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          Liverpool and Klopp has of recent failed to live up to expectations of their faithfuls, it is a surprise to people who know less about football and no surprise to those who know what it takes to be on-top in English Premier League. Earlier in the season, Liverpool was a team to beat, they were the team everybody tipped for EPL Champion.They dominated football in England and also played good football, the hammered the table topper Chelsea 2-1 and has  gone on to play well since then.But they have fell out of favour and has gone deep in form on regular bases that has seen the been dump out of FA Cup by Wolverhampton wonderers and Football League Cup by Southampton respectively.  English Premier League has been a puzzle, of course is one of the reasons why it is termed the best in the world ,unlike other top leagues, no team will dominate long enough in EPL and players find it hard to keep consistency from start of the season to end...

He is indeed the world best player, like you can see above, he has it all more then any other player on earth. Believe it or not, he deserves his awards he has been bested with. All hell  CR 7!

          John Mikel Obi  who recently completed a big money move to Chinese Super League club  Tianjin TEDA is set to be playing as an attacking midfielder in his new club.  Mikel who is now training hard ahead of the Chinese Super League start of new campaign.  (Picture above ---Mikel in training)) The news was announced  in a  news conference held at Tianjin TEDA's arena following a training session ahead of a friendly match with lower division club in China. In his words, Mikel says he is never a defensive midfielder, that he only took the role to help Chelsea in that, at that moment Chelsea were lacking in that area . He opined that he has no regrets playing that role at Chelsea, he emphasized that on few occasions when he played in advanced roles at Chelsea he did not perform bad and even in the National team where he often play the no 10 role. Mike you will remember left Chelsea earlier this January to Chinese Su...

  Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned FIFA Best player for the 2016 football season, he won the honour ahead of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann in the annual FIFA gala awards in Zurich Switzerland. The Portugal and Real Madrid super star had his best season of his carrier in  2016 where he won the Champions League and European Nations Cup and went ahead to lift the super Cup and world club Championship with Real Madrid. In his speech, he says "it's a great feeling, as i mentioned many times......Last was  a dream year,  no doubt about that " the striker was indeed excited about it all.  He went on to thank his team mates both in Madrid and Portugal for helping him achieve such feat, Ronaldo scored  59 goals for both club and country over the last 12 months which includes the wining penalty in the Champions League final against Madrid rivalry Atletico Madrid at San Siro Italy. In December, he was awarded his fourth Ballon d'Or  ,and  won...

     The FIFA award for the best player in the world is ongoing now in Zurich Switzerland, where Ronaldo, Messi and Griesmann are expected to go head to head on who becomes the World Best Footballer. Ronaldo who have won the award  four times and  is expected to be named the winner of this years award to night. Let's all keep our fingers crossed to see if he wins again.

      Former Brazil international  Ronaldinho who  have  played  for top  European  clubs including  FC  Barcelona,  PSG , AC  Milan have  payed  tributes to Nigerian international John Mikel Obi, describing  him as a top quality player who Europe  will miss as his move to Chinese Super League winds on. Ronaldinho who grant the interview back in his home town Brazil when he was ask about his view on football super stars moving to Chinese Super League.  Ronaldinho who is currently without any club says Mikel who broke into the scene following his exploits in the 2005  World Youth Championship  held in Netherlands ,where  Nigeria were runners-up,  went on to state that he have been following Mikel since then and as he made move to Chelsea. He said has has played few times with Mikel and sees Mikel as a good midfielder who knows his work very well. He stressed Mikel's vi...

        John Mikel Obi  picture  above  (signing autograph)  was spotted this morning as he and Tianjin Teda FC club officials drove out from Shanghai Baiyun International Airport In Guangzhou city China  heading to Tianjin Teda arena for the completion of his proposed move to the club.  Mikel who has opted to call off his eleven years  stay at Chelsea FC following his lack of playing times  under new coach Antonio Conte,it will be recalled the since Mikel's return from Olympics where he won Bronze medal with the  Nigeria Olympics team, he has never played a single minute irrespective of the praises from his coach Antonio Conte and that prompted  his decision to  leave Chelsea for China Super league.  Mikel who joined Chelsea from Norwegian club Lynn Oslo in  2006 after report claims he wanted to join rivalry Manchester United. Following his move, Mikel has played over 372 games for Chelsea un...

