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Luka Jovic has completed his Real Madrid medical as he prepares to be formally unveiled at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.

The Serbian striker completed his £62million move from Frankfurt earlier this month and will wear the club's iconic white strip for the first time today.

Jovic penned a six-year contract with the Spanish giants as he became their fourth most-expensive signing ever, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and fellow new boy Eden Hazard.

The 21-year-old has already completed his medical with a series of tests at the city's La Moraleja University Hospital.

He bagged 17 goals in 32 appearances in the Bundesliga while adding 10 goals in 14 Europa League matches as Eintracht reached the semi-final stage of the competition.

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday renamed Abuja National Stadium after the late Chief MKO Abiola.

“Today, I propose the renaming of the Abuja National Stadium,” Buhari said this during his Democracy Day speech at the Eagle’s Square, Abuja.

“Henceforth it will be called the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.”

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Bernardo Silva has been named the player of the tournament in the 2019 UEFA Nations League.



Portugal defeated Netherlands by 1-0 after Guedes scored the only goal of the game.

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Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem to win 12th French Open title. The Spanish who is called king of clay defeated Thiem after three hours of tennis action in France.

Nadal won by 6-3, 5-7,6-1 and 6-1, losing only one set, while winning three sets.

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NFF Boss Amaju Pinnick becomes acting CAF president

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick could take over as the acting president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after French police arrested CAF president Ahmad Ahmad in Paris earlier on Thursday.

Ahmad was arrested due to allegations of corruption and financial misappropriation involving a French company, Tactical steel.

According to CAF’s bylaws, Pinnick, who is the first vice president, will assume his duties for a transitional period of four months before convening an elective extraordinary meeting.

“If the President ceases exercising his functions on a permanent basis the first VicePresident shall assume the presidency, and shall be obliged to convene an Extraordinary General Assembly, in accordance with these Statutes.

The Extraordinary General Assembly shall elect a new President, within a period not exceeding four (4)
months from the time the office of President becomes conclusively vacant.”

The NFF president was appointed CAF’s first vice president in July 2018 after Kwesi Nyatakyi stepped down following a corruption scandal.


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Arsenal have confirmed the eight players, who will be leaving the Emirates, when their contracts expire on June 30.

They include notable first-team names like Petr Cech, Stephan Lichsteiner, Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey.

Cech is set to return to Chelsea, where he has been offered a Sporting Director role, while Ramsey has already agreed a lucrative deal with Juventus.

A club statement on Friday, read: “Our thanks and best wishes go to the following players whose contracts end with us on June 30:

“Cohen Bramall, Petr Cech, Charlie Gilmour, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Julio Pleguezuelo, Aaron Ramsey, Danny Welbeck.

“We thank them all for their contributions to the club and we wish them every future success.”

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Callum Hudson-Odoi has finally agreed to sign a new long-term deal with Chelsea in the coming weeks after a period of informal negotiations between the club and the player’s representatives.
No paperwork has officially been signed, however, both Chelsea and Hudson-Odoi are satisfied the new deal can be concluded without any significant hitches, with the 18-year-old set to earn up to £100,000-per-week.

Despite an initial reluctance to commit his future to the club he joined as a seven-year-old, Hudson-Odoi has steadily been persuaded to remain at Chelsea over the past months, buoyed by a string of first-team appearances under Maurizio Sarri and his full England international debut, before a ruptured Achilles brought an early end to his season.

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JOSE ANTONIO REYES' coffin rested at Sevilla's stadium on Sunday, with Sergio Ramos and Raul Gonzalez leading tributes to the late footballer.

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The Arsenal icon tragically died in a car crash near Seville on Saturday at the age of 35 as he was heading home to his wife and kids.

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Reyes' funeral is set to take place in his hometown Utrera.

But on Sunday well-wishers could pay tribute to the ex-Arsenal star during his wake at Ramos Sanchez Pizjuan, where he spent eight seasons in two stints during his career.

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Real Madrid skipper Ramos and former Spain star Raul both attended the touching ceremony.

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Los Blancos president Florentino Perez, Sevilla captain Jesus Navas and former Brazil star Luisao also paid homage to the late footballer.

While Sevilla director of football Monchi, visibly overcome with emotions, was seen hiding his face in his hands and sobbing.

