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The transfer market is booming as usual. It's deadline day and every Club in Europe is scampering to seal important deals before 11pm on 31st of January 2022. Some of the players crossing over to other Clubs include:  Aubameyang sighted at the airport Pierre Emerick Aubameyang: The ex Arsenal Captain was stripped of his captainship and banished from the first team. That prompted a desire to depart from the Emirate stadium. The former Borussia Dortmund talisman was today sighted in Barcelona on his way to Camp Nou to seal a loan deal that will keep him at the Catalan side till the end of the season. Ramsey Aron Ramsey:  The ex Arsenal man has been very ineffective at Juventus having played only five matches for the Old Lady this season, prompting the serie A side to decide on sending him on a season long loan. The Welsh man was sighted today at a private airport deciding on which club to go to. Among his numerous suitors are Rangers and Burnley but reports has it that a few hou...

  Christen Eriksen has joined Brentford almost seven months after surviving a health scare at Euro 2020. Christian Eriksen  He left Inter Milan on mutual consent due to the inability of the Serie A Champions to accommodate him because of some Serie A rules which goes against him playing with an implantable cardioverter-difibrillator. The Danish Captain collapsed on the field of play due to cardiac arrest during a football match against Finland in Copenhagen. His move to the recently promoted Brentford is still subject to international clearance, though pen has already been put to paper by both parties for a six months deal and a possible extension to June 2023. An excited Eriksen said, "I am happy to announce that I have signed for Brentford, I cant wait to get started and hopefully see you soon." Brentford confirms Eriksen's arrival He hopes to be in top shape for a possible return to international football with Denmark at the 2022 world cup in Qatar.

The African Cup of Nations is the largest football fiesta in the continent and is held in a high esteem by the countries that participate in it. It has over the years brought joy and pride to the people of Africa and biannually attracts the continents finest to decide who the best in the round leather game is.  The 2022 edition hosted by Cameroon has been plagued by inconsistencies and bad officiating by Referees with the most famous being the blunder by Zambian Referee Janny Sakizwe who ended a match twice in a single game. The reckless way with which the yellow card has been brandished by the Referees leaves a sore taste in the mouth and succeeded in denting the good image of the competition.    Burkina Faso The poor decisions by the way, did not stop teams from showing the strength of character and will Africa is known for. Teams like Comoros, Gambia, Gabon, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Burkina Faso and the other minnows of African football rose to the occasion and were poised to...

After long delays in contract negotiation with Ousmane Dembele, Barcelona has asked him to leave but not without some backlash from La Liga's PFA. Ousmane Dembele and his Agent have been in contract negotiations for over six months with Barcelona with no head way. This infuriated the Nou Camp and led to a decision to let him go. They insisted that he must leave Camp Nou as soon as possible even as the player continues to insist that he may want to stay.  Dembele still undecided about Barca future The French man was left out of Xavi's team that played against Atletico Bilbao in a Copper Del Ray's match on Thursday. Xavi left Dembele out of the team on Thursday The Spanish PFA believes that such statement coming from Barcelona is against the players contract and being forced to leave is a breach of his "labour rights." The French man went on to insist that he has not made up his mind on staying or leaving as there is contract talk on-going between his Agent and the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is allegedly not happy with the way things are going at Old Trafford and has told the club of his intentions to leave this summer if they do not achieve champions league qualification. The ex Real Madrid talisman's representatives reportedly met Richard Arnold, the incoming United Chief Executive to discuss this. The Portuguese it was revealed, is very uncomfortable with the the club's position in the competition. Ronaldo, 36, thinking of Old Trafford exit half way into his contract. He has decried the lack of intensity during training in the club as compared to his first spell there. He equally stated that younger players no longer listen to older ones as was the ideal thing in his younger days in Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson. The Sun reports that he is a frustrated and aloof figure at Old Trafford. Ronaldo, 36, aims to play until 40 and desires to maintain that legacy of a trophy winner. The Red Devils are four points off the top four and qualif...

David Beckham’s Inter Miami are keen on signing Luis Suarez who’s contract with Atletico Madrid will be ending this summer. In other to achieve such move, they will have to part with a key player in the person of Blaise Matuidi who is expected to leave Inter Miami this summer. Luis Suarez According to the Mirror, Inter Miami sporting director, Chris Henderson remained coy about situation with the former Paris Saint Germain player and insisted that talks are still on-going with his agent. The ex Juventus player’s exit will pave way for the pursuit of Suarez signature. In the MLS, clubs can only have three top earners known as Designated players. Arrival of the former Liverpool man will add bite to the MLS side’s attack and improve their squad. Suarez have enjoyed a trophy laden career in Europe, having played for Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona and won the La Liga last season with Atletico Madrid. But he has set his sight on a move away from Wanda Metropolitano with a move to the M...

