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Arsenal football club players have accepted to take a 12.5% wage cut with them being reimbursed if they qualify for next season’s Champions League or the 2021-22 competition. The players will get a £100,000 bonus for reaching next year’s Champions League. But if they fail to make it to the Champions League and make the Europa league they will be compensated as well. Should Arsenal win the 2021 Champions League they will be given £500,000 but if they win the Europa League they will be given £100,000. The Gunners are currently in the ninth position in the Premier League table…

Manchester City board members have identified six candidates that could replace Guardiola as manager at the Etihad but have withheld the names of the coaches. On the hand, they have been looking at bringing new players to the clubin the next transfer window. The first person they are looking at bring is Barcelona and Portuguese right back Nelson Semedo, Manchester City have been given a boost in their pursuit the full-back Semedo after contract talks with the Spanish club were put on hold Both Manchester United and Manchester City are all interested in signing RB Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano. Inter…

The English Premier League (EPL) has fixed a new date for the deadline for the end of the EPL 2019/20 season, they held a meeting recently and came to the conclusion that it will be best to fix a date for the end of the season which coronavirus has held down for over a month now. Although not all clubs have been involved in informal discussions at this stage but, with a hoped-for May resumption to the season unlikely, club owners are looking at how to avoid potentially difficult contractual situations. Many players’ contract in the EPL are already due…

Uefa are looking at fixing a date for the UEFA Champions League final despite the presence of the global pandemic coronavirus which has taken many lives already. European football’s governing body will meet on the 23rd of April for more discussions about how to complete a this season’s Champions League campaign which has been disrupted by coronavirus. It is likely one decision will be to agree that leagues could finish early, although only with Uefa’s approval. They are all on the way to finish the season as a whole at the end of August. The outstanding games will be played…

It is great news for Italian Serie A league leaders Juventus as two out of three of their players have recovered from the coronavirus which has troubled the world for some time now. French international Blaise Matuidi and Danielle Rugani have both made full recoveries from coronavirus. Italian Danielle Rugani was the first to test positive to the virus in the Juventus camp because France midfielder Matuidi confirmed he had been diagnosed with the virus a week after Rugani tested positive. The both players were placed under self-isolation based on the recommendations from the medical personals. Juventus said recently in…

According to Alberto Colombo, the deputy general secretary of European Leagues, he said football will return but what they don’t know yet is when it will be. He said the suspension of the season because of the coronavirus pandemic was “a huge crisis.” Adding to this he said “The vast majority” of the association’s members, which includes the Premier League and the English Football League, are prioritising a return to action. The secretary said some leagues are already considering termination of their league as others are planning on resuming and concluding the league as soon as possible. Some Belgium leagues…

Arsenal football club’s executive team have agreed that they will waive more than a third of their salaries over the next 12 months in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The Gunners also said all other employees are

The English Football League (EFL) made an agreement recently and the agreement applies to Leagues One and Two, with Championship clubs. They are to make personal and individual decisions on referring their wages by 25% in the month of April. In accordance to the agreement, it states that the limits of the deferral cuts across players based on the earnings, players earning less than £2,500 a month would still be paid in full. No reduction in wages must not take a player below earning that amount. In a joint statement, the EFL and PFA said the move was a “recommendation…

Chelsea German international Antonio Rudiger has been given a new contract by the club. The Blues want the German defender to sign a three-year deal that also includes the option of a further year. However the German defender is yet to agree to pen down a new contract with the club. The discussion about his stay in the club is still been discussed but the agreement is not close to conclusion yet with the interrupted league due to coronavirus pandemic. Chelsea have been impressed with Rudiger’s performances since returning from his groin injury in December and want to extend his…

Chelsea are ready to let their midfield marshal, the engine room of the English side who the likes of Juventus, PSG and Real Madrid are all interested in signing. Chelsea has agreed that they will let the French midfielder N’Golo Kante leave the Stanford Bridge side with the condition that any club interested should be ready to pay €70m for the midfielder. N’Golo Kante who joined Chelsea from Leicester City has been very imoressive since his arrival to the club and has been consistent as well. There have been reports in England and Italy last week that Kante was on…

Former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, who tested positive for coronavirus about a month ago has been discharged from the hospital and he is back with his family. The Belgium international who is 32-years-old express his joy for fans and family members who stood and prayed for him when he was in the hospital. said the “hardest part is behind me”. Marouane Fellaini had three weeks of treatment in China after being diagnosed with coronavirus on the 22nd of last month. According to Marouane Fellaini he said: “The time has come for me to thank, from the bottom…