Some saddened fans turned up to the wake to say their last goodbyes wearing Reyes' Arsenal No9 shirt.

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The ex-Gunner star was part of Arsenal's Invincibles side that went through the 2003-04 season unbeaten and won the Premier League.

His funeral will be held at 9:30am on Monday at Santa Maria Church after his coffins has been moved to the town hall for an overnight wake.

Reyes was killed when his Mercedes Brabus S550V went off the A-376 motorway near the town of Alcala de Guadaira close to Seville on Saturday.

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Eden Hazard has been pictured holding a Real Madrid shirt

The Belgian said "goodbye" to Chelsea fans after winning the Europa League for the Blues against Arsenal on Wednesday night.

The Belgian is expected to move to Real Madrid for a feee of around £115m.

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In-form Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen was on target as Sporting Charleroi defeated Beerschot-Wilrijk 3-0 in a Belgian top-flight and Uefa Europa League play-off tie on Saturday.
Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen has linked up with Belgian club Sporting Charleroi on a permanent transfer from German outfit, Wolfsburg.

Osimhen spent the 2018-19 season on loan at Sporting Charleroi and recorded 20 goals as well as four assists in 36 games in all competitions.

According to a report in French online news outlet, Charleroi have activated the €3.5m buyout option in the agreement to make the forward their first signing of the summer.

However, Charleroi are expected to sell the striker this summer with Italian giants AC Milan, Southampton and Lille already linked with the Nigeria international.

Charleroi will demand between €12m and €15m from any of the suitors which will represent a significant profit for them.

Osimhen joined Wolfsburg in 2017 following his exploits with Nigeria’s U17 side at the cadet World Cup in Chile in 2015 where he won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball awards.

His time with Wolfsburg was blighted by injuries and he made just 14 league appearances for the club.

Source. http://www.reportminds.com/2019/05/promising-nigerian-striker-victor.html

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Chelsea players and staff celebrated their Europa League triumph just as their manager would've wanted – with tobacco.



Eden Hazard, who inspired the Blues to a 4-1 victory over Arsenal in Baku, was pictured smoking a massive cigar as he bid farewell to the Blues.

The Belgian admitted he will probably join Real Madrid this summer – but not before one last celebration with his team-mates to cap off a trophy-laden Chelsea career.

Goalkeeping coach Hilario shared photos and videos of the raucous post-match scenes, with Hazard at the centre of proceedings.

One of the pictures featured Hazard and a cigar next to Hilario drinking from a beer bottle with the Europa League trophy between them.

Another showed Maurizio Sarri and his coaching staff, including Gianfranco Zola, enjoying a smoke.



Sarri arrived in England with a reputation for chain smoking and often chews cigarette butts on the touchline.

Tobacco is more tolerated in Italian football, and a group of journalists from Italy even gifted Sarri a box of cigarettes after the thrashing of Arsenal.


Source: http://www.reportminds.com/2019/05/hazard-and-chelsea-players-puff-smokes.html?m=1

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Chelsea have reportedly agreed to sell Eden Hazard to Real Madrid for £115million, with the Belgian playmaker set to sign a deal worth £400,000 per week.

The Belgian footballer has been linked with a move to the Spanish club for some time and according to the Sun, a fee has now been agreed for the 28-year-old.


Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez told the Sun: 'We are working on a project to make people dream again, where we recover our hunger and ambition. I have already lived through this stage before.

'I have a dream that Hazard will arrive this year. Let's make a good team this year.

'I am very interested in him coming to Real Madrid and I am very hopeful that he will come this year. He's one of the great footballers.

'Last year we wanted him, but this year he only has one year left on his contract and it is easier.'



The report details that Chelsea will receive £100m with a possible further £15m in add-ons for the former Lille player. The Belgian playmaker is expected to sign a deal worth £400,000 per week.

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Fabio Quagliarella has capped off a brilliant season for Sampdoria after he secured the Capocannoniere (AKA the Serie A Golden Boot).

The 36-year-old Italian forward topped the goalscoring charts in Serie A with 26, with Atalanta's Duván Zapata came second on 23 and AC Milan's Krzysztof Piątek came third with 22.


Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Serie A Player of the Year award in his debut season at Juventus, came fourth with 21.

Quagliarella has made 39 appearances across all competitions this season -- 37 coming in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia -- scoring 26 times in the Italian domestic league and assisting eight times.

