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Reports claim that Mourinho is ready to let the 28-year old Armenian make a move on loan in January. The most likely suitor is Inter Milan. Reports also claim that Mourinho is making this move to free up space for Mesut Ozil who he wishes to bring in the summer.

Ronaldo wouldn't let bad talk derail him from being on top of his game. Ronaldo who has scored just 4 goals in the La Liga, one of his poorest performances, has managed to keep good records on all other tournaments. He scored against Al Jazira earlier this week in Real Madrid's game in the FIFA World Cup making him the all-time top scorer in the FIFA World Cup with six goals.

With a move to Manchester United not materializing last summer, Fabinho has decided to leave Monaco this summer. He intends to make this season his last at AS Monaco. Teams keen on the Brazilian include Manchester United, PSG, and Atletico Madrid.

Iniesta who continues to be an integral part of the Barcelona team has revealed that if Neymar joined Real Madrid, he would strengthen them because he knows that the 25-year old Brazilian wins matches. He told Mundo Deportivo: "Anything can happen in football and I would not rule it out,

Reports claim that Arsenal striker Mesut Ozil has his eyes on a move to Manchester United during the January transfer window.

Manchester City who haven't lost this season have stretched their consecutive win to 15 after crushing Swansea 4-0 on Wednesday night. This victory smashes the English all time record of 15 consecutive and also the 11th defeat for Swansea. Who can stop City?

The President of NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has come out to tender his apologies to Nigerians, saying that he is solely responsible for the error because every operation in the NFF is under his watch. However, he has taken time out to explain how the error occured.

On Tuesday, FIFA fined the Nigeria Football Federation NFF to the tune of 6,000 Swiss Francs (approximately N2,175,660.00) for fielding a player that was not eligible in the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match between Algeria and Nigeria on November 10, 2017. The decision of FIFA read: "The Nigeria Football Federation is liable for having breached art. 8 of the 2018 Regulations of the FIFA World Cup Russia.

According to the Newcastle Chronicle report, Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez is interested 24-year old Belgian International. More details later...

Although in the past Sergi Roberto has been linked to a move to Manchester City, Messi has made it quite clear that the Catalan giants must not let the 25-year old Spaniard to slip out of their hands. More details later...

Spanish reports claim that Karim Benzema may be ready to end his affair with his fellow French boss Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid after nine seasons. Another paper Diario Gol has claimed that Benzema may move to Arsenal into the arms of another Frenchman Arsene Wenger.

Reports in Spain claims that Real Madrid are lining up an offer for Liverpool ace forward Mohamed Salah who just recently won the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017.

Reports are claiming that one of the major factors that incited the derby brawl was City players saying some nasty things about Zlatan. According to Spanish newspaper Marca, City players said: "Ibra, you talk a lot but you move a little."

Happy Birthday wishes to him!

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Twitter/ChampionsLeague With a shaky season start, full of injuries, Gareth Bale is back again! Here in the picture, he is training ahead of the Club World Cup.

Antonio Conte has revealed that Alvaro Morata will miss Chelsea's next PL fixture against Huddersfield on Tuesday due to a back injury and tiredness. More details later...

According to ESPNFC, Juventus legend Nedved has said that Paulo Dybala needs to sort out his private life as it is affecting his on-field performance. He told Sky Sport Italia: "He's 24 and it's normal that he has ups and downs, and obviously he's a player who could get to the very top,"

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According to the Daily Mirror, Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has denied holding Chelsea to ransom and claims that he would love to sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge. More details later...

After Cristiano Ronaldo's fifth Ballon d'Or award, he believes that he is the best player to ever play the game of Football. This may seem true as the award levelled him with Lionel Messi but a Barcelona midfielder doesn't seem to agree with Ronaldo belief pointing Messi as the best player to ever had played the game.

Reports claim that Manchester United defender Luke Shaw will soon well be on his way out of the Old Trafford. According to the Sun, Shaw "wants a £5 million payoff to go in January," More details later...

