It’s official that Cody Gakpo has joined Liverpool. Honestly I didn’t see this coming. We all expected Manchester United to get him as they were the one certain about Gakpo's deal. But talks between Liverpool and PSV were at an advanced stage on Monday night as Liverpool moved to head off competition from Manchester United. Manchester United had instigated talks but were still to finalise a financial offer and Liverpool have taken advantage. I don’t know if Ten Hag really wanted him because he would have gotten the boy before Liverpool. It’s a good player and a good addition to the Liverpool team.
I think Manchester have missed out yet on another star player just as they missed out on Carmavinger before Real Madrid snapped up the deal and got him to sign. Manchester United have repeated same slack again this time and Liverpool have got the jackpot. Gakpo is a very good player and will add more strength to Liverpool's attack. |
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 CBN don come out say them don dey investigate accounts way them dey suspect say dey into one or two mago mago for we country. Since CBN bring bvn come for 2014, everybody gats do am to verify their bank account. The BVN really help reduce those ghost worker accounts way government people take dey chop our money. Already CBN put law say any transaction above 5m for individual account make bank report am. But like this, the way e dey go this their regulation go soon start to dey affect the common man, we know as them dey sabi misuse power for here…them go leave the criminals way them suppose pursue come dey harass innocents. Na who nor carry e money comot for traditional bank anything way e see make e take am. https://punchng.com/cbn-monitors-6047-bvns-over-suspected-fraudulent-transactions/?amp |
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Barcelona is just a few points ahead of their rival; real Madrid .with that their probability of winning the la Liga title is quite narrowed. Considering their proximity to winning the Europa league, u quite can't tell that they will be able to conquer the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, and others. Barcelona is currently having a defensive challenge, which is more like a house with a shaking foundation, and up till now they haven't made any step toward fixing it, instead, they keep adding aging players to the defensive line, which is quite unhealthy to the tax ahead.
Barcelona are trying to improve the foundation step by step, they have almost finished a good job after getting some new workers in the transfer market yesterday. Barcelona's biggest failure this season has been elimination from the Champions League, while in the Europa League they haven't been able to fully pamper their feet due to a big ordeal from Manchester United. If for example Barcelona is able to beat Manchester United, Barcelona chances are still not fully open. There are still other challenges that will await Xavi's troops in the next round. The strength of the foundation must be increased immediately before the storm comes, Xavi must immediately find a good strategy to fend off one by one the storms that will approach them. It wasn't such a bad idea to try to build a fresh team to play with good team work without relying on Messi to carry the team. Indeed Barcelona's biggest flop this season was getting eliminated from the champions league, good thing they have another chance in the Europa league to rewrite the wrongs this season. If they can win the Europa league it could erase their failure in the champions league from the minds of the public. |
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Enzo Fernandez is also among the players who are targeted by big teams these days. I have seen a claim like an unnamed team has made an offer worth 100 million euros to sign him. However Benfica are not willing to sell him for less than his release clause which is 120 million euros. I wonder what team it is to offer this much money to sign him. Teams like Real Madrid and Liverpool are also interested in signing him and it looks like these two have a new rival in the race to sign Fernandez from now on. I wonder if it could be one of the Bayern Munich, Manchester City and PSG trio. I don't think some other team would be okay to spend that much money for him. It should be one of the rich teams in Europe. We might add Newcastle to this list as well.  Because after having a great run so far, they'd like to go for bigger transfers. When this kind of news surfaces, there is only some names of clubs that will come to mind immediately, Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich or Manchester City, definitely one of these top rich clubs and I wonder who could it be or even Newcastle but so far they haven't spent that much on any player, I have little doubt it could be Newcastle. Enzo Fernandez had a great outing in the world cup but 100m euros is a lot of money for his services. |
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I noticed things are slightly different at Barcelona to how it was for Lewandowski at Bayern Munich. At Bayern munich he had enough support from his team mates, I must say I am a little bit surprised at his performance level at Barcelona, at the age of 34 I expected a decline in performance but he has managed to keep up and still scoring many goals this season. Barcelona can do much better if Usman Dembele and Raphinha can step up their game and make more contributions.
