SPORTS UPDATE:With Emmah Man United strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie look set to lose their fitness battles ahead of Sundays crucial Premier League trip to Chelsea.However,Darren Fletcher is adamant that Man United have nothing to fear ahead of the trip. Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese has left his post at St Marys, with club owner Katharina Liebherr installing herself as his replacement. Manuel Pellegrini has promised Manchester City will not ease off the throttle as they reached a staggering 99 goals for the season by defeating Blackburn 5-0 in the FA Cup. Lio Messi has been omitted from Uefas 2013 team of the year, in the same week he lost the Ballon dOr to Cristiano Ronaldo. Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil was the sole Premier League player selected after last years side contained none. Transfers; Manchester City striker John Guidetti has joined Stoke on loan for the rest of the season. West Ham are back in negotiations with crisis-torn Southampton for striker Rickie Lambert. The London club are willing to pay £7million for the England international but have yet to agree to his financial demands. Manchester United are known to be keen on Cruzeiro winger Everton Ribeiro who was named as the Brazilian top flights best player last season. Reports say Liverpool and Manchester City have been offered Ajax winger Ricardo Kishna. The 19-year-old is in the middle of contract negotiations with the Amsterdam club as he looks to extend a deal that runs out at the end of the season. Arsenal will hold official talks with representatives of Anderlecht’s Cheikhou Kouyate this week. Kouyate was the subject of a formal offer from Russian side CSKA Moscow but his agent Saffet Balkan has revealed that Arsenal are now looking to up the ante for the 24-year old. OTHER NEWS; Fears are growing in Germany that stricken F1 legend Michael Schumacher may be in a coma for the rest of his life. He has been in an artificially induced state of unconsciousness for 18 days now. 2014 CHAN: Todays fixtures; 18:00 Zimbabwe-Uganda 21:00 Burkina Faso-Morocco Yesterdays results; Nigeria 4 Mozambique 2 Mali 1-1South Africa. MAN U CRUCIAL DUO ROONEY AND ROBIN VAN PERSIE WHO ARE NURSING GROIN AND THIGH INJURIES RESPECTIVELY ARE AGAIN SET TO MISS CHELSEA TIE AT OLD TRAFFORD. WITH THE CURRENT UNITED’S TEAM DO YOU THINK THE RED DEVILS CAN OVERCOME THE BLUES TO KEEP THEIR HOPES OF MAKING IT TO THE LEAGUE NEXT SEASON?
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:53:55 +0000
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