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Afternoon
Official Fabrizio Romano:
Official, confirmed. Wout Weghorst is new Manchester United player on loan from Burnley 🔴🤝🏻 Weghorst: “I’ve seen United’s progress under Erik ten Hag. Whatever happens in the next months, I can promise to give all my best to the club for as long as I am here”, he says. https://t.co/Xf4NBAR8h2
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Chelsea are now in direct contact with PSV Eindhoven for Noni Madueke — he’s the list alongside Marcus Thuram as potential option. 🚨🔵 Opening verbal proposal close to €30m as reported, new round of talks scheduled. PSV, open to sell at their conditions. https://t.co/g4Jv7407ks
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

RT : Chelsea are now in direct contact with PSV Eindhoven for Noni Madueke — he’s the list alongside Marcus Thuram as potential option. 🚨🔵 Opening verbal proposal close to €30m as reported, new round of talks scheduled. PSV, open to sell at their conditions. https://t.co/g4Jv7407ks
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Antonio Conte confirms Lucas Moura will leave the club on a free: “This is the decision of the club, his contract will not be extended” 🚨⚪️ “This season is a difficult season for Lucas. Honestly in my mind when we planned this season Lucas was an important player for us”. https://t.co/Uilyw0b15D
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Danilo to Nottingham Forest, here we go! Deal signed few minutes ago with Palmeiras, final fee around €20m 🚨🌳🇧🇷 Understand Danilo will fly to England on Saturday to undergo medical tests and sign long-term contract. Big one for Forest. https://t.co/rN7Reb7ZUq
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Fabrizio Romano on Twitter “Official, confirmed. Wout Weghorst is new Manchester United player on loan from Burnley 🔴🤝🏻 Weghorst: “I’ve seen United’s progress under Erik ten Hag. Whatever happens in the next months, I can promise to give all my best to the club for as long as I am here”, he says.”

🚨 EXCL: Arsenal new official proposal for Mykhaylo Mudryk is close to €70m fee plus add-ons, submitted tonight as revealed earlier. ⚪️🔴🇺🇦 Negotiations ongoing with Shakhtar Donetsk to discuss on the add-ons package. No issues on personal terms, Mudryk wants the move. https://t.co/AOaMEnV4Ub
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Fabrizio Romano on Twitter “🚨 EXCL: Arsenal new official proposal for Mykhaylo Mudryk is close to €70m fee plus add-ons, submitted tonight as revealed earlier. ⚪️🔴🇺🇦 Negotiations ongoing with Shakhtar Donetsk to discuss on the add-ons package. No issues on personal terms, Mudryk wants the move.”

Official Fabrizio Romano:
Wolves are set to sign João Gomes, here we go! There's full agreement with Flamengo on €17m fee for Brazilian midfielder born in 2001. 🟠 Agreement on personal terms, five year deal in place as per . Deal to be signed in the next hours. https://t.co/sbVrHN2zMC
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

RT : 🚨 EXCL: Arsenal new official proposal for Mykhaylo Mudryk is close to €70m fee plus add-ons, submitted tonight as revealed earlier. ⚪️🔴🇺🇦 Negotiations ongoing with Shakhtar Donetsk to discuss on the add-ons package. No issues on personal terms, Mudryk wants the move. https://t.co/AOaMEnV4Ub
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Fabrizio Romano on Twitter “Wolves are set to sign João Gomes, here we go! There's full agreement with Flamengo on €17m fee for Brazilian midfielder born in 2001. 🟠 Agreement on personal terms, five year deal in place as per . Deal to be signed in the next hours.”

Afternoon
Understand Wout Weghorst deal will not include buy option clause. Manchester United have completed the signing on loan until June from Burnley. 🔴🇳🇱 Weghorst has completed medical tests and documents have been signed. https://t.co/dwtUl8Pjg6
— Fabrizio Romano () Jan 13, 2023

Fabrizio Romano on Twitter “Understand Wout Weghorst deal will not include buy option clause. Manchester United have completed the signing on loan until June from Burnley. 🔴🇳🇱 Weghorst has completed medical tests and documents have been signed.”

