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Although Atletico has not been at their best and manager Diego Simeone admits it, Simeone still reveals that he feels proud of himself and his team for making it this far in the Copa del Rey.

credit: goal.com Watford has confirmed that Nigerian International Odion Ighalo has completed a move to Chinese Super League club ChangchunYatai. More details later...

credit: metro.co.uk Senegalese winger Sadio Mane has flown back to Liverpool and may likely feature in Liverpool's stint against Chelsea. Since his departure, Liverpool has won only one out of 7 games in all competitions. It has become increasingly difficult for Klopp to deny the significance of Mane to his squad. Well, he's back and his ready to give his all against the Blues -if Klopp plays him.

PSG has confirmed that they have signed Goncalo Guedes from Benfica. The 20-year old Portuguese International has been dubbed the next Cristiano Ronaldo for his performances in Benfica.

Ronaldo probably needed to air out from the boos from the Saturday game against Real Sociedad. He probably got a little space from the rambunctious and ungrateful adults of the Santiago Bernabeu when he shared this awesome picture with his six-year old son, Ronaldo jr. He shared it on Instagram on Thursday evening.

credit: dailymailUK PSG players were both shocked and excited to see Brazilian Football Legend Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho was visiting Paris and couldn't help but visit PSG ground where it all started for him. Ronaldinho was bought by the French side for €5million in 2001. He then moved on to Barcelona where he dominated the whole world of Football...

As the transfer windows close, Hull City has made a shocking attempt to bring Portuguese striker Nani. More details later...

credit: dailystar Steven N'Zonzi has extended his stay with Europa League holders for another 3 years. Sevilla said, "N'Zonzi has renewed his contract with Sevilla FC, extending his ties with the club for a further season, until June 30, 2020, and increasing his buyout clause..."

credit: ESPNFC It is bound to be this way when you are the best player in the world, decorated with all awards that the Football World has to offer. The pressure from fans, teammates, and yourself sometimes is a difficult thing to manage. Ronaldo was dispossessed a few times and missed some passes but instead of patience from the Madrid fans, they booed and whistled at him. Former teammate Iker Casillas has come out to defend Cristiano Ronaldo...

22-year old Croatian midfielder Kovacic has shown his displeasure at the Real fans who booed Cristiano Ronaldo after he lost possession twice in game against Real Sociedad during the weekend. Kovacic scored his first goal since moving from Inter Milan to Real Madrid in August 2015. And he had some things to say...

credit:sportsmole According to ESPNFC, Conte has come out to confirm that Ivanovic will be leaving Chelsea.

According to reports, Chelsea made a bid for 23-year old Schalke left wing-back Sead Kolasinac. But according to local newspaper, WAZ, Schalke sport executive have said, "Yes, there was an approach [from Chelsea], but it was off the table immediately."

credit: mirrorUK According to the Guardian reports, Chelsea have shown interest in buying French striker Moussa Dembele from Scottish champions Celtic. They are currently contemplating lodging a formal bid in the region of £30million.

credit: mirror.co.uk Manchester City has breezed past Crystal Palace. Raheem Sterling hit a right footed shot from the centre of the box to open the score sheet.

credit: telegraph.co.uk Chelsea has won comfortably against Brentford. With Batshuayi, Pedro, Willian, and Ivanovic on the score sheet, Chelsea secured a comfortable 4-0 win.

Alexandro Pato has moved to Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian from Villareal. He will be the latest of a couple of Brazilians like Hulk and Oscar.

China is here again to unsettle yet another Premier League player. According to the Mirror UK, Watford has been approached by an unnamed Chinese Super League club with a sum of £27million for Nigerian International striker Odion Ighalo.

According to the Sun UK, England captain Wayne Rooney may be reconsidering finishing his career at the Old Trafford. Rooney has been offered a staggering weekly salary of £1million by several Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs. As the Manchester United record goalscorer finds it increasingly hard to secure a first team shirt for Mourinho's side, he may leave for China. But could Wayne Rooney really leave English Football for Chinese Football?

credit: thesun.ie Liverpool has suffered a humiliating loss against Wolves right at Anfield. This is going to be Liverpool's third defeat this week at home in Anfield. Liverpool lost 1-2 to Wolves. Liverpool lost out of two cups and crashed too far to win the Premier League in the space of 7 days.

credit: BBC Once upon a time when Balotelli was always on the news for verbally abusing others. But recently, Balotelli has been the object of racial insult by Bastia fans. According to ESPNFC, LFP will announce in mid-February its ruling on whether Bastia are to be punished for some of their fans' racial abuse.