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Mbappe's hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup final game is truly remarkable. Mbappe is a smart and efficient striker. If he keeps his performance like this, he will become a great player in the future.
No disrespect to Mbappe but he was silent in that game till France got that penalty. The whole French team was outplayed. Mbappe was brilliant to convert 2 penalties (before the shoot out) and that was it. Many other players like Thuram were exceptional for France. All he did was score a beautiful goal and 2 penalties. But that won't matter now because when people talk history they will say Mbappe scored a hat trick in a world cup final. Yeah he was silent in the game but that was because of the formation and poor selection and tactics of the coach. The substitution in the 41st minute changed the game as Mbappe was moved to take on the Number 9 role which he handled perfectly and went on to score a hat-trick so ut wasn't his fault that he was in a position that he couldn't do anything, he just needed the right players with him to support him which Giroud and Dembele failed to do in the first half of the game. |
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Lewandowski, Messi or Ronaldo's fitness is still excellent. And I wouldn't be surprised if they play until 38/39. I agree with you that Lewandowski can easily play until 38. But I don't think he will be effective at 38 for Serie A or Premier League. If Lewandowski can maintain his fitness, he can stay with Barcelona for a long time. Barcelona are going back to their old tiki taka tactics. And so I think if Lewandowski's fitness is good, he can stay with Barcelona until he is 38 and continue his good performances.
Capello said that in Qatar we saw the final death of tiki taka. I am inclined to trust him, because I came to the conclusion that even in it golden years, this strategy was nonsense and gave results only due to the highest skill of the performers. I don't think that Xavi will last long in Barcelona and that tiki taka will be relevant there (although it would be good since I'm a Real Madrid supporter). But in general, this will not prevent Lewandowski from playing until the age of 38-39 - La Liga is not as intense as the Premier League. Tiki taka was an impressive tactic in its time, but for now many coaches and teams can anticipate their moves and make their defenses difficult to penetrate. This tactic might bring the team to control the match, but just mastering the match is not enough if you cannot penetrate the opponent's defense and score goals. I don't mean to be dismissive and consider this tiki taka useless, it's just that innovation has to be developed with the dominant ball possession they get. The Tiki Taka playing style isn't a bad tactics after all but the main objective of every competing game should be scoring goals. Tiki Taka doesn't give you points it only serves as entertainment to the viewers. What is interesting in the game when you play Tiki Taka through out and lose the game. Many people take their eyes off the main objectives and focus more and pleasing the crowd. |
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Mpamaegbu my senior brah I don miss this thread o this new year na we get am
Mess way go smell no Dey loud.
Meaning: The hardwork and sleepless night is silent, but the success makes the loudest noise.
na stubbornness nai make them Dey shook garri turner for hot water
Meaning: Stay humble, proud people are often dealt a wicked hand
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Na after Christmas and new year grooving pass nai we go know Wetin Dey really sup. Them go really catch many people mugu for this new money way cbn them bring come so. My guy way collect the new naira dey complain say e forget am for e white trouser pocket as e soak am for water na so e white change color. I come dey wonder say as cbn go bleach the old notes if person mistakenly bleach this new one again na Wetin e go turn to?
