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Having them cheap does not mean they are not good enough, you are only blessed to have what others spend fortunes looking for, for free. This is the case of Arsenal with Emile Smith Rowe. Emile Smith Rowe has signed a new five years contract with Arsenal. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Sporf. After struggling for creativity since the departure of some of their best Creator in Chief, and how things had transpired between the last one at the club, Mesut Özil, Arsenal's longing was eased with the emergence of Emile Smith Rowe. The 20-year-old first came into the limelight in Unai Emery's first season at the club, where he impressed in the pre-season and made a strong start to the 2018-19 season, featuring in the Europa League and the League Cup. Smith Rowe was fantastic for The Gunners senior team in all his six appearances, with four of those coming in Europa League, where he scored two goals, and the other two appearances came in the EFL Cup, where he scored against Blackpool. His deve

Jadon Sancho finally gets his anticipated move or let's put it Manchester United finally get their man. For Borussia Dortmund, it is another good business as usual for a player they bought for less than £10m in the summer of 2017. Manchester United have finally agreed with Dortmund for Jadon Sancho. Photo Credits: Facebook/ Carol Radull Though, Maybe United might feel they would have had better luck last season, had Sancho be in their squad but in the same vein, they should know, he might have had issues given how slow he started last season with the German club, and for how much they would have bought him. Despite his slow start to the 2020-21 season, the English winger managed to recovery during the season and scored eight BundesLiga goals plus another 11 assists in 24 starts. He was also handy as Dortmund earned a Champions League spot with a late run of impressive results towards the ending of the the German league last season. He also did pretty well in the Champions Leagu

Arsenal finished outside the an European places for the first time in 25 years last season and it is not getting any better ahead of the next season after a 2-1 loss to Scottish side, Hibernian, in the opening game of their pre-season. Hibernian players celebrate Martin Boyle's opener vs. Arsenal. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Squawka Starting the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mohamed Elneny, William, Sead Kolasinac Pablo Mari, Cédric Soares and others, that should even be a fair enough starting eleven for a Premier League game. However, inability to convert clear-cut chances cost them again as they were presented a great opportunity to take the lead in the fifth minute. Eddie Nketiah challenged and won the ball from a defender then ran through on goal with only the Goalkeeper to beat but dragged his low shot off the goal. They had other decent chances to open the scoring but never made any of them count and they went behind in the first half after a miscommunication at the back in

It has been long coming for Lionel Messi with the Argentina National Team, after series of heartbreaks on the international stage, Copa America 2020 finally produces gold, a deserved one, which he will forever relish, and finally makes him feel relevant in the history books of his nation. Lionel Messi lifts the Copa America title with Argentina. Photo Credits: Facebook/ Ben Hayward Since their 2-1 win over Mexico in the final of the 1993 Copa America, Argentina have reached five finals in major tournaments, four Copa America, one FIFA World Cup, without a win in any until in their six final, and the 47th edition of the Copa America in 2021. They lost the first two of the finals, in the South American Nations Cup to Brazil in consecutive years, 2004 and 2007, and did the same against Chile, in 2015 and 2016. Lionel Messi was not a part of the 2004 squad but the Barcelona captain has been a part of the struggles and heartbreak, since the 2007 final. Hardly has the six time Balon d or win

Italy meet England in the final of the European Championship 2020 after both side had survived all the hurdles on their way to the final two. Italy and England meet for the glory of European Nations Cup at Wembley. Photo Credits: Facebook/ UEFA EURO 2020 But on Sunday, there will be only one winner in Wembley and we take a preview into the forthcoming Euro climax, as Gareth Southgate faces off against Roberto Mancini. It promises to be a even contest as it is difficult to separate both sides even on papers. However, Italy have endured a more difficult road to the final, than their counterpart. Italy have been in sensational form even before the tournament, and they set a new record for most consecutive wins in European Championship, which includes the qualifiers, after their 2-1 win over Belgium in the quarter finals took them to 15 in a row. The Azzurri are currently on a 33 games unbeaten run, and will relish the chance of making this run count with a major silverware. In the Goalkee

Even after his performance for a below par Arsenal side last season, which saw the 19year old named Player of the Season for the North Londoners, not many will see Bukayo Saka in the England squad for the Euros, given the crop of talents currently on show for them. Bukayo Saka is repaying Gareth Southgate faith in him with good performances. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Goal. It appeared a shock to many, when he was selected by manager Gareth Southgate, while many questioned his selection, after the England manager forgo the likes of Jesse Lingard, who has been simply sensational since the turn of the calendar year. The teenager got the chance to shut up his critics in England's pre tournament warm up game, against Austria, scoring the only goal of the game to cap off a brilliant individual display, which also earned him the Man of The Match Award. Saka did not feature in England's first two games in the Euros, but was selected in the starting XI for their crucial final group game,

England reached their first ever European Championship final yesterday with a 2-1 come from behind win after extra time over Denmark to set up a final clash with Italy, who beat Spain on penalties to progressed to the final, on Tuesday. Harry Kane and England celebrate what proved the winner over Denmark. Photo Credits: Facebook/ UEFA EURO 2020 It will be England against Spain in the final of this edition of the European Championship, after both sides see off their respective opponents to set up a final meeting on Sunday. Spain and Italy went head to head in the first semi final on Tuesday night and Juventus forward, Federico Chiesa put Italy in front with a curling effort on the stroke of the hour mark, after a first half, where Spain had dominated ended in a stalemate. Chiesa's goal mean Italy become the second side in European Championship history to have as many as five different players score 2+ goals at a single edition of the competition, with Chiesa, Pessina, Insigne, Immob

Italy's elimination of Belgium may have proven the only shocking result of the quarter finals as Denmark and Spain edge out Czech Republic and Switzerland respectively, while England ran riot in a 4-0 win, over Ukraine. Italy celebrate their progression into the semi finals after win over Belgium. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Nazionale Italiana Spain and Switzerland went head to head for a place in the last four on Friday, but it was Luis Enrique's side that progressed after a shootout win in Saint Petersburg. A Denis Zakaria's own goal in the eighth minute, the tenth of this summer's European Championship, taking it's total past the number of own goals scored in the 15 previous editions combined, nine, gave Spain an early lead. However, Xhedran Shaqiri leveled matters for The Swiss, eight minutes after the hour mark, after being set up by Remo Freuler, the later who received his marching order ten minutes later for a lounge on Gerard Moreno. Switzerland held on to force

Over the years, Arsenal have look lost. They are only one of the 'big six' in the Premier League on papers, but in reality, they have degraded and have been overtaken by other teams like Leicester City and other up coming teams. Mikel Arteta and Arsenal's technical director, Edu Gasper. Photo Credits: Twitter/ Mirror Football The Gunners finished eighth in the league last season and will miss out of any European competition next season for the first time in 25 years. And in the last few years they've been playing in the Europa League, when before, they were regular in the UEFA Champions League. The Gunners will now be looking for a fresh start and rebuild into a stronger team, as they prepare to fight their way back to Europe next season. However, Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal could be in line for just more disasters to come as the club's scouting system is totally outdated, and it could only spell more troubles for them. Starting with the fact that only the want awa