The Italy international has the most assists out of the top five scorers in Serie A, too.

If there's anything to show how well he has performed in the final third this season, then it's the fact that he finished third in the race for the European Golden Shoe behind second-placed Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappé and first-placed Barcelona captain Lionel Messi.

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Quagliarella's goalscoring exploits have even caught the attention of one of his former clubs, Napoli.

In fact, Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis has said that the club are interested in bringing him back to the San Paolo.

"I think he deserves this opportunity," he told Corriere dello Sport.

"I don't think it'll be an economic issue for us or him. Rather it'll be a romantic solution for him to end his career in Naples after what happened to him last time."

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Sampdoria finished ninth in Serie A this season, while second-placed Napoli finished 11 points behind league champions Juventus.

Juventus are on the hunt for a new manager after Massimiliano Allegri confirmed that he would leave the club at the end of the season.

Source https://www.reportminds.com/2019/05/36-year-old-fabio-quagliarella-finishes.html

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Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has been appointed manager of Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.

The 39-year-old has been a player for Al Sadd since 2015, having made 86 appearances for them, after leaving Camp Nou, but announced his retirement earlier this month.

Xavi penned a two-year deal and will become the boss of his former La Liga rival, Gabi, who left Atletico Madrid last year.The idea is to start as a coach in Qatar, that there is not so much pressure, to prove myself and to gain experience, and the goal is to return to Europe and mainly to Barca," he told Marca.

Xavi made his debut for Barcelona in 1998 and enjoyed a prolific 17 years in Catalonia before moving to Qatar.

"I've had very long career," he added. "I am calm and I have the goal of being a coach. I imagine that having a goal when you finish such a wonderful stage also makes everything seem easier.

"I see it [my retirement from playing] as my farewell to football, but I've done it all, I have the feeling that football has given me everything and I'm thankful."My dream is to be a coach, transmit my experiences a bit. I have many concepts of football in my head and I would like to transmit them."

The midfielder has played under a number of highly-rated coaches in his long career, but singled out two as the best of the bunch.

"The two that have marked me the most have been Luis Aragones in the national team and [Pep] Guardiola, in Barca," he continued.

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The Italian club is looking for a new manager following the announcement that Massimiliano Allegri will depart at the end of the season.

Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho were also reported options for Juventus, but according to SNAI sportnews, Sarri has already reached an agreement with the club to replace Allegri.

They claim that Sarri stands to earn £6.1million a year on a three-year contract but will not be officially announced until after the Europa League final in Baku.

According to Daily Mail, the Italian boss will now need to discuss a financial package with Chelsea in efforts to force through his exit and all of this will be clearer after Europa League final with Arsenal on Sunday.

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Manchester United striker, Romelu Lukaku, has finally agreed on a £175,000-a-week salary with Inter Milan.


Recalled that on Wednesday that the incoming Inter Milan manager, Antonio Conte has identified the 26-year-old as a priority transfer target once he takes charge at the San Siro.

Conte tried to sign the Belgium international in 2017 during his time at Chelsea but Man United hijacked the Blues’ move for the then-Everton star to take him to Old Trafford.


However, Mirror UK is now reporting that the Serie A giants have agreed to pay Lukaku what he earns at Man United (£175,000).

The report also claimed that Inter is expected to pay Man United £70milion to land Lukaku.

Lukaku joined Man United from Everton in 2017. He scored 12 Premier League goals in 32 appearances for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side this season.

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Neymar was absent from the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) Football Awards Ceremony on Sunday night where PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe won the double.

The 20-year-old Mbappe has enjoyed another stunning campaign and finished the season as Ligue 1's top scorer with 30 goals.

He was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year while Neymar, even with his injury problems, won a spot in the division's Team of the Year.

Neymar and PSG dominated the Team of the Year, finishing with six players: Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Angel Di Maria, Marco Verratti, Neymar and Mbappe.



PSG's Kylian Mbappe did the double by winning Ligue 1 Young Player and Player of the Year

Source: http://www.reportminds.com/2019/05/mbappe-wins-ligue-1-young-player-and.html

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Sportscaster Robert Marawa has been thrust to the top of Twitter's trends list as reaction pours in following his announcement that he has been sacked by SuperSport.

