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Despite reports that some Italian top flight clubs wanted to abandon the 2019-20 campaign, a consensus has been reached that the league can return
All 20 clubs in the Italian Serie A have voted to resume the 2019-20 season whenever possible.

There had been reports that come clubs were against restarting the season, with Italy having been one of the worst affected countries in Europe by coronavirus, however an agreement has now been reached between teams and the Italian football federation (FIGC)...https://naijaodds.com/2020/05/01/serie-a-clubs-vote-to-carry-on-with-season-despite-coronavirus/

The Norwegian is eager to replicate the same hunger shown by the Portuguese legend as he continues to make a big impact at Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland has revealed that Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is an inspiration for him, while revealing little concern after Paris Saint-Germain seemed to mock his meditation celebration.

Haaland has been a revelation in 2019-20, with his exploits seeing him linked with a move to La Liga giants Real Madrid...https://naijaodds.com/2020/05/01/haaland-inspired-by-ronaldo-thankful-after-psg-mimicked-his-meditation-celebration/

Marc-Andre ter Stegen is the world's "most complete" goalkeeper, according to his former Barcelona understudy.
With Camp Nou opportunities at a premium, Jordi Masip left Barcelona in 2017 to find first-team football at Real Valladolid.
Masip has gone on to be a fixture in the Valladolid side while keeping tabs on Ter Stegen's continuing development at Barcelona, with the German firmly established as number one...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/30/barcelona-star-ter-stegen-hailed-as-clearly-the-best-goalkeeper-in-world-football/

Plans are being drawn up outlining how English football will look upon its return once the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted
The Premier League has put together a seven-page document detailing how the resumption of football in England could work in preparation for Friday's meeting to discuss a potential June 8 return.

The organisation's director of football, Richard Garlick, has drafted the rules that could be ratified in Friday's meeting...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/30/revealed-the-protocols-for-the-premier-leagues-june-8-project-restart/

The Brazilian joined the Catalans from Gremio back in 2018 and has made 67 appearances in all competitions for the club, with Barca viewing him as an important part of their first-team setup.

Goal can confirm that they would, however, be open to selling the 23-year-old should the right offer arrive, with contact having been made between both clubs in the last few weeks...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/29/juventus-consider-arthur-move-as-serie-a-champions-eye-swap-deal-with-barcelona/

The widow of the slain journalist urged the English top flight's governing body to not allow the Gulf nation to own a football club
The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has asked the Premier League to prevent the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle United because of the alleged crimes committed against her late husband...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/29/fiancee-of-murdered-journalist-urges-premier-league-to-stop-the-saudi-takeover-of-newcastle-united/

European football leagues have been given a May 25 deadline to inform governing body Uefa of their plans to restart their domestic competitions.

Soccer has ground to a halt in all major leagues in Europe and none have yet to resume. But Uefa is keen to start planning for next season's European club tournaments.

In a letter to the 55 federations in Uefa, president Aleksander Ceferin wrote that any league cancelling its season would need to produce a list of teams that have qualified for European club competitions, also by May 25...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/28/uefa-gives-european-leagues-may-25-deadline-for-restart-plans/

A Red Devils legend believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could still use extra reinforcements across the middle of the park
Rio Ferdinand has advised Manchester United to move for Saul Niguez, Thomas Partey and Wilfred Ndidi in the summer transfer window.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's rebuilding job at Old Trafford is expected to continue when the market reopens later in the year...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/28/ferdinand-names-three-midfielders-man-utd-should-sign-this-summer/

Clubs are in talks with the Culture Secretary over plans to bring the top flight back.Premier League clubs will meet on Friday to discuss plans to resume the 2019-20 campaign in June.The English top flight, which has been suspended since mid-March because of the spread of the coronavirus, could be back in action as early as June 8 to have the season concluded by the end of July...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/28/premier-league-hopeful-of-june-8-restart-as-training-centres-reopen/

The Portuguese manager previously coached Chelsea and Tottenham, but the current Marseille boss has no desire to work in English football again
Former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas says he does not want to work in the Premier League again because the style of football is not suited to his philosophy...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/27/i-will-not-go-back-there-villas-boas-does-not-want-to-return-to-the-premier-league/

Fifa has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure, the global soccer body said on Monday.

