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🇫🇷 Antoine Griezmann has 3 children.

They were all born on the same day…

👶 8th April 2016
👶 8th April 2019
👶 8th April 2021

Chelsea hosted the first ever open Iftar at a Premier League ground last year 💙

It's an opportunity for Muslims to break their fast together during Ramadan.

🚨🚨| The total amount Kylian Mbappé is set to receive from his transfer to Real Madrid, via :

▪️The salary requirement for a commitment to Real is €70M/year.

▪️At least €100M/€125M + variables commission for Mbappe’s consultant mother.

▪️A total of around €125M, which could be paid as a season bonus over the contract term of five years.

That makes well over €400M for the Mbappé family. 🤯💰

🚨 Karim Benzema is unlikely to move to Manchester United in the final week of the window.

The Glazers are willing to welcome the Frenchman to the club but Erik Ten Hag is reluctant to sanction the deal. (via ChrisWheelerDM)

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Manchester United confirms Anthony Martial will be out for 10 weeks after a successful surgery to address a groin complaint.

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Ivory Coast head coach Jean-Louis Gasset has resigned in the middle of AFCON.

Even if they qualify for the last 16 of the tournament, Emerse Faé will take charge of the team on an interim basis. 🇨🇮

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: James Maddison is back in full Tottenham training and could be involved in their FA Cup game on Friday against Man City.

Liverpool and Manchester City are both interested in signing Joshua Kimmich, who has a contract until 2025 at Bayern. (via cfbayern)

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Liverpool will play Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on February 25.

André Onana since his first invitation to the Cameroonian national team:

⚠️ 2017: Refuses his call-up for the AFCON for Ajax. Cameroon went on to win the tournament.

⚠️ 2022: Abandoned the World Cup squad in Qatar following an altercation with Rigobert Song and retires internationally.

⚠️ 2023: Comes out of international retirement.

⚠️ 2024: Refuses to play first match against Guinea so as not to lose his place with Manchester United and will therefore arrive two weeks after everyone else has been training together.

Most profitable football academies in the world. []

*The most valuable squads at * .

Nigeria 🇳🇬 €349M
Morocco 🇲🇦 €347M
Ivory Coast €334M
Senegal 🇸🇳 €274M
Ghana 🇬🇭 €196M
Algeria 🇩🇿 €188M
Mali 🇲🇱 €137M
Cameroon 🇨🇲 €135M
Egypt 🇪🇬 €110M
DR Congo 🇨🇩 €99M
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 €89M
Guinea 🇬🇳 €63M
Tunisia 🇹🇳 €39M
The Gambia 🇬🇲 €34M
Zambia 🇿🇲 €28M
Angola 🇦🇴 €27M
Cape Verde 🇨🇻€25M
Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼 €25M
Mozambique 🇲🇿 €18M
South Africa 🇿🇦 €18M
Mauritania 🇲🇷 €9M
Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 €7M
Tanzania 🇹🇿 €7M
Namibia 🇳🇦 €7M

Victor Osimhen, valued at €110m is worth more than 14 - AFCON Squads.

Chelsea's 2020/21 Champions League winning front three are all now playing for Premier League rivals

Ghana showed up to AFCON in style 🇬🇭

🚨🤯 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Victor Osimhen replies to his teammate Kvicha Kvaratskhelia’s agent…

◉ Kvaratskhelia’s agent had stated that the Nigerian will head to Saudi Arabia next summer for money 🇸🇦

◎ Osimhen replies with a statement: “Dear Mamuka Jugeli — you are a piece of filth and a disgrace”.

◎ “I’m embarrassed at your sense of reasoning”.

◎ “Dumb f*ck! 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟*𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡!”, Osimhen added in his public statement.

Timo Werner has completed his medical tests with Tottenham.

Arsenal’s last three games ( "L" "L" "L" )

The youngest players called up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations:

🇨🇲 Wilfried Nathan Doualla
🇬🇳 Facinet Conte
🇹🇿 Cyprian Kachwele
🇧🇫 Sebas Koula
🇬🇳 Karim Cissé
🇬🇼 Marciano
🇬🇲 Yankuba Minteh
🇬🇼 Franculino Djú
🇲🇦 Bilal El Khannouss
🇿🇲 Miguel Chaiwa
🇨🇮 Karim Konaté
🇲🇷 Oumar Ngom
🇸🇳 Lamine Camara

Happy Birthday to David Silva, who turns 38 today.

