Michael Emenalo has been appointed as Monaco s new sports director having left a similar position at Chelsea earlier this month.
The Nigerian spent 10 years at Stamford Bridge, working as technical director since 2011, playing a key role in the development of Chelsea s first team and academy.
During his time at Chelsea, the club won three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, the EFL Cup, Europa League and Champions League, with Emenalo helping to shape those successful squads.
And Emenalo is excited by his new venture with the Ligue 1 champions.
This is a wonderful opportunity for me in a high-quality project, he told Monaco s official website.
AS Monaco has shown great progress for several seasons and I am convinced that the future will be jus…
Celta Vigo will not negotiate a sale for highly rated midfielder Gabri Veiga and instead insist on the triggering of his €40million release clause, according to club president Carlos Mourino.
Veiga has been one of the breakthrough stars of the 2022-23 LaLiga season, catching the eye with his exceptional ability on the ball and eye for goal.
The 20-year-old has scored nine in 27 league games this term at a rate of 0.49 goals every 90 minutes, which is the best frequency of any LaLiga midfielder (minimum 1,000 minutes played) and made all the more impressive by the fact none have come from the penalty spot.
While those nine strikes represent a significant over-performance in relation to his expected goals (xG), suggesting a degree of unsustainability, his 5.5 xG …
Everton have moved to alleviate their goalscoring problems by completing the signing of Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun on a four-and-a-half-year-deal.
The Toffees sold Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United in a deal said to be worth £75million in the last transfer window and have struggled to fill the Belgian s void, scoring just 25 goals in 22 Premier League matches.
But manager Sam Allardyce s attacking options have been bolstered, with the club having agreed a reported £25million deal with Super Lig champions Besiktas for Tosun.
The deal was announced on Friday, during half-time of the Toffees FA Cup third-round clash with neighbours Liverpool at Anfield.
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The Premier League returns this weekend for another huge round of fixtures. The matches in midweek saw a number of very surprising results, and this may once again be the case at the weekend as the world s most unpredictable and competitive league continues. With this in mind, league leaders Manchester City travel to face Burnley on Saturday.
Burnley have been very good this season, but they are currently on a run of form that has seen them stall slightly. After 25 games they have won nine, drawn eight and lost eight, while they have scored 20 times and conceded 22 goals. In their last five games they have lost three and drawn twice, which has seen them onto 35 points for…
The Dutch Football Association s (KNVB) Integrity Unit has confirmed there was an attempt to fix the outcome of the Eredivisie match between Willem II and Utrecht in 2009.
The KNVB investigation claims former Willem II defender and Sierra Leone international Ibrahim Kargbo had an agreement with convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal to influence the outcome of the top-flight encounter seven years ago.
The probe also revealed Kargbo and Perumal organised a testimonial between Willem II and Sierra Leone with the aim of manipulating the match for gambling reasons, and made arrangements to influence the outcome of further Sierra Leone matches.
Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant had also cast doubt over the games between Willem II and Feyenoord and Willem II and A…