Fenway Sports Group (FSG), owners of Premier League club Liverpool, have announced the appointment of Michael Edwards as their new chief executive of football, marking a return to the club for its former sporting director. Edwards, who previously joined the Merseyside outfit in 2011, before becoming sporting director in 2016 and leaving the club in the summer of 2022, was in charge during one of the...
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has backed Nicolas Jackson and says there is need to believe in him. The Senegal international has struggled for consistency since arriving from Villarreal last summer, raising questions about his ability to lead the Blues front line. Despite the criticism, Jackson has scored 12 goals in all competitions, nine of them in the Premier League, including the opening goal of Chelsea's 3-2...
The Super Eagles will be gearing up for two friendlies after the fallout of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final loss to Ivory Coast. They will face Ghana and Mali on the 22nd and 26th, and a 27-man squad for these two fixtures has already been released. While the bulk of the players called up featured at AFCON 2023, there are a few returnees such...
Brentford midfielder Vitaly Janelt stated that Yoane Wissa's goal in their 2-1 defeat at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday evening was a sign of their strong mentality. Declan Rice put the Gunners in front in the 19th minute but the Bees were level in added time of the first half when Wissa charged down on Aaron Ramsdale's attempted clearance which dropped into the net....
Alex Iwobi has rued Fulham's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, describing it as a missed opportunity to be clinical. Wolves took a 2-0 second half lead courtesy of Algeria left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri and a Tom Cairney own goal before Iwobi scored the Cottagers' consolation goal deep in added time. It was the Nigeria international's fifth league goal of the season which was his best...
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