PSG has granted Neymar a three-day leave to attend to a family matter. He reportedly was allowed to leave because it was an emergency. Although, it seems now that he will be missing their Coupe de la Ligue match against Strasbourg on Wednesday.

After a below the par performance but German giants Borussia Dortmund, the management have sacked the head coach Peter Bosz. The sack came after Borussia Dortmund lost to Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday. Also Borussia Dortmund weren't able to make it to the last 16 in the UEFA Champions League. Borussia Dortmund will be replacing Peter Bosz with former Cologne boss Peter Stoger who will be appointed until the end of the season as announced by Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo last night won his 5th Ballon d'Or award and was very excited about it. He shared this on his Twitter handle...

According to The Sun UK, Arsene Wenger has expressed his fear concerning Santi Cazorla's latest surgery. The Sun claims that Wenger fears that the surgery may mean the end of Cazorla's career in Arsenal. More details later...

Following rumours of Zidane's search for a new goalkeeper in the person of David De Gea, Daily Express has claimed that Zidane has cleared the air and declared that he is not in search of a new goalie. More details later...

The Sun UK has claimed that Zinedine Zidane has contacted Chelsea ace Eden Hazard concerning a move to Spain. More details later...

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player ever to score in all six group games in the Champions League. Although many are rapidly talking of his dwindling form but in the Champions League, he has managed to prove them otherwise. Ronaldo still thinks he has a lot to offer.

I think the writing on the boot says it all. Get closer look....

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Amazon Prime has been taking documentaries of the behind the scenes shots of Manchester City and their recent success in the Premier League for four months. City signed a £10m deal with Amazon Prime to produce a season-long documentary series. This has given Amazon Prime access to back room talks and all the happenings before and after the game.

Everyone knew this season's UCL was going to be thrilling and tough but the results at the end of the group stage have been mind-blowing. Borussia Dortmund who have been favorites to make it to UCL quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals have lost out on the last 16. Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur would be going through from Group H to the last 16.

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In an interview with Kaka, Tottenham young ace Dele Alli told Brazilian legend Kaka that he plays badly whenever he thinks about a game too much. Alli said...

Daily Mail has claimed that Chelsea ace Eden Hazard has decided a delay on renewing his contract at Stamford Bridge till the end of the season. His new contract is to be worth £300,000 per week. The delay is supposedly putting Real Madrid on alert as reports claim they are interested in the Belgian International.

Following Real Madrid's desperation to turn their season around so they don't end up in a bad position at the end of the season, they are setting their eyes on Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi and RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner. More details later...

According to Daily Mail UK, Manchester United are beginning to have some more confidence in bringing in Spurs defender Danny Rose in January. Rose dropped in the Pochy's pecking order after a long knee injury. Although, Pochy admits that he has no issues with the Englishman, he has also admitted that Spurs will be willing to listen to offers for the 27-year old in January and in the summer. In the event of this, Man U boss Mourinho has confidence he will land the left back in the winter transfer window.

From their ability to see the big picture to keeping players emotionally stable every match and locking down egos of highly paid players to winning trophies consistently, ESPN FC have picked their top 10 managers. Here is the list...

According to The Daily Mail, Mohamed Salah's stellar performances have drawn the interests of UEFA Champions League defending champions and La Liga giants Real Madrid. More details later...

ESPN FC have made a list of their best 10 in all positions from Goalkeeper GK all through Center Forward CF. Some of the measures for choosing included consistency, reflexes, clean sheets to mention a few. Here are the top 7.

Reports claim that Chelsea will be doing their best to renew the contracts of major players Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois before the World Cup in the summer.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, former Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti says he is really honoured to be linked with the managerial job for Italy but he has kindly refused and said he doesn't want to leave club football.

Arda Turan went on a trip to London during the weekend and The Sun are claiming that the trip was in connection to a possible move to Premier League side, Arsenal.

Jamie Carragher has come out to say that David Silva is Manhester City's greatest ever player. Following his late goal during their weekend game West Ham, he has received a lot of praise. Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher said this to say about the Spaniard...