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Monday's Manchester United transfer rumours: Eder Militao, Kostas Manolas, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic The latest transfer news and rumours from Manchester United on Sunday 6 January featuring Diego Godin, Nikola Milenkovic and current contract sagas. Manchester United will battle Liverpool and Real Madrid for £42.5m-rated Porto right-back Eder Militao, according to The Sun. The Porto star has a release clause in the contract he signed only last summer. The 20-year-old was signed from Sao Paulo for £3m in the summer. Roma centre-back Kostas Manolas is a target for Manchester United, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The centre-back has a £30.5m release clause in his contract and United are reportedly ready to trigger that at the end of the season. Inter and AC Milan are set to go head to head in a battle to sign Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to Corriere della Sera. The Serbian was a PSG and Manchester United transfer target last summer but his p...

Jose Mourinho says Diogo Dalot is poised to make his Premier League bow for Manchester United in Saturday's Premier League meeting with Southampton. Injuries have restricted Dalot to just two appearances in other competitions since his summer arrival from FC Porto but the Portuguese youngster has already shown flashes of his potential, putting in a solid defensive display during September's 3-0 win at Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League before providing an assist for Marouane Fellaini in the Carabao Cup clash against Derby County. Speaking to MUTV's Stewart Gardner, Mourinho confirmed the 20-year-old is now back to full fitness and ready to help fill the void left by defensive absentees Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo and Matteo Darmian. “Players must be ready and in this case some are going away to the medical room and others are coming back,” explained the Reds boss. “For example, this weekend will be the first call for Dalot. He's ready now. ”He had an importan...

V ictor Lindelof has been reflecting on a good month for him personally after claiming Manchester United's Player of the Month award for the first time. The defender came out on top in a tight battle in the November poll, conducted exclusively on the Official App. He received 44 per cent of the final vote, while David De Gea was second with 30 per cent and October’s winner Anthony Martial was a close third with 26 per cent. November proved to be a mixed month for the 24-year-old, who was in magnificent form after forging a solid partnership with Chris Smalling at the heart of the Reds defence. He was also named the Swedish Player of the Year at a special ceremony in his homeland and scored for his country in their UEFA Nations League win over Russia. However, Victor later suffered an unfortunate injury in last weekend’s goalless draw against Crystal Palace, when he played through the pain in the latter stages of the game. Jose Mourinho praised his bravery and later confirmed th...

Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party from Kano, Katsina and Kaduna states who have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have said that electing  Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015 was a huge mistake. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigerians are eager to elect its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as next President of the country because he has demonstrated that the essence of leadership lies in applying its powers and privileges for the good of others rather than self. The party said, unlike President Buhari, whom it said has been rejected by Nigerians because he is “a self-centered, uncaring, divisive and incompetent leader, whose administration relishes in inflicting pain, sorrow and hardship on others,” that Atiku Abubakar, however, is generally accepted as a “unifier, a broad-minded leader, who is committed to the welfare and uplifting of living standard of the citizens.” PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola O...

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has warned that as another election cycle approaches, the EFCC will not fold its hands and watch the nation’s commonwealth squandered by corrupt politicians. Magu gave the warning while presenting a paper at a one-day retreat for 36 state governors and key election stakeholders. Magu, who spoke through Olanipekun Olukoyede, his Chief of Staff, said, “We shall keenly monitor the financial affairs of political parties to ensure that the use of public funds to finance political parties and prosecute campaigns at all levels of government is checked”. He assured that henceforth, donations to political parties and the identities of the donors will be of massive interest to the Commission going forward. “To minimize corruption and the use of public funds to fund political parties and finance elections, there is need for greater effectiveness in enforcing the provisions of the various electoral laws i...

On Autojosh, we keep our word on your mobility being our priority. Mobility should always come with safety and peace in mind . This includes travelling within a state, country or even out of a country. Today we would be ranking the top 20 safest/most peaceful countries in the world to travel to.This list is not compiled based on intuition or sentiments, its compiled based on the Global Peace Index, which takes into consideration several factors like a country’s number of jailed persons per 100,000 people, military strength, political instability, internal and external conflicts etc . Let’s count down . 20. Mauritius 19.Bhutan 17. Hungary And Germany (They share the same score) 16.Norway 15.Finland 14.Sweden 13.Australia 12.Switzerland 11.Slovenia 10.Ireland 9.Japan 8.Singapore 7.Czech Republic 6.Canada 5.Denmark 4.Portugal 3.Austria 2.New Zealand 1.Iceland Iceland is the most peaceful country in the world .In case you are curious about the p...

The Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was left “in tears” after being betrayed by the man who held his current job for 26 years, Sir Alex Ferguson, according to a new book. High-profile Spanish journalist Diego Torres has made the claims in his new release ‘Prepare to Lose: the Mourinho Era’ which covers the Portuguese coach’s time at Real Madrid. Ferguson left his post after a history-making 26-year stint and Mourinho, according to Torres, felt that the fine relationship the two had meant the Scot would give him his backing as a successor. Image result for mourinho fergie “Mourinho thought that Ferguson was, besides his ally, also his friend and godfather,” writes the Madrid-based author. “He was convinced that they were tied by a relationship of genuine trust. “He thought that his fabulous collection of titles constituted an ‘endorsement’ unreachable to any other contenders. “When he knew that Ferguson had chosen Moyes, the Everton coach, he was struck by a terribl...

Former Manchester United player, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed what he told Jose Mourinho before leaving United. Ibrahimovic arrived Old Trafford during the summer transfer window of 2016 after spending four successful seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, PSG. Ibrahimovic scored a total of 28 goals in 46 appearances in his first season at United, helping the club win the EFL Cup and Europa League to qualify for the Champions League. After suffering a serious injury towards the end of the season, Ibrahimovic was unable to rediscover his top form for the Red Devils before agreeing to leave the club in March 2018. Ibrahimovic subsequently signed for LA Galaxy and has revealed what he told Mourinho before he bid farewell. “This was a new challenge for me [the injury] and I said I would come back when I was ready and I would play exactly as I did before,” Ibrahimovic told BBC Sport. “When I cannot do that I will not continue in football because I’m not here for charity. After my...

The Federal Government has approved the reduction of the fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the National Examination Council (NECO) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The approval was granted during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the State House Villa, Abuja. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu who briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, said from January next year, prospective students are to pay N3,500 for JAMB as against N5,000. For the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) being conducted by NECO, he said prospective students are to pay N9,850 as against N11,350. The Minister said BECE fee has been slashed down to N4,000 from N5,500.

A group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand. The animals were discovered by a walker late on Saturday, strewn along the beach of Mason Bay. Authorities said half the whales had already died by then, while the other half were put down as it would have been too difficult to save them. In separate incidents, 12 pygmy whales and a sperm whale also beached in New Zealand over the weekend. ‘A heart-breaking decision’ The pilot whales were beached in two pods about 2km (1.2 miles) apart on a remote beach on Rakiura or Stewart Island off the coast of South Island. “Sadly, the likelihood of being able to successfully re-float the remaining whales was extremely low,” Ren Leppens of the regional Department of Conservation (DOC) said in a statement. “The remote location, lack of nearby personnel and the whales’ deteriorating condition meant the most humane thing to do was to euthanise.” “However, it’s alwa...