Samuel Eto'o signs for Qatar Sports Club

Cameroon international Samuel Etoo has signed for Qatari side Qatar Sports Club, the 13th club he will be playing for in his long soccer career spanning over 26 years

The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea striker is set to be unveiled any moment from now it was confirmed on Tuesday as he becomes the latest big-name to head for  Qatar's domestic league as it gears up to host the 2022 World Cup.

The club said on social media that it would 'present the international star Samuel Eto'o' at a press conference. It is understood he underwent a medical earlier in the day.

The four-time African player of the year will join former team-mates in Qatar, including ex-Barcelona midfielder Xavi, who plays for Al Sadd, and Wesley Sneijder who was at Inter.

In 2009, Eto'o won the Champions League with Barcelona playing alongside Xavi.

A year later he won the same trophy with Inter in the same team as Sneijder.

The Dutchman now plays for Al Gharafa in Qatar's domestic competition, the Qatar Stars League.

The signing is a coup for Qatar Sports Club, who finished in mid-table last season and currently have little hope of winning any domestic titles.

Earlier on Monday, Eto'o said Ligue 1 clubs had contacted him after he announced he was leaving Turkey last week.

The 37-year-old is now in the twilight of a fabulous career.

He enjoyed five hugely successful seasons with Barcelona from 2004 to 2009, before helping Jose Mourinho's Inter side win the treble of Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in his first season in Italy.

He then had brief stints at Chelsea and Everton in the Premier League.

Eto'o also scored 56 times for his country in 118 appearances and won two AFCON cups with Cameroon.

The club via its verified twitter handle@QatarSportClub, declared;

"The management of Qatar Football Club is pleased to invite you to attend the press conference to present the international star Samuel Eto'o, which will be held on Tuesday at 8:00 pm at the Club

Arsenal Shares: Kroneke’s fresh offer dims Dangote’s desire

The desire of African richest man Nigeria's Aliko Dangote to become part owner of English premier league side Arsenal may have finally hit the rocks after American billionaire Stan Kroenke declared a fresh desire to have complete control of the club.

Kroenke according to latest report made an offer to minority owner Alisher Usmanov tabling his readiness to take complete control of the club. Arsenal's current value is put at £1.8billion.

Dangote has never hidden his love for the Emirates landlords while his desire to have a pie in the club has continued to prop up in the media circles every now and then.

 The international business mogul had at a time indicated his intention to have at least 16% share of the club, but with the current development it does appear that the desire will again return to the cooler.  

Dangote is however not the only one with such passion for the Gunners who are hoping not only to return to winning ways but also  intensify quest for trophies with new coach Unai Emery .

Rwandan President Paul kagame is equally a lover of the Gunners and there is no doubting the fact that both men will be praying for the team to do well as the new season kicks off Friday.  The Gunners flag off their quest for glory 2018/19 season with a home tie against defending champions on Sunday.

Arsenal showed impressive run their first pre-season under Unai Emery with a convincing 2-0 win over Lazio in Stockholm as Reiss Nelson and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang found the net.

Why we settled for Amuneke-TFF

Chairman of Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) Wallace Karia, has revealed the reason why the football house settled for Nigerian international Emmanuel Amuneke.

 The former Barcelona winger according to karia, has "considerable experience of African football as a player and now a national coach” He recalled that Amuneke played an important role in Super Eagles Nations Cup victory in 1994 in Tunisia, scoring a brace in the 2-1 defeat of Chipolopolo of Zambia at the then 25,000 capacity Stade El Menzah, in Tunis.

Amuneke's wealth of experience according to Karia is sure to produce the needed result in the Taifa Stars who will resume their campaign in the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Cranes of Uganda on September 7 in Kampala.

Amuneke recently back from FIFA assignment in Russia where he teamed up with the Technical Study Group (TSG), put pen to paper on Monday, a deal which has been re-twitted over and over by many friends, former teammates and associates.

Amunuke prior to heading to Russia for the FIFA assignment had parted ways with Sudanese club side Al Khartoum SC.

Although the Nigerian saved the side from relegation in his less than a year sojourn in Sudan, disagreements over finances led to the parting of ways. He became coach of Al Khartoum SC in November 2017, and left in March 2018.

The former Julius Berger and Ocean Boys sweat merchant also coached the National under 17 side, leading the team to victory at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, beating fellow Africans Mali 2-1 at the Estadio Sausalito Stadium in the final.

The 47-year-old takes over from Salum Mayanga who was sent packing over poor results.

The Taifa Stars are sitting third in their group after playing out a 1-1 draw against Lesotho in Dae es Salam.

Tanzania's participation in the African Cup of Nations has been neither here nor there as they have either withdrawn of failed to qualify.  The side crashed out in the first round of the 1980 edition which was won by Nigeria. Taifa Stars biggest win according to available records is a 2-time 7-0 defeat of Somalia in 1985 and 2012 while their biggest defeat was a 9-0 demolition by Kenya 62 years ago.

AFCON 2019: Cameroon engage Seedorf for Lions

Host of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon have engaged former Dutch International midfielder Clarence Seedorf as coach of the Indomitable Lions to be assisted interestingly by former teammate Patrick Kluivert.

The duo's appointment was announced by Cameroon's Minister of Sport and Physical Education, Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mkpatt, at a news conference on Saturday and comes after talks with former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson failed hit the rocks

Seedorf takes over from the Belgian Hugo Broos, who led the side to a surprise victory at the 2017 African Nations Cup finals but was axed in November after failing to win a place at the World Cup in Russia.

Cameroon will defend their Nations Cup title on home soil in June next year, a first major finals test for the new management team.

