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  • Osimhen’s likely destination next season revealed

    Osimhen’s likely destination next season revealed

    Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has reportedly told his closest friends where he will be playing his football next season.

    However, the striker’s body movement already shows that he could be headed to the English Premier League.

    It would be recalled that the Nigeria international has been linked with a move to Chelsea, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain.

    Osimhen signed a new contract last December which includes a hefty release clause.

    According to Calciomercato.com, the striker has already set up the foundations of a transfer in the summer, having tasked his agent Roberto Calenda with securing a high-profile move away from Napoli.

    The 25-year-old has shined in Serie A this season despite the chaos at Napoli.

    He has scored 11 goals and provided three assists in 18 league appearances for the Partenopei.

  • EPL: Carragher writes off Liverpool’s chances of winning title

    EPL: Carragher writes off Liverpool’s chances of winning title

    Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has noted that the Reds cannot win the English Premier League title after their 0-0 draw against Manchester United on Sunday.

    Liverpool lost top spot to Arsenal after failing to score a single goal agaisnt United despite having many scoring chances.

    Carragher, speaking on Sky Sports, claimed Liverpool have been riding their luck so far.

    “There are still questions between the top two now. I don’t think Liverpool are going to win the league.

    “From what I’ve seen in terms of performance wise, it feels like they’ve had a little bit of luck this season – they had bad luck in the Tottenham game of course – but in terms of someone coming off the bench and winning games late, I’m not sure you can continue to do that,” Carragher said.

  • Harry Kane set to join Bayern Munich

    Harry Kane set to join Bayern Munich

    Three Lions and Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane is set to undergo his medicals with Bayern Munich ahead of a possible transfer this summer, The Athletic reports.

    Both Bayern and Tottenham have reached an agreement on a £100million deal for the England captain on Thursday night.

    Kane reached a deal in principle with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, the Bundesliga champions had to wait for the final green light from Kane to move ahead.

    Bayern are confident Kane will be signing for them in the coming days with the medicals set to take place in Munich.

    Tottenham are expected to officially grant Kane permission to fly to Germany to complete the formalities of his deal.

    The 30-year-old will put pen to paper on a contract worth around £400,000-per-week.

    However, football expert and former Liverpool and Manchester United forward, Michael Owen has advised Kane not to make the move, advising him to aim to break the All time highest goal scorer record in the English Premier League.

  • EPL: Harry Kane speaks on former boss joining Chelsea

    EPL: Harry Kane speaks on former boss joining Chelsea

    Tottenham striker, Harry Kane has praised his former coach Mauricio Pochettino for summoning the courage to accept to coach Chelsea football club.

    Kane wished the Argentine gaffer well at the Stamford Bridge.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Pochettino was confirmed as the Blues’ next permanent boss on Monday.

    The former Tottenham and Paris Saint Germain coach  has signed a two-year deal, with the option for a further year.

    Kane made his big breakthrough under Pochettino and does not hold any grudges with the 51-year-old over his decision to coach Spurs’ London rivals.

    Speaking to Reuters at an event in New York, Kane said: “Everyone has their career, everyone has their future. So all I can say is I wish him all the best.

    “I hope he does well – just obviously not as well as us!”

  • EPL: Leicester City will be back soon – Iheanacho

    EPL: Leicester City will be back soon – Iheanacho

    Super Eagles player, Kelechi Iheanacho has assured Leicester fans that the club will return to the English Premier League immediately after they were relegated at the end of last season.

    Leicester City joined Southampton and Leeds city in the relegation zone.

    Though the Foxes claimed a 2-1 win over West Ham United in the final game of the 2022/23 season, it was not enough to keep them in the topflight as fellow strugglers Everton also managed a 1-0 win over Bournemouth, a vital victory enough to keep the Toffees in the Premier League ahead of the Foxes.

    Despite limited playing time this season with 1,121 minutes of action in the Premier League, the Super Eagles forward had 10 goals contribution (five goals and five assists) for the Foxes.

    Iheanacho made this promise on his youtube channel, saying that he’s not happy they got relegated but hoped they would be back soon.

    “I don’t even know how I feel right now. I’m so disappointed. I don’t know what to say. I want to thank the football club, the fans, and everyone that supported us right from the start till now. I know it is a hard one to take. Whatever it is, we would keep going and stay strong, and hopefully, we would get back up.

    “It is a downturn now. Nobody is really happy at this time. It is about timing for the club and everyone. We just need to take a chill and move on. It is not what we want. We can’t go back now thinking about it. We just have to move forward.

  • EPL: Why we lost 4-1 to Manchester United – Lampard

    EPL: Why we lost 4-1 to Manchester United – Lampard

    Chelsea interim manager, Frank Lampard has admitted that Manchester United were clinical in their English Premier League game against Chelsea on Thursday night at Old Trafford.

    Lampard added that Man Utd clinical finishing was the difference between both sides yesterday.

