Martin Braithwaite is no longer wanted at Barcelona as the club is set to sell him to any club that is interested in his services during this Premier league summer transfer window. The manager of the club, Quique Setien, has reportedly made it known that the 29-year-old Denmark forward would not be needed at the club in the 2020-2021 season.

Below are other latest updates from the transfer market.
Luis Diaz’s transfer to Tottenham

source : https://futballnews.com/category/transfer-news/

Mexican top-flight league, Liga MX, is one of the leagues in North America that has been struggling to get things right especially since the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. Most clubs in Liga MX have been finding it difficult to pay players and staff salaries since the outbreak forced football to a halt.

Liga MX’s clubs like Pachuca, León, Toluca, FC Juárez and Necaxa have not paid their players since March, and such a trend is expected to last until the end of June because of the drastic drop in revenue due to the pandemic that has taken them out of business.

source : https://futballnews.com/liga-mx-standings-before-current-drama/

Bayern Munich, also known as Fussball-Club Bayern München, FC Bayern Munich or FC Bayern, is a German Bundesliga club which is based in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Eleven players broke away from MTV 1879 Munich sports club to form Bayern Munich in 1900. The eleven players were led by German football legend Franz John.

Bayern Munich started playing in the South German Championship in 1926 and won its first national title against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1932. World War II which was fought between 1 September 1939 and 2 September 1945, interrupted the progress of the club but didn’t fail to bounce back stronger immediately football returned in Germany.

When the war was over and club football in West Germany was divided into five regional leagues, Bayern Munich was deemed organised enough to play in one of the top divisions known as Oberliga Süd (South). Though the club’s glory days started in the 1960s, it started having a feel of how being a successful club feels like in 1957 when it won the German Cup for the first time.

Despite winning the German Cup in 1957, Bayern Munich was not automatically admitted into the German Bundesliga when it was formed as a West German national league in 1963. Bayern waited until the 1965-1966 season to be promoted to the Bundesliga.

source : https://futballnews.com/bayern-munich-and-everything-about-their-2020-set-up/

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has said that he has no respect for Arsenal football club over their activities off the pitch.

The former Bayern Munich boss stated this indirectly during a press conference ahead of their meeting with Watford in the Premier League today.

Guardiola’s comment is believed to be related to Arsenal’s conduct this season. The first was their approach for his former assistant, Mikel Arteta in December, who eventually left the Etihad for Emirate.

source: https://futballnews.com/pep-guardiola-no-respect-for-arsenal-off-the-pitch/

Real Madrid are the champions of the Spanish La Liga for the 2019-2020 football season. They won the league after defeating Villarreal in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 2-1.

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have won their 34th on July 16, 2020

Source: https://futballnews.com/real-madrid-wins-la-liga-2020-title-after-beating-villareal/

Latest reports from the transfer market news are speculating that German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund are expecting a £109 million transfer offer for Jadon Sancho from Manchester United. The 20-year-old England winger has remained a major target for United but the deal is being delayed by Dortmund’s asking price. In the other hand, Manchester United are reportedly close to signing Bayern Munich star Thiago Alcantara this summer. The 29-year-old Spanish midfielder is also wanted by Liverpool and Juventus.

Below are other latest updates from the transfer market:
Jeff Hendrick Transfer saga

source: https://futballnews.com/latest-transfer-news-across-europe-8/

Bukayo Saka scored his first premier league goal on July 4th, 2020 against Wolves. He scored the goal with a left-foot volley right before the end of the first half. Saka scored at the 43rd minute.

See the video of his interview below.
Bukayo said he was happy he scored for the club that he has played for since he was 8 years old.

Here is what Aubameyang said about Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka when asked about what he thinks about him “It was great for the club that Bukayo and Gabi signed new contracts last week. ‘They have made a big, big impact at the club even though they are only teenagers. ‘Particularly for Bukayo, it must be amazing to sign that contract and think back to when he first put on an Arsenal shirt in the academy when I think he was only six or seven. ‘Both of them are such impressive players already, they have so much to their games – as Bukayo showed with that brilliant goal on Saturday when he just guided it in so nicely.”


source: https://futballnews.com/bukayo-saka-that-night-i-didnt-sleep-speaking-about-his-first-premier-league-goal/

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source: http://nsmnews.com/threads/smart-products-nigeria-plc-dividend-news.1265/

Arsenal football club suffered their second defeat in a week as Brighton and Hove Albion shocked them 2-1 in Brighton‘s Amex Stadium on Saturday. The defeat came three days after suffering 3-0 slamming in the hands of Manchester City at the resumption of the final phase of the 2019-2020 season which was disrupted on March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first half of the encounter saw Arsenal lose a couple of chances especially from the club’s top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka whose shot hit the bar once.

https://futballnews.com/highlights-brighton-shock-arsenal-again/

Lionel Messi is one of the best footballers in the world and he is currently regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time ahead of his career rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Argentine and Barcelona football icon has won everything in club football and all the personal honours that can come with it. As he is raking in the goals and the medals for Barcelona, he is also raking in the money, the awards and the prestige for himself. Messi net worth

According to the list of 100 celebrities highest earners in the world published by Forbs in May 2020, Lionel Messi is said to be the 5th highest-earning celebrity and 3rd highest-earning athlete in the world, behind his 35-year-old rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

Information about lionel Messi's net worth is below .