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Richarlison: Thiago Silva, Marquinhos & Ramos BETTER defenders than Van Dijk

FT MANCITY 3-0 ARSENAL

Who will win thrilling race for the Golden Boot as the Premier League restarts?

The long wait is almost over. Premier League football makes its comeback on Wednesday after a pause of almost three months amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

It will look and feel very different with empty stadiums, piped-in crowd noise and pre-match fanfare kept to a minimum.

But one thing that won't change will be the fierce competition between the Premier League's leading strikers to claim the Golden Boot for top scorer.

Three players - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal and the Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane - shared the accolade last season after each scoring 22 goals.

And it's shaping up to be another very tight contest this season as the top-flight action resumes.

Here's a reminder of the lethal strikers who'll battle it out for the Golden Boot in the weeks ahead.

JAMIE VARDY

Leicester City, 19 goals, 117 minutes per goal

When Brendan Rodgers was appointed Leicester City manager in February last year, one of the first things he did was emphasise to Jamie Vardy just how important he was.

That vote of confidence has certainly paid off with Vardy producing some of the most prolific form of his career to leave Leicester odds-on to qualify for the Champions League.

Vardy has scored 19 times this season, giving him a two-goal head start in this race as the season gets going again, but there have been both floods of goals and droughts for the ex-England striker.

Between October 19 and December 8, Vardy scored 11 goals across eight consecutive league games, including three in Leicester's remarkable 9-0 win at Southampton.

But after returning from a short injury lay-off over the New Year, he failed to score in six consecutive league games in January and February, as well as two League Cup outings.

That barren run was finally ended with two goals against Aston Villa in what was the last Premier League match before the shutdown on March 9

Man Utd 'ready to unleash Pogba as a No.10' with Bruno behind him in midfield.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reportedly lined up Paul Pogba to play as his No. 10 in a bid to fit the French World Cup winner in Man Utd's midfielder alongside Bruno Fernandes.

Pogba is back to full fitness from a persistent ankle injury and Solskjaer is hoping he can strike up a formidable partnership with Fernandes when the season returns later this month.

United are relying on their two star players to help fire them to a Champions League spot with Solskjaer's men currently sat fifth, three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

Solskjaer has been working on a system where he can play Pogba and Fernandes together and has settled on deploying the former in a new attacking midfield role, according to The Sun.

Pogba has already been prepped to play in that role, having featured in behind the central striker during last Saturday's intra-squad friendly game at Old Trafford.

The report claims that the 27-year-old, who has not played a competitive game since Boxing Day, is not yet up to match speed but impressed Solskjaer in that position.
Pogba has been used as a No. 10 on several occasions during his United career with many of the opinion he is a better player when given more freedom - but has never consistently operated in that role.
He and Fernandes - a £68million January arrival from Sporting Lisbon who was supposedly signed to replace Pogba - will be the central figures in United's new-look midfield.
Portuguese star Fernandes is an attack-minded midfielder with goalscoring and creative attributes, but Solskjaer has decided to play him behind Pogba as part of a midfield three in a No. 8 playmaker role.
Fernandes has been an instant success at Old Trafford, scoring three goals and registering four assists in the nine games he played before the season was suspended.
Solskjaer admitted last month he was excited about the prospect pairing Fernandes and

Barcelona or Real Madrid: Who will win La Liga this season?

The relegation and Champions League qualification battles will be very interesting in the remainder of the LaLiga Santander season, yet the title race between Real Madrid and Barcelona is expected to steal the limelight.

Two points separate LaLiga Santander leaders Barcelona with Los Blancos, but which team are considered front-runners to win the title?

According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Barcelona have a 64.5 percent probability of lifting the trophy, while Five Thirty Eight give Quique Setien's side 62 percent probability of achieving their target.

