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Former Gunners midfielder takes up first managerial role after moving from Manchester City Arsenal have confirmed the appointment of  Mikel Arteta  as their new head coach. The former  Arsenal  midfielder takes up his first job in management, leaving his role as assistant coach under  Pep Guardiola  at  Manchester City . The 37-year-old succeeds  Unai Emery , who left Emirates Stadium last month, on a three-and-a-half-year deal. This is a huge honour," Arteta told the  club's official website . "Arsenal is one of the biggest clubs in the world. "We need to be competing for the top trophies in the game and that’s been made very clear to me in my discussions with Stan and Josh Kroenke, and the senior people from the club. “We all know there is a lot of work to be done to achieve that but I am confident we’ll do it. I’m realistic enough to know it won’t happen overnight but the current squad has plenty of talent and there is a g...

Tim Sherwood has urged Chelsea   to sign ‘little magician’ in January to replace Eden Haza Chelsea enjoyed a bright start to the season under new manager and club legend Frank Lampard but have struggled recently, losing four of their last five Premier League games. Saturday’s shock defeat to injury-ravaged Bournemouth allowed fifth-placed Tottenham to move to within three points of Chelsea ahead of next weekend’s London derby. Sherwood admits Lampard is now facing a ‘test of his managerial credentials’ and says Chelsea should enter the transfer market in January to replace Hazard. Belgian forward Hazard left Chelsea last summer, securing a dream move to Real Madrid for a fee of over £100million. ‘I think Lampard is very honest with his appraisal of the game,’ Sherwood told Premier League Productions. ‘He doesn’t try to hide behind any stats or anything. ‘He knows his team should be beating the teams they’re losing against. They’ve lost four of the last five....

Frank Lampard rumoured to be searching for new goalkeeper According to Bleacher Report, Frank Lampard has told the recruitment staff to search for potential new goalkeepers for the next season. The 42-year-old won't be involved much in the process but he wants to have options on the table as there are some doubts if Kepa could be a long-term number 1 choice for the Blues in long-term. Chelsea   broke the transfer record to bring in  Kepa Arrizabalaga  for £71.6 million from  Athletic Bilbao  in the summer of 201Since joining the Blues he's been an undisputed first-choice option, even though some controversial episodes occurred. Playing against  Manchester City   last season in the Carabao Cup final, the 22-year-old refused to be substituted ignoring Maurizio Sarri's instructions. The dispute was settled but caused reputational damage to the club. Kepa's saved often rescued Chelsea in diff...

BREAKING: Electricity workers suspend nationwide strike The National Union of Electricity Employees has suspended its nationwide strike. Eko Electricity Distribution Company made this known via its Twitter handle @EKEDP on Thursday. The electricity workers had, on Wednesday, shut down the headquarters of Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company in Ikeja and Marina, Lagos. President of the NUEE, Joe Ajaero, had, in a statement, accused the Bureau of Public Enterprise of failing to address and pay up over 2,000 disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria since 2013. He alleged underpayment of severance of over 50,000 ex-PHCN staff and illegal transfer of schools built by the union to investors.

Mateo Kovacic reveals the heart-whelming message behind his “silly hand” celebration Mateo Kovacic scored his first goal for Chelsea after 1000 days in a game against Valencia in the Champions League clash, before scoring against Everton on Saturday.After each goal, Kovacic unleased a celebration that he had plenty of people talking.“I’ve had the celebration prepared for a while because I didn’t score last season!” Kovacic joked. “It’s actually for my nieces. I have two nieces, one of which has Down’s Syndrome, and they do that [hand action] with me a lot. I love her a lot and the celebration was for them.“It’s nice when you score and you can celebrate with the family. They have waited a long time but now I hope I can continue like that.”Kovacic will be on the action again, on Tuesday, December 10 against Lille in the Champions League.

Confirmed Chelsea injury and team news ahead of Lille clash Chelsea are preparing for a huge match against Lille tomorrow evening in the Champions League group stages. The Blues need a win, or will have to rely on other results in order to advance to the knockout stages of the competition and avoid slipping down into the Europa League instead. Chelsea are the home side in the 8pm kick off tomorrow evening and will feel confident of getting the result, despite suffering a few hiccups in the league recently. Frank Lampard has been addressing the media from Chelsea’s training base in Cobham, and he will know the importance of bouncing back and getting the three points needed to advance tomorrow. Having lost 3-1 to Everton at the weekend, you would hope that the players will get themselves fully up for this one. Lampard was faced with a number of questions concerning potential injuries to any of his squad and he has been responding, as reported by  Football London . ...