Mo Salah and Edouard Mendy missing in FIFA BEST XI Individual awards in football remains one of the best ways of recognizing players who distinguished themselves each year. But it is not free from controversies. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo alongside Robert Lewandoski were all included in the FIFA WORLD BEST XI in a ceremony where Lewandoski emerged as the FIFA BEST male footballer of the year excluding Mohammed Salah and Edouard Mendy despite the former being one of the final three contenders for the award and the later being the winner of FIFA BEST male goalkeeper of the year award. This exclusion have left Many football lovers in awe and utmost astonishment. They wonder how the best goal keeper of the year is not a part of the world best eleven. Mohammed Salah who has 23 goals in 26 appearances this season, second only to Lewandoski is missing in a line up of players that cannot tire his boots. Mo Salah The Egyptian is widely seen as the best footballer in the world at the...

Every human being is prone to error, referees are not exempted. That is the story of Janny Sikazwe who pulled one of the worst refereeing performances in recent memory with his show in the match between Mali and Tunisia. But he is not alone. Janny Sikazwe of Zambia blows to end a match prematurely. He blew the final whistle in the 85th minute of the game but later restarted and then blew again to end the match in the 89th minutes and 43 seconds. This anomaly didn't go down well with the Tunisian bench with the Head Coach Mondhar Kebaier grabbing the referees arm to show him his watch.  The entire Tunisian bench then joined the head coach in protesting to the lines man about how the match was ended prematurely with their team on the losing end. Tunisia Head Coach Mondhar Kebaier protesting to Janny Sikazwe the centre referee. Their was speculations that the error occured when the referee stopped the match for water break and did not stop his watch. The African football body CAF had ...

Badra Ali Sangare dived awkwardly. It was drama yesterday in the on going African cup of nations as Ivorian defender Segie Aurier took up goal keeping duties after the goal keeper Badra Ali Sangare got injured following an error that gifted Sierra Leone an equalizer against the West African giants. Sangare dived to catch a soft ball that was approaching his goal post but miscalculated his landing which led to him dropping the ball unintentionally for Steve Caulker who recently switched nationality from England to Sierra Leone to graceful grab the ball and put it through for Alhaji Kamara to tap into an open net  in the 92nd minute of the match after surviving an initial slip. Alhaji Kamara scores after an initial slip Sangare was eventually unable to continue the match having awkwardly hit his head and shoulders on the tuff and was stretched off the pitch paving the way for the ex- Tottenham Hotspur defender to pick up the gloves. He was lucky, his stay in-between the sticks was sh...

The likes of Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mane, Samuel Chukwueze and the rest were the names on the lips of football enthusiasts prior to the start of this African cup of nations going on in Cameroon, but goal keepers are gradually proving to be the Stars of the tournament. Salim Ben Boina. Comoros goal keeper Comoros versus Morocco was a walk-over for the North African side on paper, but that was not to be on the match day proper with the hero of the match coming from the less fancied side in the person of the goal keeper, Salim Ben Boina who pulled off an incredible triple saves to save the blushes of Comoros.  Though the Athlas Lions finally had their way through the goals of Aboukhlal Zacharia and Salim Amallah which ended the game 2:0 in favour of Morocco, the scoreline would have been worse had it not been for Salim's heroics in-between the sticks. The FC Martigues of France shot stopper showed great reflexes when he stopped three Moroccan players at point blank in the 77th minute....

Senegalese legend, El Hadji Diouf remains one of the most controversial football players of his time. From spitting scandals to threatening to fuck Steven Gerrard's mother. Diouf and Gerald lock heads in a premier league game. T he ex Leeds United player remains one of the most intriguing mavericks to have graced the premier league. One of the heroes of Senegal that almost won the African cup of nations in the year 2000 and reached the quarter finals of the world cup in Japan/Korea 2002. But that was not the case during his sojourn in England which was tented by infamous acts. On his 41st birthday today, we look at Diouf's spat with Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard upon his arrival at the Merseyside for £10m from Lens in the summer of 2002.  To say that the pair do not see eye to eye is an understatement, they abhor each other despite sharing same dressings room for over three seasons. According to Florent Sinama-Pongolleho who played as a striker for Liverpool between 2002 to 2...