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.



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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/

Coronavirus update: The Premier League will restart and get the UK government backing, the league is sets return June 1, 2020, according to UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
The UK prime minister released a 50- page document that explains how the UK government plans to restart the economy by permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors in other to reduce the risk of fans getting infected.

https://futballnews.com/coronavirus-football-break-update-premier-league-to-begin-on-june-1st-2020/

Barcelona might be forced to cut their loss on Brazilian player [urlhttps://futballnews.com/barcelona-player-philippe-coutinho-close-to-chelsea-deal/]Philippe Coutinho[/url] with Chelsea not backing out of talks for the Brazilian player. New reports emerged that Chelsea is willing to offer Philippe Coutinho a deal that will bring him to Premier League during the next transfer window in summer.

Coutinho shocked the world in 2018 after he signed a deal worth £145 million with Barcelona. However, the former Liverpool player did not have a pleasant stay in Camp Nou which caused him to be sent out on loan to Bayern Munich.

One of the reasons why Barcelona made move for Philippe Coutinho in 2018 was for him to be a replacement for Neymar Jr who left the Catalan club in 2017. Meanwhile, Coutinho, on the other hand, is looking at every opportunity for him to play in a top club where he can stand a chance of winning big trophies.

source: https://futballnews.com/barcelona-player-philippe-coutinho-close-to-chelsea-deal/

Clubs in the Spanish La Liga might be compelled to play games behind closed doors until 2021 to avoid a new outbreak of the world’s pandemic coronavirus. Although, the report has not been officially announced by La Liga, however, close sources have disclosed that games will be played in closed stadiums until 2021 or a vaccine for the novel Covid-19 is introduced.

This was revealed through a piece of information made available to ESPN earlier this week. While it is expected that normality should have been restored to the world of football by the beginning of the 2021 season. Apparently, football may not be able to operate in full capacity until the world is free from the virus or a vaccine has been introduced. Stadiums would be re-opened in 2021 with strict measures put in place to ensure that there is no new outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.


source : https://futballnews.com/la-liga-games-to-be-played-behind-closed-doors-till-jan-2021/

Louis Van Gaal and Jose Mourinho are always criticised as the two coaches who came to Manchester United and neglected the youth system of the club to focus more on marquee signings.

The premise of this argument is centred on the fact that when Louis van Gaal replaced David Moyes in 2014, one of the first things he did was to break the transfer record of the club by signing Angel Di Maria for £59.7 million.

Despite the amount of money the coach spent on bringing big names to the club, it didn’t achieve much compare to legendary coach Alex Ferguson who won a lot of titles using mostly Manchester United academy players.

Van Gaal was sacked in 2016 and was replaced by Jose Mourinho who also followed the precedents of the Netherlands tactician by breaking the transfer record of the club yet again.

Source : https://futballnews.com/louis-van-gaal-and-jose-mourinho-didnt-disrespect-manchester-united/

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (“GTBank”), (Bloomberg: GUARANTY:NL/Reuters: GUARANT.LG), provider of diversified financial services, announces its Audited Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2019 and declares a PBT of N231.7bn.


see source for detail breakdown of profit

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Emeka Nwajubu, the Minister of State for Education, broke the news earlier today and he said that the government has made provisions for students to learn online.

He added that, “WAEC and NECO for the year have been postponed indefinitely.

Source : http://nsmnews.com/threads/2020-waec-has-been-postponed-by-nigeria-federal-government.239/

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Burna Boy performed his hit song African Giant and one more song from his African Giant Album in honor of the people fighting Coronavirus on the frontline.


Press play to watch Burna Boy on the Global Citizen's One World Together concert.
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The treasury bills used to be very robust and rewarding for investors, but now, that has changed. The Central Bank of Nigeria reduced the return on treasury bills investing by more than 80 percent and people are not happy about it.


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According to Evans medical PLC, the company was handed over to Skye Bank and First bank because they default on their loans. When this happens, it means the company is not able to fulfill its debt obligation and it has no plans to. So what does this mean for Evans Medical PLC investors?

