With 10 days left until the transfer window closes, former Manchester United man Andy Cole believes it will be a difficult task for his former club to bring top players to the Club.

Manchester United have been looking to strengthen their side since the beginning of the transfer but it has been a tough task for them as they couldn't get their number one target Jadon Sancho whom Dortmund confirmed he will be playing in the Bundesliga for another season.

With just 10 days left, Andy thinks it will be difficult for the Manchester Side to attract quality as players will be skeptic of the probability of them winning a trophy if they join the Premier League side.

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Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has backed teammate Jadon Sancho to shine for the club this season as the new Bundesliga prepares to resume.

Sancho is being targeted by Manchester United but last month, Borussia Dortmund confirmed the England international won't be leaving as he will be playing another season with them.

With the winger confirmed to stay at the club for another season and how he has been good during the pre-season, Haaland believed he will be important for the German side this coming Bundesliga season.

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Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman is concerned about his team moving the ball quickly and also defending as tight as possible.

Barcelona played a different formation 4-2-3-1 from what they are used to 4-3-3 in their friendly game against Gimnastic de Tarragona on Saturday.

It looks like a comfortable formation for the La Liga side as they won the game 3-1, with goals from Ousman Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, and Philippe Coutinho.

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solsjaer has revealed why the club signed Ajax star Donny van de Beek.

Donny van de Beek completed his move to United last week after both clubs agree on a fee of £40 million for the highly-rated Dutch midfielder.

With over 118 Eredivisie appearances, Van de Beek recorded a total of 28 goals and 24 assists making him one of the best youngsters in the league and with that stats, United couldn't resist bringing such a player to the club.

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Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp is confident of his side going into the new season and believes they have a greater advantage over high spending London side Chelsea.

Chelsea recently completed the signing of Kai Havertz from Leverkusen to add to their collection of stars. Going into the new season, the London side might be featuring probably the best team in the Premier League with the likes of Thiago Silva, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner, N'Golo Kante, Kurt Zouma all available for Frank Lampard.

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Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has praised the signing of Van de Beek and claims the Netherland international is a fantastic signing for the Premier League side.

Manchester United completed the signing of Van de Beek from Ajax last week and the Dutchman is tipped to add more magic to United midfield which already contains some quality players.

Speaking with Sky Sports, Bosnich gave some key details about Van de Beek and also give reasons why he will be a fantastic signing for the Manchester side.

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Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is excited about the prospect of Barcelona star man Lionel Messi coming to the Premier League claiming he will like to watch him play week in week out.

There have been talks on where Lionel Messi will be playing next since he handed in his transfer request this week to Barcelona which is likely to end his 20-year spell at the club.

Many top clubs are now looking to bring the current World best player to their respective teams and Manchester City is leading the race as Messi former manager Pep Guardiola is the team coach.

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Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka was snubbed by England manager Gareth Southgate in his 24-man squad ahead of next month’s Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark.

The team was made known on Tuesday with prominent names listed.

Saka was one of Arsenal’s best players last season after emerging their highest assist provider.

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The forward has already hit the ground running, scoring in his first pre-season game for the Stadio San Paolo outfit on Monday.

De Laurentiis, who was one of the spectators during the game, urged the club supporters that the forward has been inactive since Ligue 1 was prematurely concluded due to the coronavirus pandemic in March as such should be tolerant with the 21-year-old.

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Former Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal has released a list of some key players he wanted to sign for the club during his time with them.

Van Gaal was in charge of Manchester United for two seasons after he replaced David Moyes in 2014.

The Dutchman won the FA Cup in 2015 and was later sacked by the club who then brought in former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

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The transfer business is still ongoing in England with many teams still trying to shuffle their pack and make ways with some players they don't need anymore for new ones to come in.

We take a look at some players that have already been released by their Premier League clubs and to be surprised there are some players which we will never believe they were still in these clubs.

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Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo penned his name in the history books on Wednesday evening by becoming the first African and Nigerian coach to lead his team in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

The Albanian champions breezed past Dinamo Tbilisi as goals from Agustin Torassa and Marsel Ismailgeci in the 45th and 86th minutes respectively saw KF Tirana book their spot in the second qualifying round. They now face former champions Red Star Belgrade.