Source: https://futballnews.com/lionel-messi-net-worth-2020/

Lionel Messi is the Argentine most favorite player of all time. At the age of 13, he left Argentina to join Barcelona where he started his professional career. The six-times Ballon d’Or winner has led his country and club side to many successful wins, little wonder, he is considered as the best player of all time. However, one of the downsides of his football career is his inability to win the World Cup for his country’s side. He led his countryside to the final of the World Cup in 2014, but unfortunately, the team lost the cup to Germany after a late minute astonishing finish from Gotze.


source : https://futballnews.com/lionel-messi-weekly-wages-and-salary-history/

German Bundesliga club Mainz 05 has tweeted that Taiwo Awoniyi who is on loan at the club from Liverpool football club is recovering from the concussion he sustained in their match against Augsburg. The match ended 0-1 in favour of Augsburg.

The 22-year-old Nigerian forward was involved in a deadly collision with Augsburg’s defender Felix Uduokhai. The 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup winner landed on the pitch and passed out for minutes.

It took the first aide knowledge of the centre referee of the game Marco Fritz to keep Taiwo Awoniyi alive while they await the medical team at the stadium to take him for further treatment.

source : https://futballnews.com/liverpools-taiwo-awoniyi-is-not-dying-but-recovering-photo/

Mexican top-flight league, Liga MX, is one of the leagues in North America that has been struggling to get things right especially since the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. Most clubs in Liga MX have been finding it difficult to pay players and staff salaries since the outbreak forced football to a halt.

Liga MX’s clubs like Pachuca, León, Toluca, FC Juárez and Necaxa have not paid their players since March, and such a trend is expected to last until the end of June because of the drastic drop in revenue due to the pandemic that has taken them out of business. La Liga Mx Standing

Source: https://futballnews.com/liga-mx-standings-before-current-drama/

Belgium national team player Kevin De Bruyne is one of the highest-paid footballers in Manchester City and also one of the highest-paid in the Premier League as a whole.

The super midfielder joined the Premier League in 2012 when he was signed by Chelsea Football Club. Unfortunately for him, he was hardly used by the club before he was loaned to Werder Bremen.

Since he wasn’t able to settle at Chelsea, he was sold out to German Bundesliga side, Wolfsburg for £18 million in 2014, where he ended his breakout season (2014/2015) with 16 goals and 27 assists in all competitions. He was named the 2015 Footballer of the Year in Germany.

De Bruyne returned to the Premier League during the 2015/2016 season when his current club, Manchester City, broke its transfer record to sign him for £54 million, making him the second most expensive transfer in British football history after Ángel Di María‘s move to Manchester United in 2014.

Source: https://futballnews.com/kevin-de-bruyne-weekly-wages/

The heir to the Throne of the United Kingdom and the Duke of Cambridge Prince William has jokingly asked the captain of Arsenal football club Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join Aston Villa.

Aubameyang is unarguably the best player at Arsenal currently and his contract with the club will expire in 2021. Earlier in the month, Futballnews reported that there is no deal on the table for Aubameyang, hence, it is not certain whether the club is planning to extend his contract or not.

It is not also certain whether the 30-year-old striker would want to have more years at the club as he has always wanted to play in the Champions League and win titles, feats that are looking impossible for Arsenal this season.

source: https://futballnews.com/prince-william-wants-aubameyang-to-join-aston-villa/

Mario Balotelli was asked to leave the training facility of Italian Serie A side Brescia because the club was not aware that he would resume training on Tuesday and there was no protocol in place for him.

The 29-year-old Italian footballer decided to attend training on Tuesday for the first time in over two weeks. But he was not allowed entry into the training facility because he didn’t follow the right protocol, a sign that his services at the club are no longer needed.

The out of favour Italian international has earlier told the club that the reason he had not attended training was that he was sick and the doctor advised him to stay away from training. He said he had a medical certificate to prove that he was truly sick.

source : https://futballnews.com/why-balotelli-was-asked-to-leave-training-ground/

Former Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi said he never expected Liverpool talisman, Mohamed Salah, to be as big as he has become within 5 years. He said though he believes in the abilities of the Egyptian international, yet, his level of development has been surprising to him.