        Algeria and Leicester  Riyad Mahrez  pix above was named  the 2016 African Footballer of the year yesterday in Abuja Nigeria  5th of  January 2017 ,the winger's fine form in the 2015-2016 season in English premier league club  Leicester saw him win the premier league and other top honours. Mahrez nomination and winning the African footballer of the year 2015 edition was never a surprise to anyone who knows football very well though  Patrick -Emerick  Aubameyang would also be seen as a strong contender going by his current form  and even his form last season in which he won the top African honour. Looking into the votes casted, the margin with which Mahrez  won  was somewhat closer to that of Aubameyang (361 to 313). This shows Aubameyang is also a good man for the honor he won last time but hitherto,  have to settle for a second  place .The third best man in Africa Sadio Mane  g...

     Pix above Mesut Ozil missed Arsenal match away to Bournemouth on the 3rd of January due to illness which has kept him out for two consecutive matches. Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger went on to state the Ozil will miss more matches including FA Cup against Preston. Ozil 28 has not really gotten the credit he deserves putting on Arsenal shirt since his move from Real Madrid to Arsenal. The truth need be told, Ozil has improved a lot in all his games at Arsenal from his first season to date, his presence on the pitch always guarantees creativity which either directly or indirectly from him will result in a goal, yet British press would not show some respect to him.  Ozil who has scored 5 goals so far this season with 3 assist in the premier league and has the credit of most chance created in the English top league is unfairly being criticized. Arsenal last two matches with Ozil absent in the team saw Arsenal struggle to create any meaningful chance, th...

  Antoine Griezmann pictured above was pictured at Manchester January 2,2017,a visit that is yet to be confirmed as an arrangement to complete his supposed move to Manchester United.The France and Atletico Madrid forward has been on Man United book as one of their transfer target in January transfer window. Gieresmann who recently lost the 2016/2017 Ballon d'Or and European best to Christiano Rinaldo only to be named third and second respectively in those honours. Griezmann fine form last season saw him gain popularity which earned his nomination for sports top honours. Though his form recently has not been the best we know of him when compared to last season yet he has been one of the most sought after players across Europe where clubs like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSG and more including Man United who has tabled £145m to secure his services during the January transfer window. Griesmann stat in the current campaign in Atletico Madrid is believed to be down to the entire At...

When other coaches has come saw, some conquered while others did not conquer, Mikel has remained at Chelsea.As the second most stayed prayer in the club at the moment, Mikel deserves some respect by the present Chelsea coach. Giving Mikel some minutes of playing time would have shown some respect that a player of Mikel's caliber would deserve. Anthonio Conte not playing Mikel so far in Chelsea's matches is something of strange to everyone, with Mikel's form coming back from the Olympics where he won her countries only medal shows Mikel is ready to play and is in the right frame of mind to play, why Conte is not looking his way remains something of surprise. Back home in the National team,Mikel has not done bad at all not to have some playing times at Chelsea, he has played all the World Cup qualifiers so far and Nigeria is on course to qualify for the World Cup courtesy of Mikel and his team mates had work. In the qualifier against Algeria, he scored a goal whi...

Emmanuel Adebayor a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward so far in his entire carrier had once graced the footballing world with his talent which is by standard one which promises to be a successful carrier but did not really happened as tipped.Adebayor early carrier at OC Agaza FC during 1998-1999 was all but rising,his promising carrier then took him to other clubs across Europe wherein Monaco FC where he indeed exterblish himself as a star prompting a transfer to Arsenal FC. Arriving at Arsenal,Adaebayor went on to flourish for the three and half seasons he played at Arsenal,scoring some important goals such as seen in the premier league against Manchester United,Newcastle,Tottenham, Derby County and more. While in the champions league he scored a brilliant gaol against Villarreal in a gaol that was suppose to contest for gaol of the season. Adebayor's quest to make money lured him out of Arsenal to Manchester City on July 2009,where he signed a...