Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi nominated for UEFA Golden Boy award, become 1st Nigerians to ever be nominated

Super Eagles attackers Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City FC) have been nominated for the UEFA Golden Boy award, an award given to the best promising teenage talent in Europe, and by so doing the two players are the first Nigerian players in history to be nominated for the award following their breathtaking performances the last 12 months.

 

The  40-man shortlist for the Golden Boy also includes talented popular youngsters like Dele Alli, Marko Grujic, Lucas Hernandez, Kingsley Coman, Marcus Rashford, Moussa Dembele, Youri Tielemans, Leroy Sane, Renato Sanches, Ousmane Dembele and Gabriel Barbosa among others.

Arsenal's Iwobi has made 17 league appearances and scored twice for the Gunners raking up a large amount of assists while Man City's Iheanacho has scored 10 Premier League goals from just 14 shots on 

Dimitri Seluk - Yaya Toure football agent brings down fire on Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola on Tuesday in a press conference insisted that for Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure to come back to the team, his agent will have to apologize for the things he's said against the team .

Now Yaya's outspoken agent Dimitri Seluk has fired back at the Man City coach saying he'll say what he likes and that Pep feels like a king because he's been winning games.

Seluk also called on the Spaniard to apologise to goalkeeper Joe Hart and former City boss Manuel Pellegrini for his role in their Etihad exits.

He said: 

‘If Guardiola wants a war, then he can have one. I felt that Pep was being vindictive to Yaya. He has reacted to what I have said by punishing Yaya again. Pep doesn’t want players with personality. He only wants players who are scared of him and will do what he says. 

‘The first thing he did when he arrived at City was to pick a fight with Yaya and Joe Hart, two of the club’s biggest players. They have both been big personalities in the dressing room at City and Guardiola doesn’t like that.  

‘What do I need to apologise for? I will apologise to Guardiola if he will apologise to Pellegrini for what he did to him. Colleagues should have respect for each other, especially in England where it is important to act like a gentleman. 

‘He also needs to apologise to Joe Hart. It’s not right to come to England and then get rid of a few English players. Guardiola wins a few games and thinks he is king.’

Jose Mourinho has plans that could break his own world transfer record

For now, Paul Pogba is the most expensive player in the history of world football.

But even at an eye-watering £89 million ($118.6 million), Pogba may soon be usurped. According to reports, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is planning another hit on the world transfer record, and this time it is Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann in his sights.

Griezmann, 25, was the top scorer at UEFA Euro 2016 and struck over 30 goals for his Spanish club team last season.
The Frenchman says he would only leave if Atletico manager Diego Simeone also departed, but United has the financial muscle to make a deal happen, according to reports in The Sun and The Mirror.

Any deal would almost certainly eclipse the Pogba fee, and could end up nudging the £100 million ($133.2 million) mark.
 Mourinho knows he needs to start looking for a replacement for captain Wayne Rooney in the next two seasons. Griezmann would be a perfect tactical solution, if staggeringly expensive.