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Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta, has confirmed midfielder Granit Xhaka will not be leaving the club this summer. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium and was reportedly close to joining Roma, now managed by Jose Mourinho, just a few weeks ago. Xhaka headed Arsenal’s equalising goal during the Gunners’ 2-1 home defeat to Chelsea in a pre-season friendly at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. read also:Arsenal in transfer market for new central midfielder After the game, Arteta told…

Arsenal are in the market for a new central midfielder with less than a month of the transfer window left to go. The Gunners, who were set to sell Granit Xhaka until recently with the move now reportedly off, are keen on bolstering their midfield options with the new season getting underway later this month. The north London club have expressed their interest in numerous different options, according to reports, including Sander Berge, Ruben Neves, Donny van de Beek and Renato Sanches. The latter of the quartet,…

Inter Milan will consider selling Lautaro Martinez this summer, although Arsenal will need to part with £65 million to land him, according to the Metro. Furthermore, the player wants a move to the Premier League. The 23-year-old struck up a fantastic partnership with Romelu Lukaku during 2020/21. He scored 19 goals and claimed 11 assists for the Serie A champions. Inter are in need of funds and they could sell their star man. Martinez has been with Inter since signing from Racing Club in 2018. Arsenal’s interest is…

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has spoken about the future of Kurt Zouma after the Blues’ victory over Arsenal. Zouma was with the Chelsea squad last term, with the Frenchman getting a Champions League winners’ medal after Tuchel’s men triumphed in Porto. However, while the 26-year-old was a key figure under predecessor Frank Lampard, he doesn’t appear to be to Tuchel’s taste. read also:Chelsea looking to offload Loftus-Cheek on loan Tuchel values centre-backs who can pass out between the lines, with Zouma’s…

Chelsea are looking into sending Ruben Loftus-Cheek to Germany’s Bundesliga to get his career back on track. The former England midfielder, 25, is currently out of the picture at Stamford Bridge. There is still plenty of Premier League interest in the star. That is despite him having a quiet campaign at relegated Fulham. But Germany can prepare him for a return — or increase his value. A bad heel injury ended Loftus-Cheek's 2018-19 campaign before the Europa League final win over Arsenal, after a career-high…

Reigning Africa and Commonwealth 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan Sunday became the second Nigerian woman to qualify for the final of the sprint hurdles at the Olympics after winning her semifinal heat in 10.62 seconds. The 24-year-old has now joined Glory Alozie who raced to a silver medal finish 21 years ago at the Sydney Olympics in that exclusive club. Amusan, who exited at the semifinal stage in her debut five years ago in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil will now be hoping to also join Alozie as the second Nigerian woman…

Spurs, who are edging closer to a £43m deal for Atalanta centre back Cristian Romero, also have Traore on their list of transfer summer targets and are weighing up a move that would see the player reunited with his former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo. Wolves have yet to receive any official contact from any of Traore’s admirers but they are open to letting him leave after three seasons at Molineux. The 25 year-old has two years left on his contract and Wolves would hope to bank a fee similar to the £45m Liverpool…

Athletics Federation of Nigeria has announced a seven-man Medical and Anti-Doping Commission headed by Professor Ken Anugweje. Tonobock Okowa, President of the federation made the announcement Sunday in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. The national governing body says the announcement of the members of the new commission becomes very necessary as the AFN is determined to ensure Nigeria is removed from the unwanted categorisation as one of World Athletics member federations deemed to have the…

Arsenal have given the go-ahead for Hector Bellerin to move to Inter on loan with an option to buy, but Nahitan Nandez is the priority at San Siro. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Arsenal have given Inter the green light to sign Bellerin on loan with an option to buy but are still negotiating the price tag. Cagliari midfielder Nandez seems to be the priority for now and the Uruguayan is close to join the Nerazzurri this summer and the loan deal without an obligation to buy Bellerin could help Inter financially in…

An anti-doping agreement has been concluded prior to next month’s Paralympic Games, it has been announced. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has signed the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) which is said to be a "an important step towards the smooth operation" of the Paralympics. It was a five-party agreement with Tokyo 2020, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Japan Sports Agency, Japan Sport Council and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) signing the document. Tokyo 2020 says the MoC aims to promote…