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Ex-Barcelona boss is the favourite to succeed departing Arsene Wenger when the Frenchman steps aside at the end of the season after 22 years in charge and plans to rip through Gunners’ squad. Luis Enrique wants £200m to launch a total makeover of the Arsenal team next season with major changes should he come to deal with Arsenal and take over. Only the forward line will be left untouched with £60m record-signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette safe in their jobs. The goalkeeping, defence and midfield will be in for a major shake up with 29-year-old Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan already identified as a leading target.

Though he recently courted controversy in the Real Madrid/Juventus Champions League quarter final, Michael Oliver is set to referee the FA Cup final, and has revealed he was humbled by messages of support after experiencing a “weird few days” in the aftermath of Juventus controversial Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid. Manchester United’s Emirates FA Cup final clash with Chelsea will kick off at 17:15 BST on Saturday 19 May 2018 , the encounter will be the 33-year-old’s fourth major final at Wembley. Manchester United and Chelsea booked their places at Wembley with victories over Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton respectively. Manchester United, who have won the trophy 12 times, reached a record-equaling 20 th final by coming from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 and seven-time-winners Chelsea beat Southampton 2-0 in the semi-final.

Sulaimon Kazaure the Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has hinted of the plans to increase monthly allowance of corps members in the country. He stated that the allowance being currently paid to corps members is inadequate to provide for their needs. Kazaure revealed while speaking with journalist in Kano State after the swearing-in-ceremony of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ Corps members. Kazaure said, “our efforts to ensure that the monthly allowance of corps members is increased have yielded a very good result following series of discussion with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige. The N 18,800 paid to Corps members is grossly inadequate to cater for their needs during the mandatory one-year service to the nation. “The federal government had set up a committee to look into the upward review of the minimum wage which will determine the increase of the corps members’ allowance”. “We have been assured that when the new minimum wage takes effe...

Trophies are what the Manchester United shot-stopper craves as the reported Real Madrid target looks to lead Manchester United back to the top of English and European football. De Gea has not won the Premier League since Alex Ferguson retired in 2012/13 with the Europa League, FA cup and EFL cup being the only silverware added to the star goalkeeper’s cabinet. The 27-year-old Spain international, who continues to attract interest from two-time reigning Champions League holders Madrid, has flourished with numerous individual honours­­ – including four successive PFA Team of the year inclusions. “ I’m playing well, I’m confident but I have to maintain it and win trophies ”, De Gea told the Daily Mail. “That’s what world-class players do”. “I want to win. If you are at United, you need a manager with a winning mentality. We had that with Ferguson, Mourinho has it. He wants to win every game. “Titles are what I crave. We have to get United back to their best, back in the Cham...

During a press briefing with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the United States President, Donald J. Trump, said that the US would not allow the ongoing killings of Christians and burning of churches in Nigeria, saying that it must stop. He said this, when he received President Muhammadu Buhari at the white House for talks aimed at boosting the strategic partnership between both countries. The latest incident was the gruesome killing of about 19 persons including 2 priests, Joseph Gor and Felix Tyolaha, in a church in Ukpor - Mbalom, a community located in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. Expressing concern over the killings of Christians in Nigeria, Trump said America would do everything to stop terrorist activities in Nigeria. “We’ve had very serious problems with Christians who have been murdered in Nigeria. We’re going to be working on that problem…. Because we can’t allow that to happen, “Trump said. He also noted that Nigeria is well known for ma...

Jose Mourinho has never spent more than three years at the helm of one club but expects his reign at Manchester United to be the longest of his managerial career. Mourinho insists that his passion for both management and his position at United remain undimmed even as he approaches the end of his second season at Old Trafford. “At other clubs, I had the feeling of already thinking about ‘what next?’ I had things I really wanted to do. I had to go to Italy for sure. I had to go to Spain for sure,” said the Manchester United Manager. “At this moment, there isn’t anything I have around the corner, waiting because I want to do something different. I don’t want to do anything different to what I am doing now. “My passion for this job is the same and my sense of responsibility, emotional control is better. Obviously I am more mature. It is a job where the more experience you have, the better you are.

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