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Well that policy has been amended by the CBN after the National Assembly intervene, and Nigerians bin they complain about am, the amended policy now be say: The new directive which was communicated through a letter addressed to all banks, and signed on Wednesday by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna Mustafa, now allows individuals to withdraw up to N500,000 weekly and organisations, N5 million weekly E get wan status I see for Whatsapp say "people wey get money dey follow they complain about the new cash withdrawal policy, and you wey no get shishi for account dey follow complain too". As I see this status e off me because no be lie sha. Nevertheless, I follow everybody dey happy as dem dun increase amas people go rest small. If no be say our taxes no dey accounted for, for this country I no been get issue with the former policy but the thiyne say even though we all all the changes and tax wey thid governments dey ask for, things no go still change form as e dey. We get many businesses wey dey avoid taxes and just dey profit over profit for this country which POS businesses is one of them. I understand say job no dey but all this businesses wey no dey pay taxes follow for wetin dey kill our economy. Taxes is very vital for the sustainability of a country so if government get anyhow dey go use they bill dis business make them implement am and leave the common man. Abeg o I don laff taya na wa because of sapa make person nor talk true again? Nigeria too like play. I won shook mouth for the tax matter, I nor agree with you for that one at all why you think say pos nor dey pay tax, the big companies Kuda, Opay, money point and so on get structure and dey registered under CBN. Government Dey tax these guys steady and them Dey deliver. The individuals way you dey see for road way dey stay under umbrella nai you want make them Dey pay government separate money, you Dey forget say the opay, kuda, money point machine way them dey use do their business, the company dey charge them for each transaction. Them go still community boys put for the matter. My brother nor be tax put us for where we Dey so. Okay make I gree say na failure to pay tax na Dey worry each sector. Me I know say I Dey pay my light bill steady but I no Dey see light….Wetin Dey cause that one abi the tax way I dey pay for light them dey use am work road? |
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Ten Hag experiment was successfully yesterday that played Casemiro as centre defender he can playing well on that position and this is new position from him since joining to Manchester United and with this result Manchester United qualified to quarterfinal however this result is good to boosted their confidence and Rashford said all of players are in the good shape to faced upcoming match and next match this weekend against Nottingham Forest should be utilized to gets 3 points especially playing at Old Trafford they have to win the match but Nottingham Forest in the positive condition after only get once lose from 5 matches so Manchester United should be careful for these records
A good result for Manchester United in the Carabao cup yesterday against Burnley, hopefully this result would give them a little boost for their next feature and should also raise their confidence going into the next games. Ten Hag seems to be getting things correct this time, United are making a better winning record this season than in the previous seasons. I was quite impressed with Rashford solo run in Man Utd second goal against Burnley yestarday it was an impressive impressive performance from Rashford and Martial in what look like post Ronaldo Man Utd team, will Rashford or Martial perfectly take up the role of their main striker role when they play Nottingham Forest next week? Well time will tell, I also watched Ganacho clever runs into Burnley 18 yards box yesterday, Ganacho who played as a left winger was a quite promising young player who will become a pivotal player for Man Utd in the nearest future he needed regular playing time and confidence to achieve that feat.
It is really surprising how well Marcos Rashford has improved so far, his performance in the World Cup was also a surprise to me and thinking all that will change after the world cup but he has remained and proving me wrong with a superb performance again in Carabao cup. I'm sure Ten Hag will love to retain Rashford at the club for further seasons but it look likely to me that Rashford will prefer a move away to the big money club. |
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It's quite interesting that although Mbappe is in first place in the goalscoring race in all three competitions - World Cup, Champions League and Ligue 1, his performance in the World Cup and Champions League is better than in League 1. This once again makes me think about the importance of motivation and that Mbappe needs to move up to a more serious league to improve his already phenomenal performance and make history. I don't know how you can say Mbappe isn't very motivated in Ligue 1, I think he's done his best, but maybe he doesn't want to be overshadowed by another star player like Messi. All along I think Mbappe thinks Messi is his rival in every way, and if this assumption is correct then Mbappe is really immature. I don't know, but he is a selfish player. I agree to say Mbappe is a selfish player, but he is lucky enough because his selfishness goes hand in hand with his very good performances in the team as well as in the national team. If not then there will be a lot of negative narrative to him now. But there was still time for him to suppress his selfish attitude going forward, because it would be detrimental to himself if he didn't get rid of the selfish attitude he had displayed so far. I'm sure if he is more mature then he will be more able to bring out all the abilities he has. Well, I don't agree with you on this one, a lot of times we have witnessed Mbappe standing out for the team is difficult games where no other player was able to bear the responsibility of the team but Mbappe stood up for his side just the way he did in the world cup final against Argentina. Maybe we should also tag him as selfish for scoring the three goals in the game. |
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As we know that Cristiano Ronaldo ended his contract early at Manchester United, it was because of the interview he had with Piers Morgan. After terminating the contract made by Manchester United against Ronaldo, there were rumors that he would play in the Saudi Arabian league at Al Nassr, and not only Al Nassr, even Cristiano was also rumored to be joining Chelsea or Eintracht Frankfurt.