Bournemouth has recently reversed their decision to furlough staff members, of their club, the club announced this decision through the club’s directors. The directors said that criticism of the decision had led them to change their stance and the decision to do so now means they become third English Premier League club to change their mind about furloughing staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The first two to reverse their decision to furlough staffs are the English Premier League leaders Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. According to the spokes person of Bournemouth, he said: “We have listened to our supporters and have…

Paul Pogba might be everybody’s star player but not the former Liverpoool, Blackburn and Newcastle manager Graeme Souness. the manager could be said said to be the french international’s worst enemy although the 27-years-old has not against him. “I didn’t even know who he was.” Ouch. Football has been under suspension for sometime now but the crictism from the manager to the French midfielder has known no suspension. The 66-years-old ex-Scotland midfielder has previously called Pogba “selfish” and suggested that, for the Frenchman, it’s all about “how cool he looks” and “how clever he is”. And even with Paul Pogba nursing injury,…

Former Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has been declared strong and healthy from a deadly disease which has threatened his for some time now. The former Chelsea striker who is 55-year-old has played for Italy in his international career. The former Chelsea striker said in 2018 that he had recovered from cancer but later announced last year that last year that he was dealing with the disease again. Recently the former Chelsea striker was declared free from the disease in a statement which was brought by Chelsea Amazing news. Gianluca Vialli has been given the all-clear following a 17-month battle with…

This year 2020 has not been a very good one for the Nigerian Professional Football League NPFL, it is just four months into the year 2020 and many tragic things has already happened. it started from the death of Remo Stars deputy captain Tiyamu Kazeem who was knocked down by an oncoming vehicle which was initiated by a SARS operative in the state who claimed he is a yahoo boy. Another was Kano Pillars Manager was killed by unknown gunman right in front of his family members in Febuary after which Nassaraw United player Chineme Martains who died in the…

Around the world of football, with the continuous impact of the global pandemic coronavirus on football, football transfer gossip is comforting the hearts of millions of clubs fans as they know at the end of theis pandemibig names will be coming to their clubs. We will be giving breakdown on players and clubs that are very busy in the tranfer market and we will also look at the possibilities of landing the players through the transfer gossip news. Clubs and Players in today’s Transfer Gossip La Liga Transfer Gossip Spanish giant Real Madrid are in the transfer gossip this morning as…

The Italian Serie A management and their Football Federation hopes that players can be tested for coronavirus at the start of May in preparation for the season to restart. The Italian Serie A has been under suspension since 9th of March because of the global pandemic coronavirus. The was suspended indiniately but it seems there is a bit of improvement in the country so the need to resume the league and complete the 2019/20 league season. They have not yet fixed a date for the resumption of the league, they have 12 full rounds of matches and four outstanding fixtures to…

Former Chelsea and England shot stopper Peter Bonetti who has been in the sick bed for some time now is dead, he was described “goalkeeping superstar of the 1960s and 1970s” by Chelsea. He was also “one of our indisputably all-time great players”. The former Chelsea man was part of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad but was unused throughout the tournament. Bonetti made seven England appearances and featured in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final defeat by West Germany. Peter Bonetti played 729 matches for Chelsea, and he also played for American side St Louis Stars, Dundee United and Woking FC.…

Even with the spread of the coronavirus transfers gist is still in the mind of both players and fans, club fans are all eager to know who remain and who stays in their various clubs. Today we will be looking at players in the transfer gist that are looking to pen down new contracts and those that are leaving their present club to another. Fifa recently advised that clubs should extend their contract with players especially those that their contract is due by this month. Players in the Transfer Gist Jordan Sancho England and Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho has…

World Number one in lawn tennis Roger Federer, has donated some amount of money to the Swiss government to help fight coronavirus and he has also donated one million Swiss Francs to poor Families. This donation came up as a result of the emergency announcement made by the Swiss government. They announced that they need emergency measures to combat the coronavirus four weeks ago, but officials have expected the outbreak to get worse because of the crisis over the border in northern Italy. Roger Federer wrote in a message on his Instagram page: “These are challenging times for everyone and…

The Bundesliga was suspended since 13th of March because of the outbreak of the global pandemic coronavirus, they intended the league to resumee on or before 30th of April. According to Gelson Fernandes Eintrancht Frankfurt midfilder he said: “When we come back, it will be behind closed doors.” “I think that will be in late May. It’s impossible to think that in June, July, August, we’d be playing in front of 50,000 people. That would be wrong,” The 33-years-old former Manchester City player said three or four Eintracht Frankfurt players caught the coronavirus and are all observing the self-isolation requirement…