Barcelona Confirm Neymar Granted Permission To Leave Training Ahead Of PSG Move

Barcelona have announced that Neymar has been given permission to miss training on Wednesday, as his expected transfer to Paris St Germain moves a step closer.

According to reports in the Spanish media, the Brazilian told his team-mates this morning that he has the “intention of leaving the club and seeking his future elsewhere”.

PSG are ready to pay his release clause of €222m (£198m).

That would dwarf the €105m that Manchester United paid for France midfielder Paul Pogba last year.

Barcelona say Neymar left the training ground 30 minutes after arriving on Wednesday.

Super Eagles Kelechi Iheanacho Signs Five-Year Contract With Premier League Outfit Leicester City

Nigerian forward, Kelechi Iheanacho on Tuesday evening completed a £25 million move from Manchester City to Leicester City after passing a medical.

Iheanacho becomes most expensive Nigerian player ever, displacing Odion Ighalo who signed for Chinese club, Changchun Yatai for £20m in January.

The fee is also the second highest African transfer this season behind Mohamed Salah’s £34.3m move from Roma to Liverpool.

The transfer was held up by legal issues over his image rights with his former agents.

But ESPN reports that after passing his medical on Tuesday, the player signed a five-year contract with the Foxes.

However, an announcement and unveiling of the player will come within the next 24-48 hours as the club tidy up legal details in respect of his former representatives.

Manchester City have inserted a buy-back option of £50m in the contract.

Dammy Krane’s Arraignment Hearing Scheduled For August 17

The latest update according to the Miami-Dade County Criminal Justice Online System on the Felony case against Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane indicates that his arraignment hearing has now been scheduled for August 17, 2017.

Just so you know, In felony cases, after the arraignment, if the case does not settle or get dismissed the judge holds a preliminary hearing. At this hearing, the judge will decide if there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to make the defendant have to appear for a trial.

Dammy Krane will now appear in court at 9:15am on the said date at the Justice Building, Room 4-3 with Courtney Erik as his defense attorney and Migiel De La O as the judge.

Husband Of Queen Elizabeth, 96-year-old Prince Philip Will Retire This Week

Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, will retire this week after he carries out the last of his thousands of public appearances.



He will attend a parade of the Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace today, bringing to an end his 64 years as Captain General of the commando force.

When he finally retires, Prince Philip will have conducted a staggering 22,219 solo engagements since his wife’s ascension to the throne in 1952, following her father’s death. The Duke has also made 637 solo overseas visits, and by Wednesday, he will have delivered 5,496 speeches during his time as the longest-serving consort in British history.

Davido Back In The Country

DMW boss, Davido is back in the country and immediately back in news, and is at the receiving end of social media backlash.

This is because of the video which surfaced of mobile policemen (MOPOL), firing gunshot salute in the excitement of ferrying Davido from Murtala Muhammad International Airport.

The intention of the shots are not known as at the time of reporting but it seems the IF crooner was in a jubilant mood as he returned to the country for a break from his world wide tour.

Just moments before, OBO showered fans at the airport with fistfuls of dollars, and the plan worked like a charm as the crowd that converged on him, swarmed as soon as they sighted the dollars hitting the floor.

The mobile policemen at the urging of one of Davido’s lackeys showed off the AK-47 hollow tipped bullet, for the consumption of social media followers who may get the wrong idea. Only recently it was reported that a fan tried to snatch the flamboyant artist’s bling bling.

Davido then proceeded from the airport to his Lekki mansion, sirens blaring and weaving through traffic.

Real Madrid Boss Zidane Finally Reveals When Cristiano Ronaldo Will Return To Club

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will return this Saturday.

Ronaldo opted not to speak to reporters after making a court appearance in Madrid over a tax evasion case on Monday.

Prosecutors allege the 32-year-old, who denies any wrongdoing, has evaded €14.7million in taxes relating to his image rights between 2011 and 2014.

Instead, Inaki Torres of his management company Gestifute, spoke on his behalf, insisting “everything is in order” with the proceedings.

Madrid face MLS All-Stars to conclude their tour of the United States, before returning to Europe to prepare for their Super Cup meeting with Ronaldo’s former club Manchester United in Skopje next Tuesday.

“If he had spoken, there would also be comments. The important thing is what he said to me. He is on holiday and he’s calm,” Zidane told a media conference.

“He’ll be with us on the fifth [of August] and I hope that, after that day, this topic is closed.

“I don’t believe these things hurt him. He’s happy because it’s over. Now he’s calm about the topic of football, he wants to play and he’ll be with us on the fifth.”