While Pogba has been trying to prove that he is worth the money -€105million- he was signed for, another former Manchester United veteran has come out to say he doesn't see anything special in the Frenchman. The former Manchester United defender told Sky Sports that against Hull City on Thursday night, "I thought he was like the rest of the Man United players, I though he was very average.

Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed that Chelsea may be retiring at the Stamford Bridge as he may have thought.

For more than two months, Manchester United midfielder Ashley Young has not started a league game for Mourinho's side. Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng have shown interest in the 21-year old Englishman but are not in a hurry as their transfer windows in still open for another month.

Amid tantrums and touchline bans, Manchester United's most successful club manager Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed his confidence in the way Mourinho is "currently" running his team.

Coaching Legend Sir Alex Ferguson has called Rooney a "true great" after he broke a record set by Sir Bobby Charlton for the highest goals scored for Manchester United a player. But he expressed his doubts about the record ever being broken.

credit: mirror.co.uk As more and more players request to leave Man U on loan as a result of extensive benchtime, Man U doesn't seem to want to loan any more players. But Ashley Young has come out to ask to be loaned out due to the same reasons his other teammates gave. Most players don't seem to be able to exercise that much patience with coach Mourinho. Mourinho is going to have to consider his request.

Amid rumours that Lionel Messi is not comfortable with Barcelona as a result of his dissatisfaction of the new contract terms. But Barca president Josep Bartomeu has expressed confidence in the new contract renovations. According to the Mirror UK, the technical secretary Robert Fernandez said, "Leo's renovation is going very well, well. "I'm very relaxed, as I was before with [Javier] Mascherano, [Sergio] Busquets, [Luis] Suarez or Neymar."

Chinese Super League Shanghai Shenhua has made a bold step in making an attempt to buy England captain Wayne Rooney. They are offering him £500,000 a week for his services. They hope he will consider in the summer windows and join his former teammate Carlos Tevez. Rooney's contract runs till 2019.

The name Alexander Isak is making its round all over the atmosphere of Swedish Football but the zone is about to get bigger. With Isak making great impressions, he had attracted German giants Dortmund and Spanish megagiants Real Madrid. But as of today, Dortmund has won the race to the acquisition of Alexander Isak. It is said that he may be the next "Zlatan Ibrahimovic". Although those shoes are pretty big, he may be up to the task, who knows?!

credit: express.co.uk Cesc's future at Chelsea is looking uncertain as he is beginning to lose his place in Conte's lineup. He told Chelsea's website, "I play football to win and enjoy. "When I don't play, I'm sad and I don't enjoy it but I'm happy the team is doing well. Football is my life, it's everything to me. Rumours had it that he was planning a move to the Italian Serie A, but the rumour-mongers seem not to be saying much about it lately.

Manchester City are targeting Bayern left-back Juan Bernat as a potential signing in the summer. Pep is moving to beef up his squad and he is already working to equip his defense and midfield. According to reports, Bernat may cost Guardiola in excess of £20million.

Following appeals made by former referees that Wenger be made an example to other managers who can't conduct themselves properly, the FA has finally charged Wenger with Improper Conduct and have given him till 6pm, January 26, 2017 to respond to the charge.

Former referees Keith Hackett and Graham Poll has urged the FA to sanction Wenger for his behaviour in their weekend game against Burnley. Wenger pushed the fourth official after he was asked to go to the stands for protesting against the decision made against Coquelin who clearly fouled Barnes in the box. Ex-referee Hackett wrote in a column for the Daily Telegraph on behalf of You Are The Ref: "For the sake of every official at every level of the game, the FA must throw the book at Arsene Wenger after his disgraceful behaviour on Sunday.

credit: super sport Barcelona enjoyed a successful win over Eibar in the weekend but the match was filled with a lot of strong tackles which left Sergio Busquets sustain an injury to his ankle. Busquets was wheeled out as he was hit in the ankle by an Eibar player. Barcelona has now come out to confirm that he has sustained an ankle ligament injury.