It said the idea was to help deal with possible fixture congestion as leagues attempt to complete the season in a short space of time once play starts again in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus outbreak...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/27/fifa-proposes-up-to-five-substitutions-per-match-on-a-temporary-basis/

The goalkeeper lit up in the showers after a defeat at Southampton in 2015 and he subsequently moved on to Roma and then Juventus
Wojciech Szczesny has revealed the truth behind the time he was caught smoking after what proved to be the final Premier League appearance of his Arsenal career...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/27/szczesny-reveals-truth-behind-arsenal-smoking-incident-and-insists-there-was-no-bust-up-with-wenger/

The Arsenal playmaker has been called out by some after reportedly refusing to lower his salary during the coronavirus pandemic
Manchester United legend Roy Keane has fired back at criticisms of the Premier League's top players for an apparent refusal to take a pay cut amid the coronavirus outbreak...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/24/i-wouldnt-take-a-pay-cut-at-a-big-club-keane-jumps-to-defence-of-premier-league-stars-after-ozil-criticisms/

Football is re-awakening amid the Covid-19 pandemic but the sense of hope at teams which have started training is mixed with worry over whether it might be too soon and the uncertainty of how to keep players safe.

On hold since mid-March, many European leagues are hoping to start up again in the next two or three months, without spectators, and training has begun in Germany and Austria. Yet re-starting remains fraught with difficulties...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/24/hope-mixed-with-worry-and-uncertainty-as-football-reawakens/

Bundesliga CEO Christian Seifert has said that the league will be ready to return to competitive action as early as May 9, although government approval will be required before an official decision is made.

Representatives of each of the 36 clubs in the top two German tiers decided on the date after a meeting on Thursday, with it very much the intention of said teams to finish off the season...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/23/bundesliga-ready-to-resume-on-may-9-pending-government-approval-says-ceo-seifert/

Four Arsenal stars have been spoken to by the club after photos emerged of the players flouting social distancing rules amid the countrywide lockdown, with the coronavirus pandemic still in full swing around the globe.

Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, David Luiz and Granit Xhaka were the players warned, with club-record signing Pepe having been filmed playing football with several friends in north London, while the Ivory Coast international shared footage of another game with friends on Instagram...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/23/arsenal-stars-lacazette-xhaka-pepe-and-luiz-warned-over-breaking-lockdown-rules/

England's Premier League could make games available on free-to-air broadcasting once the season resumes following the suspension due to the coronavirus, Britain's culture secretary said in quotes reported by the BBC on Wednesday.

Oliver Dowden said he has had "productive talks" with British sports bodies on the resumption of competitions following the coronavirus shutdown...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/23/premier-league-matches-could-be-on-free-to-air-tv/

Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he felt he would be sacked by Liverpool if he didn't oversee an improvement in the club's fortunes quickly enough when he first arrived.

The Reds appointed the former Borussia Dortmund head coach in October 2015, with the Merseysiders having finished in sixth place in the table the previous season under Brendan Rodgers...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/22/klopp-feared-hed-get-sacked-by-liverpool-if-he-didnt-improve-them-quickly-enough/

The former striker believes Jurgen Klopp will have funds made available, allowing him to invest heavily into another proven attacker
Timo Werner has the potential to be an exciting addition at Liverpool, admits John Aldridge, with there every reason to believe that an offer of £60 million-plus ($74m) could be tabled...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/21/liverpool-spending-60m-plus-on-werner-is-exciting-reds-need-to-land-another-forward-says-aldridge/

While it’s trite to talk of sporting tragedies amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Odion Ighalo’s fairytale move to Manchester United is in danger of ending in early regret and disappointment.

The ridicule that accompanied Ighalo’s deadline-day signing at Old Trafford quickly turned to admiration and marvel when the Nigerian striker’s backstory and long-term affinity with the club came to light...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/21/odion-ighalo-must-do-what-it-takes-to-extend-manchester-united-stay/

The global players' union FIFPRO says there has been a sharp rise in the number of players reporting symptoms of depression or anxiety since the sport was brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 outbreak.

