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Man Utd contact Pochettino to replace Solskjaer after 6-1 defeat to Tottenham


 
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 October 6, 2020




Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has contacted Mauricio Pochettino over the possibility of replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the club, the Daily Star reports.

Man City suffer major blow on transfer deadline day


 
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 October 6, 2020



Premier League giants, Manchester City, have suffered a major transfer blow after refusing to sell defender, Eric Garcia, to Barcelona this summer.
This was disclosed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Monday night.

Chelsea confirms transfer deadline deal for 24-year-old star


 
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 October 6, 2020



Chelsea have confirmed that their midfielder, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, has joined Premier League side, Fulham on loan.

Transfer: Man Utd signs Pellistri, Solskjaer reacts


 
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 October 6, 2020



Manchester United have officially announced the signing of Facundo Pellistri from Club Atletico Penarol.
Pellistri joined Man United on a five-year contract, with an option to extend for a further year.

Kepa takes final decision on future with Chelsea

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 October 7, 2020



Chelsea goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga has finally decided to stay at Stamford Bridge to fight his place at the Blues.

Quote:Al Nassr’s Ahmed Musa and Genk’s Paul Onuachu have arrived in Nigeria’s camp ahead of this week’s international friendlies against Algeriaand Tunisia.
The duo are the last of the players to arrive at the team’s base in Austriaas Gernot Rohr now has his players available for training.
Onuachu was handed a late call-up after Victor Osimhen of Napoliwas excused from the Desert Foxes and Carthage Eagles’ games because of travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

*After seven seasons at FC Midtjylland, the gangling striker joined the Belgian elite division outfit in 2019. This season, he has been impressive for Jess Thorup’s men having scored seven goals in seven games in the 2020-21 campaign.
For Musa, who naturally takes over the mantle of leadership from John Obi Mikel, he is expected to add attacking bite to the squad in the games that will serve as build-up for November’s double-header Africa Cup of Nationsqualifier against Sierra Leone.

This term, he is yet to feature for Rui Vitoria's Najd’s Knight as speculation about him leaving the King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh became intense.

Four days after taking on the reigning African champions, Rohr’s team will face the Carthage Eagles at Jacques Lehmans Arena.

Since defeating Lesotho 4-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Maseru's Setsoto Stadium on November 17, 2019, Nigeria are yet to play a match in 2020 owing to the Covid-19 outbreak.

FULL SQUAD

*Goalkeepers: Dele Alampasu (FK Ventspils, Latvia); Matthew Yakubu (SKF Sered, Slovakia); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

*Defenders: Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Chidozie Awaziem (FC Boavista, Portugal); William Ekong ( UdineseFC, Italy); Olaoluwa Aina ( FulhamFC, England); Jamilu Collins (SC Paderborn 07, Germany); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal)

*Midfielders: Mikel Agu (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal); Tyronne Ebuehi (FC Twente, Netherlands); Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland, Denmark); Samson Tijani (TSV Hartberg, Austria)

*Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia); Alex Iwobi ( EvertonFC, England); Paul Onuachu (Genk, Belgium); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Samuel Chukwueze ( VillarrealFC, Spain); Cyriel Dessers (KRC Genk, Belgium); Kelechi Iheanacho ( Leicester City, England); Samuel Kalu (Girondins Bordeaux, France); Chidera Ejuke ( CSKA Moscow, Russia)

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/full-house-as-musa-and-onuachu-arrive-at-super-eagles-camp/xfk7vawqby0p1989otvupjn0x

Quote:Sokratis has also been left out of the squad for the group stages by Gunners manager Mikel Arteta
Mesut Ozil has been left out of Arsenal’s 25-man squad for the Europa Leaguegroup stages.


The club’s highest earning player - who pockets £350,000 ($454,000) a week - is one of two senior players who has been cut by boss Mikel Arteta, whose 25-man squad for the competition is only allowed to include 17 ‘non locally trained players’.
With 19 to choose from, however, Arteta has had to decide which two he would not involve - and Ozil, along with defender Sokratis, has been left out.