Egbo concedes to the fact that Dinamo Tbilisi was more tactically and organized than his team who started training two days after the Albanian league ended. Dinamo Tbilisi has already played a total of ten games since the restart of the Georgian league.

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The 2020-21 Premier League season will get underway on September 12, with reigning champions Liverpool taking on newly-promoted Leeds united.

The first-week fixtures promise to be an exciting one as we will see Tottenham Hotspurs take on Everton and a derby involving Fulham and Arsenal.

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Ex Blaugrana striker Samuel Eto’o has stated that Barcelona will need a change of name if Lionel Messi leaves.

The Argentine star has spent his whole career to date with the Spanish giants.

Messi was snapped up by Barcelona at a very young age, nurtured him through the famed La Masia academy system, and promoted him to the senior team.

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Arsenal Legend Thierry Henry has heaped encomiums on the Super Eagles squad of 1994 at the world cup in the USA.

The team comprised and boasted prominent names like Jay-Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Amunike, Late Rashidi Yekini, Finidi George, Late Stephen Keshi amongst others.

The French legend who was interviewed by Kenyan Journalist Idah Waringa was questioned about his preferred African team ever in the game of football.

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Victor Moses was a late introduction in the game between Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk, in came on in the 81st minute of the encounter.

Inter Milan cruised into the final of the Europa League following their comfortable win over Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday night.

Two goals each from Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez aided the Italian giant's quest to the final of the competition.

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Super Eagles forward Moses Simon have fired a warning to the French Ligue 1 teams ahead of the kick-off of the new season this weekend after scoring for FC Nantes in their final pre-season friendly against Le Havre.

The Nigerian international opened the scoring in the 10th minute in FC Nantes 3-1 comfortable victory against the French Ligue 2 team.

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Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has taken to twitter to label Liverpool fans “pathetic” following Manchester City exit from the Champions League as they were beaten 3-1 by Olympique Lyon.

The Portuguese star took to social media to plead for the forgiveness from Manchester City fans following a disappointing European campaign this season.

On Twitter, he apologized to city fans as he promised a better 2020/2021 campaign next season.

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reacted to his side 2-1 Europa league Semi-Final defeat to Sevilla.

Ole conceded to the fact that Manchester United needs quality signings if they want to be in the level of title contenders like Liverpool and Manchester City.

The 47-year-old maintained his line up from the game against Copenhagen as a lack of good backups affected his decision to substitute his players as late as the 87 minutes from stoppage time.

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Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has opined that his side was better than Sevilla despite a 2-1 defeat in the Europa League encounter.

Manchester United took the lead in the 9th minutes via a Bruno Fernandes penalty but failed to hold on to the lead as goals from Suso and substitute Luuk gave Sevilla a deserved win over the Red Devils.

The England international defender described Sevilla as the second-best team in the encounter as they failed to create as many chances as the Premier League side. He also admitted that his teammates had more chances and were wasteful at the same time.

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Head coach of the USL championship side Tula, Michael Nsien is confident that the Super Eagles will excel at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Ex tactician has stated that the current crop of players in the Eagles has the aptitude to clinch the Cup of Nations staging in Cameroon.

'Looking at the current group of players, we have the potentials to win the Nations Cup in Cameroon,' Nsien began on a WhatsApp sports page chat with NSM Rebranded

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Former Super Eagles attacker, John Utaka has ascribed his football achievements to Ex-Super Eagles legends Austin Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu.

Utaka was recently assigned as Montepellier u19 coach. He, however, praised the smartness and technical ability of Kanu.

'Kanu competed in the Olympic Games. He inspired me a lot because he was not a fast player, but he is very smart and very technical in games,' Utaka told the Montpellier website.

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Ex super eagles skipper, John Mikel Obi has expressed his desire to return to English football.

The 2012 champions league winner is presently a free agent following the termination of his contract with Turkish Trabzonspor by mutual consent in March.

