done a £36.3million deal to sign former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho. The Brazil international, 29, is set for a medical on Thursday and will make the move from Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande. A club statement released this morning read: “FC Barcelona and Guangzhou Evergrande have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player ...

PHILIPPE COUTINHO sparked fears from fans after his cardboard cut-out in the Liverpool club shop in the city centre was taken down at the weekend. But fans worried it was a sign their star man is off to Barcelona have some cause for celebration. All the figures in the club shop are being removed to prepare for Liverpool’s new autumn ...