So, how do you respond to these rumours? which one makes more sense in your opinion? join Al Nassr and end career there or join top european clubs and continue his great career?
A lot of controversies when it comes to matters concerning Ronaldo. Yes he had his contract terminated because of his interview with Paul Morgan where he made some strong alligations against the club Manchester united and the club owners which I don't entirely blame him though. I just hope he gets a new club where he will get rest of mind. Some people believe 2023 could be Chris Smalling last season with AS Roma this because contract negotiation between him and Roma still deadlock because Smalling demand high salary on his new contract but Roma management has refuse it and if until end of this season Roma still cannot extended Smalling contract then probably he will left next summer with free transfer status and reported Juventus and Inter Milan will joining the race to gets his signs if he decide to find new clubs this because they feel Smalling was performing well with Roma and with gets him it can be strengthen their defensive lines
Smalling has been with Roma for a while now and seeing out his contract has been a major concern for the club who are willing to issue him a contract extension to remain but faces an obstacle in the amount of wages Smalling is demanding. I fear Roma refusal will lead to seeing Smalling leave the club when his contract expires. Smalling can still add strength to their defense and I am eager to see this wage issues resolved. |
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Obob I thank Jah say them revise this their useless bill because e for choke well well. I don Dey think how I go tay Dey package for the new year. First first pos business go fit cast cos them nor go dey see cash to run their business. That one go come make those guys join the jobless youth way bubu Dey always complain about. 500k a week nor bad but e nor make sense say government go dey tell person how much e go use for e own money.
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  As reported by Transfermarkt, there are two new rumors. In the January market Arsenal want to bring in one of the Argentinian stars Mac Allister who also defends Brighton and that is good enough to fill the midfield with Martin Odeegard, for now the market value is 32 million euros but maybe because of his popularity at WC 2022 the price can be very high expensive, I think the transfer fee could be up to 50 million euros. Secondly, there are rumors that Chelsea are interested in bringing in young Manchester United player Alejandro Garnacho. In the last half of the season Garnacho appeared so extraordinary with the red devils, sometimes he also became a super sub and produced goals for Manchester United's victory. The market value is 5 million euros and the price could go up considering its significant role for the red devils. If Arsenal are really interested in the player then I think the deal can be worked out, Arsenal can get him for a lesser amount only if Arsenal have concrete interest in the player and desperately need his services. 32 million Euros isn't a bad price though but we shall see in coming days if they will be able to strike a deal with Brighton. I don't think Manchester United will be open to selling Garnacho to Chelsea, Garnacho who is one of the future prospects in the club. |
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On the United side, Manchester United is not an easy opponent to beat by Barcelona. Currently, Erik Ten Hag's squad is on the right track. they just need even tighter chemistry and bonding. plus, it only requires a sharp center forward. so, this match will offer an interesting match.