🏆 5x League Cup
🏆 4x Premier League
🏆 2x FA Cup
🏆 3x Community Shield

🔵🇧🇷 Pochettino on Andrey Santos: “Andrey is now going to Brazil to join the national team for a month”.

“During this time, we will decide if it's good to move on loan or stay with us once he comes back from Brazil”.

Full-time

Pre-AFCON friendly

Nigeria face an unexpected defeat against Guinea in Abu Dhabi.

Guinea 2-0 Nigeria

*28 year old Mauritanian goal-keeper
*Name Babacar Diop.

Babacar Diop dey 6ft and 3 inches tall

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Saudi Pro League player of the month for December.

🚨🔵 Chelsea will recall Andrey Santos from loan at Nottingham Forest, plan still the same as decision was made early December.

Club planning to look at new solutions for Andrey believing he’s top talent with important potential but needs to play on regular basis.

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🚨🗣 Alfie Gilchrist:

"I can’t be thankful enough to the manager for giving me the opportunity. He said “well done” after the game, but I said to him “this is my dream come true”. He was happy for me and told me to do the same again next time. To just keep going."



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Alfie Gilchrist: “I speak to John Terry quite a bit because he worked with me in the Academy. He messaged me straight away after the game saying he was so happy for me. That’s my idol growing up!”
Alfie Gilchrist: “My family are massive Chelsea fans. For years I’ve been going to Stamford Bridge and thinking this is where I want to play. So being on the pitch was a dream come true. It’s crazy to think about it.”
Alfie Gilchrist: "It’s just confidence and not being scared. Sometimes as a young player you’ll come over and you don’t want to risk hurting the other players because you think if you injure someone you’ll never be asked back across to train with them again.

That means you can’t show what you’re all about. Well, you can, but you feel like you can’t. But sometimes that’s what the manager likes, a bit of aggression and character.

I’d probably say that changed for me since the start of this season. When I saw Alex [Matos] doing it I realised I can do it as well and it will be all right!"

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*TRANSFER NEWS*

𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Villarreal have signed Eric Bailly on a free transfer after his Besiktas contract was terminated.

𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Los Angeles FC have signed Hugo Lloris from Tottenham.

𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Henrikh Mkhitaryan has signed a new contract at Inter Milan until 2026.

Despite certain rumors, PSG do not plan on recruiting Jadon Sancho or Casemiro in January.

Lyon plans to make an offer for Nemanja Matić. The midfielder wants to leave Rennes.

Arsenal have Rejected Crystal Palace's initial enquiry to sign Eddie Nketiah in January. The striker is attracting plenty of interest.

Tottenham are in talks with Chelsea to sign Conor Gallagher. They are trying to reach an agreement for the midfielder.

Barcelona are ready to offer Mason Greenwood Lionel Messi’s iconic No. 10 shirt as part of a £40M transfer this summer.

Brentford would like £100M this January to sell striker Ivan Toney.

Paulo Dybala will have a €13m release clause in his contract for non-Italian clubs from tomorrow. AS Roma reserves the right to reject offers from Italian clubs but will not be able to do anything if the player wants to go abroad for a club which has activated the clause.

Erik ten Hag will recommend Jonny Evans is given a new one-year deal at Manchester United.

Arsenal are investigating whether a deal can be done for Ivan Toney this January, as Mikel Arteta wants the Brentford forward and now leans towards a striker for this window's business.

Arsenal could field loan offers for Reiss Nelson next month - even though the homegrown winger wants to stay at the Emirates.

Trabzonspor, Besiktas, Galatasaray and Saudi clubs are all exploring a move to sign Mohamed Elneny.

Despite his €600,000-a-month, Hugo Ekitike has been very affected mentally in recent weeks. The striker is finding the lack of playing time at PSG difficult amid all the abuse on social media. He feels he is misunderstood relentlessly.