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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has added Darren Fletcher to his coaching team. The 36-year-old Scot made over 300 appearances in 12 years at United, winning five Premier League titles and the Champions League, and had been coaching the Under-16s since October, having hung up his boots in 2019. Solskjaer said of the appointment: “Darren has the United DNA …

Following Napoli’s 4-1 win over Cagliari in the Italia Serie A on Sunday, Napoli head coach, Gennaro Gattuso revealed his displeasure at Victor Osimhen after the Nigerian international contracted coronavirus (COVID-19). Gattuso stated in the press briefing that Osimhen will have to pay for his ‘silly mistake’ after he recovers from the virus. Victor Osimhen had returned a positive test …

Chelsea have lost at home to Manchester City in their English Premier League encounter on Sunday evening. Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring for City in the 18th minute from a Phil Foden assist. Three minutes later, Kevin De Bruyne set up Foden to double the lead for the visitors who went into the game on the back of a 2-0 …

Mauricio Pochettino has been announced as the new Paris Saint-Germain coach. The club made this known on its website on Saturday. PSG said the former Tottenham manager Pochettino signed a contract until June 30, 2022 with an option for an additional year. Pochettino replaced Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked by the French club on Christmas Eve, four months after steering …

According to reports from Turkish journalist, Ekrem Konur, Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane is keenly interested in Son Heung-min and might make a bid for him next summer. Real Madrid have struggled to find a partner for Karim Benzema to lighten the load both in goalscoring terms and the creation of goals, and Son could be a pretty good partner. …

Aston Villa football club midfielder, Douglas Luiz has criticised Manchester United’s penalty decision on Friday night. Luiz says he “can’t believe” Manchester United were awarded a penalty in their 2-1 win over his side on Friday. The referee had judged Luiz to have fouled Paul Pogba in the second half, with Bruno Fernades then converting from the spot. “I always …

Napoli and Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has tested positive for COVID-19. Osimhen returned a positive test on Friday, having been away for the yuletide break. Napoli disclosed this in a tweet via its Twitter account on Friday evening. “The club can confirm that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19 following his return to Italy. “Osimhen is currently asymptomatic and …

Manchester United forward and former PSG and Napoli star player, Edinson Cavani, has tender an apology to his fans after he was fined and given 3 match suspension by FA. Cavani was fined £100,000 for his use of the word “negrito” in a social media post he made to a friend after coming off the bench to score twice in …

It’s a great day if you’re a Harry Kane fan. Tottenham Hotspur’s star striker announced today via social media that his wife Kate gave birth to their third child. “Our beautiful boy has arrived. 29/12/2020. Louis Harry Kane. I couldn’t be more proud of my wife Kate. Special way to finish the year. Happy new year everyone. 💙👶🏼🎉” Harry Kane …

Arsenal football club defender Sead Kolasinac is reportedly being lined up for a return to his former club Schalke. Kolasinac has fallen out of favour under Mikel Arteta with Kieran Tierney very much the established left-back at the club. After making only one Premier League appearance all season, back in September, Kolasinac is now being lined up for a January …