FIFPRO said that 22% of women players and 13% of men players who took part in a survey reported symptoms "consistent with a diagnosis of depression" such as lack of interest, lack of appetite, lack of energy and self-esteem...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/20/sharp-rise-in-footballers-reporting-depression-symptoms/

The former Barca and Man Utd star has never been shy of stating his opinion, as his Galaxy team-mates found out after one painful loss
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's former LA Galaxy team-mate Joao Pedro remembers the star's stay in MLS as a turbulent time marked by frequent boasting and the odd light-hearted death threat...https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/20/i-have-300m-in-the-bank-and-an-island-if-anyone-speaks-ill-kill-them-zlatans-la-galaxy-time-remembered/

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said the deceased died of COVID-19.

Announcing Kyari’s death via his verified Twitter handle, @GarShehu, Shehu wrote, “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/18/abba-kyari-buhari-chief-of-staff-is-dead/

Former Leeds United and England defender Norman 'Bites Yer Legs' Hunter has died at 76 after contracting the new coronavirus, the Championship (second-tier) club said on Friday.

"Norman was taken to hospital last week after being diagnosed with Covid-19 and despite continuing to battle and the best efforts of NHS staff, he sadly lost his fight earlier this morning," Leeds said on their website....

The start of the 2020 CSL season was postponed indefinitely amid the coronavirus pandemic, but plans are being pieced together for a summer kick-off.Plans are being pieced together for the 2020 Chinese Super League season to start in June or July.Competitive football around the world has been in a state of indefinite postponement during the coronavirus outbreak, with the CSL, which was due to kick-off its new campaign on February 22, having been pushed back....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/16/chinese-super-league-aiming-for-june-or-july-start-plan-two-covid-19-tests-for-players/

On Tuesday morning, the Gazzetta dello Sport claimed Inter were ready to send a message to Barcelona.

"You want Lautaro?" the headline ran. "Give us Griezmann."The Gazzetta labelled it a "crazy idea" and no such proposal has been made – but, to the outsider, it wouldn't have appeared so far-fetched.....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/15/lautaro-neymar-barcelona-cant-afford-either-right-now-let-alone-both/

Manchester United loan star, Odion Ighalo must forgo a lot of money if he wants to move to the team permanently.

The Nigerian has been a sensation since arriving from Shanghai Shenhua in January scoring in all his competitive starts for the team.

Ighalo is wanted by United permanently, but the Daily Star claimed they do not want to sign him on his existing £300,000-a-week wages.....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/15/man-u-cant-pay-ighalo-300000-weekly/

Arsenal's players have rejected the latest proposal aimed at slashing the club’s wage bill during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Executives and players have been attempting to secure some sort of agreement during talks over the past fortnight, which would allow the north London club to lessen their financial outlay while football is suspended in the country.

Several options have been discussed, but so far none have been met with enough approval to be put into action....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/14/arsenal-players-reject-wage-cuts-as-coronavirus-crisis-stand-off-continues/

The Brazilian winger and former Spanish midfielder have linked with a return to the Camp Nou in recent months
Barcelona great Xavi hopes Neymar returns to Camp Nou, saying he had "no doubts" over the forward's quality.

Neymar, 28, has been linked with a return to the LaLiga giants nearly three years after leaving the club for Paris Saint-Germain.

Xavi saw no reason why the Brazil international would not return, saying his former team-mate was among the world's best....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/14/why-not-xavi-backs-neymar-to-return-to-barcelona-while-eyeing-managerial-role/

The Greek international believes it makes no sense to keep rescheduling the current campaign and the Reds are clear champions
Watford defender Jose Holebas has called for the Premier League season to be cancelled and Liverpool handed the league title.

The coronavirus crisis currently has the competition indefinitely suspended with doubts over whether the current campaign will be completed....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/10/give-liverpool-the-premier-league-title-and-cancel-season-holebas/

Italy's football federation (FIGC) has begun to draw up medical guidelines for a possible re-start of Serie A, which has been suspended since March 9 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The FIGC said that its medical committee held a video conference on Wednesday to "analyse and define a guarantee protocol for football in the event that sporting activities are allowed to resume.".....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/09/italy-begins-drawing-up-medical-guidelines-for-serie-a-re-start/

A shock 2-1 win over the reigning champions earlier this year proved to be extra sweet for the midfielder as he angered his Portugal team-mate.Hellas Verona midfielder Miguel Veloso says it was "beautiful" when his side beat Juventus this season because it made Cristiano Ronaldo angry....https://naijaodds.com/2020/04/08/its-nice-to-see-ronaldo-angry-veloso-reveals-the-thrill-of-beating-juventus-star/