    The Blues missed an early chance through Mykhailo Mudryk, before Casemiro headed in the opening goal. Anthony Martial then made it 2-0 before the break.

    Bruno Fernandes converted his penalty and Marcus Rashford added a fourth.

    Joao Felix pulled one back for Chelsea at Old Trafford.

    Lampard told Sky Sports: “The clinical nature in front of goal. We were the better football team in the first half – in possession, chances we matched them at least.

    “To be 2-0 down is probably a sign of where we’re at. Second half, probably a sign of where we’re at.”

  • EPL: Chelsea’s next manager revealed

    EPL: Chelsea’s next manager revealed

    Mauricio Pochettino has been dubbed the next Chelsea Football Club coach after he has accepted all terms and conditions attached to the contract.

    Football transfer expert and pundit, Fabrizio Romano made this known via his official handle on Saturday evening.

    “Chelsea is now set to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as new head coach, here we go! Full agreement in place as expected,” He tweeted.

    “Pochettino has accepted all conditions of the long-term deal [with Chelsea]— it [the deal] will be signed and completed soon after negotiations very advanced since April.”

    Pochettino has coached the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in the past.

    The Argentine is expected to coach Chelsea next season.

    Meanwhile, Chelsea recently sacked manager Graham Potter and appointed Frank Lampard as caretaker manager to lead the first team until the end of the current 2022/23 season.

    Chelsea played out a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

  • EPL: Liverpool legend, Owen hails two-goal hero Awoniyi

    EPL: Liverpool legend, Owen hails two-goal hero Awoniyi

    Liverpool legend, Michael Owen  has heaped praises on Nigerian striker, Taiwo Awoniyi after he scored two goals to propel Nottingham Forest to a 4-3 win against Southampton in a relegation dug fight on Monday night in the English Premier League.

    Awoniyi’s brace is his first for the club all through the season.

    The Nigeria international’s two goals came within three minutes in the first half.

    The striker opened the scoring for Forest in the 18th minute, finishing off a brilliant counter-attacking move before volleying home the second few minutes after.

    Owen highlighted the qualities that make the former Union Berlin player dangerous to play against.

    “You see the goalscorer, I’m not going to try to pronounce his name (Awoniyi). He’s scoring goals, he’s got pace, he can finish like he did with the first one, and then he gets back to goal as well,” Owen told Premier League Productions.

    “He’s equally as dangerous as that, so very hard to play against because a lot of players that maybe haven’t got pace, you can try to squeeze them outside the box.”

    Awoniyi has scored six goals and provided one assist in 24 appearances for Nottingham Forest this season.

  • EPL: Southampton dim Arsenal’s title hopes, draw 3-3 at Emirate

    EPL: Southampton dim Arsenal’s title hopes, draw 3-3 at Emirate

    Arsenal’s title hopes suffered another setback on Friday after playing a 3-3 draw with relegation battling Southampton at the Emirate.

    Premier League leaders Arsenal scored two goals in two minutes to level up with the Saints in a very thrilling English Premier League encounter.

    The Saints led after just 28 seconds, when Carlos Alcaraz capitalized on an Aaron Ramsdale error to score.

    Arsenal have now conceded the two fastest goals at home in the Premier League this season, the other being Philip Billing’s strike after 9.11 seconds for Bournemouth.

    Former gunners player, Theo Walcott doubled the Southampton lead  before Gabriel Martinelli pulled one back for the league leaders.

    Duje Caleta-Car restored the Southampton two-goal advantage and appeared to seal the three points – only for Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka to score in the 88th and 90th minutes to earn a draw.

    The Norwegian Odegaard then scored a goal in the 88th minute to reduce the deficit for the home team before Bukayo Saka equalized on 90 minute to restore parity for the gunners.

    All effort to snatch a late winner proved abortive as both sides settled for a 3-3 draw in a pulsating EPL encounter.

    The result means the Gunners have drawn three straight games starting from Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at Anfield, Westham and now Southampton.

    Southampton remain bottom of the table and three points from safety, having now failed to win in seven league games.

    Second place Manchester City will try to play catch up with the Gunners as they trail with five points with two games in hand.

    Both teams then will settle scores at the Etihad on the 26th of April in what seem like a title-deciding encounter.

  • EPL: Arteta considers Manchester City as title favourite

    EPL: Arteta considers Manchester City as title favourite

    Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has tipped Manchester City to win this season’s premier League title this year.

    Arsenal currently lead the English Premier League Table with six points but City have got a game in hand.

    When Arteta was told that City are the title favourites according to Opta, he replied: “You ask them at the start of the season, it was like this so nothing has changed.”

    However, the Spaniard insisted he is happy with where Arsenal are at the moment.

    But he called on his players to “finish the job” in the run-in.

    “We are where we are. We are happy where we are.

    “We have to finish the job. In order to do that, we need that extra bit of everybody,” Arteta added.