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It's a question everyone wants answers and as Manchester United fans, you can't be any eager to know when or if Mason Greenwood will ever return to play for the club. 21year old Greenwood has not feature for United since last doing so on January 22, 2022 in the Premier League, when a Marcus Rashford's late goal helped the club to a 1-0 victory in Old Trafford. The English attacker, who played 129 times for the club's first team, scoring 29 goals was charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behavior, and section 47 assault of a woman. He was arrested a few days after his final game for United in January 2022 following the emergence of videos and images on social media and has since been away from the team as well as the club in general. United boss, Erik ten Hag when asked about the player in his latest interview says; "Mason Greenwood has shown in the past that he is capable of doing that [scoring]”  However, the Dutchman emphasises it is not his decis

Speculations linking Napoli defender Kim Min-Jae with a move to Manchester United will not go away and as the season approaches its end, it has become more intensified. The South Korean, who only joined Napoli last summer in a deal around €18.05 million from Turkish club, Fenerbache signed a contract until the summer of 2025, with option of two more years if both parties agree to continue. In his first season, the 26year old has become one of Napoli's most important players, helping them to a first Scudetto in more than 30 years while also reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter finals for the first time ever. Manchester United are reportedly ready to splash around £60 million to lure the player to Old Trafford as Erik Ten Hag has identified him as a player he'll love to have in his team. The defender, when asked about his future amindst Manchester United links said; "My agent is outside, ask him directly." With Harry Maguire expected to leave this summer, the club

Despite his struggles so far at Chelsea, it's obvious Mykaylo Mudryk is a top player and will be devastating when he finally gets in his groove. That alone is something to worry about for opposing teams. But the bigger question and the one which is scary for Chelsea, who have signed him in a deal rising up to €100 million from Shakhtar Donesk is if he'll ever be able to get in his groove. The ups! Mudryk has registered the fastest sprint in the concluded Premier League season, clocking 36.6 km/h minutes into his debut against Liverpool in Anfield back in January. It was such an impressive cameo that fans could not wait to see more of him while opposing fans became scared of what has arrived in the Premier League. It also dealt a massive blown to Arsenal, who missed out on the chance to sign the Ukrainian after Chelsea managed to beat them to him in the final moments. So far in the Premier League, Mudryk has registered two assists ten created chances while also completing 13 dri

The 2023 edition of the French Open gets underway in Stade Roland Garros on Sunday as Men's Tennis stars look to make a name for themselves in the absence of the king of clay, Rafael Nadal. This year's edition is the first to feature neither of Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal since 1998 as the former had retired while the latter withdraw from the tournament due to a hip injury. But it still has the likes of Novak Djokovic, the Serb who will be looking to win his 23rd Grand Slam title while Spanish sensation, Carlos Alvarez, who is youngest player ever to topple the ATP ranking in the open era is also in Paris. In the Women's Singles, a host of top players are available to compete including world number one, Iga Swiatek and Australia Open winner, Aryna Sabalenka. Day One results   WTA results  Aryna Sabalenka makes easy work of Marta Kostyuk to reach round two in Roland Garros! The second seed beat her Ukrainian opponent in straight sets in a duration of 1h11m on Philippe-Ch

The relationship between the player and Chelsea fans is not so good after the player's underwhelming performance in his first season back at the club after running the show with Inter in the Serie A in 2020-21. To worsen matters, the Belgian had a controversial interview, where he criticized the club as well as the tactics of then manager, Thomas Tuchel. The fans did not take that well. Moreso, on his return to Inter on loan last summer, Lukaku said in an interview, "I left (for Chelsea). It was a mistake." "Now I am happy to be wearing this jersey, the team knows what we need to do, it’ll be a great challenge this season and we need to continue like this. I realised last season when I was in England, just how important Inter are in the world." The 30year old also aimed a dig at his Chelsea teammates though he did not explicitly direct his statement to them. He said, "Nobody talks badly about anyone else at Inter. Our locker room is a big family." Chel

Spanish attacker Marco Asensio has made it known to Los Blancos that he wants out of the club this summer and will depart as a free agent when his contract runs out next month. Asensio was signed by Madrid from Mallorca in 2014 but only joined the club in 2016 after a couple of loan spells including at Espanyol where he won the LaLiga Breakthrough Player in 2015-16. Since his arrival in Madrid, the 27-year old has been an important part of their achievements, and his fame started when he came off the bench to score against Juventus in the final of the 2017 Champions League. He followed it up with two outrageous strikes, one in each of the Spanish Super Cup doubleheader with Barcelona the following season. The season after that, Asensio scored in five different competitions for Real Madrid - UEFA Super Cup, Champions League, LaLiga, Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey. As much as he has won a lot of collective accolades with Madrid, the satisfaction of being one of the mainstay in t

