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Danny Welbeck’s Arsenal days are quickly coming to its conclusion. The Gunners have already officially confirmed the 28-year-old will be departing the Emirates on 30 June as his contract won’t be renewed.

Still, despite this somewhat expected news, Welbeck has been enjoying his holiday without the imminent departure from the club dampening his good spirits.

He took to

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Welbeck’s departure from the club was solidified by a rather small amount of appearances throughout the season, mostly due to injuries hampering him the whole time. In 2018/19 he was out for a total of 200 days.

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Last season, he also only managed eight appearances, scoring and assisting once in the process.

With all of the unlucky breaks he has had as of late, a nice holiday might just be what’s best for this soon to be ex-Gunner.

It was the news that most football fans knew that was coming, but it still dropped like a bomb when it was made official that Rafa Benitez will be leaving Newcastle United come the end of his contract on the 30th June.

It poured more misery onto Newcastle fans, who have suffered more than enough in the Mike Ashley era of the club, but the news has also shifted the outcome of this summer transfer window, and one team who could be in line to profit from it is West Ham with Salomon Rondon.

Of course, the Venezuelan striker was named Newcastle’s Player of the Season in the previous campaign as the on-loan attacker hit 11 goals and seven assists for the Magpies, and with parent club West Bromwich Albion failing to secure promotion to the Premier League, it is likely Rondon will be on the move this summer, and the Hammers have already moved in for the centre forward despite previous interest from Newcastle as per the Daily Star.

The same publication also claim that Manuel Pellegrini’s side have had a reported bid of £10 million plus Sam Byram and Jordan Hugill rejected by the Albion, though new manager Slaven Bilic is resigned to offloading his key asset for under the market value, but with Newcastle currently in crisis, West Ham have to ensure they are the ones to seal Rondon’s signature this window.

With Andy Carroll gone and Javier Hernandez and Marko Arnautovic both being reported by Goal and Tuttosport via Sempreinter respectively to be on the way out, the Hammers are in need of a striker this summer, and Rondon’s record with Newcastle last season more than makes him qualified to fill the role.

As the Toon Army look for a man to fill Benitez’s shoes, West Ham should be using this time wisely to sign their star man from last season, who has shown he can thrive in the Premier League in the right squad.

West Ham fans, will the club sign Rondon this summer? Let us know!

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Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have one of those famous footballing bromances, which shows in their non-stop social media activity and multitude of content they

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To put it more simply, they basically do everything together and have seemingly turned out to be great friends ever since they became teammates at the Emirates Stadium.

Currently, though, the Gunners are on their 2019 pre-season summer tour and have recently won a big match against Bayern Munich. Both Aubameyang and Lacazette featured and, afterwards, they shared some snaps for the fans.

The Frenchman posted one showing him in mid-air, striking the ball with style, and of course, who else would immediately be in the comment sections other than Aubameyang.

The speedy Gabon international was clearly impressed by what he saw but also couldn’t miss a chance to rinse Lacazette just a bit.

He replied saying “what an incredible extension” and followed it with a laughing emoji.

Of course, this was a genuine remark with a tongue-in-cheek aspect thrown in.

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The season is pretty much wrapped up for Leroy Sane, both at club and international level.

His Manchester City campaign was a major success – winning the treble and defending the Premier League title in the process. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his international adventures since Germany crashed out of the Nations League after a bad group stage performance.

Nonetheless, the Citizens’ starlet is very much enjoying his holiday and his latest

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This hilarious video was noticed by Benjamin Mendy, his City teammate, who found it extremely funny and replied with a series of emojis to support it.

Leon Goretzka just replied with “Mia san Mia”, which is Bayern Munich’s club motto, and this post got the most attention of all the replies because of the transfer saga involving the German club and City’s winger.

The duo were not the only ones posting, however, and many other players eventually found their way onto Sane’s Instagram, either bantering the lad or just laughing at the video.

كشف أيمن عبد العزيز مساعد رئيس قطاع الناشئين بنادي الزمالك، حقيقة مشادته داخل مقر القلعة البيضاء مع أحد العمال، ويوضح هل صدر قرار برحيله عن منصبه.

وقال عبد العزيز خلال تصريحات لبرنامج “نمبر وان” على قناة “النهار”: “كل ما تردد لا أعرف عنه أي شيء، ولا يوجد أي احتكاك مع حد”.

وتابع: “أستغرب من تلك الأنباء، ولم يبلغني أي أحد من الزمالك بالرحيل ومستمر في منصبي وكنت في النادي أمس”.

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ويستعد الزمالك لمواجهة غزل المحلة، يوم الثلاثاء المقبل، في إطار الجولة الـ11 من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويتصدر الزمالك ترتيب جدول الدوري المصري، برصيد 23 نقطة. 

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At the moment, Leicester have a number of young players who have begun to become regular fixtures in the team.

Last term we saw the emergence of Hamza Choudhury who went onto start the Foxes’ last three league games of the season. Meanwhile, Harvey Barnes’s excellent form for West Brom, where he scored nine goals, saw him recalled in January and become a regular starter.

However, there is another rising star coming through the ranks who could well be set for a first-team opportunity if recent events are anything to go by.

On the chalkboard

Dislodging Kasper Schmeichel from the Leicester goal would take some doing but there could well be a changing of the guard over the next few years.

Behind him in the pecking order is another Dane, Daniel Iversen.

The 21-year-old enjoyed a productive campaign on loan at Oldham in League Two last season where he kept 15 clean sheets in 42 outings.

It was the first senior football of his career but he’s now proving again at youth level why he deserves an opportunity in Leicester’s first-team.