"Evans Medical PLC (“Evans Medical” or “the Company”) would like to announce that the Company’s Bankers (Skye Bank PLC and First Bank of Nigeria Limited) served the Company with an Ex- parte order of the Federal High Court dated 4th July, 2017 granting them the right to take over the Company's Assets used as collateral against facilities granted to the Company by the Bankers due to loan default. A Receiver Manager has also been appointed and has taken over the assets of the Company. Nigeria Stock Market


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Here are some of the top performers for today on the Nigerian stock exchange.

DANGCEM N121 N133.1 12.1 10.00%
NB N24.4 N26.8 2.4 9.84%
GUARANTY N20.45 N21.9 1.45 7.09%
ZENITHBANK N14.5 N15.9 1.4 9.66%
DANGSUGAR N11.7 N12.7 1 8.55%

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There have been reports that Premier League club Chelsea FC is in talks with Philippe Coutinho who is currently on a loan spell in Bayern Munich from Barcelona. Coutinho switched to Barcelona in 2018 after the Spanish club paid a sum of €145.00m to Liverpool to seal the deal that landed the Brazilian attacking midfielder in Barcelona.

https://futballnews.com/transfer-rumor-chelsea-in-talks-with-philippe-coutinho/

There have been reports that Premier League club Chelsea FC is in talks with Philippe Coutinho who is currently on a loan spell in Bayern Munich from Barcelona. Coutinho switched to Barcelona in 2018 after the Spanish club paid a sum of €145.00m to Liverpool to seal the deal that landed the Brazilian attacking midfielder in Barcelona.

source : https://futballnews.com/transfer-rumor-chelsea-in-talks-with-philippe-coutinho/

Tottenham Hotspur’s striker Son Heung-min will join the military training at Marines boot camp this month. As part of the obligation of every adult male to undergo military training for almost two years to become one of the thousands of Seoul’s army.

All the members of the South Korea football team were given an exemption when South Korea won the gold medal at the Asian Games held in Indonesia in 2018. Son could not control his tears after South Korea flawed Japan at the final stage of the competition which gave him the opportunity to fulfill his mandatory obligation with lesser weeks of training.

source : https://futballnews.com/tottenham-hotspur-striker-son-heung-min-joins-the-military-in-south-korea/

There have been reports that Premier League club Chelsea FC is in talks with Philippe Coutinho who is currently on a loan spell in Bayern Munich from Barcelona. Coutinho switched to Barcelona in 2018 after the Spanish club paid a sum of €145.00m to Liverpool to seal the deal that landed the Brazilian attacking midfielder in Barcelona.

The silver lining was that Barcelona bought Coutinho as a potential replacement for Neymar Jr who was sold to Paris Saint-Germain for a whopping fee of £200 million which made him the most expensive player in the history of football. However, Coutinho’s style of play doesn’t seem to interest the Catalonia bosses, he was sent to Bayern Munich on a loan spell. He spent only two years in Camp Nou before he agreed on a season-long to Bayern Munich.

https://futballnews.com/transfer-rumor-chelsea-in-talks-with-philippe-coutinho/

For a while now, Manchester United self-aggrandizing midfielder, Paul Pogba has been making the headlines for the wrong reasons. There is no doubt that the French man is a skillful player, and he pridefully glides the pitch. However, all of that doesn’t seem to interest the millions of Manchester fans who are begging that the French man should be off-loaded from the English club in the next transfer window.


source : https://futballnews.com/transfer-rumor-juventus-eyes-manchester-united-paul-pogba/

As the entire world continues to wallow deep in the toxic of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, restrictions on movement and the operation of businesses have also continued to flourish. Virtually all activities that concern human has been badly affected and put on hold, not even the world’s most entertaining sport, football is spared. Quite a number of football leagues in almost all countries that have been affected have suspended football activities to control the spread of the virus. Sergio Ramos

Source : https://futballnews.com/real-madrid-captain-sergio-ramos-handstand-challenge-video/

[urlhttps://futballnews.com/wayne-rooney-regrets-going-to-2006-world-cup/]Wayne Rooney[/url] is one of the finest footballers England has ever produced. In fact, he still holds the record for the highest number of goals scored by an individual player for the English national team.

The period English football fans will never forget was when he got injured while playing for Manchester United a few months before the 2006 world cup in Germany.

Source : https://futballnews.com/wayne-rooney-regrets-going-to-2006-world-cup/

One of the brightest stars in European football Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund is one of the few footballers in the world you can hardly hear or read about their private lives.

