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Former Reds striker John Aldridge says the in demand Dutch defender would be a welcome addition to Champions League-winning ranks at Anfield Matthijs de Ligt is the kind of player that Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp “should be targeting”, says John Aldridge, while the success being enjoyed at Anfield should appeal to the Ajax defender. A move to Merseyside has been ...

The former Real Madrid star admits that the chance to head for Camp Nou only appealed to him because he could have worked with a fellow Argentine Angel Di Maria has jokingly referred to Lionel Messi as a “dwarf” and admits that, having had the chance to link up with Barcelona in the recent past, he’d only ever consider such a move to ...

The Blues continue to progress talks over a legend returning to manage the club but not all of their options want the job Chelsea want to meet with Frank Lampard to discuss the manager’s role at Stamford Bridge as Juventus prepare to announce the appointment of Maurizio Sarri as their new coach, Goal can confirm. Derby County head coach Lampard ...

The Liverpool centre-back is a favourite to be named the Ballon d’Or winner ahead of the Barcelona superstar and Portuguese forward Luka Modric winning the Ballon d’Or in 2018 broke the Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or dominance over the last 10 years, but will it be for good? Ronaldo and Messi have both won five apiece, but they ...

Security forces in Sudan have been accused of targeting hospitals and clinics treating wounded protesters. The opposition said troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) unit raided a government health agency in Khartoum that supplies medications and other care needs for patients across the country. “The problems are usually coming from our environment like the doctors were not able to ...

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has condemned an ethnic attack in Central Mali, while meeting Malians in Switzerland on Monday. Mali suffered another ethnic massacre on Sunday, 9 June. At least 95 members of the Dogon community brutally lost their lives in a village in the Sangha district. At least 95 members of the Dogon community brutally lost their lives ...

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly – Senate and House of Representatives – are set to pick their respective leadership today at their first meeting since polls in March. Local media outlets report that security is high at the complex in Abuja with state security officers having barricaded a number of entry points. The Senators and Reps (as members of the ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has budgeted a humongous record amount of $15 million to execute Ghana’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, representing the highest amount ever spent by a country playing in the tournament, a reliable source has revealed. The Sports Minister, who had vowed to slash Ghana’s financial expenditure on the Black Stars in the face ...

Ghana head coach, Kwesi Appiah, has named his final 23-man squad that will represent the Black Stars during the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. Ghana, who finished fourth at the last edition of the AFCON after losing 0-1 to Burkina Faso, will be playing in Group F alongside Cameroon Guinea Bissau and Benin in the tournament that will kick off on ...

The Belgium international has completed a move to the Santiago Bernabeu, with Pat Nevin saying he may face a “tough” few years in the Spanish capital Eden Hazard has been warned that “sometimes the grass isn’t greener”, with Chelsea legend Pat Nevin saying the Belgian could face a few “tough” years at rebuilding Real Madrid. A former Blues star has ...