Mohamed Salah met Mikel Obi at Chelsea when he joined the club from Switzerland club, FC Basel, in 2014. The Liverpool goals machine couldn’t establish himself at Chelsea as he had to spend most of the time at the club on loan to Fiorentina and Roma. He later made his loan deal permanent at Italian Serie A side Roma in 2015.

While in Italy, Mohamed Salah helped Roma to finish second on the league table. In less than two seasons, the 26-year-old Egyptian striker scored 29 goals in 65 appearances for the Italian club.

source : https://futballnews.com/mikel-obi-says-mohamed-salahs-success-is-surprising/

[urlhttps://futballnews.com=]Gareth Bale is happy at Real Madrid[/url] and he is not planning to leave the club anytime soon, Jonathan Barnett, the agent of the Wales football icon claimed.

This is coming as a shocker because the once most expensive player in the world has been having it rough with the coach of the club, Zinedine Zidane and the fans of the club, who do not like the idea of him mixing his professional football career with golf which he plays for leisure. They believe that such a lifestyle would not benefit the club.

This criticism received more fire when he decided to celebrate Wales qualification for the 2020 European Championship (now postponed) by posing behind a flag that has the inscription: ‘Wales. Golf. Madrid. In That Order’ with the rest of his teammates.

source : https://futballnews.com/gareth-bale-is-happy-at-real-madrid-as-madrid-eyes-jadon-sancho/

Crystal Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha said he couldn’t enjoy his football career at Manchester United because of the rumour that he was having sex with Lauren, the daughter of David Moyes, the couch of the club at the time.

Zaha joined Manchester United from Crystal Palace in 2013 for an initial transfer fee of £10 million. He was the last transfer, Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary coach of United from Scotland, oversaw before he retired from coaching. He was replaced by his countryman, David Moyes that same year.

The 2013-2014 football season ought to have been Wilfried Zaha’s first full-fledged season at United under David Moyes but it was not to be. The Ivorian international who was just 19-year-old then spent part of the season on loan at Cardiff City.

Afterwards, the skilful forward had to return to Crystal Palace on loan. He later made the loan deal permanent in February 2015. Hence, he only managed to play for Manchester United twice before he finally returned to where he started his football career.

source : https://futballnews.com/wilfried-zaha-clears-the-air-on-sleeping-with-david-moyes-daughter/

Though the outbreak of the coronavirus also known as COVID-19 has halted all the major leagues across the world including the money-spinning European Champions League, the usual suspects when it comes to top paid footballers in the world, are still smiling when they check their account balance.

However, the smile might not last for too long as the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing clubs to cut down players’ salaries and bonuses. For instance, top earners in the game like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are expected to lose up to 20% of their weekly earnings from their respective clubs if the pandemic lingers on.


source : https://futballnews.com/highest-paid-footballers-in-the-world-2020/

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has assured fans of his commitment and loyalty to the club despite the recent incidents off the pitch at Camp Nou.

The Catalan club has been embroiled in different dramas with a recent war of words between Messi and the director of football Eric Abidal. The Argentine slammed Abidal for suggesting that the players were responsible for the sack of former manager Ernesto Valverde. This bank and forth talks began after the Barcelona football team start to underperform. The fans were worried, the club was in a state of chaos and everyone started pointing fingers. Multiple times Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi questioned his plan to stay at Camp Nou, but he assured everyone that he isn’t going to leave the club.

source : https://futballnews.com/lionel-messi-speaks-on-his-commitment-to-barcelona-after-public-outrage/

Emre Can, a teammate of Jadon Sancho at Borussia Dortmund has urged the England international to grow up. The 26-year-old German international said Sancho needs guidance.

Emre Can stated this while reacting to the fine slammed on Jadon Sancho and his teammate Manuel Akanji after pictures showing that the duo had their haircut in their separate apartments without personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the Coronavirus pandemic surfaced on the internet.

When Sancho confirmed the fine, he took to Twitter to describe the fine slammed on him for having a haircut as an “absolute joke”. He, however, deleted the post afterwards.

Before now, the 20-years-old England international has shown a sign that though he is very prolific on the field, he has some traits in him that need to be worked upon in order to have a fulfilling football career.

Source: https://futballnews.com/borussia-dortmuds-emre-can-urges-his-teammate-jadon-sancho-to-grow-up/

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has revealed that Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo and his countryman Jose Mourinho almost fought in the locker room during a Copa del Rey match in Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid home ground.

According to the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner, the genesis of the verbal war that almost resulted in a fistfight started when the opponent which Real Madrid was playing against had their throw-in. Modric revealed that Ronaldo didn’t run after the opposing team after the throw-in and that got Jose Mourinho, the manager of the club then, very furious.

source : https://futballnews.com/luka-modric-reveals-how-ronaldo-and-mourinho-almost-fought-at-madrid/

Premier League clubs are gearing up for the restart of the 2019-2020 season which is scheduled for June 17 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from the usual team training, the clubs have commenced other forms of preparations, including friendlies.

