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CITY TO COMPLETE ALEXIS SANCHEZ BEFORE DEADLINE
Manchester City are set to complete the deal for Arsenal playmaker Alexis Sanchez before the transfer deadline on Thursday, according to reports.
The Chile international netted 24 times in the Premier League last term but he wants out from Arsene Wenger’s side.
Wenger insists on forcing the player to see out his deal at the club instead of selling to a top rival. The last time the Frenchman did that Manchester United emerged the league champions.
Coach Pep Guardiola is keen on landing the former Barcelona player as he is confident that he would boost the City attacking prowess. The 28-year old still has up to three years at top level and he could help City win titles before he tires out. If Sanchez arrives at the Etihad, Raheem Sterling would be on his way out of the crowded City attack line.
Rugby Should Not Listen To Charles Piutau
All Black Charles Piutau should move to rugby league if he has the desire to play for his beloved Tonga.
The call of Piutau for a relaxation in eligibility rules of rugby must fall on deaf ears for the sake of the good of the game.
Moreover, rugby should also move quickly to strengthen the laws which in the past have allowed a few players to switch countries in the last year lead up to seven’ Olympics debut in Rio.
BUFFON DESERVED THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEDAL
Twenty two years ago, 17-year old Gianluigi Buffon was resting in a hotel camped by Parma a day to a classic showdown with AC Milan.
The Crociati had just finalized the training for the day and in the process, lost chief goalkeeper Luca Bucci to injury.
Coach Nevio Scala was said to have visited little Gianluigi later that night and informed the teenager he would be thrown into the starting line-up. With the very composure that Gigi will later come to be known for, he succeeded in shutting out an AC Milan attack boasting of Roberto Baggio and George Weah, keeping a clean sheet and effectivelyannouncing his name to Italian football.
Years on, and none could be more symbolic nor popular than the Tuscany-born as far as Italian football goalies go. Gianluigi has become a legend and not just any legend but the type that are lucky and good enough to be viewed from a decentralized template.
Just like Totti and to some extent Andrea Pirlo, Buffon is the kind of player whose reverence thrives above rivalry, tribe or language. There are some players whose substitution even during a derby compels every spectator both for and against to register a standing ovation. Gigi is one of such.