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Man Utd winger, Daniel James has won Man Utd’s first player of the month.


The British winger scored 3 goals in 4 appearances for Man Utd in August to scoop the player of the month award.

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With Coutinho’s Liverpool performances and his £140m move from Anfield to Camp Nou, one would easily expect his move to Barcelona to be eventful. This however has not been the case as we have seen a rather shambolic performance from the Brazilian leading to his move away from the Nou Camp.

The move itself wasn’t without controversies as it involved a rather long saga. The Brazilian refused to train with Liverpool citing a back injury, and also provided part of the transfer fee. The events led to a tug-of-war between both outfits with Liverpool not willingly to give up their biggest star. No wonder the high transfer fee (the second highest in Barcelona’s history and the highest in British history).
Coutinho left with the mind-set of winning the Champions League at the Nou Camp; something which seemed really possible. However, the decision has come to hunt him as he saw his former side defeat Barcelona to lift the trophy.

Consequently, we take a look at the possible reasons for his below par performance for the Blaugrana.

The Left Wing Role
For most football faithful’s the main reason for his failure is the position where he played often at Camp Nou. Recall that the past three seasons haven’t gone too well for Barcelona in terms of depatrures; including that of big names like Iniesta and Neymar. So, the coming of Coutinho seemed like the perfect move to fill the Iniesta’s position.

However, the Barcelona Coach, Valverde opted to play him on the left wing, to fill in for Neymar who left to PSG. Unfortunately, Coutinho fails to possess the speed of a winger, which limits his play on the wings. Also, he has often played in the centre of the park in Liverpool and the change in his position helped to unsettle him.

We however saw the Coutinho we know when he played the midfield position for Brazil at was instrumental to their Copa America success.

The Real Barcelona’s Number 10:. The presence of a player who is wildly considered to be the Greatest to ever play football hasn’t done the Brazilian much good. The effectiveness and success of Barcelona’s midfielders and attackers over the last decades have always come with their ability to link up with the Argentine,.........


Continue reading : https://sportsgee.com/coutinho-the-barcelonas-140m-flop/

Man Utd slipped to a draw at Wolves on Monday evening. The Red Devils failed to bring up the spark that brushed Chelsea away on match day 1.

The first half got off to a spark as Anthony Martial put Man Utd ahead with his 50th Man Utd goal.
However, the second half didn’t go quite well as planned for Man Utd. De Gea conceded a wonder goal by Rueben Neves. Things went from bad to worst as Rui Patricio saved Paul Pogba’s spot-kick.

The visitors threw all in to salvage a point but to no avail. They have now failed to beat wolves in three PL attempts.
Wolves continue with their onslaught against the top six Premier league teams.

Man Utd will look to bounce back when they face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

Source: https://sportsgee.com/pogbas-penalty-miss-proves-costly-as-man-utd-draw-to-wolves/

Former Liverpool and Barcelona Midfielder Philippe Coutinho has joined Bayern Munich on loan. The playmaker joined the Bundesliga champions from Barcelona.

Bayern Munich snapped up the midfielder on a season long loan for £8m including an option to buy for £120m. The Brazilian failed to impress at Barcelona, unable to justify his £140m move from Liverpool.

Many fans have been quick to point out his wrong playing position. This could be justified because of his wonderful Copa America performance playing in the right position.

The Brazilian would put on the number 10 jersey left by Arjen Roben, hoping to impress at the Alianz Arena.

continue reading: https://sportsgee.com/coutinho-joins-bayern-munich-collects-no-10-jersey/

FIFA releases 10-man shortlist for Puskas Awards
World governing body, FIFA, has released a 10-man shortlist for the Puskas awards.

The Puskas awards recognises the best goals scored within a calendar year and awards the best.

This year’s Puskas reviews stunning goals scored between 16th July, 2018 and 19th July 2019. The list was chosen by a panel of FIFA experts.

The list includes Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a wonder strike for LA Galaxy, Lionel Messi for an audacious chip against Real Betis, and Townsend’s wonder long range strike against Man City.
The full list of nominees include.

Araja Nchout, Cameroon
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Lionel Messi, Barcelona
Daniel Nzori, Debrecen
Andros Townsend, Crystal Palace
Amy Rodriguez, Utah Royals
Fabio Qualiarella, Sampdoria
Billie Simpson, Cliftonville
Matheus Cunha, RB Leipzig
Previous winners include Salah, Giroud, Zlatan, Ronaldo, Neymar to mention a few.

Voting is on and lasts till September 1st, 2019.

Voting can be done via https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/#

Fans are to sign in and proceed to select their favourite strikes.


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The French Ligue 1 began with Monaco facing Lyon. Moussa Dembele opened the scoring for Lyon under 5 minutes.

Former Arsenal and Chelsea Midfielder, Cesc Fabregas saw his initial yellow card for clipping Leo Dubois’ leg turn to red after a VAR review.

It went from bad to worse for Monaco as Depay put Lyon 2-nil up. Tousart rounded up the scoring for Sylvinho’s side to see them win 3-0.


Monaco will however look to bounce back when they take on Metz on Saturday.

Source: https://sportsgee.com/ligue-1-begins-as-fabregas-sees-red/

The summer transfer window has ended in England. Recall that the window now ends a night before the first game. This new rule was introduced last season.

The transfer window couldnt have ended without twists, sagas, blockbusters and shocking moves. Perhaps, the most shocking of all is the switch to Arsenal from Chelsea by David Luiz


In Man Utd, we saw the transfer of Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan for a Milan record fee of £74m. Also, the prolonged saga involving the transfer of Giovani Lo Celso was put to rest after Totenham captured their man on loan with an option to buy from Real Betis.