"I received a text around 18H50 tonight informing me that I should not bother coming to Studio for Thursday Night Live with Marawa Show on @SuperSportTV," Marawa tweeted.

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I received a text around 18H50 tonight informing me that I should not bother coming to Studio for Thursday Night Live with Marawa Show on @SuperSportTV... I would like to thank all those who have supported my journey as a Sportscaster & those I've worked with at Supersport! ✌�✌�

— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) May 16, 2019

SuperSport spokesperson Clinton van der Berg confirmed that Marawa had been sacked from the broadcaster, citing restructuring as the reason.

"SuperSport is in the process of an exciting refresh of its local presenter line-up, which includes us not pursuing our contractual relationship with Robert Marawa."

His followers have expressed shock and sadness at the news.

One day u will ALL know. It will cost me my life but u will know.

— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) May 16, 2019

Some even threatened to "cancel" their subscriptions.

A whole #RobertMarawa fired via a text message wow �a person who worked for them since 2006 then they don’t bid a farewell. Marawa is one of the kind, a rare talent. He deserved a big farewell. Even Mr. President wasn’t gna mind attending. Much respect "Gqimmmm sheleleeeee!". pic.twitter.com/1PN2y0WfNg

— G.S Maku (@gopolang6) May 17, 2019

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Chelsea’s most improved midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is facing up to 12 months out after suffering a devastating ruptured Achilles injury in the USA on Wednesday Night.

Midfielder Loftus-Cheek collapsed in agony after damaging his left Achilles in Chelsea’s friendly at New England Revolution and left the Gillette Stadium on crutches with his foot in a protective boot.

He had been on the pitch for only 20 minutes after being introduced as a half-time substitute.

The 23-year-old, who misses Chelsea’s Europa League final against Arsenal on May 29 and England’s Nations League campaign next month, now fears he could be out for the whole of next season due to the severity of the injury.

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi suffered the same injury last month and is optimistic of returning in time to be involved in pre-season training.

However, Hudson-Odoi is understood to have suffered a partial rupture while Loftus-Cheek’s was a full rupture — leading to the gloomier outlook and concerns the latter will have a significantly longer spell out of action.

Loftus-Cheek could not put any weight on his left foot and needed the help of two members of the Chelsea staff to leave the pitch after he suffered the injury.

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Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo acknowledges fans and celebrates after Juventus secured its 8th consecutive Italian Serie A championships on April 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has donated $1.5 million to the Palestinians in a move to alleviate the suffering of people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

He allocated the fund to the Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan.

The soccer player has, in several occasions, denounced Israel's atrocities against the Palestinians.

Back in 2012, Ronaldo had auctioned off his Golden Boot, the prestigious award given to the best European strikers of the season, to raise funds that were later donated to the Palestinian children.

The following year, in March 2013, at the end of the match between Portugal and Israel for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo refused to exchange his shirt with an Israeli player.

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Israeli officials reduce the fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip from 12 nautical miles to only five.
The Gaza Strip has been under Israeli land, air and sea blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.

Palestinians have held weekly rallies along the Gaza border to protest the siege on the enclave and demand the right for refugees to return to their homes they fled during the 1948 creation of Israel.

More than 270 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018. Over 16,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.



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Massimiliano Allegri will cease to manage Juventus football club from the 2019/20 season, the Italian club announced on Friday.

Allegri’s sack is coming after he failed to help the club win the highly coveted Champions League trophy even after signing Cristiano Ronaldo to the club.

The Italian club’s boss will be shown the door after overseeing the two remaining Serie A matches for Juventus. He joined the club in July 2014.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho are being rumoured to be Allegri’s possible replacement.

“Massimiliano Allegri will not be on the Juventus bench for the 2019/2020 season.

“The coach and the President, Andrea Agnelli, will meet the media together at tomorrow’s press conference – Saturday 18 May, at 2pm in the press conference hall of Allianz Stadium,” a club statement from Juventus on Friday read.

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, who was also rumoured to be among those being considered for the Juventus job, has ruled out the possibility of him joining the Italian club or any other club. He reportedly reiterated his commitment to Man City.