After van Gaal was heard to have said in an interview with a Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, "I thought it would be a sabbatical, but now I do not think I will return." But when van Gaal was asked recently if he has retired, he said: "No. I am going to take a sabbatical year and then maybe. I will decide yes or no. It is not definitive."

credit: bbc With Arsenal grabbing the lead with Mustafi's goal in the 59th minute, they were quite comofortable and the game was going to be a great one until Xhaka was given a red card and sent off in the 65th minute. As if it was not bad enough, Arsene Wenger got in a row with the fourth official and was sent out of the game. Their "misfortune" was finally sealed when Gray of Burnley equalized in the 90th minute.

credit: skysports Chelsea continue on as table toppers as they finish victorious against Hull City. Hull City ensured they put in their best fight but Chelsea's almost-signed-by-China Costa broke them open as the first half drew to a close. Cahill later sealed their victory in the 81st minute.

credit: mirror.co.uk Barcelona took the position of the "dominator" in their game today against Eibar. With Dennis Suarez, Luis Suarez, Messi, and Neymar on the score sheet, Barcelona were able to grab a comfortable victory. It was a mandatory win for Barca as Real Madrid is creating a gap between them and their counterparts and Barca must ensure they don't fall out of the Title Race.

It's still rather perplexing that Manchester City failed to take home 3 full points at the Etihad today. Manchester City came on strong knowing fully well the opponent they were coming against. Sane scored the first goal in the 49th minute and de Bruyne put them in a two-goal lead in the 54th minute.

credit: manchestereveningnews Stoke City put in a hard fight against Mourinho's Manchester United as they maintained a lead they obtained from a Juan Mata own goal. But Rooney snatched an equalizer in the 94th minute to secure a point and ensure the match didn't end without them having a point.

Real Madrid has widened the gap between them and the second place Sevilla after a 2-1 win against Malaga. Sergio Ramos took all the credit as he scored the two goals that gave Madrid their 3 points.

Yaya Toure has refused an offer from China that promises him double of his current weekly wage. A Chinese Super League club is offering for pay him £430,000 per week but Toure has chosen to stay in England. And he clearly doesn't intend on moving. Pep has also indicated that there is a possibility that his contract could be renewed after it expires this summer.

credit: skysports Reports claim Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has revealed that he has intentions to sign for Real Madrid. More details later...

Valencia will see himself stay at the Old Trafford till June 2018 as his contract has been extended. A clause in his contract was activated similar to Fellaini's. Valencia said, "Another year to give everything for the greatest club in the world Manchester United. Happy to announce I've renewed my contract 'til 2018"

Chelsea have approached Middlesbrough to check the availability status of winger Adama Traore. Conte has had his eyes on the 20-year old because of his pace. And according to reports, he plans to beef up his squad following the exit of Oscar and Mikel.

Despite being told that he would not be able to make any impact if he leaves Real Madrid, Iker Casillas still is the highest paid goalkeeper in the world. He grosses £6.3million per year. Casillas currently keeps for Portuguese clubside FC Porto and is 35 years old.

Chelsea are close to beginning a project to renovate Stamford Bridge. It is to be capable of seating 60,000 people. The current stadium is not even among the top 50 stadiums in Europe but the renovation should be able to move Chelsea into the top 50.

CSL has made new rules concerning the number of foreign players that can be signed by clubs. And they have said the rules were made to reduce "irrational investment".

According to the London Evening Standard, Chelsea would love to buy Real Madrid young forward Alvaro Morata. Zidane is quite fund of Morata as he thinks him to sort-of a "supersub". But who knows, he may release the 24-year old Spaniard to Stamford Bridge.

credit: thesunuk Former Republic of Ireland International Eamon Dunphy has called out Pogba and said he was never worth £100million pounds. He expressed his disappointment at the Frenchman on Sunday when Man U drew with Liverpool. He went on to say that, "At £20million, he would have been expensive..." That was a real hit on the 23-year old. But he seems lashing out on the wrong person. Players never place a value on themselves, clubs and managers do. Mourinho should be lashed for offering Juventus that amount for the 23-year old midfielder.