Luton Town Football Club are set to become the 51st different club to play in the English top-flight in the new era after beating Coventry City on penalties to emerge as winner of the Championship play-off. The Hatters has been relegated from the top flight in the 1991-92 season, just before the start of the new era and have come a long way before sealing a return. During the latter years of the 2010s, Luton Town went into administration and that unfortunate event saw them relegate in back to back seasons until they were out of the English Football League, when they dropped to the Conference Premier in 2008-09. However, since then they have come a long way to finally getting back to the top-flight, moving from none league to the Premier League in eleven seasons. We take a look at some of the facts to know about the club ahead of their first season back in the top-flight  1. All-time record appearance maker Late Bob Morton holds the record for most appearances for Luton Town with 562 be

Wolverhampton Wonderers are set to lose their captain Ruben Neves this summer and Barcelona have had a bid of €30 million accepted ahead of a move for the Portuguese midfielder. 26-year old Neves has made his decision to leave the Premier League club this summer after six years of signing for the club from his boyhood club, FC Porto. The Midfielder was seen bidding farewell to the fans in the Molineux at full-time in Wolves final home game of the Premier League season, a 1-1 draw against Everton. Neves joined Wolves at a time they were in the Championship for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £16 million and has gone on to become one of their best players in recent times, helping them to the EFL Championship title in his debut season. The former Porto teenager was also voted the club's best player that season and having been a faithful servant all those years, the club has respected his decision to move away from the Molineux. LaLiga Champions, Barcelona are hopeful of compl

Two more matchdays to go in the Serie A and history awaits Victor Osimhen if he is able to see off Lautaro Martínez in the race for the top scorer prize in the Italian top-flight league. Seeing off the challenge from Martinez will see him win the top scorer award in the league, making him the first African in history, ever to do so in the Italian top flight league. Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen will also become the first Nigerian in history to win the top scorer award in any of the Europe top five leagues. The Napoli striker has bagged 23 goals in an impressive season with Napoli in the Italian top-flight and helping the club securing a first Scudetto in more than 30 years. Inter striker Lautaro Martinez is a man possessed in the run-in and is hot on the heels of Osimhen in the race for the top scorer award in the Serie A. The World Cup winner has scored ten times in his last eleven games across all competitions. He has also been very effective off the bench, with four of his goals i

The agent of Manuel Ugarte, Jorge Chijane has confirmed that his client is a man in demand ahead of the summer window. The Sporting midfielder has been linked with a move to Liverpool earlier in the month but both Chelsea and PSG Paris Saint-German have also now turn attention to the Uruguayan. Liverpool are currently more focused on the signing of Argentine midfielder, Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton and this opens up the opportunity for one Chelsea and PSG to beat the Reds to Ugarte. Both Chelsea and Liverpool need to strengthen their midfield due to the shortage of options and departures while PSG are looking to recruit new players as some of their options have not really convince on the big stage. While the French club are expected to hire a new manager, their interest in Ugarte could be cooled as they continue the search for Christophe Galtier's successor. However, Chelsea as well as PSG are reportedly willing to be the 22-year old's valuation of €60 million to lure him

Italian giant AC Milan are interested in signing 16 year old midfielder, Daniel Daga from Nigeria Premier Football League side, Dakkada FC. Daga, born in 2007 has been very impressive in the Nigerian flying Eagles' opening two games in the ongoing U20 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Daga was also part of the squad that represented Nigeria in the CAN U20 Championship in Egypt but did not have the chance to really impressed having feature for 43 minutes in the opening game before suffering an injury which brought his participation to an end very early. So far in Argentina, Daga has been one of the most standout player, dominating the middle of the park as Nigeria made it two wins in two with victories against Dominican Republic and Italy. Milan have been keeping tabs on him in Argentina. Daga, who scored a late equalizer for Dakkada FC against Bayelsa United in his only appearance in the NPFL regular season is also being monitored by Liverpool. Both clubs will continue to monitor his pr

Manchester United cruise to a 4-1 win over the underperforming Blues to seal passage into a 31st Champions League in emphatic fashion under the lights in Old Trafford, making the possibility of Liverpool reaching the next season's Champions League impossible. The host took an early lead as Casemiro, who scored that late late equalizer in the reverse fixture in Stamford Bridge headed home a Christian Eriksen free-kick with less than six minutes played. The goal is the fastest to have been scored in this Premier League fixture since a David Luiz's fourth minute own goal in October 2012. It was to be the start of a long night for the visitors though they only have themselves to blame as multiple chances were squandered by the likes of Mykaylo Mudryk, Kai Havertz and even Conor Gallagher. Despite dominating much of the half, Chelsea were made to rue those missed opportunities as Anthony Martial strike to double Manchester United's lead just before the break. From there, it was

The Premier League 2022-23 season champion is already crowned with Pep Guardiola's City winning the title for a third time in a row while Arsenal have settled for second spot after fumbling their quest to be winners. Newcastle United have secured Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years while Manchester United need just a point from their remaining two games to complete the top four. For Liverpool, they'll need to win their final game away to already relegated Southampton and hope United lose their two remaining games to reach the Champions League next season. However, that seems a bit too much to dream so its safe to the The Reds have only but secured Europa League place and will be joined by Brighton, who sealed a first ever European qualification following their win over Southampton last weekend. Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur will battle for a lone ticket to the Europa Conference League. Albeit it is the Unai Emery's side that has the upper hand