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The CBF released its squad list for the tournament, which will be held this summer in Brazil from June 14 to July 7. Neymar leads Brazil's Copa America squad as Arthur & Jesus in, Marcelo & Fabinho out


Brazil Copa America squad:
GK: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Man City), Cassio (Corinthians);

DF: Dani Alves (PSG), Fagner (Corinthians), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Thiago Silva (PSG), Marquinhos (PSG), Miranda (Inter), Eder Militao (FC Porto);

MF: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fernandinho (Man City), Arthur (Barcelona), Allan (Napoli), Paqueta (Milan), Coutinho (Barcelona), Neymar (PSG), Everton (Gremio);

FW: David Neres (Ajax), Richarlison (Everton), Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (Man City)

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Veteran goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, has been offered a one-year contract extension by Paris Saint-Germain.

The Italian legend moved to PSG last summer from Juventus, where he had spent 17 years, on a one-year and it had appeared the French giants wanted to cut his stay short by not offering new terms.

However, speaking to Sky Uno, Buffon has now revealed that the Ligue 1 side have made contact over a new deal.

He said: “The club has offered me an extension, which makes me really happy.

“We will look in a few days to examine this project and see if we both believe that it is good to continue together.

“It’s going well in Paris. I have exceptional life experience at 41 years old. I arrived convinced that I would be involved as a player and as a person, and I found what I came for.”

Earlier this month, German newspaper Sport Bild claimed PSG wanted to get rid of Buffon and recall Kevin Trapp from his loan spell at Eintracht Frankfurt to replace him.

Buffon is now 41 years old and has shared PSG’s goalkeeping responsibilities with Alphonse Areola this season.

The Italian has played 24 times – although only five times in the last 13 Ligue 1 clashes – while Areola has been in goal on 30 occasions in all competitions.

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The club will pay tribute to the legendary 1998-99 side next term, with the new shirts being released on the 20th anniversary of the achievement

Manchester United have unveiled their new home kit for the 2019-20 season, which is inspired by the legendary treble-winning side of 1998-99.

David de Gea and Paul Pogba, two players whose futures at Old Trafford are in doubt, featured in the unveiling of the new adidas kit.

The kit is released 20 years after Sir Alex Ferguson's men clinched the treble with a famous 2-1 comeback win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

In that game in Barcelona, Teddy Sheringham equalised in the 91st minute before current United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored a dramatic 93rd-minute winner.

The minutes of those two goals will be displayed on each sleeve of the new United jersey for the forthcoming season.

Manchester United 2019-20 kit sleeve
The dates of United's three trophy wins that season are displayed on the bottom of the shirt.

United's jersey will also feature a new commemorative gold crest with a black background that is similar to a design worn in the 1998-99 campaign.

Manchester United Home Kit 2019-20
The team's goalkeeper kit features a tiger pattern with a dark purple design, which is also similar to the shirt worn by Peter Schmeichel during the club's treble-winning season.

De Gea, who has yet to sign an extension to a contract that expires after next season, featured in the promotional material for the new goalkeeper jersey.

David de Gea Manchester United Home Kit 2019-20
The club's new kits will be worn for the first time in an anniversary game against Bayern Munich on May 26, which will feature players who participated in the famous 1999 Champions League final in Barcelona, including Solskjaer.

Unfortunately for United, they will be unable to replicate their Champions League run of 20 years ago next season, as the club's sixth-place finish means they did not qualify for Europe's top club competition.

United will have to instead settle for Europa League competition in 2019-20.

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Callum Hudson-Odoi increasingly wants to stay at Chelsea and assurances he would be the man to replace Eden Hazard would help to ensure that he renews his contract, REPORTMINDS understands.

Hazard looks likely to depart for Real Madrid after he confirmed in an interview after the final Premier League game of the season at Leicester on Sunday that he 'has made his decision' regarding his future.

Madrid have yet to agree a fee with the Blues for their Belgian talisman as they haggle over a price between €100 million (£87m/$113m) and €130m (£113m/$146m).

Meanwhile, Chelsea are trying to retain Hudson-Odoi, having previously taken a strong stance in rejecting Bayern Munich's four offers in January, even after the teenager handed in a transfer request to try to force a move to the Bundesliga table-toppers.

The 18-year-old's desire to want a move away has softened after Maurizio Sarri gave him four Premier League starts in a row before he suffered an Achilles tendon rupture against Burnley in April.

He underwent an operation in Spain and, now back in London, the England international is keen to resolve his future but he has yet to have a contract offer from Chelsea with talks likely to begin after the Europa League final against Arsenal on May 29.