*Given the German has not played a single minute since football’s restart in June following the coronavirus enforced suspension, it is perhaps no surprise to see him axed from the squad.


Yet the fact he is the club’s highest earner still makes his omission eye-catching, especially as Arteta is expected to use the group stages of the Europa League as an opportunity to give some game time to players who have not been featuring much in the Premier League.

The decision comes just a day after Ozil publicly stated he would be willing to pay the wages of Jerry Quy, the man who has played the role of Gunnersaurus - the Arsenal mascot - for the past 27 years. Ozil’s took to social media to make the offer after it emerged that Quy had been made redundant.

“I was so sad that Jerry Quy aka our famous and loyal mascot Gunnersaurus and integral part of our club was being made redundant after 27 years,” said the former Real Madridstar. “As such, I’m offering to reimburse Arsenal with the full salary of our big green guy as long as I will be an Arsenal player so Jerry can continue his job that he loves so much.”

Ozil’s last appearance for Arsenal came in the win against West Ham in March, the final match before football was suspended due to the pandemic.


He has not even made a matchday squad this season, even in the Carabao Cup when Arteta has rung the changes.


When quizzed on the playmaker’s absence after the 2-0 win at Leicester last month, the Arsenal boss said: “The team is evolving, you can see the level they are achieving. This is where we are at the moment. We want to evolve more and play better and compete better.

“You can see that the players we are changing, we are using, it's very difficult every week not just for Mesut but for some other players as well to make the squad. Every week we try to pick the right players.

“It's difficult for others as well that aren't involved in the Premier League and didn't play tonight either. We have a squad of 26, 27 players at the moment and we can't give playing time to all of them.

“I understand and I respect your questions but I have to try to do my job as fair as possible. I try to select the players that are, in my opinion, in better condition.”


UEFA are due to officially announce Arsenal's 25-man squad for the Europa League group stages on Thursday morning.

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/ozil-axed-arsenal-europa-league-squad/1cyxdhzwi3fqi1ggugpuf3xbz8

Quote:Cristiano Ronaldo’s Million House Robbed While On International Duty

The Juventus star, 35, had his £7million home in Madeira burgled while he was off taking on Spain.

The chancer is claimed to have snuck into the house after a member of Ronaldo's staff opened the garage door, according to respected local paper Diario de Noticias Madeira.

Police are said to be on the hunt for the suspected burgler. A relative of the footballer’s raised the alarm on Wednesday.

Police have already visited the property and are said to have identified the thief.

The crook has been described as someone who is already known to them, and was identified thanks to the property's CCTV.

A signed Juventus shirt is said to have been among items taken.

No arrests have yet been made.

THE SUN UK

Quote:News Alert.
Please discountenance any reports that some of our players tested positive to COVID 19 ahead of tomorrow's friendly game against Algeria. It is a blatant falsehood.


The writer of the story, who was not part of the press conference earlier today, totally misrepresented what Coach Rohr said that since the outbreak of the pandemic, four of our players had tested positive but were all now fully recovered from the virus and back in action. The results of the COVID 19 tests carried out on the Super Eagles ahead of tomorrow's game are still being awaited.

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Quote:[b]Oshoala Marks Her 26th Birthday By Scoring A Brace As Barca Beat Sevilla 6-0

Oshoala Marks Her 26th Birthday By Scoring A Brace As Barca Beat Sevilla 6-0.[/b]

Asisat Oshoala gave herself an early birthday present yesterday night by scoring a brace as Barcelona beat Sevilla 6-0 to qualify for the final of the Queen's Cup.

The victory presents Barcelona with the opportunity to secure the first treble in Spanish women's football history. They won the first ever Supercopa earlier this year and were declared league champions during the lockdown and a victory against Legrono would make them Queen's Cup champions.

