Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez is set to reunite with his former manager Carlo Ancelotti at the Goodison Park, as Everton are expected to complete the signing of the Colombian.

Ancelotti signed James for Real Madrid after the midfielder impressed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup for Columbia. The 29-year-old also played under the Everton manager at Bayern Munich, when he played for the Bundesliga champions on loan. He is now set to reunite with the Italian gaffer, by agreeing to a 3-year deal with the Premier League club.

James Rodrigues played a total of 125 matches for Real Madrid, scoring 37 goals and provided 42 assists for the Los Merengues. A deal worth £21million is set to be finalized by Everton in the next few hours.

The signing of James Rodriguez will come as a piece of bad news for Naija Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi, who joined Everton from Arsenal in the summer of 2019 for £34million plus add-ons.

Do you think Iwobi will get playing time with Everton?

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Portuguese league champions FC Porto have announced the signing of young Naija defender Zaidu Sanusi from Santa Clara on a five-year deal according to reports from Portuguese media outlet TVI24.

The 23-year-old left-back caught the eye of Porto following his impressive season with Santa Clara in the Portuguese Primeira Liga last season, where he made 24 appearances in the league.

Greek club Olympiacos were also interested in the Naija star but it was Porto who won the race and paid 1.8 billion Naira (€4 million).

On the club’s official website, Zaidu said: “I will give everything on the field, for the fans and for everyone at the club”

Zaidu, who hails from Kebbi State was born in Lagos and did not play in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). He started his professional debut for Portuguese club side Mirandela after he joined them on loan from Gil Vicente.

Naija Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen started his career with Napoli on the high, after scoring three goals in the first 8 minutes of his debut for the Italian Serie A side in a friendly match.

Osimhen hit the ground running as he ran past defenders to score within 59 seconds. The Naija striker got his second goal in the 3rd minute before completing his hat-trick in the 8th minute. He also provided 2 assists in the game that ended 11-0 against Partenopei.

Following an impressive season at Lille, the 21-year-old joined Napoli in July for a club-record fee of €70 million that could rise to €80 million to make him the most expensive African player.

Do you think Osimhen will do well at Napoli?

Arsenal captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal of the game before scoring the final penalty over Liverpool to help the Gunners win the Community Shield.

Aubameyang scored the opening goal in the 12th minute with a lovely curler, before paying tribute to late Chadwick Boseman (Wakanda Forever). Substitute Takumi Minamino equalized for Liverpool in the 73rd minute to send the game into a penalty shootout.

Reiss Nelson, Mohamed Salah, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Fabinho, Cedric Soares, David Luiz, Takumi Minamino, Curtis Jones all scored their penalties, but Rhian Brewster, who played Liverpool's 3rd hit the woodwork with the ball and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stepped up to score the final ball.

Arsenal have now won the first trophy of the season, the Community Shield, with manager Mikel Arteta leading the Gunners to back to back trophies, following their triumph at the FA Cup. Liverpool, on the other hand, will have to perform better to defend their Premier League title.

Do you think Liverpool can defend their EPL title?

The community shield is here again as the Wembley Stadium will be hosting the battle between Premier League champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners Arsenal on Saturday.

In the last 52 meetings between these two teams, Arsenal won 20 games, while Liverpool won 15 and 17 ended in a draw. The Gunners picked up their first victory over the Reds since Jurgen Klopp took over in the 2-1 win last season.

Dani Ceballos is not an Arsenal player, for now, Lucas Torreira, Mateo Guendouzi, and Mohamed Elneny have all been linked with summer moves and may not play. Bernd Leno is expected to get the nod after recovering from injury.

Trent Alexander-Arnold didn't travel to Austria for Liverpool's pre-season trip and is unlikely to start here. Jordan Henderson is back in full training. Virgil van Dijk suffered a head injury in Liverpool's draw with Salzburg on Tuesday but should be fine.

Who do you think will win?

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The 22-year-Old Nigerian-born English football player is on his way to Premier League side, Crystal Palace, after a bid from The Eagles was accepted by Queens Park Rangers.

The Eagles have been in pursuit of Eze for a while, and their previous bid of £12 million rejected by QPR, as the Championship side value the playmaker for £20 million.

Palace have finally received some good news after Queens Park Rangers accepted their bid of £20 million (16 million and 4 million achievable add-ons), with QPR also having a 20% sell-on clause in the agreement.

Eze, who had an outstanding season with 14 goals and 8 assists in the Championship, has been a target of the Naija Super Eagles as Coach Gernot Rohr wants him to be a part of his team.

Do you think Super Eagles should invite Ebere Eze?

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Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is set to leave Barcelona after reports say the Argentine was left frustrated following a meeting with new manager Ronaldo Koeman.

In a private meeting between Messi and Koeman, the former Netherlands manager told the captain that “the privileges in this squad are over, you have to do everything for this team. I'm going to be flexible, you must only be thinking about the team.”

According to reports from Radio Catalunya, Messi has reportedly spoken to Pep Guardiola over the prospect of joining his former manager at Manchester City this summer.

Messi made his competitive debut for Barcelona in October 2004 at the age of 17. He went on to play a total of 731 matches for the Catalan giants, scoring 634 goals and creating 285 assists. He won a total of 33 trophies for Barcelona, including 4 UEFA Champions League titles.

If Messi leaves Barcelona, what club do you think he will join?

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Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof put his defensive skills to action as he defender an old woman from being robbed by a thief, days after his teammate Harry Maguire was arrested for defending his sister.

According to reports from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the incident happened in Lindelof’s home city of Vasteras, which is west of Stockholm on Monday and the Red Devils defender was thanked by Swedish police for catching a thief.

A police statement says the suspected perpetrator, who was riding a bicycle snatched the elderly woman’s bag, and Lindelof, who was in the vicinity, chased him, caught him, and pinned him down till the police arrived.

Harry Maguire, on the other hand, was arrested following a fight with 'Albanian gangster types' after one of them was rejected by his sister, according to reports from The SUN.

Manchester United had the third-best defensive record in the Premier League, conceding just 36 goals, their best for a long time, and the pairing for the most part of the season was Maguire and Lindelof.

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German Bundesliga winners, Bayern Munich defeated French Ligue one winners Paris Saint-German to win their 6th UEFA Champions League while setting a record in doing so.

PSG youth product Kingsley Coman, scored the only goal in the game in the 59th minute, heading home a beautiful cross from Joshua Kimmich, to give the Bavarians their second Treble.

Bayern Munich set a record with the win, becoming the first team in the history of the Champions League to win all their games in the competition, winning all the 11 matches they played.

They are also the second team in history to win the Treble twice, after winning the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League like they did in 2012-2013 season. Barcelona are the other side with 2 trebles (2008-2009 and 2014-2015).

Who do you think will win the Champion League next season?

Former Naija Super Eagles striker, Victor Anichebe reveals his plans on buying a football club in England, in other to change the way blacks are viewed after he was pulled over by Merseyside police.

The former Naija striker, who made 11 appearances for the Super Eagles between 2008 and 2011, revealed that he was a victim of racial profiling after he was stopped by police while driving his car last week on Merseyside.

In an interview with SkySports, the 32-year-old believes if players can get into administrative positions and become CEOs or sporting directors or even buy clubs, they can change the wan black players are viewed.

Anichebe said: “We have to have a seat at the table to really effect change. We can’t try and affect change from the outside and looking in. I have seen a couple of players say they want to become CEOs or sporting directors and I think that is what we need to do.. I don’t see why we can’t all come together [as players] and buy clubs. I do think that is another way to really affect change. Instead of wanting change, we can be the change ourselves.”

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