Author: David Great

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, has offered his services to Paris St-Germain in an attempt to play alongside Argentine forward Lionel Messi, 35, after saying he wants to leave Manchester United. (Le Parisien, via Express) But PSG have turned down the chance of signing Ronaldo as they do not have enough space on their wage bill to pay him. (ESPN) United manager Erik ten Hag has said that Ronaldo remains part of his plans for the new season (Chronicle) Newcastle United have held talks with Real Sociedad about signing Sweden striker Alexander Isak, 22, from the Spanish side in a club-record deal. (Telegraph – subscription required) Leeds United and Brazil forward Raphinha,…

Chelsea are in talks to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Manchester City centre-back Nathan Ake. Thomas Tuchel’s side have been left short in central defence after the departures of Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen to Barcelona, both on free transfers. The Blues are hopeful of signing both Ake and Koulibaly. Meanwhile, Raheem Sterling’s move from Manchester City is expected to be confirmed in the next 48 hours. The England forward is flying out to join the Chelsea squad in Los Angeles before his transfer from City is completed. The 27-year-old has agreed a five-year contract to…

Manchester City midfielder Rodri has signed a new five-year contract until the summer of 2027. The Spain international, 26, has made 151 appearances for Pep Guardiola’s side since joining from Atletico Madrid for a then club record £62.8m in 2019. He has won five major honours during his time at Etihad Stadium, including back-to-back Premier League titles. “Joining City in 2019 is the best decision I have made in my career. I have loved every second,” Rodri said. “No better place to be!” ????#ManCity pic.twitter.com/RIO7J5dTV4 — Manchester City (@ManCity) July 12, 2022 “The fans have been amazing with me, I…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, members of the Central Working Committee, the National Campaign Council, and governors of the All Progressives Congress are expected to attend the grand finale of the reelection campaign rally for the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to be held on Tuesday in Osogbo. Also expected at the rally are party chieftains at the national level and across the 36 states of the federation. The grand rally reception planning committee, in a statement by its spokesperson, Funke Egbemode, said the rally would not just be a gathering of party faithful, but also of lovers of democracy and…

Edwin Clark, former Federal Commissioner for Information, says the nomination of Senator Kashim Shettima, as the running mate to Bola Tinubu in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country threatens Nigeria’s unity. In a statement on Monday, the convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) said the APC presidential candidate’s decision could be pointers to the confirmation and actualisation of such rumours to Islamise Nigeria as a country. “On the reasons adduced by Alhaji Tinubu on why he chose Kashim Shettima as Running-mate, is the APC Presidential Flag bearer telling Nigerians that there’s no Christians in the APC from the north…

Chief Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, has endorsed the decision by Sen. Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick a fellow Muslim as his running mate. Maduabuchi, in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said Tinubu’s decision was based on the existing political circumstances in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, had announced Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno and serving senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District as his running mate. While the APC presidential candidate is a Muslim from the South West,…

The first full-colour picture from the new James Webb Space Telescope has been released – and it doesn’t disappoint. The image is said to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the Universe to date, containing the light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach us. US President Joe Biden was shown the image during a White House briefing. Further debut pictures from James Webb are due to be released by Nasa in a global presentation on Tuesday. “These images are going to remind the world that America can do big things, and remind the…

Barcelona have agreed to meet Leeds United’s asking price of £65m for Brazil winger Raphinha, 25, and the Spanish club’s priority will now be to sell Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25, to Manchester United.(Mirror)  Chelsea appear to be behind Barcelona in their attempts to sign Raphinha and the Blues could consider 26-year-old Bayern Munich and Germany forward Serge Gnabry instead. (Mail) Leicester City and Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25, and Wolves’ Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves, 25, are on Manchester United’s back-up list if they fail to sign De Jong. (Talksport) Manchester United chief executive Richard Arnold is working to persuade Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, to withdraw his request to leave the club. (Times – subscription…

A living room is a place in a home that is supposed to be for family time, bonding and watching television, but men’s obsession for football lately is making the living room become a war zone between couples. With their husbands’ eyes and souls glued to the television screen displaying a football match, would wives agree to share the attention of their men with football? How do wives cope with husbands who are football fanatics? When a match is lost, how do wives cope with its effect on their husbands? Football is a game which engages every soul interested in…

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of police team to Osun, ahead of the July 16 governorship election in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement he issued in Abuja. He said the team would be headed by Johnson Kokumo, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). Adejobi said Kokumo, also the supervisory DIG for the South-West, would be assisted by four Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) during the election. He said four Commissioners of Police (CPs),…