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The Gunners were reported to have seen a £56 million approach for the Italy international knocked back in January. They remain keen on doing a deal, but Premier League rivals from across London have also joined the hunt. ‘Belotti now worth €150m’ Belotti’s 27-goal return for club and country this season has helped to make him hot property, with his exploits in Serie A seeing him lead the race for the Capocannoniere....

In case you didn’t know… Cole has established himself as a legend in England. During his career, he has encountered the five-time Ballon d’Or winners. The defender’s rivalry with Ronaldo during the latter’s stint at Manchester United, served to be one of the most entertaining things to watch. He also boasts of having faced Messi in 2006, 2009 and 2012 without losing a single game. Cole had the privilege of playing alongside defending legends like John Terry and Sol Campbell during his time with Chelsea and Arsenal, and their influence rubbed off on him quite well....

Although Schweinsteiger made 31 appearances across competitions in his first season at Manchester United, Jose Mourinho’s arrival ahead of the 2016-17 season heralded the German’s rapid decline. That season, Schweinsteiger only made 4 appearances across competitions and was frozen out of the side by Mourinho. Speaking on Manchester United’s official podcast, Schweinsteiger opened up about his time at Manchester United and confirmed that he had been banned from the dressing room, as well as forced to train with the club’s U23 squad....

Now Kohl himself was under attack for refusing to come clean about a network of slush funds he controlled. By his stubborn silence, Schuble told his longtime mentor, Kohl was leading the party into “an abyss.” Later that morning, after a “tearful” meeting of the party leadership, the ex-chancellor gave up the fight. “I’ve decided to… resign from the honorary chairmanship of the Christian Democratic Party,” he declared. “I’ve been a member of the CDU for 50 years and it remains my home....

In 2015, I was in the midst of writing my first screenplay. I was getting a little stifled and burned out, and realized that my favorite part of writing the screenplay was choosing the character names. I needed a creative outlet and decided to start an Instagram account, What’s In A Baby Name, to write in detail about individual baby names that I thought were special. My early posts discussed the history, etymology, cultural relevance and numerology of each name....

I was on a six-figure salary. But, after two years, I gave it all up to launch a podcast about sex. Growing up in Orlando, Florida I didn’t have the best sex education. We were taught the basics—don’t get pregnant, Jesus, menstruation. All the hard stuff, the real conversations about sex and the power it can have, came from my mother. I remember the day my mom caught me watching porn in my room....

Townspeople say they saw cracks in the hillsides before the second slide. One survivor, Maria Dolores Villa, tried to warn relief workers that the area was dangerous. “I shouted [for them] to stay away, but they had come to rescue a young girl and just kept at it,” Villa told El Espectador, a Bogota daily. “I saw the mountain break into two and bury them.” By the weekend, eight people were still missing and feared dead....

The comments came after Virat Kohli and Co. went down against Deal Elgar’s South Africa by seven wickets at Newlands, Cape Town on Friday. As a result, India’s wait for a series win in South Africa continues. Pathan also highlighted that there is a need for change in the middle-order. Taking to Twitter, Irfan Pathan wrote: The last time the side fielded a wrist spinner was when they played Kuldeep Yadav against England in Chennai last year....

MJF is one of the select few wrestlers who still uses kayfabe in the best way possible. MJF has also been accused of crossing the limits on a few occasions, and the incident from Starrcast III instantly comes to mind where he mocked a kid in a wheelchair. During a recent edition of ARN, Arn Anderson revealed his reaction to seeing MJF for the first time at the aforementioned Starrcast event....

The Knicks failed to add Donovan Mitchell this offseason. The potential trade was expected to elevate their chances of becoming perennial playoff contenders. However, Mitchell got traded to the Cavaliers. The Knicks look far from competitive enough to be more than a play-in team in the Eastern Conference. Franchise cornerstone RJ Barrett thinks otherwise. The New York Knicks have become a laughing stock over the past few years. NBA fans didn’t hesitate to mock Barrett and the Knicks after the former lottery pick’s bold prediction for their 2022-23 season....