The 20-year-old English wonder kid who is the man of the moment in the world of transfers is so good on the field of play that he has succeeded in giving people so much to talk about as far as his footballing exploit is concerned. This has made people to hardly pay attention to the private life which the football star is not even willing to flaunt on social media, unlike other celebrities.

source : https://futballnews.com/jadon-sancho-wants-you-to-meet-his-adorable-daughter-photos/

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil and his beautiful wife, Amine Gülşe Ozil, has welcomed the arrival of their beautiful baby daughter named Eda. The happy father who could not keep calm took or his Twitter handle to share the good news to his millions of followers.

It would be recalled that Ozil and his beautiful wife who was former Miss Turkey have been enjoying the birth of their church for a while now. Ozil had requested for a break during the last Europa games against Olympiakos to be with his wife

Source : https://futballnews.com/mesut-ozil-and-wife-amine-gulse-ozil-welcome-baby-daughter-named-eda/

Marcelo Vieira needs no introduction in the world of modern football. He is a Brazilian player who plays professionally for Real Madrid of Spain. Marcelo joined the Los Blancos from his parent club in Brazil, Fluminense, in 2006 after Real Madrid paid a sum of €6.50m seal the deal that brought the Brazilian to Spain.

He started his trade in Real Madrid in 2007 after the successful reign of Brazilian legendary left-back, Roberto Carlos. No one could ever imagine that there was any player that can replace Robert Carlos. Carlos was as complete as the entire squad all by himself. According to statistics, he can cover the entire left flank without the help of another.

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Barcelona Fc is looking forward to swapping Antonie Griezmann with Neymar Jr from Paris Saint-Germain. The Frenchman was signed into the club earlier late last year as a potential replacement for Neymar Jr who was sold out to French giant club Paris Saint-Germain which made him the most expensive player on earth.

It seems the Catalonia club is not too pleased with the performance of the new Frenchman as the void left behind by the Brazilian star is still left unfilled in the club. Reasonably, Barcelona is hoping to swap Antoine Griezmann for Neymar Jr when the transfer window opens in summer.

source: https://futballnews.com/transfer-rumor-barcelona-hoping-to-swap-antonio-griezmann-for-neymar-jr/

Juventus player, Paulo Dybala told his fellow Bianconeri teammates that there is little love for him in South American country. Cristiano Ronaldo is currently hailed for being the most popular person on earth had reached a total of about 210 million followers on Instagram. One would have thought that the Portuguese man is accepted in virtually all places in the world.

source: https://futballnews.com/we-hate-you-in-argentina-paulo-dybala-tells-cristiano-ronaldo/

Manchester City attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is among the football stars who are not happy with the lingering suspension of football matches because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 27-year-old Belgium football star told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws that he has no idea whether there is going to be a football action in the coming days.

He lamented that just like how the football season in Belgium has been suspended indefinitely, the English Football League has not made any specific decision on when football will resume in England.

Read more here : https://futballnews.com/covid-19-i-have-no-idea-if-we-are-going-to-play-again-kevin-de-bruyne-laments/

We published a post earlier showing the best Premier League player for 2019/20 even though the season has not been completed yet and it is not sure when it will be completed due to the outbreak of novel Covid-19.

Here in this article, we will critically analyse some of the best players in the English Premier league for the 2019/20 season.

read more here : https://futballnews.com/who-are-the-five-best-english-premier-league-players-right-now/

As the entire world continues to battle the ugly pandemic rampaging the world, it has brought everything to a standstill, schools have been placed under lock, clubs have been shut down, religious centers have been locked and most importantly, football activities have been suspended. Reasonably, players across Europe have started Stay at Home Challenge to sensitize their fans online to stay at home and stay safe.

Sources: https://futballnews.com/philippe-coutinho-shows-how-hes-enjoying-the-stay-at-home-challenge/

FIFA, the World governing body of football, has presented an internal document to its coronavirus working group and one of the recommendations in the document is the extension of the contracts of players and coaches across domestic leagues in the world.

The document wants club owners to extend the contract of the players and coaches in their clubs until the end of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic which has halted football season across all major leagues in the world.

Read more at the source: https://futballnews.com/coronavirus-player-coach-contracts-should-be-extended-fifa/

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.

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