Chelsea however, were not able to make any signings (except the permanent deal for Mateo Kovacic who was on loan from Real Madrid) due to their transfer ban. They managed to keep their upcoming star Hudson Odoi and limited departures save that of Eden Hazard who had always expressed his desire to play for Los Blancos.

This transfer window has infact been a major one as it saw the Premier League spend £1.41bn. The new additions will however be looking to settle down in what is deemed the toughest league of all.

We take a look at the summary of the top six clubs in this transfer window.

Arsenal
In
Nicolas Pepe Lille £72m

Kieran Tierney Celtic £25m

David Luiz Chelsea £8m

Gabriel Martinelli Ituano FC £6m

William Saliba Saint Etienne £27m

Dani Ceballos Real Madrid Loan

Out
Alex Iwobi Everton £35m

Krystian Bielik Derby £10m

Laurent Koscienly Bordeaux £4.6m

David Ospina Napoli £3.5m

Carl Jenkinson Nottingham Forest £2m

Aaron Ramsey Juventus Free

Danny Welbeck Watford Free

Petr Cech ———— Retired

Stephan Lichtsteiner ———— Released

Chelsea
In
Mateo Kovacic Real Madrid £40m

Out
Eden Hazard Real Madrid £130m

Alvaro Morata Atletico Madrid £58.3m

Ola Aina Torino £8.9m

David Luiz Arsenal £8m

Danny Drinkwater Burnley Loan

Ethan Ampadu RB Leipzig Loan

Liverpool
In
Sepp van den Berg PEC Zwoolle £1.3m

Harvey Elliot Fulham ——–

Adrian Real Betis Free

Out
Rafael Camacho Sporting Lisbon £5m

Marko Grujic Hertha Berlin Loan

Harry Wilson Bournemouth Loan

Alberto Moreno ————– Released

Daniel Sturridge ————– Released

Adam Bogdan ————– Released

Manchester City
In
Rodri Athletico Madrid £62.5m

Joao Cancelo Juventus £60m

Angelino PSV Eindhoven £5.3m

Scott Carson Derby Loan

Out
Danilo Juventus £34.1m

Douglas Luiz Aston Villa £15m

Fabian Delph Everton £10m

Patrick Roberts Norwich Loan

Vincent Kompany Anderlect Released

Manchester United
In
Harry Maguire Leicester £80m

Aaron Wan-Bissaka Crystal Palace £45m

Daniel James Swansea £15m

Out
Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan £74m

Dean Henderson Sheffield Utd Loan

Ander Herrera PSG Free

Antonio Valencia LDU Quito Free

Tottenham Hotspur
In
Tanguy Ndombele Lyon £65m

Ryan Sessegnon Fulham £27m

Jack Clarke Leeds £8.5m

Kion Etete Notts County £200k

Giovani Lo Celso Real Betis Loan

Out
Kerian Trippier Athletico Madrid £20m

Vincent Janssen C.F. Monterrey £8.1m

Michel Vorm ————— Released

Who got the best deals of the transfer window? We’ll know as the season progresses.


Source : https://sportsgee.com/transfer-window-summary-for-premier-league-top-six/

Barcelona star, Lionel Messi wins UCL Goal of the Season

The free-kick goal against Liverpool came in the 73rd minute of the First Leg of their Semi-Final Tie at the Camp Nou.

Recall that the goal came from 25 yards out, above the wall and stunning Allison Becker to give the Blaugrana’s a 3-0 lead.

However, the goal will mean little or nothing to them as they threw away the 3 goal lead away at Anfield thereby missing out on the UCL Finals.


Lionel Messi nonetheless would have reasons to smile as the thunderous strike won him the goal of the season. And also, getting one over his fierce rival- Ronaldo.

The strike beat off other worthy competitions in the likes of Ronaldo’s strike against Man Utd amidst others.

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It will count.. Let's vote our favorites

The road to FIFA’s peak awards is on as the 10-man shortlist is out for all categories.

Fans can have their say as to who gets the crown in each category by voting for their top three choices.

Where to Vote
Voting for each category can be done on the FIFA site by using the following links:

The Best FIFA Men’s Player – https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-mens-player/

The Best FIFA Women’s Player – https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-player/

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach – https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-mens-coach/

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach – https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-coach/

Fans willing to vote should login into the FIFA fan’s club or create an account. Then, proceed by selecting the order which they wish to assign to the person.

Panel of Experts
Two panel of experts – one for men’s football and other for women’s football determines the nominees depending on their performances and achievements on the pitch.

The period of contention for the men’s category is between 16th July 2018 and 19th July 2019 and 25th May 2018 and 7th July 2019.......
Category of Voters
Four categories of voters have the right to select their top three from the nominees and each category is given 25% of the voting points. The four categories are

National Team Captains
National Team Coaches
Selected members of the media
Football fans(on FIFA.com)
The voter’s first choice for an award is attributed five points, the second choice is attributed three points and the third choice is attributed one point.

How the votes are counted
The points are arranged for each category i.e five, three and one point. The total for each nominee enables them to be ranked in order of highest points earned. The first ranked nominee gets 12 points, the second – 10 points, the third, 8 points and so on.

If there are twelve nominees, like this year’s FIFA Women’s award, the top ten will receive points accordingly, with the 11th and 12th nominees receiving no points.

For how long is the voting open?
Voting is open until midnight CET, 19th August 2019.

Consequently, the final three nominees for each category will be announced at a later date.

The winner will be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Milan on Monday, 23rd September 2019.


Source: https://sportsgee.com/fifa-the-best-voting-guide/

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