The brash Brooklyn-born coach has piled up championships dating back to his days coaching the University of Virginia to his more recent stint building a dynasty with the LA Galaxy. In between was his impressive first go-round as head coach of the U.S. national team. Now, a decade after that first stint in charge, Arena not only believes he’s better equipped to handle the job of U.S. coach, he believes there isn’t a coaching job he can’t handle....

The team is comprised of a set of four experienced players with a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) background, along with teenage gamer Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk. Since winning First Strike North America in 2020, the team has gone through a lot of ups and downs. On Stage 3 of the Valorant Champions Tour, they came back stronger than before, given the tough competition of some of the top international Valorant rosters....

Both teams faced disappointing exits in their domestic cup competitions earlier this week. The Parisians lost on penalties to Nice in the Round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Meanwhile, Real Madrid were eliminated from the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey following a 1-0 defeat to Athletic Club. Speaking to L’Equipe about the upcoming Champions League clash between the two European heavyweights, Domenech said: He added: The first leg of the Round of 16 tie between the two teams will take place at Parc des Princes on 15 February....

Both men have entered the final 12 months of their respective deals at Emirates Stadium, with neither yet to agree fresh terms. Arsenal to win any major trophy - 15/8 Sanchez continues to spark endless rounds of transfer speculation as his future remains squarely under the microscope, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain among his many suitors. He is yet to return to the Arsenal fold amid the uncertainty – although he is back in England – but Ozil has figured in pre-season and cult hero Groves believes the World Cup winner can be persuaded to extend his stay in north London....

The Liverpool forward was rewarded for an incredible 2017 as he clinched the BBC Player of the Year award beating club teammate, Sadio Mane, Borussia Dortmund and Gabon attacker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nigeria and Chelsea’s wing-back Victor Moses and, RP Leipzig and Guinea’s midfielder Naby Keita. Salah was made the Kops’ record signing after a laudable 2016-17 season at Italian outfit, Roma where he scored 19 goals 39 games across all competitions....

Arsenal signed Ben White in the summer for a club-record £52.6 million fee for a defender. Meanwhile, Manchester United welcomed back Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus towards the end of the transfer window. White wants to test himself against the best players in the world and is looking forward to playing at Old Trafford against Cristiano Ronaldo. Arsenal travel to face the Red Devils on December 2nd. The defender will be playing in front of a packed Old Trafford for the first time....

How PSG could line up wtih Draxler Hummels featured as Bayern defeated their visitors 3-0 to take a three-point lead into the Bundesliga’s mid-season break. But the usually quiet and unassuming defender attracted attention for a head of peroxide blond hair, not matched by his naturally dark facial fuzz. And Hummels was forced to explain how a lost game of skittles at Munich’s Oktoberfest beer festival meant he had to bleach his locks as a forfeit....

Richards was impressed with how easily the Chelsea defender coped with the threat posed by Son Heung-min. Speaking of Silva’s performance against Spurs on BBC Radio 5 Live (via HITC), Richards said: Thiago Silva had a complete game against Tottenham. Not only did the Chelsea defender put in an exceptional defensive performance, he also netted the opening goal from a corner. Chelsea’s performance against Tottenham Hotspur was built on solid defense....

Scorpio Sky was the first person to pin Chris Jericho and then went on to have an AEW World Heavyweight Championship match where he just came up short. During an appearance with AEW Unrestricted, Scorpio Sky talked about Chris Jericho and how much it meant to him to get to face him in a match on AEW… and actually be the first one to defeat him. Scorpio Sky revealed that he had been a huge Chris Jericho fan for a long time in his childhood and so the match was very important to him....

This 81-year-old, in particular, felt a “connection” to the Queen and says she felt like a “family member had passed away.” When Patricia Jarram was 11 years old, Elizabeth II became the Queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. The Queen has always been a part of Patricia’s life from seeing the Coronation in London aged ten to more recently working as a lookalike. The grandma-of-three has traveled across the UK to act as the Queen for a living, after retiring as a special needs teaching assistant....