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Former Arsenal academy striker, Jay Bothroyd has told the club to sign Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton. The midfielder has been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool this summer and the Reds are confident of securing a deal for the Argentina international. Bothroyd reckons Mikel Arteta’s side should be all over the 24-year-old, adding that the midfielder could play in the same role as Granit Xhaka. Xhaka has been linked with a move to Bayer Leverkusen. Mac Allister, like Xhaka, has passing skills and the diligence to do his bit off the ball. Bothroyd told FourFourTwo, “I would go…
Following the conclusion of this season’s Premier League campaign on Sunday, below are the top scorers in the English-top flight league. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland won the Golden Boot for the top scorer of the Premier League with 36 goals to his name. Haaland is ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane, who finished the season with 30 goals for Spurs. Here are this season’s top scorers in the Premier League: Erling Haaland – Manchester City – 36 goals Harry Kane – Tottenham – 30 goals Ivan Toney – Brentford – 20 goals Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – 19 goals Callum…
Outgoing interim boss of Chelsea, Frank Lampard has said he will take a break after his short-term deal with the club expires. Lampard was given the job on a temporary basis after Graham Potter was sacked. But the Blues struggled under the ex-England midfielder and finished in 12th place, closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League places. “I’ll have a break, it has been quite intense. I wasn’t in that mode, I had to get in the mode. “I’ve given it my all, we’ll see what happens,” Lampard, who was sacked at Everton earlier in the season, said.…
Three Juventus players will leave the Turin club this summer transfer window for new teams. This was disclosed by transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Sunday evening. According to Romano, the three players that will leave Juventus at the end of the season are Adrien Rabiot, Ángel Di Maria, and Leandro Paredes. “Adrien Rabiot, Ángel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes are expected to play their final game at Juventus now,” Romano tweeted. “Rabiot is not negotiating a new deal as of now — good chances to leave on free. “Di Maria will leave as a…
The 2022/2023 Premier League season came to an end on Sunday. Manchester City are champions again and they will be playing in the Champions League alongside Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle United. Liverpool and Brighton have qualified for the Europa League and could be joined by West Ham if they beat Florentina in the Europa Conference League final on 7 June. Aston Villa finished seventh and will participate in next season’s Europa Conference League. The confirmed relegated trio of Southampton, Leeds United and Leicester City. Everton survived by the skin of their teeth while Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were safe…
Global innovative technology brand TECNO just unveiled its latest breakthrough in material innovation in smartphone design – the “Magic Skin” in Africa, making it the first to bring this innovative material to African consumers. It is a brand-new material technology that promises to create phone backs that are skin-friendly, stylish, and easy to clean. This new material will be integrated into the body of TECNO’s phones and applied to CAMON, SPARK, and POP series, ensuring African consumers stay abreast of the global trends on smartphone design innovations. Stylish Design with Skin-friendly Touch Magic Skin boasts a sleek and stylish design…
Warri Wolves created the biggest upset in the quarter-final of the Federation Cup courtesy of a 2-1 victory against Lobi Stars at the Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode on Sunday. The Seasiders took the lead on 44 minutes through substitute, Jabbal Malik. Joseph Atule equalised for Lobi Stars in the 57th minute. Wolves won the game with Christian Izuchukwu netting the winning goal 18 minutes from time. In Abuja, Obinna Nwobodo scored the winning goal 10 minutes from time as Rangers defeated Doma United 1-0. Plateau United also made into the last four after a 1-0 win against Kwara United.…
Former Arsenal youth team star, now pundit, Jay Bothroyd has told the north London side to offload on-loan Stade Reims striker Folarin Balogun this summer. Balogun has scored 21 goals and provided three assists in 37 games across competitions for the French side this season. But with the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah as first and second-choice strikers, it appears the US international would find it difficult leading the attack for Arsenal. And Bothroyd reckons his former club should cash in on Balogun. The pundit told FourFourTwo, “The first one, I’d say, would be [Folarin] Balogun. He’s been…
Barely a few hours to relinquishing power to the incoming administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of the Special National Honours Award on 339 Nigerians, including Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity. Shehu and Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice President) were conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar also received the National Honour of OON. The President’s Personal Photographers for the eight years of his administration, Bayo Omoboriowo and Sunday Aghaeze bagged Member of…
Barely hours before the inauguration of the incoming Administration, President Muhammad Buhari has directed that the control of Obalende Eid Prayer Ground be returned to the Lagos Jama’atul Muslimeen Council of the Lagos Central Mosque. In a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari gave the approval based on the report of a Special Committee he set up to investigate and report to him the issues in the conflict between the Lagos Muslim Community and Federal Government Agencies. Buhari ordered all the government agencies to “recognize and respect the fact that the…