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LIVERPOOL will consider selling talisman Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona if they offer a staggering €120million (£107m). The Reds have already knocked back Barca’s opening £72m bid for the Brazilian but are expected to return with an improved offer. Liverpool are determined to keep hold of their star man and Jurgen Klopp has insisted on several occasions that he won’t be ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are keeping tabs on Andre Gomes with his Barcelona future uncertain. Jose Mourinho completed the signing of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea yesterday, but the Portuguese boss is keen to continue bolstering his midfield. And he has now turned his attention to fellow countryman Gomes. The 23-year-old only arrived at the Nou Camp last summer from Valencia but failed ...

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports headed by Alex Agyekum is set to summon the Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi and his vice George Afriyie over a purported bad blood between them. The alleged tension came to bare when Nyantakyi allegedly snubbed his second in command during the launch of the WAFU Nations Cup Tournament last week in Accra. ...

JOSE MOURINHO is in regular contact with Barcelona star Sergi Roberto over a proposed transfer. The Manchester United boss has already splashed the cash this summer in midfield with Nemanja Matic arriving from Chelsea in a £40million move. But the Portuguese boss isn’t stopping there as he knows he needs to add quality and depth to his squad with the ...

SERGE AURIER has ben strongly linked with Manchester United, but where would he fit in? Serge Aurier could be set for a big move to Manchester United this summer – but where would the Paris Saint Germain ace fit in? Jose Mourinho has almost completed assembling his squad for the season following the arrival of Nemanja Matic. But with several ...

SERGE AURIER is being linked with a summer switch to Manchester United – but who is he? And is the move going through? Express Sport take you through what we know so far. Who is Serge Aurier? Serge Aurier is a 24-year-old right-back who plays for Paris Saint-Germain. He grew up playing for Lens before moving to Toulouse and then ...

Ivory Coast have confirmed they have the capacity to host the expanded Africa Cup of Nations. This was confirmed by President Alassane Ouattara during an official visit to Sierra Leone. The Ivory Coast are set to host to the 2021 edition which will have more 8 teams as compared to what the 16 stipulated in its original bid. “The reality ...

RENATO SANCHES has snubbed a move to Chelsea due to their capture of Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco. France international Bakayoko was signed earlier in the summer for £39.7million. Antonio Conte made signing the 22-year-old a priority as he looked to replace Nemanja Matic in the middle. Chelsea have since sold Matic to Manchester United for £40m, with Bakayoko and N’Golo ...

Barcelona have blocked payment of a 26-million-euro ($31-million) bonus for star attacker Neymar as speculation mounts that he will move to Paris Saint-Germain, a source at the club said Tuesday. The Brazilian football star, who is due to come back for training on Wednesday morning, is at the centre of an apparent tug of war between the two European giants ...

Controversial pastor and Leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministry International, Nicholas Osei was popularly known as ‘Kumchacha‘ has charged the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to arrest Pastor Mensa Otabil, Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church for what he describes as fraudulent prayers for fees schemes. The ICGC recently held its annual “Greater Works” conference during which ...