Frenetic start

Barcelona took control of the game from the blast of the whistle and they got an early lead when Patri recovered the ball and fed Oshoala who fired it into the goal to give Barca a 1-0 lead in the 4th minute.

The Blaugrana did not ease up the pressure and super winger, Caroline Graham Hansen put them 2-0 up on 18 minutes.

Barca hit the woodwork twice before Patri extended the lead off a corner kick on 21 minutes. Oshoala then got her second in the 38th minute to give Barca a 4-0 lead at half time.

Barca dominates

Vicky Losada came off the bench in the second half and immediately hit the woodwork as Barcelona continued to dominate the game.

Melanie Serano scored a stupendous goal straight from a corner kick in the 68th minute and Aitana sealed the victory in the 72nd minute to give Barca a 6-0 win at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.

Match details

Barcelona 6 - 0 Sevilla


Barcelona: Coll, Leila (Melanie, min 58), Pereira, María León, Torrejón (Crnogorčević, min 45), Mariona, Graham Hansen (Losada, min 45), Martens, Patri (Hamraoui, min 45), Guijarro, Alexia ( Aitana, min 65) and Oshoala.

Seville: Serrat, Lucía, Echeverri, Nago (Amparito, min 75), Carla, Pina, Virgy (Rivera, min 65), Payne (Franco, min 65), Aivi, Bores (Toro, min 75) and Coleman.

Goals: 1-0, Oshoala (min 4); 2-0, Caroline Graham Hansen (min 18); 3-0, Patri Guijarro (min 21); 4-0, Oshoala (min 38); 5-0, Melanie (min 68); 6-0, Aitana (min 72).

Referee: Arantza Gallastegui. She showed a yellow card to Martens.

Highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWTEt3ZjxBc

Quote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN9IEkBUoU

Liverpool (2015)


Arsenal (2016)


Dalian (2017-2018)


Barcelona (2019-2022)

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1) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup.


2) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup.


3) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 African Women's Nations Cup. She also won the silver boot for being the second highest goal scorer at the tournament (second to Desire Oparanozie).


4) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2016 African Women's Nations Cup.

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Also

1) highest goal scorer in the Nigerian Women’s League (2013)

2) Winner of the Nigerian Women’s League (with River’s Angels) (2014).

3) Winner of the Nigerian Women’s Cup (2013 and 2014)

4) Winner of the English FA Women’s Cup (2016)

5) Winner of the Chinese Women’s Super League 2017 & 2018.

6) Highest goal scorer in the Chinese Women’s Super League (2017).

7) Winner of the Chinese Women’s Super-Cup (2017)

8 ) Winner of the Copa Catalunya (2019).

9) Winner of the Spanish Women’s Super-Cup (2020).

10) BBC (World) Women’s Player of the Year (2015)

11) African Women’s Player of the Year (2014, 2016, 2017 & 2019)

12) Winner of the African Women’s Nations Cup (2014, 2016 & 2018).

13) 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League silver medallist (she scored in the final).

14) Winner of the Spanish Women's League (2020)

15) Second highest goal scorer in the Spanish Women's League 2020 (20 goals)

Asisat Oshoala was born on October 9th, 1994 and here's a throwback picture of her as a child.






BBC Women's footballer of the year 2015

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The Super Falcons were at their camp ahead of the 2015 World Cup when the BBC arrived and surprised Asisat Oshoala with her 2015 BBC World Women's Footballer of the Year award.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AHmJrhFzk

Can Nigeria get the better of Algeria in Friday’s international friendly


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 October 9, 2020




As the international fixture between Nigeria and African Champions Algeria takes center stage, expectations and interest have been generated as both teams prepare for the Friday game.

                       

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Kai Havertz opens up on ‘difficult’ start at Chelsea, admits EPL is ‘exhausting’


 
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 October 10, 2020



Kai Havertz has spoken about his “difficult” start to life at Chelsea, after joining from Bayer Leverkusen this summer.