Seedorf, 42, will take on his first national team job having had limited experience in coaching following brief spells with AC Milan, Chinese side Shenzhen and Deportivo La Coruna.

He led those teams in a total of 52 games, but is revered for an illustrious playing career, most notably at Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid and AC Milan, winning the Champions League with each club

He was also capped 87 times by the Netherlands between 1994 and 2008.

Former striker Kluivert's playing career also included Ajax, where he was a Champions League winner with Seedorf, Milan and most notably Barcelona where he spent six seasons.

He was assistant coach to Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal between 2012 and 2014, and was later briefly in charge of Dutch Caribbean nation Curacao. One of the results that forced the exit of former coach Hugo Broos was Super Eagles 4-0 demolition of indomitable lions at the Nest of Champions in Uyo ahead of the World cup.

 

Goals from Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses and Kelechi Iheanacho were all the Gernot Rohr tutored side needed to post what was dubbed their biggest win en-route to Russia where they unfortunately failed to live up to expectations.

Iwobi signs new Arsenal deal, vows to do more

Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi has signed a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal, the Gunners announced Friday

Head coach Unai Emery hinted last month Iwobi was close to agreeing new terms and the Nigeria international has now put pen to paper.

Iwobi's new contract is reported to be a five-year deal that will commit the 22-year-old to the club through to 2023.

"I'm very pleased Alex has signed a new contract with us," said Emery.

"He is a great example of a player who can succeed from the academy through hard work and I look forward to working with him and our other talented young players in the squad."

Iwobi who put up a good show at the World Cup in Russia despite the Eagles inability to go beyond the first round, expressed satisfaction with his new deal adding that it is yet an opportunity to do more for a club that has always been after his heart from childhood.

"It's always been my childhood dream to represent Arsenal," Iwobi told Arsenal's official website.

"To get an extended contract is an amazing feeling and I hope I'm doing the Arsenal family proud, as well as my family.

"The first kit that I had was Arsenal and long may I continue to represent them.

"I always realise that I have to be representing the team and giving 100 per cent at all times. It’s not just myself or my family I'm representing, I also represent the people and the younger generation as well."

Iwobi who had an excellent bond with former Gunners coach Arsene Wenger has already made his way into good books of the new coach Unai Emery, an indication that the Nigerian international will equally have an impressive atmosphere to showcase his talent .

Saudi Side Al-Nassr celebrates Ahmed Musa capture

Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa has signed for Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr FC. The 25 year old who was in superlative form at the World cup in Russia despite Eagles early exit from the championship became has been on the radar of the Saudi Club even before the World cup. 

His exploits at the Mundial further fired the desire to have him in the fold.  The club on Friday released a video welcoming the Nigerian international whose exploits with Russian side CSKA Moscow received a lot of the commendation from the club and its fans.

Musa, who  was Leicester City’s  record signing when he moved to the King Power for £16.6million in 2016,  failed to hold down a place and was loaned back to his old club CSKA Moscow for part of last season.

Interestingly former VVV Venlo and Kano Pillars ace found the net six times in 10 appearances at the Russian club, three times as many as he managed in his 21 Premier League appearances.

Al-Nassr said he had signed a four-year contract but did not disclose the transfer fee. The announcement was also accompanied by a bizarre video that did not even feature their new signing — only highlights of his playing career to date.

The clip consisted of a flight taking off from London directly to Al-Nassr, with an unidentified man making his way through security.

On board, highlights of the striker playing for Leicester, Nigeria and CSKA Moscow could be seen out of the cabin

windows, including on of his World Cup strikes, and his International Champions Cup goal for the Foxes against Barcelona.

Rather than the video ending in the more traditional fashion, an image of the new signing in a shirt, or perhaps even just a scarf, the short feature ends with the plane flying perilously close to the main stand at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, the plane only just clearing it as the captain announced their arrival.

Al-Nassr finished third in the Saudi-Arabian professional league last season, qualifying for the Asian Champions League play-offs in the process.

A check conducted on the current squad of the club indicate that Musa has already been included an indication that the club is eager to have the Nigerian get into action in the new season.

Chelsea vs Man City : Moses eyes community shield title

Super Eagles winger Victor Moses is on the verge of adding Community Shield title to his collections as Chelsea file out against Manchester City at the wembley Stadium on Sunday. Moses has premier league, FA Cup and Europa titles in the kitty and victory at the Wembley on Sunday will be another feather

The former Wigan Athletic ace who converted a penalty for the Super Eagles at the World cup in Russia is being tipped to lift the Blues even as new coach Maurizio Sarri is hoping to win a title even before his first season at the Stamford Bridge.

The Italian took over from compatriot Antonio Conte last month after nearly wrestling the Serie A title from Juventus with old club Napoli last season.

He could become the first Premier League manager since David Moyes in 2013 in the same competition to win a trophy in his first game.

Sarri said: "First of all I'm looking forward to playing at Wembley, because it's my first time. The match will be very difficult for us.

"I want to win, because it's very important to have a trophy immediately.

City manager Pep Guardiola is looking forward to starting a new rivalry with Sarri, and says his style will adapt quickly

to the Premier League - having himself struggled with implementing his own style of play before City cruised to the title last season.

Chelsea are looking to win the Community Shield for the first time since 2009, when they beat Manchester United 4-1 on penalties. They've failed to win any of their last four appearances in the Community Shield.

Manchester City on the other hand last lifted the Community Shield in 2012, interestingly defeating Chelsea 3-2 in a fixture that was played at Villa Park.

This will be the third meeting between Chelsea and Manchester City at Wembley, with City winning the most recent one in April 2013 (2-1 in the FA Cup semi-final).

Chelsea have lost each of their last two games against Manchester City - they haven't lost three in succession against them since September 2010.