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Eto’o urges Xavi to return to Barça

Legendary striker, Samuel Eto’o insists that Xavi Hernandez must return to Barcelona while Lionel Messi is still playing, with the former Cameroon ace branding six-time Ballon d’Or winner, Messi, the “God of Football”. A former FC Barcelona captain, Xavi is...

Declare Atleti champions of Europe says Cerezo

The president of Spanish club, Atletico Madrid, Enrique Cerezo has discussed UEFA handing his side the Champions League trophy following their success so far in the competition. The Rojiblancos knocked out the holders, Liverpool from the season's competition at...

FIFA considers final three bids for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

World football-governing body, FIFA has confirmed that three bids to host the 2023 Women's World Cup have made it to the final stage of the process. The bids include those from Japan, Colombia and a joint bid from Australia...

Premier League confirms a positive COVID-19 case in latest testing

One new positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed by the Premier League in the latest round of testing, which saw 1,213 tests conducted on players and club staff on Monday (June 8) and Tuesday (June 9). There were no new...

Goodison Park to host Merseyside Derby

Liverpool City Council has given its approval for the Merseyside derby to be played at Goodison Park on June 21, with Everton and Liverpool to be granted a license to host behind-closed-doors games for the remainder of the season. This...

Leverkusen keen to hang on to Kai Havertz

German club, Bayer Leverkusen say they have no intentions of selling off prized asset Kai Havertz this summer, despite strong interest from a host of big clubs across Europe. It has been reported that Premier League club, Chelsea are preparing...

Oshoala makes Primera Iberdola “dream” team as Barca women’s training resumes

Nigerian international and Barcelona women's team striker, Asisat Oshoala has been promoted by fans to the Spanish women's premier league, or Primera Iberdola, "Team of the Season" for 2019/20. The former Arsenal and Liverpool women's teams goal poacher played a...

Subasic to leave AS Monaco

Ligue 1 club, AS Monaco, have announced that goalkeeper Danijel Subasic will leave the club at the end of June 2020.The 35-year-old former Croatia international has made 292 appearances for Monaco since signing from Hajduk Split in 2012.Subasic, whose...

Solskjaer won’t buy “rotten apples”

Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has declared that he will not buy "rotten apples" as he leads the club insisting that new signings must reflect his personality. Harry Maguire, Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka represent a new-look team built...

Niederlechner blames empty stadium for penalty miss

A rather unconventional reason has been put forward as the reason for a missed penalty by Augsburg striker Florian Niederlechner.The forward insists that a lack of crowd noise at their home match against Cologne contributed to his costly penalty...
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