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The Blues face serious competition from leading clubs and are reluctant to pay a €120m buy-out clause, but do want to strike a deal Manchester City are exploring a big-money move for Benfica forward Joao Felix this summer, Goal understands. City are planning to reinforce their attack ahead of next season and have also been keeping tabs on Frankfurt forward ...

Ghana and Crystal Palace utility winger Jeffrey has been ruled out for the rest of the season after picking up a career-threatening injury in their clash with Manchester City. Jeffrey Schlupp was an early first-half sub against Manchester City on Sunday in their 3-1 defeat and Roy Hodgson today provided an update on the Eagles man. “We have been a ...

The midfielder was substituted after going down injured in first half against Spurs in a season ravaged by injuries Pep Guardiola has said he is unsure how severe Kevin De Bruyne’s injury in. The Belgian went down with an apparent knee problem in the first half of Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Tottenham, which forced him to be replaced by ...

Former Asante Kotoko skipper Ibrahim Sunday has revealed how he ended up signing for the Porcupine Warriors despite being born and bred in Koforidua. According to the him, he fell in love with the club during his youthful days at Koforidua after watching them play in the Eastern Region. The Porcupine Warriors were so attractive that every brilliant player hatched ...

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE – All the latest rumours and gossip coming out of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Transfer news LIVE Man Utd are willing to sell Romelu Lukaku this summer as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans a squad overhaul Liverpool are preparing for life without Mohamed Salah – and they may have found a replacement Alexandre ...

The Professional Footballers Association, PFA, on Saturday revealed the shortlist for the season’s PFA Player’s Player of the Year with Senegal and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane being the only African listed. Mane is one of two Liverpool players on the list along with defender Virgil van Dijk. Manchester City, Liverpool’s main challengers for the Premier League title had three nominees. Argentine ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO is proving to be a problem for some of his Juventus team-mates, according to club legend Andrea Pirlo. Ronaldo arrived at Juve from Real Madrid in a £100million last summer. His 19 Serie A goals have sent them to the brink of an eighth league title in succession. A win at home to Fiorentina today will clinch the ...

AMIR KHAN and Terence Crawford go head-to-head in New York tonight but how much prize money is on offer? Madison Square Garden will be the stage as Amir Khan challenges Terence Crawford for the WBO welterweight title. Khan tipped the scales at 146.6lbs at yesterday’s weigh-in, narrowly heavier than his American opponent, who was 146.4lbs. Crawford represents a far bigger ...

JARRELL MILLER has broken his silence after his world heavyweight title fight against Anthony Joshua was cancelled, after the former failed two drugs tests. The American heavyweight was set to face off against Anthony Joshua for the latter’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world titles on June 1, but has now been denied a licence. That was after Miller failed ...

Prof. Asarf Sobhy, Egypt’s Minister for Youths and Sports, says the six stadia for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, will be ready by mid-May. Sobhy, stated this on Friday in Cairo, when journalists from 20 African countries including Nigeria, participating in the 53rd training course for Young African Journalists, paid him a courtesy visit. He said that Egypt was ...