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David De Gea on top, Man Utd and Man City lead the pack in highest-paid Premier League stars
With massive foreign investment, bumper broadcast contracts and major sponsorship deals, the Premier League is undoubtedly a big money spinner. England’s top flight is awash with cash and its biggest stars are able to earn amounts of money that the majority of the population can only dream about. For any footballer aiming to boost their earnings, securing a move to one of the Manchester clubs is a great way to achieve that goal. United goalkeeper David de Gea is testament to that fact, with his £375,000 per week salary putting him at the top of the Premier League earnings list. That figure puts him way in front of the next two players in the standings, both of whom currently ply their trade with local rivals City. Kevin De Bruyne’s £320,833 per week salary puts him second on the list, whil...
Arsenal eager to find buyer for Mesut Ozil
Arsenal are eager to find a buyer for Mesut Ozil. ESPN says Arsenal are keen to sell Ozil this summer. The club want to offload the player to raise funds, while ridding his £350,000-a-week salary from their wage bill. Ozil is reluctant to leave and wants to run down his contract, but the relationship between player and manager remains professional and Mikel Arteta is open to playing the German. The manager left Ozil at home for this week’s defeat at Manchester City. Get more stories like this on Twitter You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back...
Ranking the Possible Winners of the Golden Boy Award
The nominees for the Golden Boy Award, run by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport, are out. Let’s take a look at the best of the bunch. 5. Ozan Kabak He’s gone far under the radar and is a real outside shout, but he’ll probably be glad if he made the top 20. However, in my view, he’s the best centre-back on the list. He has made 56 appearances at the senior level – for Galatasaray (18), Stuttgart (15), and Schalke (23), where he has made 204 clearances – that’s 4.2 per 90 minutes! He’s strong on the ball too, as he completes 52.1 passes per 90 minutes. When you combine those stats with the fact that he has played for a relegated Stuttgart side, and a sub-par Schalke side, you can start to see the quality this man possesses. The Turkish centre-back is a very smart and mature player too, as he ...
Report: Newcastle ‘have asked about’ £35m in-demand Leeds target
According to reports from the Daily Mail, Newcastle United ‘have asked’ about Benfica midfielder Florentino Luis. Despite the fact that the Newcastle takeover process is not yet complete, and there’s no indication what the outcome will be, some top-quality players continue to get linked with the Magpies. The report claims that the Magpies have joined a long list of clubs that are showing keen interest in signing the 20-year-old. The youngster has been simply outstanding for Benfica this season. He has clocked up 29 senior appearances for the club, 15 of which have come this season. Serie A giants AC Milan are leading the race at the moment. They have started negotiations for the Portuguese holding player who has been nicknamed ‘the Octopus’. However, Benfica want a figure of over...
Report: Klopp losing patience with Liverpool player, eyeing £50m move for Portuguese City want
According to The Sun, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves at Anfield this summer. The Portuguese is rated £50 million, and the Reds boss reckons he can help freshen up his midfield for next season’s Premier League title defence. Neves has impressed for Wolves over the last two seasons and is also attracting Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. The Catalan saw his side’s title challenge crumble this season and is looking to strengthen his squad for next season’s domestic battle with Liverpool. The Anfield outfit aren’t short of options in the middle of the park, but Gini Wijnaldum is stalling on signing an extension with just a year left on his current contract, while Klopp is said to be losing patience with Naby Keita. The Guinean arrived f...
Alex Iwobi to face title chasing Liverpool on neutral ground
Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi and his Everton teammates will face title chasing Liverpool on a neutral ground as part of arrangements aimed at ending the coronavirus arrested season. Stakeholders have been working hand in gloves with a view to successfully concluding the season. South Yorkshire Police recommended that games in which Liverpool are involved be played on a neutral ground. The police did not stop there but underlined matches they would like to be played at neutral venues which could include Liverpool matches where the title could be won. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts of South Yorkshire Police, the UK’s football policing lead, said in a statement issued to the PA news agency: “Our discussions with the Premier League throughout this process have been positive, with a sha...