Iversen is Denmark’s number one stopper at the European U21 Championships currently taking place and his latest performance for his country was vital.

With the score deadlocked at 1-1 on Thursday evening, he made a crucial save from a penalty as his side eventually went onto win 3-1.

It was a critical moment in the game as the young ‘keeper put in a performance beyond his age.

During the course of the match, he made three saves in total, adding to the five he had to make against Germany in Denmark’s opening game.

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The Leicester man is arguably at a point in his career now where he needs to be attaining regular minutes. He did so at Oldham last term but it would be considerably harder at a Premier League club to play a similar role.

For the time being, the Foxes’ current back-up keeper is Danny Ward but he only played five games in 2018/19.

Therefore, Brendan Rodgers may be better off rewarding Iversen next term by promotion him to Leicester’s number two instead.

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Loads of Everton fans have been reacting to a message from Davy Klaassen, as the ex-Toffee is looking forward to squaring off against the Blues in pre-season this summer.

Everton announced the signing of Andre Gomes this week, but they also brought news about this summer’s pre-season tour.

The club confirmed they will take on the Kariobangi Sharks, FC Sion, AS Monaco, Wigan, Mainz and Sevilla in July before a final warm-up clash against Werder Bremen in August.

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And Klaassen, who flopped at Everton after a £24.30m move to Goodison in 2017, replied to the club’s fixtures tweet with the suggestive eyes emoji, obviously implying he is most excited about the clash with Bremen, his current club.

The Dutchman mustered just one assist and not a single goal in 16 Everton showings, but has since found the net seven times with six assists in 38 games in Germany.

The playmaker was not cut out for the Premier League but is clearly a quality player still, and plenty of fans have been praising him in response to his tweet.

Have a look at some of the best reactions down below…

أعلن الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” قائمة الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي بايرن ميونخ الرسمية التي ستشارك في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية والتي تنظمها دولة قطر.

وتبدأ البطولة يوم الخميس المقبل 4 فبراير وتستمر حتى 11 فبراير كما حدد فيفا من قبل، ويستهل بايرن ميونخ بطل دوري أبطال أوروبا مشواره من الدور نصف النهائي يوم 8 فبراير بمواجهة الفائز بين الأهلي (مصر) والدحيل (قطر) في الدور الثاني.

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وجاءت قائمة بايرن ميونخ المُعلنة من طرف الموقع الرسمي للاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” كالتالي:

حراسة المرمى: نوير، نوبل، هوفمان.

الدفاع: شوله، بافارد، خافي مارتينيز، بواتينج، لوكاس هيرنانديز، ألابا، بونا سار.

الوسط: كيميتش، جورتسكا، روكا، توليسو، كومان، موسيالا.

الهجوم: جنابري، ليفاندوفسكي، ساني، كوستا، شوبو موتينج، ديفيز، مولر.

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Former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson believes the club have picked up a very good signing in Sheyi Ojo, as reported by The Daily Record.

What’s he said?

Ojo made his competitive debut for the club last Tuesday night, scoring in a 4-0 thrashing of UEFA Europa League qualifying opponents St. Joseph’s.

It was an impressive start to his Ibrox career and Ferguson believes the Gers have found a gem of a player, excited about what he can offer during his season-long loan from Liverpool.

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As quoted by The Daily Record, the 41-year-old said:

“The opposition were no great shakes and Steven Gerrard’s side looked a little bit rusty in the first half before starting to find a bit of rhythm after the break.

“But Ojo? This kid stood out like a sore thumb from the very first kick of the ball and it looks like my old club have got a real player on their hands.

“It’s not about the standard of the team he was up against, it’s about the tools he’s got in his locker and from this first look it seems as if he might have the lot.

“He’s powerful, strong, athletic and a great runner with a good work ethic. Technically he’s really impressive and the way he took his goal on Tuesday night was classy and composed.”

Consistency is key

Playing on the right wing, Ojo certainly looked comfortable against St. Joseph’s but he will have to be consistent if he is to fully displace Daniel Candeias heading deeper into the season.

The Portuguese wide man scored six goals and assisted 12 times last season, which is a bigger single season direct goal output than Ojo has ever managed in his career so far.

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He’s started brightly, but the onus is now on him to prove he can back up the praise from club legends such as Ferguson with big performances.

Steven Gerrard is unlikely to settle for second best and won’t hesitate in giving others chances if he’s not producing good numbers.

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If reports are to be believed, Leeds could be announcing as many as six deals this week.

Liam McCarron, Jack Harrison and Ben White have already signed, but they could very soon be followed by Rafa Mujica, Helder Costa and the return of Jack Clarke on loan.

Victor Orta has clearly been very busy this summer, and this flurry of activity should prove once and for all that Leeds fans should place more trust in their director of football.

Lack of patience

Before the first-team had even reported back to training lots of Leeds fans were moaning about the lack of transfer activity.

Orta has often been the subject of complaints from the fanbase, despite the fact that he has very rarely steered them wrong.

The Spaniard was key in bringing Marcelo Bielsa to the club, and he has earned the Argentine’s trust with his work in the transfer market.

Orta deserves credit

It goes to show how much work has been going on behind the scenes at Elland Road as the first week of July could see six new arrivals.

Indeed, it was important for Leeds to get deals done quickly this summer, and the Spaniard is on track to do just that.

He has listened to the manager as he is looking at signing multiple wingers, after Bielsa reportedly highlighted that as an area that needed strengthening.

The fanbase’s previous complaints about a lack of movement were seemingly unfounded as in the background Orta was preparing to bring in a plethora of new players.

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It’s time for some supporters to look beyond their bias and give Orta the credit he deserves for making these deals happen.