Chelsea are unwilling to hand deals above £70,000 per week to new players. According to Sky Sports transfer chief, Kaveh Solhekol, the club is not interested in signing players who demand £200,000-a-week or £300,000-a-week contracts. With Enzo Maresca looking to add a striker to his squad, Chelsea have been linked with Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Ivan Toney of Brentford. But it now appears the deal for Toney would be easier to do, as Osimhen is reluctant to take a pay cut. According to Solhekol, “the average wage of their new signing is between £60,000-a-week and £70,000-a-week. “That is the base…
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Former Chelsea star, Craig Burley, has urged manager, Enzo Maresca to drop Mykhailo Mudryk from his starting XI. Burley believes Mudryk is a ‘waste of time’ to start for the Blues, adding that the Ukrainian is not consistent in his performances. “Noni Madueke was absolutely flying from the first minute, it was a big statement from him,” Burley said on ESPN. “It was much better from Nicolas Jackson as well. “Not that we learned anything, but Mykhailo Mudryk is just going to be a waste of time, as a starter. “Pedro Neto will play there. He came on there, but…
The Nigerian government, including the federal and state governments, plans to spend N100 billion in finance to import electricity meters into the country amid metering gap challenges. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this while addressing broadcasters in Ibadan, Oyo State recently, noting that this was under the Presidential Meter Initiative program. According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been making efforts to close the meter gap in Nigeria, adopting various initiatives. “In the PMI, we have made good progress in sourcing the fund for this, and it is going to be by a combination of the federal and…
Former Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has asked the club to try and sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United. Sancho is yet to play a competitive game for United this season and is being linked with a swap deal involving Raheem Sterling. With three days left in the transfer market, Mikel Obi has admitted he would be happy if the deal went through. He said on his podcast: “If we can get him through the door at Chelsea, I’d be very, very happy. He’s a fantastic player. I think on that side of the pitch, we’re very strong. But listen,…
A new twist has emerged on the suspension of Peter Babalola as member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall that Babalola, a former Chief of staff and former Governing Council Chairman of Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun was suspended by the PDP, in Ward 7, Irewole local government area for alleged anti-party activities. But in the new twist, DAILY POST gathered that Babalola resigned his membership of the PDP. He made his resignation known in a personally signed hand-written letter addressed to the Osun State PDP, Sunday Bisi. The letter obtained by DAILY POST indicated that the Babalola…
Saudi Arabia is ready to submit a world-record bid to secure Vinicius Junior’s signature this summer, according to El Chiringuito TV. The Brazilian is being chased by clubs from the Middle East this summer. While Real Madrid are insisting that the winger is not for sale, their resolve could be tested in the final days of the transfer window. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, PIF, are apparently willing to offer as huge as €500m for the the player this summer. Should the deal materialize, it will surpass the €222m PSG paid Barcelona for Neymar in 2017. Vinicius will also be…
Nacional defender, Juan Izquierdo, has died at the age of 27. Izquierdo passed on days after collapsing during a Copa Libertadores match in Brazil. The tragic news was confirmed by his Uruguayan club and South American football’s governing body. Nacional posted a statement on social media saying Izquierdo’s death is felt “in deep pain and impact in our hearts” and “all Nacional is in grief for his irreplaceable loss.” The player had collapsed on the pitch and was rushed to Hospital Albert Einstein, before the team announced he was in a “stable condition”. The hospital said in a statement late…
Afrobeats singer, Omah Lay has said his colleagues from Nigeria and other countries are copying his style. He claimed he started a new sound of afrobeats which many of his colleagues are now copying. Speaking in a recent interview with Billboard, Omah Lay said, “The artists coming out from Nigeria right now, not just Nigeria but afrobeats in general are taking a bit of my stuff, the stuff I started, everybody tryna copy something.“ The ‘Soso’ crooner also accused afrobeats poster stars of “watering” the genre down in a bid to appeal to foreign audiences to make more money. He…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed anger over the exclusion of the entire South-East from first phase disbursement of the students’ loan. This is coming amid claims that tertiary institutions in the region was marginalised by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). It could be recalled that the Federal Government, through NELFUND, announced last week that N2.9 billion had been disbursed to 27, 667 students as the first set of beneficiaries of the loan scheme across 19 tertiary institutions in the country. The list excluded potential beneficiaries from the South-East. In a statement made available…
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi has charged all Field Commanders to exhibit a high level of professionalism while carrying out their statutory duties. CSC Babawale Zaid Afolabi, National PRO, NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, in a statement, said CG Audi emphasized in Abuja that his administration will not tolerate any conduct that denigrates the ethical Values and Corps’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). He said all formations would be closely monitored and whoever violates the rules of engagement would be sanctioned and dealt with severely. Audi, while declaring a 5-day course open,…