(CNN) — ‘I can be someone, I can be someone,” say the kids playing football in Bondy, Kylian Mbappe’s birthplace. The 19-year-old, who wasn’t even born when France won their first World Cup, traveled to Russia 2018 with the label of the world’s most promising teenager. He returned with the World Cup trophy and a reputation as the heir apparent to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the world’s best player. His return to France on Monday also shone a spotlight on Bondy, just over 10 kilometers from the Stade France in Paris, where the French national team plays its…
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Before there was Beckingham Palace, there was a more modest four-bedroom house in Worsley. Having the most renowned football teams in the world in our city means some of the wealthiest footballers live in our region. The ‘Golden Triangle’ in Cheshire, which includes Wilmslow, Knutsford, Alderley Edge and Prestbury, has long been a draw for Premier League players wanting to put down roots in style. Some neighbourhoods in Salford have also been magnets to footballers. But as players come and go with every passing season, their plush homes go on the market at staggering prices, giving us a chance to…
Bruno Fernandes has surprised a Manchester United fan by video calling him, offering a shirt and inviting him to Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes is a fan favourite at Manchester United, and that reputation was reinforced by a touching recent interaction with a supporter who has been trying to get hold of his favourite player for a long, long time. After 300 days of sending him messages via Twitter, the fan received a surprise video call from Fernandes himself, in which he presented him with a unique shirt that can’t be bought at the club. Bruno also invited him down to Old…
ERIK ten Hag is now the hot favourite to take the manager’s hotseat at Old Trafford. The Ajax coach has reportedly been interviewed by the Red Devils hierarchy for the role to lead Manchester United from next season. Discussions are said to have taken place on Monday, with Mauricio Pochettino, Julen Lopetegui and Luis Enrique also lined up for interviews. The notoriously private Dutchman, 52, likes to live a modest life away from the game. He played his football in the Netherlands as a ball-playing centre back, before managing in Holland and Germany, But it’s at Ajax where he’s really made his name…
According to El Nacional, Messi and his father gave an ultimatum to then Barcelona president Joan Laporta about expelling six individuals from the club. While Argentine star Lionel Messi scored a last-minute goal with a free kick for Paris Saint-Germain in the team’s 4-3 win over Lille in a match on Sunday night, it has emerged that Messi along with his father Jorge had given an ultimatum to FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta about expelling six individuals including Spanish defender Gerard Pique from the club if the Spanish club wanted to retain him. While Messi made a departure from Barcelona…
Even though influencing is a job that almost anyone can do, black celebrities remain the most influential with footballers leading the pack. When it comes to black influencers and celebrities, footballers seem to be leading the pack in terms of who is most influential. Soccer stars like Kylian Mbappé, Mohamed Salah and Paul Pogba are leading the pack and have been listed alongside the likes of Zendaya and Rihanna in new research looking into social media’s most influential black celebrities. Black lifestyle brand That Sister conducted the research by analysing Instagram and Twitter followings as well as follower engagement rates.…
Manchester United have reportedly ruled out the return of Mason Greenwood this term, with commercial interests cited as part of their reasoning. United officials have now shut the door on Greenwood joining the team for training until at least the 2023-24 campaign, with the club’s internal investigation unlikely to be concluded until the summer, according to Mail Online. The club are concerned that allowing Greenwood back into the fold would be bad for their commercial interests, having been told by their corporate partners that it would be a public relations nightmare, but some footballing staff are open to his return. United are…
Everything you need to know about Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United’s midfield magician. Bruno Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Manchester United and the Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, known for his creative playmaking, exceptional passing ability, and scoring prowess. Bruno Fernandes was born on September 8, 1994, in Maia, Portugal. He grew up in a football-loving family and started playing the sport at a young age. His father, who was also a footballer, played a big role in his early development and…
Erik ten Hag joked that he hadn’t used any magic powers to create Marcus Rashford’s incredible form for Manchester United this season. Rashford posted career-best goal tally Ten Hag joked “he’s not Harry Potter” Instead explains form largely due to player WHAT HAPPENED? The red-hot forward has already bagged a career-best 27 goals across all competitions this campaign, and has helped take United firmly into Champions League qualification. Despite this upturn in form coinciding with the appointment of Ten Hag at the helm, the Dutchman insisted that he alone cannot be held responsible – and joked he was not the famous wizard from…
Lionel Messi has offered his thanks to Argentina teammate Nicolas Otamendi after the centre-back revealed on social media that he has commissioned a special tattoo to mark their shared moment of glory at the World Cup. Otamendi, who played every minute of every game for Argentina in Qatar, unveiled the latest addition to his extensive collection of body art on Instagram: a large depiction of Messi touching the World Cup for the first time after the Albiceleste’s dramatic penalty victory over France in the final. Along with the three words, “Enthusiasm, Conviction and Ambition”, the accompanying script underneath reads: “How are they going to tell me that magic doesn’t…
French soccer star Kylian Mbappe has stated how close he is to his father and brother. In a video uploaded by Brut on Youtube, Mbappe talked about how privileged he feels after becoming a soccer player. He also mentioned that he feels lost without his father or brother. He said, “I always felt indebted. I always told myself that I was very privileged because I have the chance to make my passion my career. And to do it rather well.” Mbappe has grown up in a family of athletes, so he naturally took to a sporting profession. His mother Fayza Lamari was an…
More than two decades after joining Manchester United, Daniel Nardiello has revealed that his teammates at the Red Devils forced him to simulate sex as part of his initiation at the team. Nardiello, who hung up his boots in 2017, claimed that he was asked to pretend to have sex on a table with an imaginary woman in front of Manchester United’s big stars. “[My initiation] was I had to make love to a [pretend] woman on the table,” Nardiello told the ‘Under The Cosh’ podcast. “A few of us had to do that. You had to describe the girl. It was horrible. “Is she blonde?…