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Today’s tell-all is dusting off the cobwebsAntony, Donny van de Beek, Daley Blind and Timothy Fosu-Mensah. Manchester United do not have a great record of signing players from Ajax, but this does not seem to be deterring the club’s scouts and the former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag, who have set their sights on Brian Brobbey to help solve the issue of scoring goals and winning football matches.Brobbey has never been a prolific striker, despite playing for one of the strongest teams in a relatively weak league, but the 21-year-old has hit a bit of a hot streak lately, with…

The Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement to support the Final Investment Decision for the $3.8bn Brass methanol project is to be executed in May 2024, the Federal Government announced on Monday. The Brass methanol project is a major industrial project being built in Bayelsa State to produce methanol, a key industrial chemical, using natural gas resources. Nigeria currently imports all its methanol. Located in Brass Island, Bayelsa, the facility is to have a capacity of 10,000 tonnes of methanol per day when completed, as it is still under construction and expected to be operational this year. The $3.8bn is to…

Ivan Toney: Brentford striker’s return ‘massive’ for club despite transfer rumours BBCsource

This page is to the birdsWith Joelinton’s prognosis on his muscle injury not looking at all good, Newcastle really need a midfielder. They’re in the hunt for Kalvin Phillips, who is this window’s most recurring name, give or take Ivan Toney. Phillips, with no real chance of playing for Manchester City, is wanted by a long list that includes Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. There’s Juventus, too, while a loan move to West Ham or Crystal Palace would keep him in Gareth Southgate’s sightlines. A £7m loan fee is the asking price.There is an alternative for Newcastle, namely Ederson at Atalanta…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been restrained by a Lokoja High Court from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the immediate past Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yayaha Bello. Justice I. A Jami of court 4, who presided over suit no HCL/68/M/2020 brought by the former Governor seeking to enforce his fundamental rights against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, gave the definite order following the earlier interim injunction given In a two-hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, the court restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the applicant except as authorised by the Court. This is a definite order…

Today’s fluff is causing a kerfuffle across EuropeWhen the big clubs see something they like, they don’t hang about. Raphaël Varane was just a sparkle in the eye of Lens fans when Real Madrid signed the then 18-year-old for €10m back in 2011, right under the noses of Manchester United.“I hurtled down on the train from Euston to Lille to sign the young French defender Varane,” Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in his 2015 book Leading. “David Gill [the club’s then CEO] was getting into the finer points of the contract with Lens when Zinedine Zidane got wind of this and…

The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it has arrested two persons who were allegedly in possession of illegal register of the All Progressives Congress. This came barely three days before the governorship primary of the ruling party, which is coming up on Saturday, April 20. The APC governorship primary is scheduled to hold on Saturday, April 20, while the party’s screening committee cleared all 16 aspirants that would be participating in the primary. In a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, the suspects were arrested in their hideouts with a booklet that…

Monday’s gossip: Henderson, Guirassy, Barco, Yoro, Martial, Diomande, Benzema, Gimenez BBCsource

Mark Singleton and Nick Cook, both members of Sharnbrook FC, died earlier this yearTwo "remarkable" men who helped football thrive in a village near Bedford have been remembered.Mark Singleton and Nick Cook, who both died earlier this year, were prominent members of Sharnbrook Football Club.In a tribute to their legacy, the club organised a memorial and charity match in aid of Cancer Research UK and Parkinson's UK.Chris Lander and Daniel Billington were behind the event on Sunday."Nick and Mark were remarkable individuals who made grassroots football thrive in the village," Mr Billington said."Their dedication paved the way for countless young…