Both Barcelona and Manchester United have strong squads. There are many star players in their squad. But despite having a lot of talented players, the two teams are still not stable. And so the performance of these two teams against each other cannot be predicted now. Their performance will depend on Xavi and Ten Hag's match strategy. Both the teams will become stronger if the match strategy and bonding between the players is good. Both have the propensity to win the Europa League title. But since the first match is Barcelona's home match. So I will put Barcelona ahead in this match. Barcelona is very strong at home. Both teams have made improvements this season , a lot different from the previous season. Barcelona had quite a tough time in the champions leagues and got kicked out in the group stages of the competition while Manchester United are looking to continue their campaign in the Europa league after the break. Their meeting in the playoffs will show how well both teams have improved and are ready to compete in European top competitions this season. Both have good squads and capabilities to win, I believe the game can go either way. |
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Arteta needs to strengthen the club ahead of what awaits the Gunners has the season resumes on Boxing Day. Maintaining their current standing position will require adding more strikers to assist Gabriel Jesus, in which Jesus is currently undergoing treatment after sustaining an injury at the world cup. Arterta is working on occasionally featuring Gabriel Martinelli in center-forward roles, but this might not solve the absence of Jesus if nothing is done to find a future replacement it might cost them relinguishing their current position, even Eddie Nketiah been deployed to play the center-forward will not be as productive compared to when Jesus is playing the center-forward.
Arteta really needs to strengthen the squad in the January window for the rest of the season. It is a big blow to Arteta losing his key player (Gabriel Jesus) during the world cup to injury which will keep him out of play this month and won't make the monday squad. I think Eddie will have to take up the striker role in the absence of Gabriel Jesus in the squad on Monday. Today Manchester United will play against Burnley in the carabao cup event, these two teams are in very different situations and team conditions. This is not about caste but the two previous Mancehster United friendly matches were a defeat even though the opponents were Cadiz and Betis. In contrast to the bad results that Manchester United got in the two friendly matches yesterday, because Burnley at this moment is doing very well in the Championship as the team at the top of the standings.
With this difference, I think that even though Manchester United will play at Old Trafford in today's match, it seems that winning this match will still not be as easy as one might imagine.
Although indeed, the chance for Manchester United to win is still there, but I'm sure Burnley will be able to provide strong resistance so that it looks like Manchester United won't get clean sheets either.
Anyway, this will still be an interesting match because it is possible that Erik ten Hag only made a strategy experiment in the two friendly matches yesterday, and for today's match it seems that Erik ten Hag will apply the strategy as it should to make an absolute win for Manchester United.
Manchester have returned from the break with an outstanding performance last night against Burnley. Two goals in the game from Christian Erikson and Marcus Rashford. This is a good way to resume the league after the international break. Erik Ten hag will be satisfied with the team's performance today and hopefully we will see more good games like this. |
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Sorry for your loss. I also have a similar background, I first started my crypto journey in telegram. Unknown to me at the time, telegram was/is a haven for scammers, any scam whatsoever I’m sure you’d find them on telegram cloud mining, hyip, trading bots, advance fee fraud, paid signals, fixed bets and so on. Even the most genuine-looking platform on telegram could be scam. Luckily for me, I didn’t lose my money and my search for a good platform to discuss bitcoin led me here.
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I can’t believe you were going through this much pain all this while. I didn’t know how to respond to this shocking news, I’ve been who quietly reading all the comments here. And it’s been massive love shown here even though we do not know one another IRL. It does feel like one big family. Praying for a Christmas miracle to come your way.
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The last thing you want is to get your good players injured in a friendly match. Roma and Mourinho are unlucky in this regard. Lorenzo Pellegrini is an important name. It has a structure that directs offensive organizations. For Roma, the injury is a significant loss. I hope he gets better soon and takes his place in the team. In Serie A, while there is already an important race for the top positions, it is a nightmare for the teams to get injured.
It is an issue of major concern to every team, when you lose top players it weakens the team and sometimes changes the tactics and strategies of the manager so it is normal for every manager to seek their player's protection from injuries. Roma have a huge task ahead this season to compete for the top positions in the seria A and to attain this objectives they will need all hands on deck and fully fit after the world cup break. |
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