Like Bayern, Chelsea could offer Hudson-Odoi his preferred No.10 shirt which has been worn by Hazard for the past seven years.

Bayern offered Hudson-Odoi the No.10 shirt that was worn by legendary winger Arjen Robben, and a starring role in their team as part of their January bid. They remain interested and could come back into contention for the youngster if talks don't progress well with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia.

Manchester United are also interested in Hudson-Odoi but they would find it even harder than Bayern to sign him due to their rival status in the Premier League.

All options remain open to Hudson-Odoi but Chelsea are well placed to secure a contract renewal.


The London-born winger, meanwhile, is also aiming for an early recovery from a similar injury which previously kept Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny out for six months.

He is loosely targeting a return for the start of the Premier League season in August after a successful operation but he won't be allowed to rush back by Chelsea's medical staff.

The club’s Young Player of the Year said that he was feeling good at the awards ceremony last week.

"I think the surgery went really well. Everything went perfectly as I wanted it to. I am really happy to win the award. I think the season went well and I feel that every time I have played I felt more confident and I enjoyed it," Hudson-Odoi said at the Under the Bridge venue in west London.

"I enjoyed every moment of playing. I just need to keep working hard and hopefully get more opportunities."

Chelsea's decision to not begin talks with Hudson-Odoi, and regarding other club issues, may relate to the transfer ban, which is likely to affect negotiations with several of their players.

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Football agent Mino Raiola has been handed a ban from dealing with any transfer across the globe which is set to run until August 9 – the day after the Premier League transfer window closes.

Raiola was previously handed a three-month ban from working anywhere in Italy earlier this week by the Italian FA but the chairman of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee have extended the ban to cover the rest of world football.

The 51-year-old currently represents Manchester United star Paul Pogba and Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt, which could scupper potential deals this summer.

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Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona's coach, has published his squad list to face Liverpool in the UCL semi-final second leg, following the Catalans' 3-0 win at home.

Valverde will have to cut five players from the list for the match-day XI He has picked 23 to go, including Rafinha, who is injured and cannot play. Ousmane Dembele and Jean-Clair Todibo, who got injured against Celta Vigo on Sunday are not included.

Wague, the Barca B right-back, is the only player from the youth team in the squad.

VALVERDE'S LIST:
Ter Stegen
Nelson Semedo
Gerard Piqué
Ivan Rakitic
Sergio Busquets
Philippe Coutinho
Arthur
Luis Suárez
Leo Messi
Rafinha
Cillessen
Malcom
Lenglet
Murillo
Jordi Alba
Prince
Sergi Roberto
Arturo Vidal
Samuel Umtiti
Vermaelen
Carles Aleñá
Iñaki Peña
M. Wague
lista
La convocatoria | FCB

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Fulham’s Harvey Elliott has become the Premier League’s youngest ever player.

The midfielder was an 88th-minute substitute for Andre-Franck Zambo in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Wolves aged 16 years and 30 days.

The previous record was held by another Fulham player, Matthew Briggs, who made his Premier League debut aged 16 years and 68 days against Middlesbrough in May 2007.

Caretaker Cottagers boss Scott Parker said: “It was a massive moment for Harvey.



“I said to the boys he’s not entering the field for sentimental reasons or he’s a young kid because we want to give him a record. He deserves it and has shown enough quality in the last four weeks in training.



“He is a special talent, he’s one we are going to look after and nurture and we’re going to try to turn him into a top player.”



Elliott made his senior debut as a substitute in a 3-1 win over Millwall in the Carabao Cup in September aged just 15 years and 174 days.

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Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Fredi Bobic is adamant that the club have had no contact with Real Madrid over a potential transfer for Luka Jovic despite reports a deal has been agreed.

Media in Spain had claimed that the two clubs had agreed a €60 million (£51m/$67m) deal for the 21-year-old, who has scored 26 goals in 44 appearances across all competitions this season.

Bobic, who said last month that a deal with Madrid is a "real possibility", has forcefully denied the most recent claims of a completed deal insisting there have been no discussions.

"There has been no contact with Real Madrid," Bobic told ESPN FC. "For once, I don't have to use a white lie, they really haven't been in touch yet. I know them very well."

Jovic has enjoyed a breakout campaign for Frankfurt this season, his second at the club after arriving on loan from Benfica last term.

