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Les Rouges et Blancs have released a statement declaring no permission has been given to rivals to speak to the France international. Monaco have threatened to report “important” clubs to FIFA over Kylian Mbappe approaches. The France international has been linked with big-money moves to the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal. “AS MONACO regretfully notice that important ...

Hernandez will fly to London in the next few days to finalise personal terms and have a medical with the east London club. West Ham United have agreed terms with Bayer Leverkusen for the transfer of former Manchester United star Javier Hernandez to London Stadium. Hernandez will fly to London in the next few days to finalise personal terms and ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is unfazed by Alvaro Morata’s imminent move to Chelsea as he challenged Romelu Lukaku. Real Madrid and Chelsea have agreed a fee for Morata, who was also a target for United during the close-season. Both Premier League clubs were also believed to be chasing Lukaku, with United signing the striker for a reported £75million from ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) has released 1.5 million dollars to the Ministry of Youth and Sports to offset unpaid arrears of the Black Stars technical team. The Ministry is expected to use part of the money to settle unpaid salaries of Coach Kwasi Appiah and his backroom staff and also invest in sports development within the country. The ...

The 24-year-old was persuaded by his Spanish national team colleague in addition to boss Antonio Conte. Alvaro Morata has revealed Cesar Azpilicueta convinced him to join Chelsea as the Real Madrid striker closes in on a £67m move. The Blues missed out on Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United but have moved quickly to land a replacement for Diego Costa, who ...

Arsenal fans are loving this clip of their goalkeeper telling his team mates he doesn’t want them to celebrate winning the International Champions Cup. Ask most Arsenal fans to tell you what is wrong with their team, and you will hear one word mentioned time and again. Mentality. The reason many Gooners feel frustrated at their team’s inability to challenge ...

Fresh off winning his second Champions League, Alvaro Morata will depart Real Madrid again. Despite scoring 15 goals in La Liga, the second-most in Madrid’s squad last season as they snatched the title away from Barcelona for first time in five years, Morata played just 1,341 minutes, which is shocking for a player of his enormous quality. The Spaniard needs ...

The African Nations Cup finals are set to be expanded to 24 teams and moved to dates in June and July but will continue to be held every two years after recommendations on the tournament at a symposium in Morocco on Wednesday. The decision must still be ratified by the Confederation of African Football’s executive committee, but that could come ...

IVAN PERISIC will play more minutes than any of his team-mates on Inter Milan’s pre-season tour of the Far East – despite Manchester United’s interest in the winger. Inter insist they do not want to sell Perisic as United push for a summer deal. The Croatia international has gone on Inter’s trip to China and Singapore. He missed Inter’s friendly ...

The captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan is known for living an extravagant lifestyle and in the past confessed to splurging $20,000 on a baby shark. The former Shanghai SIPG forward also owns a fleet of luxurious vehicles and a $3 million mansion at Weija. However, he is also a humanitarian at heart with his Asamoah Gyan Foundation carrying ...