Author: Muktar Balogun

Lobo Carrasco, an ex-Barcelona defender, has suggested that Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain may return to the Spanish club. Carrasco believes Messi will leave the Ligue 1 club if they fail to win the Champions League. Argentina’s captain only left the Camp Nou for PSG as a free agent last summer. Carrasco, on the other hand, believes Messi will return to the Blaugrana at the end of the season. He said he is seeing a lot of hints about Messi’s return to Barcelona. And it could happen sooner than you think. He noted that Messi could seek his release if…

Mikel Arteta was photographed with Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke after the Spaniard flew to America with only a few days left in the transfer window. On Monday night in Denver, Colorado, Arteta, and Kroenke were seen together at a hockey game, when the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Chicago Blackhawks. Although the reason for Arteta’s trip has not been revealed, given the close proximity of the transfer deadline, it’s likely that he traveled to meet with Kroenke to discuss spending plans. Despite being the Premier League’s biggest spenders last summer, the Gunners have yet to open their wallets this month. Despite…

Anthony Martial has agreed to join Sevilla on a loan deal from Manchester United. The 26-year-old will join the La Liga club until the end of the season, with his wages paid in full. There is no charge for the loan. On Tuesday, Martial will fly from Paris to Seville for a medical examination. Despite interest from Juventus and Barcelona, the forward has always wanted to join Sevilla this month because he believes it is where he will play the most. In December, Sky Sports News exclusively revealed that Martial wanted to quit United in pursuit of greater playing time.…

Augustine Eguavoen, the former interim coach of the Super Eagles, has revealed why Nigeria lost to Tunisia in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The Super Eagles’ loss to Tunisia on Sunday was blamed on shoddy officiating, according to Eguavoen. He argued that Alex Iwobi’s red card was unjustified because the foul was not intentional. Tunisia advanced to the competition quarterfinals after defeating the Super Eagles by a solitary goal. Maduka Okoye, the goalkeeper, made an error that led to the goal. Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles will now face Burkina Faso’s Stallions in the quarter-finals. When asked about the…

Kanu Nwankwo, a former Arsenal midfielder, has advised Nigeria’s Super Eagles to learn from their mistakes and move on following their elimination from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria was eliminated from the 2021 AFCON after losing 1-0 to Tunisia in Cameroon on Sunday night. Tunisia defeated the Super Eagles in the AFCON round of 16 and qualified for the quarter-finals thanks to Youssef Msakni’s second-half goal. Kanu, who had wished the Super Eagles well before their play against Tunisia, responded by saying he was proud of the Nigerian team. In addition, the former Ajax player urged the…

Augustine Eguavoen, the Super Eagles coach, has resigned. This comes after the Super Eagles’ 1-0 round-of-16 loss to Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Eguavoen had led the three-time winners to victories over Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea-Bissau in a row. In the final stages, however, they were defeated by a Tunisian team suffering from Covid. Eguavoen announced his decision to return to his duties as the NFF’s Technical Director at a post-match press conference. “What happens next is that I am the Nigeria Football Federation’s temporary coach and Technical Director” (NFF). “I’m going back to my position and…

Tunisia needed only a long-range shot at the start of the second half to knock Nigeria’s Super Eagles out of the 2021 Nations Cup, AFCON. Tunisia qualified for the second round as one of four best third-place finishers from Group E, while Nigeria topped Group D with nine points in the first round. Coach Augustine Eguavoen picked his favored starting lineup against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, and the Super Eagles got off to a fast start.  The Super Eagles were the only team in Group D to qualify with a maximum of nine points from the group stage, defeating…

Michael Owen, a former Manchester United striker, has predicted the outcome of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg tie against Liverpool on Thursday. Arsenal and Liverpool drew 0-0 in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final at Anfield last week. The winner of the Carabao Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Liverpool will face Chelsea in the final. Chelsea recently knocked Tottenham Hotspur out of the Carabao Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 aggregate victory. “I have to say, I was impressed by Arsenal’s performance last week,” Owen told BetVictor when asked for his predictions. To play for so long with ten…

Burhan Tia, Sudan’s head coach, believes Nigeria and Cameroon would reach the final of the African Cup of Nations 2021. While other major star countries failed, both countries finished strong in the group stages. The Indomitable Lions won Group A with seven points, while the Super Eagles won Group D with a perfect score, nine points. Tia’s second match was against Nigeria, which they were defeated 3-1. A match where the Super Eagles conceded their only goal of the group stage which came from a penalty kick. Augustine Eguavoen’s men, he feels, have what it takes to be champions once…

Robinho, a former Brazil forward, was given a nine-year term for his role in a violent sexual assault in a Milan bar in 2013. Robinho, who was playing for AC Milan at the time, was a member of a group who gang-raped a 23-year-old Albanian lady at the Sio Cafe nightclub in 2017. He was jailed in 2017 but lost two appeals. The ex-footballer no longer has the opportunity to appeal, therefore the Rome court’s latest decision is irrevocable. It is unclear if he will serve his term in a Brazilian or an Italian prison. Ricardo Falco, a friend of…