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  • I’m more Ashley Cole than Roberto Carlos – Shaw

    I’m more Ashley Cole than Roberto Carlos – Shaw

    Manchester United fullback Luke Shaw has laughed off comparisons with Roberto Carlos.

    Shaw’s impressive displays for Manchester United this season earned him the club’s Player of the Month awards for February and March, as well as an England recall.

    “I’ve seen some things on it on social media and sometimes in my group chats my mates send me some stuff and I just laugh about it,” said Shaw, referring to the Roberto Carlos comparison.

    “I can’t be compared to him, he was unbelievable! I’m aware of it and it’s nice to be even mentioned alongside his name, but I just laugh about it.”

    Despite being compared to the Brazilian icon, left-back Shaw revealed the player he admired the most in that position was former Chelsea and England star Ashley Cole.

    “Looking back at when I was growing up and my sort of era, and watching him a lot and basing my game a lot on him and what I wanted to be like as a player, then I would have to say Ashley Cole,” said Shaw.

    “I’ve always been a massive fan of him and thought, when I was growing up, he was one of the best left-backs at that time.

    “For me, as an all-round full-back, he was one of the best I’ve ever seen with attacking and defending, so I’d say Ashley Cole.”

  • I was very close to joining Chelsea – Roberto Carlos

    I was very close to joining Chelsea – Roberto Carlos

    Brazil legend Roberto Carlos has revealed that he was “very close” to joining Chelsea in 2007, only for the transfer to collapse at the last minute.

    The former defender was a free agent at the time, having parted company with Real Madrid after 11 trophy-laden years at Santiago Bernabeu.

    “I had two proposals, Fenerbahce and Chelsea,” Carlos told Goal after the Challenge Heineken Legends. “Chelsea didn’t work out so I signed for Fenerbahce.

    “But, with Chelsea, it got very close. It was literally agreed and I just had to go there and sign the contract.

    “It was just a week before I signed for Fenerbahce and I had been to Paris to meet both Roman Abramovich and (former chief executive) Peter Kenyon.

    “Unfortunately, in the final moments something didn’t work out just before finalising, which happens a lot in football. There was an issue with the lawyer.

    “It was all agreed, though, and I am 100 per cent sure I would have done well in the Premier League and it would have suited my characteristics.”

  • Roberto Carlos to visit Nigeria for Real Madrid Foundation inauguration

    Former Real Madrid and Brazil left full-back Roberto Carlos will visit Nigeria on March 28 to launch the Real Madrid Foundation Football Clinics for schools.

    Yomi Umar, Head of the Real Madrid Foundation Football School and Clinics, Nigeria, disclosed this during a visit to the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Umar who is also the Director, SPR Luxury said his team was in Abuja to inform the minister on the foundation’s activities and the visit of the Real Madrid legend.

    Umar said SPR Luxury, in partnership with the Real Madrid Football Foundation and Danjan Sports (UK), would establish a football clinic and school in Nigeria.

    She said Carlos and the Real Madrid Foundation team, which includes Head of Africa and Middle East, Inigo Arrenilas, would visit Nigeria to officially launch the foundation.

    “The Real Madrid Football Club, Brazilian legend and Foundation Brand Ambassador, Roberto Carlos, will be in Nigeria from March 28 to launch the Real Madrid Foundation Football Clinics for school boys and girls of ages seven to 17 years,” the official said.

    “The foundation will deliver advanced individual training in techniques and tactics, problem-solving and decision-making abilities on and off the pitch,’’ she added.

    In his response, Dalung congratulated the team for the initiative and promised to give the foundation adequate support.

    “This is a good initiative and in line with the ministry’s mission to develop sports and catch the athletes when they are young.

    “As a ministry, we will do our best to support you and the visit of Roberto Carlos,” he said.