Mid-Week Sports Roundup: Ademola Lookman Warns Real Madrid • Most Skillful Player in Football History Celebrates 51st Birthday • Fofana Set to Join Milan – Read More Football updates
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Afeez Bello
Ibadan, Oyo State
Super eagles winger, Ademola Lookman has fired warning to the almighty Real Madrid. The Atalanta forward insisted that Madrid have to be overworked in order to defeat his team in tonight’s encounter. Lookman led Atalanta to victory against Bayern Leverkusen in the Europa League final with a memorable hat trick which gave them an access to qualify for the Uefa Super Cup final against the Galaticos, who was the UEFA Champions League winner of 2023/2024 season.
Negotiation is ongoing between AS Monaco and Ac Milan over the move of the French Midfielder, Youssuf Fofana. Monaco asked Milan to pay €25 while the Italian giant is yet to agree.
PSG has agreed to pay €60 Million for Rennes star Desire Doue. It was gathered that the player has turned down an offer from Bayern Munich and he is ready to sign a five year deal with the French Club.
Former Arsenal goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny is now available as a free agent as he terminated his contract with Juventus. The 34-year- old goalkeeper joined Juventus in 2017 and has left the club on mutual agreement.
Bruno Fernandes extended his contract with Manchester United today, this will elevate the Red Devil Captain to be among the top earners in the club. The deal expires in 2027 with an option for a year extension.
Super Eagles defender, William Troost Ekong, is on the verge of joining Al-Khalood in Saudi Arabia.
Nicholas Jackson will be receiving a new offer from Chelsea as negotiations have started. The London Club is satisfied with the player’s performance last season. The Blues is keen to increase his salary and give him a long term deal.
Merino is keen to join Arsenal. Agreement has been reached between the Spaniard and the Gunners.
French International, Eduardo Camanvinga will miss tonight’s encounter between Real Madrid and Atalanta in tonight’s UEFA Europa Super Cup encounter. The 21 years old player will be out for 6 to 7 weeks after suffering a sprain of the internal collateral ligament in his left knee after receiving a tackle from Aurellien Tchouameni during the training preparation for today’s encounter.
On this day (August 14) in 1973, Ex super eagles skippo and international midfielder, Augusten Azuka “Jay Jay” Okocha, was born in Enugu State. He became the first player in history to ever dribble past all the opponents. This occurred in the German Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt versus Karlsruhe in 1993. According to the most skilful player in football history, Okocha, highlighted that he deliberately wanted to prove to the racists in Germany that Africans are not inferior to other races across the globe. His contribution to the progress of the Super Eagles of Nigeria cannot be underestimated. He played for eagles between 1993-2006 and has 73 Caps with a total number of 14 goals.