Scoring nine times all competitions in 2017-18, Jovic has found the net 17 times in the Bundesliga this term, helping Frankfurt compete for a top-four place and Champions League football in 2019-20.

The reigning DFB-Pokal champions sit in fourth on 54 points and could extend their advantage to five points to fifth place with a victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday with two matchdays remaining.

Frankfurt could also secure Champions League football next season by winning the Europa League – a feat still possible thanks to Jovic's nine goals in the competition this year helping them to reach the semi-finals.

Jovic found the back of the net to open the scoring in Thursday's first leg in Germany against Chelsea, though a Pedro equaliser secured a valuable 1-1 result and away goal for the visiting Blues.

The Serbia striker's goalscoring prowess this season has seen Frankfurt make his loan from Benfica permanent in April, but also had his name linked to many of Europe's top clubs.

Jovic has most recently been linked to Madrid, but also has been rumoured to be on the radar of their Liga rivals Barcelona, as well as Premier League sides like Chelsea and Manchester City.

He will aim to knock the Blues out of the Europa League on Thursday at Stamford Bridge and, if successful, look to lead Frankfurt to glory in the final in Baku against either Arsenal or Valencia.

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Former Super Eagles skipper and coach Austin Eguavoen reacted after Nigeria Football Federation appoint Austin Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Tijani Babangida as scouts.

The NFF had earlier announced the appointment of Former Players and Captains Austin Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Tijani Babangida as scouts for the National team ahead of the 2019 AFCON.

According to NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, the three legends will monitor the activities of the Super Eagles’ opponents leading to the finals in Egypt and report to Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr and will continue their assignment in Egypt during the championship.

"Okocha, Kanu, and Babangida served Nigeria meritoriously as players and we believe they have the capacity to excel in this particular assignment.

Eguavoen said in his remarks it’s a good thing and a nice appointment by the NFF and the trio will assist the coaching crew more with vital information compare to tapes.

"I’m not saying in totality the tapes are not good but physical appearance information is more preferable.

Super Eagles camp will open camp in Asaba, capital of Delta State on 2nd June, ahead of the clash with the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Saturday, 8th June before playing Senegal.

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Real Madrid believe they have closed the signing of Serbian international Luka Jovic, with forward Mariano Diaz likely to move in the opposite direction.

Diario AS reported that Madrid will pay €60million (£51m) for the 21-year-old with €48m (£40.8m) going to Eintracht Frankfurt and €12m (£10.2m) going to Benfica, who still own a percentage of the player’s rights.

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Diaz will not move in exchange but in a separate transfer that will take the financial sting out of Madrid’s second signing after they secured defender Eder Militao from Porto.



Barcelona had taken an interest in Jovic but withdrew from the race to sign him because of the price.

Jovic has impressed all season with 26 goals in 44 games and he scored against Chelsea in Frankfurt's Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday night.

He has also helped the Bundesliga side challenge for a place in next season's Champions League. They are currently fourth place with three games left to play.

He is expected to join on a six-year deal and will seemingly spearhead Zinedine Zidane's overhaul of personnel this summer after a disappointing campaign that has seen them way off Barcelona in La Liga and knocked out of the Champions League in the last-16.

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Title contenders Liverpool will finish with 97 if they win their two remaining matches, a tally that would have been enough to win the title in any other Premier League season apart from the 2017-18 campaign.

“The standards we created last year at Manchester City, people know that you have to be close to 100 (to win the league),” Guardiola told reporters. “Before it was 90.

“This standard was last season, we helped Liverpool to achieve it and Liverpool helped us to keep going (this season). It is thanks to Liverpool that we are competing.

“Liverpool know that to win you have to make a lot of points. That’s what we communicate to anyone.”

Guardiola never reached 100 points with former teams Barcelona or Bayern Munich. Last season, City suffered only two defeats to win the league title by 19 points over second-placed Manchester United.

“One hundred points in a season — if you want to compete, you have to do that,” Guardiola added.

“When Usain Bolt runs the 100 metre race, that’s the standard and the others have to achieve it. It’s like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, that’s the same.”

City play Burnley away on Sunday followed by Leicester City at home next weekend before finishing the season with a trip to Brighton and Hove Albion on May 12. Of the three, City lost the reverse fixture at Leicester in December.

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