Report: Newcastle in ‘hot pursuit’ of highly rated winger, but face competition from PL giants
Newcastle are interested in signing the Uruguayan winger Facundo Pellestri this summer. As per Daily Mail, Premier League giants Manchester City are keen on the winger as well. Pellestri has done very well this season and his performances caught the attention of Real Madrid, Atletico and Napoli last year. It will be interesting to see if the Magpies make their move for the youngster in the coming months. Currently, City and Newcastle are in ‘hot pursuit’ of the 18-year-old according to Mail. The player has developed a lot under the management of former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan. Penarol might not want to lose a key asset like Pellestri just yet but they will be powerless to stop him if the Premier League outfits come forward with a big offer. Clubs are under a lot of financial...
Vincent Kompany turns down offer to be Pep Guardiola’s assistant
Vincent Kompany has turned down an offer from Manchester City to become Pep Guardiola’s assistant coach, according to various Belgian media reports on Friday. The former City captain is under contract as player-manager of Anderlecht until 2022, having left the Etihad Stadium last year following a trophy-laden 11-year spell in England. Kompany, who has never concealed his desire to one day be City manager, said he wanted to stay at Anderlecht. On Thursday, Belgium’s most successful club responded to recent financial difficulties as Wouter Vandenhaute took over from Marc Coucke as president. Anderlecht finished only eighth in the Belgian league season, which was curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, their worst post-war position. City boss Guardiola has been looking for a new assistant sinc...
FA Cup Schedule: provisional dates for QF, SF and Final announced
The FA have confirmed today that the remaining matches of the 2019-20 FA Cup will go ahead after the Premier League decided to restart on June 17. A provisional restart date for the 2019-20 Emirates FA Cup has been announced after the competition came to an abrupt halt due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Some provisional dates for your diary… 👀#EmiratesFACup — The Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) May 29, 2020 With the number of deaths keeping on rising in the country, as also elsewhere, it looked like football will fail to restart and the competition will have to be scrapped completely. However, after the Premier League decided to restart the season from June 17th, the FA have announced that the FA Cup quarter-finals will now take place over the weekend of Saturday 27 June and Sunday ...
Premier League set to resume as Arsenal take on Manchester City
The Premier League action is set to resume on June 17 as Arsenal take on Manchester City in thir opening game. The teams that have played a game fewer than the rest will start the league when it resumes so that all the teams will be on the same page in terms of games played. The likes of Arsenal, Sheffield United, Aston Villa and Manchester City have all played one game fewer than the rest of the teams in the division owing to the latter two clubs’ participation in the Carabao Cup final. The main games will commence on June 20. Premier League teams have been training in small groups so far, limited to a maximum of five players, but it was agreed on Wednesday that the next phase can now be introduced with contact once again permitted. A statement from the Premier League confirmed: ‘Premier ...
Manchester City will target signing of £40m Bundesliga star if Leroy Sane leaves: report
Manchester City will target the signing of Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen, suppose Leroy Sane heads through the exit door this summer, The Mail reports. Sane was fancied to leave the club for Bayern Munich last summer but a serious knee injury suffered during the Community Shield game meant that a deal failed to materialise. The German champions are still said to be keen on signing the attacker and there is a good possibility of that happening at the end of the season. According to The Mail, Sane could be sold by the Cityzens in the next transfer window, amid his reluctance to extend his contract which expires in 13 months’ time. It is added that Bailey has been earmarked a suitable candidate to replace the Germany international and he could be available for a fee of around £40m. A...
‘Da Boss’ – Raheem Sterling sends message to Spurs star on Instagram
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has sent a two-word message to Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier after he uploaded a picture from training on Instagram. Premier League players are back to training ahead of Project Restart, and the Spurs man looks fit as ever, prompting the Man. City star and his Tottenham teammate Jan Vertonghen to react thus: Dier has a lot of prove should action indeed resume in the coming weeks, and the England international will hope to further convince boss Jose Mourinho of his quality. The 26-year-old has featured in 25 games across all competitions, playing at both centre-back and defensive midfield. Dier prefers to play in the former, but has both Davinson Sanchez and Toby Alderweireld ahead of him in the pecking order. The duo are Mourinho’s first-cho...