Barcelona's remaining games

The Catalan side, who are set to face six of LaLiga Santander's bottom seven teams, and have a two point advantage over Real Madrid who won the last El Clasico.

Their upcoming rivals have accumulated 356 points in total so far this season, which is 18 fewer than Los Blancos' opponents.
Meanwhile, in addition to hosting Atletico Madrid they will have to play a couple of tough away games against Sevilla and Villarreal.

Real Madrid's Laliga Santander calendar

Los Blancos will play six of their last 11 matches on home soil at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Valdebebas.
Their toughest games on the road are those against the strong Basque sides Athletic Club and Real Sociedad, while they will host Valencia who have troubled them at home in recent seasons.

OFFICIAL: Alli banned for Man Utd match and fined £50,000 for mocking Covid-19

Dele Alli has been hit with a one-game ban by the Football Association for his controversial social media post earlier this year in which he appeared to mock an Asian man over the coronavirus.
The Tottenham star has been at the centre of an FA investigation and will now miss his team's Project Restart opener against Manchester United a week on Friday after disciplinary chiefs slapped the midfielder with a one match suspension and £50,000 fine.

He will also be required to undertake an FA educational course.

Alli posted a video showing a man of Asian descent with the caption: 'Corona whatttttt, please listen with volume.'

In the next part of the Snapchat story, the midfielder wears a mask while appearing to feign concern. He then shows a bottle of handwash, accompanied by the caption: 'This virus gunna have to be quicker than that to catch me.'

Alli deleted the video within minutes of posting it and apologised twice, nevertheless the FA have deemed the footage to have racial connotations.

In November, Manchester City star Bernardo Silva was banned for one game and fined £50,000 for a social media post in which he compared team-mate Benjamin Mendy to the character on a packet of Conguitos - a chocolate brand available in Spain and Portugal.

An FA commission accepted Silva did not intend to be 'racist' against Mendy, but still felt compelled to dish out the suspension given the connotations.

Sportsmail revealed in February that Alli would tell disciplinary chiefs the video was not racist but a misjudged joke.

Silva's social media post regarding Mendy was made on Twitter which is a public forum.

Unlike Silva's post regarding Mendy which was made on Twitter - a public forum - Alli's video was meant for private consumption; the England star posting it on his private Snapchat account, meaning only people he has verified have access to his posts.

However, the vide

Van Dijk 'set to sign a new five-year Liverpool deal worth £220,000-a-week.
Virgil van Dijk is set to become the highest paid player in Liverpool history after agreeing a £220,000-a-week deal.
The Holland international will sign a five-year contract worth £57million according to The Sun, when Liverpool seal the Premier League title.
It ends any fears of the 28-year-old signing for French giants Paris Saint-Germain who have made it known that they want to sign him.
Van Dijk currently earns £180,000 a week and could have earned another £100,000 on top of that if he had signed for Thomas Tuchel's side.
The former Southampton defender is understood to be happy with the £40,000- a week rise that will take him above current top earner Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool superstar Salah currently earns £200,000 a week and will see his team-mate now earn more than him.
Van Dijk signed from Southampton for £75million in what was a world-record fee for a defender at the time in January 2018.
He will sign a contract until the end of the 2024-25 season at least.
The deal is understood to be completed but will not become public knowledge until next month.
Jurgen Klopp is also keen to give Sadio Mane a new contract that would put him on par with Van Dijk.
Mane's contract runs out in three years time and has been in no hurry to accept a £2m-a-year rise since being offered it last November.
Klopp also wants Georginio Wijnaldum to extend his contract with the Holland international only having a year left on his current deal.
Divock Origi's future is believed to be uncertain whilst Xherdan Shaqiri is likely to be sold.
Liverpool restart against Everton a week on Sunday needing only two wins to secure the top-flight title in 30 years.
Klopp saw his side thrash Blackburn Rovers 6-0 at Anfield in a friendly on Thursday.