Author: Muktar Balogun

Shortly after coming to Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tested positive for Covid-19. Before heading to Cameroon, the Gabonese international was spotted in Dubai with colleague Mario Lemina. Lemina, a former Southampton and Fulham midfielder, has also caught the infection, and the pair will need to isolate before their first game of the campaign. Mikel Arteta stripped him of his captaincy status after a recent disciplinary transgression, and the 32-year-old has had a terrible month. He hasn’t played for Arsenal since a 2-1 defeat to Everton in early December. Arsenal have improved their records in all…

As part of a large epidemic at Manchester City, manager Pep Guardiola tested positive for Covid. The club has revealed that 21 members of the first-team bubble, including the manager and deputy manager Juanma Lillo, have tested positive. Both are now distancing themselves. On Friday, City will face Swindon Town in the FA Cup third round. On Thursday, the club issued a statement confirming the news. According to the club, on Tuesday, the city manager and his assistant, Juanma Lillo, both tested positive. Both are now isolated within the City’s first team bubble, along with a number of other positive…

The FA has fined Arsenal £20,000 for failing to manage their players in an orderly manner during their match against Manchester City on Saturday. Arsenal defender Gabriel was sent off after the incident in the 59th minute of the encounter at the Emirates. Referee Stuart Atwell gave Gabriel a second yellow card for pushing back City winger Gabriel Jesus as he turned away from the defender. Gabriel’s Arsenal teammates rushed Atwell in a show of displeasure. The Arsenal player had only received his first yellow card two minutes prior, when he was penalized for dissent prior to City’s Riyad Mahrez…

Kieran Trippier has arrived in Newcastle to finish the last stages of his £12 million deal from Atletico Madrid. The England right-back will have a physical before signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with a one-year extension option. On Tuesday, Newcastle and Atletico Madrid reached an agreement to sign Trippier after a series of smooth and pleasant conversations. The club will pay £12 million-plus add-ons to become the 31-year-old the first signing of the Saudi Arabia-backed regime’s new Newcastle era. Atletico had hoped Trippier would stay, but he expressed his desire to return to England. When Eddie Howe was in charge of…

Benjamin Mendy, a Manchester City left-back, has been suspended by the club and kept in custody since August after being charged with seven counts of rape. In response to concerns about the French full-back’s safety, UK jail authorities have approved his transfer to a high-security prison. According to The Sun, Mendy was transferred to one of the hardest prisons in the UK on December 23, meaning he spent Christmas at the HMP Strangeways in Manchester. Mendy was allegedly taken aback when he first saw his new cell since he had assumed he would be transported to the “VIP area” of…

The first leg of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup semi-final versus Liverpool has been postponed. The game was set to take place at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday, but the Reds requested that it be canceled due to an increase of suspected COVID cases in their camp. Following that, assistant manager Pep Lijnders tested positive for a suspected positive test, prompting the club to close its first-team facilities at the AXA training site. The authorities have now decided to cancel the match, with the first leg set to take place on January 13 at Anfield and the second leg set to take…

Jermaine Jenas, a former England midfielder, claims that Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel never signed Romelu Lukaku. He said Tuchel never approved Lukaku’s signing, but that the club’s board made the decision. Jenas made the remark in response to the Belgian’s recent interviews in which he expressed dissatisfaction with his job at Chelsea under Tuchel. The Belgium international told Sky Sports Italia that he was unhappy at Chelsea and wanted to return to Inter Milan, adding that the Blues were only his fourth choice when he left San Siro last summer. He was left out of Chelsea’s squad for their vital…

Jermaine Pennant, a former Arsenal winger, has stated that Pierre-Emerick Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not return to the club as Pennant believes the Gabonese will join Newcastle, who are now the frontrunners to capture him in the January transfer window. After being accused of disciplinary issues, Aubameyang was stripped of his captaincy and removed from the first team in December. Arsenal has won five games in a row while scoring 20 goals, with the exception of Saturday’s loss to Manchester City. Since then, Aubameyang has departed north London to join Gabon for the Africa Cup of Nations. Aubameyang may not be able to…

Wolves overcame Manchester United 1-0 in the Premier League thanks to a late goal from Joao Moutinho. It was the Wolves’ first league win at Old Trafford in almost 42 years. Wolves last won a league game at Old Trafford in February 1980, and they should have been ahead at halftime. In the first half, they had 15 shots to United’s four, the first time a team has had more attempts at Old Trafford since Liverpool in December 2018. Despite early saves from David de Gea to keep Daniel Podence and Ruben Neves at bay, Bruno Lage’s team had only…

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp will not participate in Sunday’s Premier League match against Chelsea due to a suspected positive Covid-19 test. Klopp, who is undergoing isolation, was suffering with minor symptoms. Pepijn Lijnders, his assistant, will be in charge of the trip to Stamford Bridge. Liverpool said on Friday that three more members of staff had tested positive, however Klopp declined to name them until PCR test results were confirmed. Liverpool has not requested a postponement of the Chelsea match and does not intend to do so at this time. The Reds boss is now isolated after experiencing slight symptoms…