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MANCHESTER UNITED are edging closer to securing Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic. That’s according to Italian journalist Tancredi Palmeri. Winger Perisic has been on Jose Mourinho’s radar for some time but talks between United and Inter have stalled. United are reluctant to meet Inter’s £48million valuation and the Serie A giants have thrown a spanner in the works by requesting ...

NEMANJA MATIC signing for Manchester United would be a good move for both player and club, according to pundit Stewart Robson. Matic looks likely to leave Chelsea this summer after being left behind in England for their pre-season tour to China. The Serbian has attracted interest from Juventus and Inter Milan but reports claim Manchester United are the favourites for ...

Independent oil and gas company, Tullow Ghana Limited, has renewed a 3-year partnership agreement with education and football academy “Right to Dream”. The move is geared towards driving its Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) Initiative. Speaking at a ceremony at New Akrade in the Eastern Region, Social Performance and Public Affairs Manager, Kwasi Boateng highlighted STEM as Tullow Ghana’s ...

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN will not break the Financial Fair Play regulations even if they spend £196million on Barcelona’s Neymar, a UEFA official has suggested. PSG want to sign Neymar and have the funds to trigger his release clause A string of Barcelona officials have confidently assured fans that no club can afford to meet that clause. They claim any side doing ...

A Magistrate at an Accra District Court has cautioned Ghanaian boxer Braimah Kamoko popularly known as Bukom Banku to be a good example to the youth. This was after he was discharged over an offensive conduct charge, Thursday. This is not the first time the boxer has been dragged to court over similar charges. The latest was after one Ida ...

CHAN Black Stars coach, Maxwell Konadu has dismissed fears by Burkina Faso football enthusiasts, that the 2018 CHAN qualifier against our Northern neighbours on August 11 will be a difficult match for the team, at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou. The Black Stars defeated the Hawks of Togo by 2-1 in a friendly in Lome on July 8. The ...

REAL MADRID are ready to hand Karim Benzema a new contract. Benzema helped fire Real Madrid to a Champions League and La Liga double last term, scoring 17 goals in all competitions. But the long-term servant of Los Blancos has seen his future thrown into doubt of late with the Spanish outfit upping their pursuit of Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe. Eighteen-year-old ...

CHELSEA’s newest signing Alvaro Morata IS an upgrade on Diego Costa, according to pundit Stewart Robson. Robson also believes Morata is a better player than former Chelsea target and current Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku. The Spaniard joined the Blues from Real Madrid last Friday for a fee in the region of £70million. Morata is set to replace Costa as ...

PAULO DYBALA insists he is not interested in leaving Juventus as reports emerge that he could replace Neymar at Barcelona. Barcelona targeted Dybala last summer but Juventus held firm on their reluctance to sell. In April he signed a new contract at the Turin club to end Barca’s hopes of securing a deal this year. But with Neymar continuing to ...

RENATO SANCHES will only be allowed to leave Bayern Munich on loan, according to club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. AC Milan have been in talks with Bayern Munich about signing Sanches this summer. Reports yesterday suggested Sanches was set to join Milan for a fee of £36million on a four-year deal. But Bayern chief Rummenigge has insisted that the 19-year-old will only ...