Spanish giants, Real Madrid have release a statement following the incidence that happened in their away game to Valencia in the LaLiga on Sunday night. Their Brazilian star, Vinicius Junior was a subject of racial abuse following altercation amongst the players, which ended in the 22year old getting a marching orders. The even has not gone down well and it appears the hottest topic in the world football since then, even Manchester City's Premier League title win is struggling to keep up. In response to it all, Real Madrid have now released a statement in relation to the incidence and it reads: "Real Madrid C. F. would like to thank the numerous expressions of affection, solidarity and affection received from all over the world towards our player Vinicius Júnior.   The attacks of hatred and racism must be eradicated from our society forever and this is how personalities from all walks of life and from different national and international institutions have been pronounced after

The regular season of the Nigerian Premier Football League has come to a close following the conclusion of game gameweek 18 fixtures, which delivered just one big difference on the standing. The plight of the clubs as to their reason for the initial rejection of the abridge approach was understood during the cause of the campaign but that appeared the only possible option to adjust the calendar, following the delayed start. Here, we take a look at each team and how their season has panned out so far, starting from the top three teams in each group, though more is still to come with the Super Six in Lagos, next month. Bendel Insurance Returning to the league after going down in 2019 when an abridge format was also adopted, the Benin Arsenal took the league by storm this time around, and managed to complete the group stage in A unbeaten.  Monday Odigie's side won their first five games of the campaign, establishing a massive lead in the group having beaten top sides like Remo Stars a

Pep Guardiola and his minions continue to leave spectators dumbfounded with their genius. They continue to improve as the season goes on and didn't even have to play Chelsea to be Premier League champion, following Arsenal's crumble in the City Ground. A third League title on the bounce and a fifth in seven years of Pep Guardiola in the England. City's command in just too strong, and Madrid have also become one of their victim of utter domination.  Just before the FIFA World Cup break they struggled, even losing to Brentford at the Ethiad for the first time in more than 80 years but since the restart, goodness they've been devastating for anyone in their way. Their only two loses post World Cup have come against Manchester United in the league, no thanks to a Bruno Fernandes's controversial goal while the other was an unusual 2-0 scoreline, which saw them eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Southampton. They have proven themselves to be too good, so much that they ha

The last winter's January transfer was more famous in England for Chelsea beating Arsenal to the signature of long-term target, Mykaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donesk. The Gunners have courted the Ukrainian winger for long and it was almost certain they will complete the move, even so as the player continued to make public of his intention to join the North Londoners. However, on a day when it was thought that the completion of the move will be announced, it was Chelsea instead who had reached an agreement with the club and before the world could digest the shock, agreement was soon reached with the player as well. It was a big shocker for fans of The Arsenal having already grown fond of the player, who appeared to have fallen in love for their team but has signed a contract of around eight years with their rival. Arsenal soon moved on to sign Leandro Trossard from Brighton and after the first six months, it is the Mikel Arteta's side who got the better deal as Mudryk continues to

Julian Nagelsmann’s agent Volker Struth has confirmed in a podcast that Chelsea did approach his client right after the sacking at Bayern Munich in March. Struth went on to stress Nagelsmann did reject the approach due to multiple reasons, starting from their situation at the time to their transfer policy. He said; “I can confirm that Chelsea were quick to call [after Nagelsmann’s dismissal at Bayern]. It was the right decision by Nagelsmann not to go there. It’s a club in troubled waters at the moment”  “Chelsea’s transfer policy, spending a few hundred million Euros, has raised expectations that need to be met. There were also other issues. He was their number 1 choice, that was our information. I believe it would have happened if he wanted it.” Chelsea went on to appoint Frank Lampard on interim basis but it's not been the best of return for the former club manager as the club has recorded just a win in eight games under him, losing seven times.  Chelsea are now close to appoint

For most part of the spell under club legend, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, there was this conviction that Manchester United are a world class defensive midfielder away from returning into the company of elites. However, it was so disheartening that throughout his just less than three years stint at the club, not a single fitting profile was scouted and signed in that position, despite the millions of Euros spent on transfers. During that period, Manchester United spent needless £40m on the signing of Donny van de Beek, a regrettable move for both parties that has neither go well nor show any prospects of doing so it the near future. The combination of Fred and Scott McTominay was deemed too weak for a team like Manchester United, whose goal is to compete with the best teams around the world. Their incompetence costed the club multiple times under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, and some of the consequences was losing the 2021 Europa League final to Villarreal. When Erik Ten Hag was appointed the manage

Arsenal and the Champions League will reunite again in the 2023-24 season after the Gooners earned the ticket to the competition thanks to their good performance, which could still go under the rather as they at the moment look to have surrendered the league title to Manchester City. The Mikel Arteta led side have maintained top spot on the Premier League standing for most part of the season, with their Spanish manager picking up four Manager of the month on the process. However, after their poor display in April, which allowed Pep Guardiola's City to assume the league summit, it has become unlikely that the the North Londoners end their 19 year wait for a league title. But this season, they've surely taken a step in the right direction and one of the dividends from it is a place in Europe's top club competition next season. Since finishing second, behind Leicester City in the 2015-16 campaign, which was also Arteta's final season as a professional football player, Arse