Spurs forward Harry Kane has been named Premier League’s Player of the Month for March 2022. In doing so, the England international has reached level with ex-Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero for most wins in this particular competition – both strikers currently have seven awards to their name. Kane scored four times in March and provided two assists, which was enough for the panel to pick him ahead of the likes of Kai Havertz (Chelsea) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal). https://twitter.com/EPLStatman/status/1509848126953345040 Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah, Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson, Aston Villa’s Matty Cash, Brentford’s Ivan Toney, and Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski were also nominated for the same award but lost to Kane. Meanwhile, with three wins from their four…
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The top-tier English championship had reverted to three substitutions for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons despite the rest of Europe doing otherwise. The league, in a statement, confirmed it will reintroduce the five substitutions rule moving forward from the next season. The rule initially came into being during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, when football resumed across Europe despite the threat of the infection still looming large in the background. Credit: FIFA International Football Association Board, the organization in charge of producing and changing the rules of the sport, recommended that the rule be made permanent starting from…
Cesar Azpilicueta has extended his Chelsea contract by another year after reaching a predetermined milestone of appearances this season. The Athletic says the defender automatically triggered a one-year extension to his deal that was expiring at the end of the current season after appearing in a certain number of games throughout the campaign. However, this doesn’t mean that the Chelsea captain won’t be allowed to leave the club, that too for free, at the end of the season; the Blues, similarly, extended Olivier Giroud’s contract by another year before the start of the 2021/22 season but allowed him to leave for AC Milan on…
Premier League have given Manchester City permission to allow the 23-year-old attacking midfielder to train with the club. City have opened their doors to Ukrainian international Andrii Kravchuk to train with the club in light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The move has been completed with the consent of the Premier League. It was City full-back – and Kravchuk’s compatriot – Oleksandr Zinchenko who first initiated the matter. Zinchenko, who has been with City for nearly six years now, knows Kravchuk from the time the duo played together at the youth level for Shakhtar Donetsk. https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1509872104312815622 When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on…
Bruno Fernandes has penned a new contract with Manchester United until June 30, 2026, with the option to extend it by another year. While his new deal adds only a year – potentially two – to his previous one, Fernandes has earned a massive pay hike, making him one of the highest earners in the Manchester United squad. As per journalist Fabrizio Romano, the Portugal international will be one of the squad’s three highest-paid players moving forward. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1509724184506777601 Also read 👉 Cristiano leading Man Utd quartet in Premier League wages charts The 27-year-old spoke of the “special relationship” he has with…
The two-year qualification process for the 2022 World Cup is complete, with all but three slots filled. As teams await the result of the group stage draw on April 1, the pots for the process have been revealed. The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification process is complete, and the pots are set for Friday, when the draw for the group stage will take place in Doha. Italy remained the only major nation from UEFA to miss out on the finals, following their playoff semifinal loss against North Macedonia, who, in turn, lost to Portugal in the final. Credit: Football Italia Poland, meanwhile, joined the already…
Despite rumours linking him with a transfer elsewhere and home fans jeering his recent performances, Brazil international Neymar Jr is set to stay at PSG for the time being – reports Goal. The 30-year-old moved to Paris in 2017 for a world record fee of 222 million euros from FC Barcelona and is said to be content with his current situation in spite of the fans’ wrath. Furthermore, with the attacker earning an astronomical weekly wage with a long-term contract securing his future, the player’s representatives are unsure whether moving away at this time would be a beneficial move. Former France international and World…
Manchester United and Liverpool will face each other in Bangkok, Thailand this summer as part of their respective summer pre-season tours. The two English rivals will play at the Rajamangala Stadium on July 12, marking the first time either of the two has headed outside the British isles for a friendly since the Covid-19 outbreak two years ago. United’s incoming director of football John Murtough revealed his delight in taking the team overseas for the first time in two years and playing the set of friendlies in front of a full audience. “Pre-season tours are such an important part of the squad’s…
Centre-back Harry Maguire was jeered again when England hosted Ivory Coast in an international friendly match at the Wembley Stadium on March 29. Head coach Gareth Southgate and his teammates have since come to his defence. Southgate has slammed the reception Maguire faced before and during the Three Lions’ friendly against Ivory Coast, which the 2020 Euro finalists won 3-0. https://twitter.com/SMXLFC/status/1509111197374758914 The Manchester United star was at the receiving end of some jeers from the home crowd for the second game in a row, incidents that England boss has since termed as “an absolute joke”. “I thought the reception was a joke,…
North Macedonia’s fairytale ended at the hands of Portugal; the Selecao beat the minnows 2-0 in the playoff final to seal a berth at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The upcoming World Cup proved to be a step too far for minnow North Macedonia, who, despite beating European champions Italy in the semifinal, lost to Portugal in the one-legged playoff final. At their expense, Fernando Santos’ booked their place in Qatar, courtesy of a double from Bruno Fernandes. https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1508894275471302666 Unsurprisingly, the 2016 Euro winners were the more dominant of the two sides on the night, and they were rewarded for the same in the 32nd minute, when the Manchester…