Real Madrid To Sign English Premiership Coach

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Spurs boss Pochettino agrees to manage Real Madrid but awaits Daniel Levy's decision

 Real Madrid have reached agreement to sign Tottenham Hotspur Mauricio Pochettino.

He has been heavily linked with Los Blancos after the departure of Zinedine Zidane this summer - The Argentine has a deal with the Premier League side until the summer of 2023 Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly agreed to become Real Madrid's next manager.

 The 46-year-old Argentine recently signed a new long term deal that will keep him at the club until 2023.

He has however been linked with a move to join the Galacticos after the sack of Julen Lopetegui last month.


The Spaniard was relieved of his duties at the Santiago Bernabeu following their disappointing 5-1 defeat to Barcelona at the Camp Nou.

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Sports: Onazi Blasts Rohr

Trabzonspor midfielder Eddy Onazi was on another level in his team’s 1-1 draw against Antalyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday, earning rave reviews for his performance at the Antalya Stadyumu.

Of the 28 players in action, the Nigeria international touched the ball the most, 111 times in total, placing first ahead of Argentinian teammate José Sosa who had 100 touches.

Out of the 92 passes Onazi attempted, he completed 72 and ended the game with a passing accuracy of 82.6 percent. But the most eye-catching stats is that he was the joint top dribbler, along with Antalyaspor’s Dogukan Sinik with four take-ons.

The 25-year-old, had a game-high five tackles, won two fouls and made one interception. In an obvious dig aimed at Gernot Rohr, Onazi criticized the German for not handing him playing time at this summer’s World Cup. 

The relationship between master and pupil is set to further deteriorate as the former Lazio ace has been omitted from the latest Nigeria roster announced on Monday for no good reason. ‘’I’ll show my quality and talents to those who didn’t give me the chance to play in the World Cup,’’ Onazi told the Turkish press.

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El-Classico: Madrid sack Lopetegui, announce replacement

 

Real Madrid have confirmed that the club has agreed to terminate the contract of head coach, Julen Lopetegui, after just 14 games in charge of the club.

Lopetegui’s dismissal comes 24 hours after Real were humiliated 5-1 by Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

A club statement read: “Real Madrid’s board met today and agreed to end contract linking coach Julen Lopetegui with club.

“This decision taken to change dynamic in which first team finds itself, when all the objectives for the season are still achievable.”

The Santiago Bernabeu side also announced that former midfielder and Real Madrid Castilla manager, Santiago Solari, will take temporary charge of the club from tomorrow.

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Salah, Oshoala Win 2017 Aiteo CAF Best Player Awards

...As Cuper, Egypt Beat Nigeria To Win Coach, Team Of The Year

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History was rewritten yesterday as Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was crowned 2017 Aiteo Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Player of the Year.

Salah, 25, was announced as the 2017 recipient at the State House Banquet Hall, Accra, Ghana on Thursday night.

The 2017 BBC African Player of the Year winner beat club teammate and Senegal forward Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Borussia Dortmund to claim the award. They emerged 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Salah becomes the first Egyptian since Mahmoud El Khatib in 1983 to be crowned African best player.

In the category for the Women’s Player of the Year award, Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala emerged the winner, thereby retaining her title which she won in 2016 and has now won it three times (2014, 2016, 2017).

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr lost to Egypt coach Hector Cuper in the Coach of the Year category while the Pharoahs of Egypt who qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and were finalist at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations won National Team of the Year.

As Part of events to mark the 2017 CAF awards, past winners of the CAF Player of the Year Award were present. Also top African music stars like Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage, Phyno, Flavour, Wizkid, Olamide, Patoranking and Fali Ipupa of Democratic Republic of Congo were on hand to entertain the guests.

Full List: 2017 CAF Award Winners:
Men’s Player of the Year:
Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
Women’s Player of the Year:
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)
Women’s National Team of the Year:
South Africa
Coach of the Year:
Hector Cuper (Egypt)
National Team of the Year:
Egypt
Club of the Year:
Wydad Athletic Club
Youth Player of the Year:
Patson Daka (Zambia and Liefering)
CAF Legends Award:
Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana)
Leader of the Year:
Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania)
Platinum Award:
Nana Akufo-Addo (President of Ghana)
George Weah     (President of Liberia)

MFM FC bring Continental football back to Lagos after 13 years ...We will not miss Steven Odey in the continental says MFM Coach,

After 13 years absence of continental club football action in Lagos State, modest Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC have rewritten history as they sealed qualification  to the apex club football competition in Africa.

MFM claimed the deserved spot in the next edition of CAF Champions League after defeating Nassarawa United 2-0 in the Match Day 37 game of the NPFL in Lagos courtesy of goals from Okorom Stanley and Tchato Giscard.

The Olukoya Boys beat the imagination of many to do the unthinkable following their victory over the Solid Miners in one of NPFL Matchday 37 fixtures played on Sunday at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium.

Nasarawa United started the exciting encounter guns blazing with series of sleek passes but they later surrendered to the resilient of the Lagos-based team after the first five minutes of exchange.

The man of the match, Okorom was the first to make a statement for MFM FC two minutes after the visitors surrendered their dominance when he tested Suraj Ayeleso with a right-footed shot but the Nasarawa United goalkeeper saved his effort.

Olatunbosun Sikiru was brought down near the edge of the visitors’ box and the referee signalled for a free kick in the 12th minute. Okorom scored from the free kick spot following a superb strike that left Nasarawa United defenders in dismay.

The right-back capped his man-of-the-match performance with an assist when he delivered a well tailored cross to Tchato Giscard to head home the second goal in the first minute of the added time. The second half ended with MFM FC maintaining a comfortable 2-0 lead.

MFM FC Coach, Ilechukwu Fidelis in a brief interview said the club would not miss Steven Odey in the continental competition, boasting that MFM FC would develop new poachers, the same way it developed new FC Zurich man. "We are ready for the continental and our boys are ready to make our country proud."