46 — Vanguard, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019 Coutinho in Munich <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> complete Bayern move Philippe Coutinho has arrived at Bayern Munich <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> complete his medical as he edges closer <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> sealing his loan move from Barcel<strong>on</strong>a. The Brazilian midfielder has agreed <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> join the Bundesliga champi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> a seas<strong>on</strong>-l<strong>on</strong>g loan deal - with Bayern having the opti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> make the deal permanent at the end of the campaign. Bayern sporting direc<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Hasan Salihamidzic said <strong>on</strong> Friday: “I can c<strong>on</strong>firm that Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [Bayern chairman] and I have been in Barcel<strong>on</strong>a this week, agreeing with the player and the adviser. “We had very good talks and I want <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> say thank you <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Barcel<strong>on</strong>a. “Medical check and signature and we are very happy <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> have w<strong>on</strong> this player, it will be a <strong>on</strong>e-year loan deal with a call opti<strong>on</strong>.” He flew in a private jet <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Germany where he headed <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Eriksen Eriksen wants <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> leave Tottenham for free C hristian Eriksen was <strong>on</strong>e of the players who looked likely <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> moving <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> pastures new this summer, with Real Madrid the most p r o b a b l e destinati<strong>on</strong>, although Manchester United were also a possibility at the end in case Paul Pogba moved <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Madrid. In the end the Danish player is staying in L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> (and the Frenchman in Manchester). And the Tottenham man has decided <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> see out his c<strong>on</strong>tract, which finishes next summer, and leave for free, ensuring Spurs get nothing when he goes. Fury ridicules Joshua Tys<strong>on</strong> Fury has hit back at Anth<strong>on</strong>y Joshua after his rival ridiculed him for fighting Ot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Wallin. The Gypsy King takes <strong>on</strong> little-known Swedish fighter Wallin in Las Vegas in September in another tune-up fight ahead of his rematch with De<strong>on</strong>tay Wilder next year, but Joshua wasn’t impressed with the opp<strong>on</strong>ent selecti<strong>on</strong>. Joshua said he would never fight ‘lower-tier heavyweights’. After hearing the comments, Fury resp<strong>on</strong>ded by questi<strong>on</strong>ing the caliber of Andy Ruiz Jr – AJ’s next opp<strong>on</strong>ent. ‘What about Andy Ruiz then? Was he a <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p tier heavyweight when he fought him? He got knocked out by him,’ Fury <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ld Behind the Gloves. ‘No he wasn’t, that’s the answer <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> that questi<strong>on</strong>. Nobody knew who club offices for his medical and c<strong>on</strong>tract documentati<strong>on</strong>. Coutinho joins <strong>on</strong> loan for a seas<strong>on</strong>, until June 2020, for 20m euros and Bayern paying his salary. The German side can buy him for 120m euros at the end of the loan if they so wish. Chukwueze opens La Liga goal account <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nigeria</str<strong>on</strong>g> Internati<strong>on</strong>al Samuel Chukwueze was <strong>on</strong> target as Villarreal were held by Granada 4-4 at the Estadio de la Cerámica in their La Liga opener <strong>on</strong> Saturday. Santi Cazorla drew the first blood from the spot before Granada leveled up through Fede Vico, who also c<strong>on</strong>verted from the penalty spot. Moi Gomez res<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>red the Yellow submarine’s lead, but the Visi<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs were level again after evading Villarreal defender, Ruben Pena <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> put the ball in<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> his own net. Not l<strong>on</strong>g after the fourth goal of the match, Villarreal forward Gerard Moreno scored <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> make it a <strong>on</strong>e goal lead. Chukwueze then followed up, opening his goal account for the seas<strong>on</strong> with a brilliant run after picking up the ball just past the half-way mark. The winger beat his markers, dribbling behind them before hitting a precise low shot, aimed for the bot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>m left corner and bey<strong>on</strong>d the goalkeeper’s reach. However Villarreal’s two goal lead was halved two minutes after Chukwueze’s goal. Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Rober<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Soldado from a fine header before An<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nio Puertas scored the equalize nine minutes before time. Despite this scenario being well known, the Mirror reports that Spurs have tried <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> change Eriksen’s mind, by making him an offer of over a milli<strong>on</strong> euros a year,despite being aware that there is little chance of changing his mind, because Eriksen is extremely hurt by the behaviour of club bosses who he feels prevented him from trying his luck at <strong>on</strong>e of Europe’s big clubs. Sources at the club say the reas<strong>on</strong> Eriksen didn’t leave this summer was because no formal offer was ever made for him. The Danish internati<strong>on</strong>al’s hope right now is that Tottenham understand he w<strong>on</strong>’t renew and will start last ditch negotiati<strong>on</strong>s with buying clubs in the remaining days of the transfer window <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> try and get something for him, although that would leave them with the the problem of being almost certainly unable <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> replace <strong>on</strong>e of their leading players for the seas<strong>on</strong> ahead Andy Ruiz was. He was a two-week replacement opp<strong>on</strong>ent. ‘People <strong>on</strong>ly become somebody by getting an opportunity. This time last year Andy Ruiz was nobody, absolutely f****** nobody. ‘Today he’s heavyweight champi<strong>on</strong> of the world. If he wasn’t Fury given the opportunity <strong>on</strong> two weeks notice then nobody would know his name. ‘He c<strong>on</strong>tradicts himself quite a lot actually. AJ, you must think before you speak, you little p****.’ Chukwueze Madrid <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> appeal against Modric’s red card Real Madrid have decided <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> file an appeal in attempt <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> avoid Luka Modric being su<str<strong>on</strong>g>spend</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed for the straight red card he was shown <strong>on</strong> Saturday against Celta Vigofor a challenge from behind <strong>on</strong> Denis Suárez. The referee’s match report states that the Real Madrid midfielder was sent off in the 56th minute for “striking the rival player’s achilles tend<strong>on</strong> area with his studs, with no possibility of getting the ball”. Real Madrid c<strong>on</strong>sider the referee’s versi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be incorrect as, in their Joshua De Bruyne c<strong>on</strong>fused by VAR handball rules Kevin De Bruyne admitted he was c<strong>on</strong>fused by the handball rules after Manchester City were denied a dramatic late winner against Tottenham by VAR. The Premier League champi<strong>on</strong>s thought they had snatched a 3-2 vic<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry in injury time at the Etihad Stadium <strong>on</strong> Saturday but Gabriel Jesus’ strike was disallowed <strong>on</strong> review for a handball by Aymeric Laporte. Replays showed the ball had brushed off the <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p of the City defender’s arm as a cross came in, which under new interpretati<strong>on</strong>s has <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be penalised - regardless of whether the handball was deliberate or not - because it led <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> a goal. De Bruyne does not feel the rule is c<strong>on</strong>sistent because, had the ball hit a Tottenham player’s arm in the same manner instead of Laporte’s, play would have been allowed <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tinue. “It is what it is,” the Belgian said of VAR. “If they want <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> make football better they should have it. But I think the <strong>on</strong>ly thing - the rules should be clear. If the ball had <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>uched somebody of Tottenham’s arm it’s not a penalty, but if it <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>uched our arm it is not allowed. “It should go both ways in something like that. I d<strong>on</strong>’t understand that as a player. It makes it really c<strong>on</strong>fusing.” view, Modric was attempting <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> play the ball, and s<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>od <strong>on</strong> Suárez without meaning <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Modric is facing a suspensi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> three games for the red card. Article 123 of the disciplinary code in Spain c<strong>on</strong>cerning “violent play”, which would likely apply <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Modric, states that where a player is resp<strong>on</strong>sible for violent play involving risk <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> another player but which doesn’t lead <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> damaging c<strong>on</strong>sequences or injury, the suspensi<strong>on</strong> will be <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> three games, or up <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e m<strong>on</strong>th out. Sadio Mane has become just the sec<strong>on</strong>d player <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> score 20 goals (from Premier League players) in 2019, following in the footsteps of Sergio Aguero. After his Uefa Super Cup heroics against Chelsea, Mane put the Reds ahead as Liverpool <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ok the lead against Southamp<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n in a tight c<strong>on</strong>test at St. Mary’s Stadium. The goal means the Senegalese has scored 20 times in all competiti<strong>on</strong>s in 2019, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> stay <strong>on</strong> level terms with Manchester City’s Aguero who has achieved the same feat. It is an as<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nishing level of Ehizibue, Collins make big impressi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Bundesliga debuts Three <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nigeria</str<strong>on</strong>g>n players made their debuts in the German Bundesliga <strong>on</strong> the opening day of the 2019-2020 seas<strong>on</strong>. Munich-born <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nigeria</str<strong>on</strong>g>n fullback Kingsley Ehizibue was in acti<strong>on</strong> for 90 minutes as FC Cologne suffered a 2-1 loss <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> VfL Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena. The 24-year-old signed a fouryear c<strong>on</strong>tract with FC Cologne in the off-seas<strong>on</strong>, which ended his stint with Dutch clubs. Ehizibue w<strong>on</strong> 89 percent of his challenges, clocked up a joint <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p speed of 34km/hour and completed 80 percent of his dribbles. At the BayArena (Leverkusen), Super Eagles first choice leftback Jamilu Collins lasted the entire durati<strong>on</strong> as Bundesliga newcomers SC Paderborn suffered a 3-2 loss at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen. Collins racked up a game-high seven intercepti<strong>on</strong>s over the course of ninety minutes and made two clearances and <strong>on</strong>e tackle. Liverpool loanee Taiwo Aw<strong>on</strong>iyi played the last five minutes of Mainz’s 3-0 loss <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Freiburg at the Schwarzwald-Stadi<strong>on</strong> (Freiburg im Breisgau). The home team were 2-0 up thanks <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> goals from Lucas Holer and J<strong>on</strong>athan Schmid before the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Nigeria</str<strong>on</strong>g> internati<strong>on</strong>al came off the bench. Mane joins Aguero in exclusive goalscoring club durability from the 27-year-old who shows no signs of slowing down. Against Chelsea in Wednesday’s Super Cup, Mane became the first African <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> score a brace in the competiti<strong>on</strong>. He recorded 26 goals in 2018-19, landing the Premier League Golden Boot and the Champi<strong>on</strong>s League crown. Mane might be in c<strong>on</strong>tenti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> win the Ball<strong>on</strong> d’Or for the first time and he should be in the running the African Player of the Year prize.
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