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Alexis Sanchez’s future has still not been sorted out but Manchester City are increasingly optimistic he will be playing for them next season. Sanchez, 28, is still on international duty with Chile who have reached the 2017 Confederations Cup final and his Arsenal future is no closer to being sorted with just one year remaining on his current contract with ...

Our friends at Football Whispers round up the latest transfer news from the European papers as Real Madrid continue to monitor Thibaut Courtois and Arsenal push forward for Thomas Lemar. ITALY Manchester United have made another move for Torino striker Andrea Belotti. The 23-year-old scored 26 goals in Serie A last season and has been a transfer target for Arsenal ...

Juventus have confirmed the release of Dani Alves, paving the way for a possible reunion with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Sky sources understand that Manchester City are interested in reuniting Alves with his former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola at the Etihad, and Juve chief Giuseppe Marotta revealed last week that the Brazilian had asked to leave the Serie A champions. ...

Ghana Olympic Committee President, Ben Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has taken strong swipe at deputy Youth and Sports Minister Hon. Pius Enam, Hadziede. The deputy Youth and Sports minister Hon. Pius Enam Hadziede stated in his interview with Happy FM that, some of federation heads will go on to the Internet searching for competitions and if they get the then ...

Nigerian second-tier side Mighty Jets FC, from the city of Jos, have sacked 40 players from their 65-man squad for performing below the club’s expectations. Struggling Jets, currently seventh in the 13-team Northern Conference of the Nigeria National League (NNL), have also snapped up a further 10 new players to increase competition and “separate wheat from chaff”. “We had a ...

Wayne Rooney can still be a valuable player and returning to Everton would be a ‘good move’ for the Manchester United captain, according to Kevin Kilbane. ‘Ronaldo is angry’ United’s record goalscorer has been heavily linked with a switch away from Old Trafford this summer after being reduced to a bit-part role last season and a move back to his ...

Since it was announced in December 2012, FIFA’s decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar has faced stern criticism. The recent publication of a 2014 report by former FIFA chief ethics investigator Michael Garcia has only exacerbated the matter, expressing concerns at the behaviour of some FIFA executives and bringing to light questionable payments and gifts given to ...

Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in Portugal’s third-place match at the 2017 Confederations Cup this Sunday. He has bigger things to sort out. Ronaldo, 32, was released from Portugal’s squad late Wednesday after their defeat on penalty kicks to Chile in the Confed Cup semifinals in Russia.  The Real Madrid and Portugal superstar will now travel to visit his new twin sons, who were born ...

Marcus Rashford may have felt he was in the presence of royalty when he met Ronaldinho, but he certainly made an impression on the Brazil icon. The 19-year-old attacker sat down with the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star in a restaurant and managed to get a picture with him. Rashford posted the image on Instagram with the caption, “Nice ...

Jose Mourinho has a list of four marquee players he wants to sign this summer, according to reports. So far, only one of those targets is actually a Manchester United player. Trending: Fake News: Seth Meyers Mocks Donald Trump’s Fake ‘Time’ Magazine Cover According to the Manchester Evening News, Mourinho has identified Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic, Alvaro Morata and Ivan ...