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Griezmann was one of last year’s hottest properties and was available for £88m (€100m) due to a release clause in his Atletico Madrid contract. He opted to stick with the Spanish giants though after FIFA upheld their transfer ban which prevented them from registering new players. Jose Mourinho could have made a fresh move for Griezmann at the end of ...

PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG has revealed why he chose lowly Gabon over an international career with France. The 28-year-old Arsenal striker has scored 23 goals in 56 appearances for the Gabon national team despite being born in Laval, France. The former Borussia Dortmund and Milan star boasts 199 goals in 402 domestic appearances since making his club debut in 2008. That sort ...

Manchester United have triggered a one-year extension clause in Ashley Young’s contract which will keep him at the club until summer 2019. The 32-year-old joined the club from Aston Villa in 2011 as a winger but now plays more as a full-back. Young has won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League in his time at Old ...

N’Golo Kante has appeared to confirm that he will stay at Chelsea for the foreseeable future, insisting that the club is his “home”. Kante, who joined the Blues in 2016 after helping Leicester City to their improbable Premier League title triumph, has been linked with a move to big-spending PSG in his homeland of France. However, he has now insisted ...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba would love to play with Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar. The Brazil international hailed Pogba in an interview with La Liga’s website in 2016, during his time at Barcelona and the Frenchman’s spell at Juventus, claiming he would fit in well at Camp Nou. Pogba, who has struggled to find his best form at United under ...

Lionel Messi has suggested he won’t get another chance if Argentina fail to win the World Cup in Russia this summer. The Barcelona forward lost in three straight finals — two Copa Americas and the 2014 World Cup — in a three-year span and has not won a trophy with the senior team. Messi’s hat trick at Ecuador in the ...

Michael Essien has been released by Indonesian topflight side, Persib Bandung. The former Chelsea and Real Madrid star was revealed to have extended his deal with the Bandung Lautan Api Stadium giants. With the club signing foreign strikers, they had to do away with one of the foreign players in the team to suit league policy. Before the former Ghanaian ...

Former Hearts of Oak board member Ernest Thompson has openly declared his support for George Afriyie to become the next Ghana Football Association president. Thompson, a respected football administrator, says Afriyie is a credible candidate as he possesses the qualities needed to run Ghana football. His comments come on the back of Afriyie announcing officially his intention to contest the 2019 ...

MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Paul Pogba dreams of playing in the same team as Brazilian superstar Neymar. Both Pogba and Neymar have had their future questioned in recent weeks. Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has regularly benched Pogba while reports suggest Neymar is unhappy at PSG. It is set to be a summer of speculation for both, with the pair expected ...

PAUL POGBA cannot be happy at Manchester United with Jose Mourinho alienating him from the first XI, according to Didier Deschamps. Pogba, 25, is back with France this week after being called up for the friendlies against Colombia and Russia but has missed big games for Manchester United in recent weeks. Pogba did not feature when Jose Mourinho’s side beat Liverpool in the Premier ...