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MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho has reportedly failed in an attempt to convince Real Madrid prodigy Miguel Gutierrez to move to Old Trafford. Manchester United seem to have spent much of the summer chasing after Real Madrid’s best players. Back in July, talk was rife that Cristiano Ronaldo could be about to make a sensational return to the Red Devils ...

Arsenal stepped up their preparations in training Thursday as they get ready to take on Leicester City in their Premier League curtain raiser against Leicester City tonight. The Gunners are without the injured Alexis Sanchez for the game at the Emirates Stadium, but looked in good spirits ahead of the night fixture. Sanchez may be out of the game, but ...

Ghana head coach Kwesi Appiah joined his assistant Maxwell Konadu the handler of the home-based Black Stars in the Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou on Thursday evening, ahead of the side’s clash with the Local Stallions in the 2018 CHAN qualifier. The team had left Ghana on Wednesday evening for Burkina Faso without Kwesi Appiah who, according to sources, was ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are looking to add to their squad with the end of the transfer window less than a month away. Express Sport brings you latest updates from Old Trafford. MANCHESTER UNITED TRANSFER NEWS LIVE UPDATES: All the latest on Gareth Bale, Serge Aurier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and more… Thursday August 10 Darmian: I never gave up on United dream 09:20: ...

The Nigerian delegation to the  London  2017 World Athletics Championships were  allegedly thrown into confusion   on Wednesday  after the British High Commission  denied Abike Egbeniyi an entry visa to the United Kingdom. United States-based Egbeniyi, who  qualified for the women’s 400m at the national trials in Abuja with a time of 52.10secs, is expected to miss out on  the 4x400m ...

The Western Union Company and Liverpool FC Wednesday announced a multi-year partnership that will see Western Union, a leader in global payment and money transfer services, become an Official Principal Partner and the Official Money Transfer Partner of Liverpool FC. They will also become the club’s first-ever official shirt sleeve sponsor – with the Western Union logo appearing on it. ...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was seen giving a supporter his European Super Cup runners-up medal after his side’s 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid. Manchester United saw their hopes of winning a fourth trophy under Mourinho dashed by a superb Real Madrid side in Skopje. The Red Devils may have shelled out over £100million on new recruits Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja ...

FLORENTINO PEREZ has told Jose Mourinho that Real Madrid have no intention of selling Gareth Bale. And the Real president has cast doubt whether the Spanish club’s pursuit of Monaco wonder boy Kylian Mbappe will succeed. Mourinho made it clear before last night’s UEFA Super Cup in Macedonia that he would head the queue to bring Bale back to the ...

Christian Atsu insists he always knew he wanted to return to Newcastle United permanently this summer. The 25-year-old initially joined the Magpies on a season-long loan from Chelsea 12 months ago, scoring five league goals as he helped United lift the Championship title. Rafa Benitez subsequently opted to activate the permanent-purchase clause in his contract and Atsu signed for £6.5million ...

JOSE MOURINHO suffered a double blow in the Super Cup in Macedonia. Manchester United were beaten by Real Madrid in the UEFA Super cup final before Mourinho admitted it was “game over” in his pursuit of Gareth Bale. Goals from Casemiro and Isco put Real in charge before Romelu Lukaku made amends for an earlier bad miss by pulling a ...