The 33 years confirmed that there are interests from English clubs but is not in a haste but can only wait for the future.

'Yes, there are interested clubs and England is a strong possibility and why not,' Mikel told BBC Sport Africa yesterday.

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The Catalans were in no doubt schooled by german giant Bayern Munich kissing goodbye to the champions league tournament in a humiliating manner.

Barcelona's efforts to bring back the champions league trophy to Camp Nou after a 5-year absence were all withered away following a discomfiting performance put up by the Spanish giants after suffering an 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the quarter-final round.

The match which took place at Lisbon began in a destitute manner for the Catalans after Thomas Muller put Bayern ahead in the fourth minute. Barcelona has gifted an equalizer as David Alaba put the ball in his own net.

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Head coach of the future Eagles Mr. Danladi Nasidi has passed on. According to Reports, Mr. Nasidi kicked the bucket early hours of Wednesday and was buried yesterday according to his Islamic rites.

Nasidi who was born on Ist January 1952 was part of the top Corp of coaches in the country who had the CAF 'A' License. Nasidi let Nigeria U-15 boys to a silver medal at the Africa games in Algiers two years ago.

He was also the first Assistant to head coach Ismailia Mabo following the Super Falcons record of reaching the quarter's finals at the world cup in the USA 1999.

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Ex captain Xavi has re-expressed his passion to become head coach at Camp Nou. The Catalan club has repeatedly been linked with the Spaniard multiple times before appointing Quique Setien.

Xavi who is currently coaching Qatari side Al Sadd made it known that the opportunity came all of a sudden.

The world cup winner expressed his pleasure to procure coaching experience as he also made known his desire to have Blaugrana Icons Jordi Cruff and Carles Puyo as part of his backroom staff if he were to coach Barcelona.

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Following an impressive win over Atalanta last night, PSG president Al-khelaifi has now confirmed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will never leave the club as they are very important.

Marquinhos and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting goal at stoppage time was what PSG needed to book a spot in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League, something they haven't done for years.

Though Kylian Mbappe didn't start the game cause of fitness issue but Neymar was there from the start and he tried to work his magic against an Atalanta side that has been very impressive this season.

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German international Mesut Ozil has rubbished the rumor he is set to leave Arsenal during the current transfer window.

Though the last two years have been difficult for the former Real Madrid, he is, however, willing to stay and fight for a place as he is still in love with the club and the city.

Speaking in an interview with The Athletic, the 31-year-old who earns £350,000-per-week emphasized he will remain at Arsenal until the end of his contract next summer.

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Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has heaped praises on Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun following his impressive showings for the Scottish giants.

The 32-year-old joined Rangers of Scotland in July after bidding farewell to relegated Championship Wigan Athletic.

The Super Eagles defender without delay has put a huge impression on Ibrox as he is now highly regarded by the first-team players following his contributions in their first two league games.

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France forward Kylian Mbappe is set to prove a big boost to French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain in their Champions League quarter-final clash against Atlanta on Wednesday.

The 21-year old suffered an Ankle injury in the Coupe de France final win over Saint-Etienne on July 24. With this, he remained doubtful for the clash but PSG boss Thomas Tuchel has now hinted on Mbappe's return from injury.

He stated that the French star might play the bench role as it can turn fortunes for his team.

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After gaining promotion to the English Premier League, Newcomers West Bromwich Albion might look to bring back former Chelsea man, John Mikel Obi to the Premier League.

Sources close to West Brom yesterday disclosed that the Ex-Super Eagles captain is on the radar of manager Slaven Bilic's list towards the new season.

Billic is conceived to bank on the experience of Mikel to add quality to his midfield as they return to the English top-flight football.

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Brazil international and Chelsea number 10 Willian has confirmed he will be leaving the club following after being with them for seven years.

For some weeks now there has been some transfer discussion going on between Willian and Chelsea and it seems it hasn't come out positive due to the fact that the Brazillian wanted three more years but Chelsea are only willing to offer two.

Today being Willians 32nd Birthday, he has now confirmed how will be leaving the club.

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