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EPL: Arsenal to swap Mesut Ozil for £100m Real Madrid star

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Arsenal are ready to offer playmaker, Mesut Ozil to La Liga giants, Real Madrid in a bid to sign their £100million midfielder, Isco. According to The Independent, Arsenal manager, Unai Emery is keen to give Ozil to Madrid in order to bring Isco to Emirates. Ozil’s future at the North London club is currently not certain after Emery dropped the 30-year-old from his squad that were defeated 2-0 by Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup encounter. Emery’s side will tackle Burnley on Saturday afternoon in the Premier League fixture at Emirates. Arsenal are currently occupying the fifth position on the Premier League table with 34 points from 17 games.
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EPL: Barcelona takes final decision on Suarez joining Arsenal in January

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La Liga champions, Barcelona have finally decided to offer midfielder, Denis Suarez to join Premier League club, Arsenal when the transfer window opens in January. According to The Independent, Suarez has been told by Barcelona manager, Ernesto Valverde that he was not in his plans this season at Camp Nou. The report claimed that Arsenal manager, Unai Emery is eager to get a replacement for the Gunners midfielder, Aaron Ramsey, who is due to leave Emirates at the end of the season when his contract expires in the summer. The report also claimed that Arsenal will have to battle Valencia who are also interested in signing Suarez. Suarez has not been a regular starter so far this season under Valverde. The 24-year-old has only featured once in the Spanish topflight league so far this term as a substitute. He will hope to feature for Barca when they tackle Levante in the La Liga fixture on Sunday. Read original

Champions League round of 16 draw released [See full fixtures]

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17/Dec/2018, 13:36 The draw for the Champions league round of 16 has been released. The draw, which was streamed on the UEFA website, was released on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland. The round of sixteen games will be played on February 12 and 13 or February 19 and 20. The second leg will be played on March 5 and 6 or 12 and 13. Below is the Champions League round of 16 draw in full: Schalke 04 vs Manchester City Atlético Madrid vs Juventus Manchester United vs Paris St-Germain Tottenham Hotspur vs Borussia Dortmund Lyon vs Barcelona Roma vs Porto Ajax vs Real Madrid Liverpool vs Bayern. Read original

What Jose Mourinho Said After Liverpool Thrashed Man United 3-1 At Anfield On Sunday

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17/Dec/2018, 12:43tori. Jose Mourinho says Manchester United can still finish fourth despite falling further behind the Premier League's pacesetters with defeat at Liverpool on Sunday, BBC Sport reports. United now sit sixth after 17 games, 11 points adrift of Chelsea in fourth and 19 behind leaders Liverpool. "[Can we] win the title? Of course not. But we can still finish fourth," Mourinho told Sky Sports. "It's not easy but for sure we are going to finish in the top six." Xherdan Shaqiri's late double consigned United to their fifth league loss of the campaign, which means they have taken just 26 points from 17 games. That is their worst points total at this stage of a top-flight season since 1990-91. "The strongest team won, but they won in the period when they were not stronger than us,"  Mourinho said of the match. "In the first 20 minutes we could not breathe, the pressure was so intense. I am still tired looking at Andre

2019 ELECTION: You Have 48 Hours To Drop Atiku, Conduct Fresh Primaries, Aspirant Tells PDP 2019 Election | Dec. 05, 2018

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Atiku Abubakar Mr. Stanley Osifo, a Peoples Democratic Party 2019 presidential aspirant has issued a 48-hours ultimatum to the party to cancel its presidential primaries, calling for a new convention. Osifo also threatened to go to court if the party refused to revert to the status quo and cancel the primaries that ushered in Atiku Abubakar as its candidate. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Osifo said that he deserved the same opportunity as other aspirants of the party, having obtained its nomination and intention forms for N10 million and N2 million respectively. The aspirant, who hails from Edo State, said his major grievance was that he was not allowed to undergo screening and participate in the primaries for no reason. “I do not want my N12 million refunded. I bought the form to contest and must be given the opportunity to do so. “The electoral act guarantees that we can still hold fresh primaries a week to the election. “The party refused to screen me for the electi