Most teams like Chelsea football club and Manchester United divided their teams into two parts and staged a full-fledged match between them and appointed among themselves, referees and other officials to coordinate the match.

For instance, at Chelsea football club, the manager of the club, Frank Lampard and his coaching staff acted as referees for the friendly between their team at Stamford Bridge. One half of the team wore their home kits while the other half wore their away kits.

Source : https://futballnews.com/how-premier-league-clubs-are-preparing-for-season-restart/

Manchester United loanee and Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo has urged the world to fight for humanity instead of fighting colours. He stated this while reacting to the gruesome murder of an African-American George Floyd by a white police officer. The police rested his knee on his neck with the aid of his colleagues, until he died.

Since the death of the 46-year-old black American, the level of agitation against racism has skyrocketed across the world. There have been numerous groups across the world protesting against racial abuse and police brutality on the streets and on social media.

Source : https://futballnews.com/fight-for-humanity-not-colour-odion-ighalo-reacts-against-racism/

Manchester City winger, Riyad Mahrez has revealed how he disappointed the coach of the club Pep Guardiola in his first season at the club as he found it difficult to find his form despite given numerous opportunities to do. The peak of the disappointed Guardiola got for trusting the Algerian striker was when he missed a penalty against Liverpool in his first season at City, 2018-2019.

Riyad Mahrez joined Manchester City in 2018 for a whopping £60 million after helping Leicester City to stun followers of the Premier League by winning the league in 2017-2018 season.

Due to his disappointing start at Manchester City, Mahrez spent most part of the season on the bench and sometimes play from the bench. That trend continued until the end of the season that saw the club emerged champions with just a point different from the second-placed Liverpool football club.

Source : https://futballnews.com/riyad-mahrez-reveals-how-he-disappointed-pep-pep-guardiola-in-manchester-city/

Who are the best football players in the world?

I bet you will be asking this question as the football community was put to as a standstill amidst the CORONA VIRUS pandemic ravaging the world over. The weekend cheers of the English premiere league (EPL), the Spanish league (la liga), the Italian league(serial A) have suddenly gone quiet as well as the midweek nights roar and intrigues of the Europa league, and the champion league all on hold.

The best soccer players of 2020 were still trying to put their FOOT on the gas (BALL), when the wold lockdown hit. With some players infected by COVID19 virus, the world football governing body FIFA had to advice the different football league to suspend the league, though some matches were played closed door the without fans.

What is the joy of football without its FANS?

source: https://futballnews.com/top-10-best-football-players-2020/

The debate over who is better between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi may never end even if one of them decides to end the argument by declaring one the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T). Emotions will always find his place whenever one is discussing football and anything related to the round leather game. So, no matter the stats that are available, no matter how critically one looks at them, no matter the basis, and no matter one integrity, it is extremely possible that a fan will come and rubbish everything on the altar of sentiment.


Source : https://futballnews.com/messi-vs-ronaldo-this-is-our-greatest-of-all-time/

Belgium national team player Kevin De Bruyne is one of the highest-paid footballers in Manchester City and also one of the highest-paid in the Premier League as a whole.

The super midfielder joined the Premier League in 2012 when he was signed by Chelsea Football Club. Unfortunately for him, he was hardly used by the club before he was loaned to Werder Bremen.

Since he wasn’t able to settle at Chelsea, he was sold out to German Bundesliga side, Wolfsburg for £18 million in 2014, where he ended his breakout season (2014/2015) with 16 goals and 27 assists in all competitions. He was named the 2015 Footballer of the Year in Germany.



source : https://futballnews.com/kevin-de-bruyne-weekly-wages/

The former Manchester United player, Romelu Lukaku’s birthday is on May 13, and he was born in 1993. As he turned 27 years old today, he celebrated his birthday with friends and family via social media.
He now plays for Inter Milan in Italy and the Italian Serie A league has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, he is at home, alone. A lot of people wished him a happy birthday today, his former teammates at Manchester United, his teammates at Inter Milan, and his notable friends all too took to social media to wish him a happy birthday.
The Belgian man also pays for Belgium National team, he is one of the most strangers forwards in football history.

Source : https://futballnews.com/romelu-lukaku-celebrates-his-birthday-alone-due-to-covid-19/

Football and the drama that comes with it have been lost to the coronavirus crisis since March. Amid the pandemic, football fans are already gearing up to the summer transfers window which will officially open on June 10, 2020.

Immediately January transfer window closed, speculations started flying around about which player is moving or staying. There are some transfers that will happen quietly without much buzz but there are some fans have already geared up to see.

Here are some of the most realistic transfers deals this summer:


source: https://futballnews.com/top-surest-transfers-football-fans-might-want-to-see-this-summer/