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  • A couple of weeks ago, Kevin De Bruyne and Oleksandr Zinchenko were filming a video for the Manchester City YouTube channel in which they answered questions put to them by fans. Someone called Hesham from Egypt asked who they thought would be the best player in the world in 2030. “I will be retired,” whispered De Bruyne.…

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  • Samuel Umtiti’s presence in the two line ups so far is to do with the club’s need to put him in the shop window this summer. Umtiti started against Nastic and Girona, going off at half-time in both. Ronald Koeman is not counting on Umtiti this season, and he has fallen well out of favour…

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  • Lampard’s plan for injured N’Golo Kante

    Frank Lampard wants France to leave N’Golo Kante out of the squad for next month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers so the Chelsea midfielder can recover from injury. Kante played through a knee problem in the Europa League final against Arsenal and consequently spent much of pre-season recovering. The 28-year-old was only fit enough to appear as a…

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  • Eden Hazard to miss Real Madrid’s match against Celta

    Eden Hazard will miss Real Madrid’s 2019/20 LaLiga Santander opener against Celta Vigo after suffering an injury to his left thigh, and is set to be out for a few weeks. A statement on the official Real Madrid website read: “Following tests carried out after training today, our player Eden Hazard has been diagnosed the Real Madrid Medical Team with a lesion…

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  • In yet another World Cup shocker, Switzerland held Brazil to a 1-1 draw on Sunday, but the biggest scare for every supporter of the South American team was Neymar’s health. Neymar was fouled 10 times by Swiss defenders who blatantly ignored the PSG star’s recent injuries and the widely publicized physical treatments he received to…

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  • Real Madrid representatives have met with Neymar’s father to confirm the footballer’s asking price, media reports confirm. Image: Neymar Recent developments at Paris Saint-Germain show the club is in disarray, particularly with their continental football disappointments and growing concerns between Neymar, Edison Cavani and club supporters, as well as Unai Emery’s dwindling hold on his…

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  • Real Madrid’s 7-1 win against Deportivo La Coruna was their best performance since last month’s 5-0 thrashing of Sevilla at home, and Los Blancos appear to have found their rhythm since winning the Club World Cup despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s insignificant contributions. However, the Portugal international footballer scored a brace alongside Nacho and Bale to fire…

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  • Manchester United defender Eric Bailly will be off for about 3 months, coach Jose Mourinho confirmed after the defender sustained a serious ankle injury. Image: Eric Bailly The Ivory Coast international footballer forged a solid partnership with Phil Jones this season, and has recorded series of awesome performances before the devastating injury. He hasn’t featured…

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  • Anthony Martial got a callback from France national team coach Didier Deschamps for their international friendly against Wales on Friday following the youngster’s exploits in the Premier League, and teammate Paul Pogba has nothing but praises for his close friend. Martial, who plays for Manchester United as a central defender, won EPL’s Player of the Month awards in…

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  • Phil Jones, the mercurial central-defender who also plays for England’s national team, suffered a terrible injury against Hull City but has assured grieving fans that he will be back in a few days. The 24-year-old footballer was substituted after 55 minutes during their tensed 0-0 draw against Hull. He has recently downplayed the injury scare,…

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  • Alexis Sanchez has been considered a doubt for the match against Manchester United after he picked up an injury while on international duty for Chile. Things are about to get ugly for the Gunners as the events surrounding Sanchez’s injury has been provoking, for both fans and the club management. There’s no confirmation yet on how…

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  • Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he’s fit to face rivals Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final come May 28. Image: Cristiano Ronaldo and CR7 boots.

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  • In what seems like a case of the desirable being unavailable, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has reached out to fierce rivals Barcelona for injury help. CR7 is so desperate to play against Manchester City but it’s so sad that the Portuguese is still suffering from the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the first…

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  • Karim Benzema may not feature in the Real Madrid’s squad for the Champions League semi-final second leg with Manchester City. Madrid have confirmed a hamstring injury for the striker, who played only the first half of Tuesday first leg goalless draw before he was forced off.

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  • The world’s best footballer, Lionel Messi didn’t train with his Barcelona teammates on Thursday, possibly due to an ankle injury he is nursing.

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