Breaking News: Chelsea cleared to sign players in January and they targeting Nathan Ake, Ben Chilwell, Wilfried Zaha & others The outcome means that Blues manager Frank Lampard will be able to sign new players in the January transfer window. Chelsea, owned by Roman Abramovich, were given a two-window ban last season after failing to register young overseas players over a number of seasons but that has been cut to one following a successful appeal. The Premier League club has therefore already served the suspension as they were not able to make any new additions last summer. Chelsea denied any wrongdoing and will look to spend in January with Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho, Leicester full back Ben Chilwell and Lyon striker Moussa Dembele among their targets. Although the Blues accept it will be a difficult market to enter with many clubs unwilling to sell mid-season. ‘The sole arbitrator found that CFC did violate...

Antonio Rudiger is “fully fit” and ready to play for Chelsea, according to the Athletic’s Simon Johnson. It’s been a torrid six months for Rudiger, who was ruled out just ahead of the Europa League final last season, and had a setback on his return against Wolves in September, picking up a different problem. Since then it’s been a battle not only to shake off the injuries, but also get match fitness back. The Germany defender has been training for some time now however, and Johnson says he’s good to go Been well documented that Rudiger is back in training at Chelsea, but understand he’s fully fit and available to play now. Just a matter of when Lampard opts to select him. But got impression we should see him in any of the next 3 matches – Everton on Saturday is a possibility. He says the defender is “available” and it’s down to when Frank Lampard “opts to select him”, and now he’s fit we doubt it will be long. Lampard has shuffled his central defensive options around a...

The erstwhile Vice Chancellor of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, has called on higher institutions to come up with stiffer penalties to discourage lecturers from involving in Money-For-Grades. Owan-Enoh disclosed this to newsmen last weekend at the College of Education, COE, Akamkpa, shortly after delivering a lecture at the combined convocation of the institution. The immediate past CRUTECH VC and former Provost of COE, Akamkpa, maintained that when stricter measure are taken, lecturers who intend to or already involved in the act will shy away from it. He said ‘sorting’ as it is often called will be a thingy of the past and the glory of Nigeria Universities will be restored and the institutions can compete with their counterparts in other parts of the world. Speaking on static ‘Quality Assurance and the Architecture of Educational Excellence’, the ex-VC identified shoddy management of  academic matters as bane of...

Marcus Rashford sends message to Tammy Abraham after he scored twice as Manchester United beat Tottenham 2-1 at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Jose Mourinho, who returned to Old Trafford for the first time in the opposition dugout since his sacking last December, had been hoping to maintain his perfect start as Spurs head coach after winning his first three games in charge. But his former player Rashford scored a brace to earn United a well deserved win. The England striker opened the scoring after only six minutes, after his strike beat Paulo Gazzaniga at the Spurs goalkeeper’s near post. Dele Alli had equalised with a brilliant touch and finish, but Rashford would have the last laugh, with his second goal arriving from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Moussa Sissoko in the second half. After the game, the forward posted a tweet which appeared to aimed at Mourinho, saying: ‘Doubters just spur me on. A proper Old Trafford night and a great three...

Chelsea vs Aston Villa: What Lampard said about John Terry Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has said that Aston Villa assistant coach, John Terry will get a great reception from the Blues supporters when both side’s clash in Wednesday’s Premier League fixture at Stamford Bridge. Lampard, who played alongside Terry at Chelsea, said he is looking forward to seeing the ex-defender at the West London club. Lampard’s men head to the game following a 1-0 shock home defeat to West Ham United on Saturday. Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Lampard was quoted by Football London as saying: “Not much different to me, I went up against John Terry twice last year. “I have huge respect for the job he and Dean Smith have done. “Terry will get a great reception from the fans. It will be pretty emotional for him and I will look forward to seeing him back.” The kick-off time for the match is 8:30 pm.

Guardiola speaks on beating Liverpool to title after win at Burnley Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said it is “crazy and stupid” for his team to think about the title, despite a 4-1 win at Burnley on Tuesday night. City moved to within eight points of leaders Liverpool thanks to a Gabriel Jesus double and further goals from Rodri and Riyad Mahrez at Turf Moor. However, Guardiola speaking to reporters after the game, played down their chances of overtaking the Reds. “For the distance we have with Liverpool it would be crazy to think about the title. “Like everyone say we are out, we have no chance. “We are thinking about ourselves and the next game. To think how many ways to win to be close is a stupid way to think,” he said.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has admitted that   Christian Pulisic could feature more on new potential position as a central striker in the future With first-choice forward Tammy Abraham injured for the 1-0 loss to West Ham United, Olivier Giroud started the game. However, the Frenchman was subbed off in the second half, with Pulisic moving to striker instead of Michy Batshuayi. Speaking after the game (via  ​Goal ), Lampard confessed that he believes Pulisic has all the characteristics to play as a striker, although he stopped short of confirming that it would be a permanent change. We’ll see,” Lampard said. “He’s got an ability to run behind the line and to be sharp in central areas, which will naturally get him more goals but I’m not going to say right now that’s the solution. We’ll see going forward. The 21-year-old has managed six goals and six assists in his first 17 appearances for  ​Chelsea , proving that he does indeed have the eye for goal...