Premier League: Ighalo must accept bench role – Mazzarri

Watford coach, Walter Mazzarri, has told Odion
Ighalo to accept his decision to leave him on the
bench against Leicester City next week and be
ready when his time comes to start.
The Nigeria international has endured a slow start
to this season, scoring only two goals for the
Hornets.
Igahlo was left out of the starting team in their
2-1 win over the Premier League champions, as
Mazzarri tweaked his formation.
The Italian manager has asked the striker, to
continue working hard and wait for his chance,
ahead of Sunday’s trip to Stoke City.
“There is no message,” Mazzarri replied when
asked about Ighalo.
“What I do is watch my team during training, I
study the next opponent and then make my
decision on what is the best thing considering all
these factors.
“Ighalo has been professional and accepted the
decision. When he played, even when he didn’t
score, he played as well as the whole team has
done.
“When we lost and we played badly, he played
badly with the whole team, there is no difference.
“I tell him he has to be ready when his moment
comes.”
Watford are currently in eighth place with 18
points.

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John Mikel obi offered N66m every week

Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has been
offered an incredible $212,000-a-weel deal by
Chinese club, Shanghai SIPG.
According to OwnGoalNigeria, the offer was made
to the midfielder’s agen t, after Nigeria’s 3-1 win
over Algeria in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo,
where he scored the second goal.
Mikel Obi is yet to play a single minute under new
Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte and has been
linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge in
January.
Shanghai SIPG is rated third in terms of wealth
and revenue in the Chinese league and the club is
currently managed by former Chelsea coach,
Andre Villas-Boas.
Mikel Obi rejected a move to another Chinese
club, Shanghai Shenhua, last season. Former
Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins currently plays
there.

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Neymar’s family maintains innocence on corruption charges

Neymar’s father company, NN Consultoria, has
responded to the latest attempt by Spanish
prosecutors, to jail the Barcelona forward and
insist they will be cleared of any wrongdoing.
The authorities want a two-year prison sentence
and €10 million fine for the Brazil forward, as well
as jail terms for his parents, for alleged corruption
involved in his transfer to Barcelona from Santos
in 2013.
An investment group, DIS, which owned 40% of
Neymar’s economic rights, claims it received less
money than it was supposed to get after the
transfer.
NN Consultoria has now issued a statement
claiming the latest reports are not a new
development, as the case was reopened in
September.
The statement read: “In relation to the news
published on Wednesday of the accusations
against Neymar Jr. and his father, Neymar da
Silva Santos, we reiterate it is the same process
reopened in September 2016, which had been filed
by Judge Jose de la Mata.
“The parties have not been notified of the opening
of the indictment of the Public Ministry or of the
period in which the defence may be filed. We
remain calm because all contracts were signed
with respect to legal, ethical and moral procedures
and with the knowledge of Santos and Barcelona.
“We are sure that time will offer all positive
responses.”

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I still run errands for my parents – Usain Bolt

Legendary Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt said his
dream to play for Manchester United is every
much alive.
The world record runner also revealed that he still
run errands for his parents.
The sprinter added that he lives his normal life
and still walk around the streets of Jamaica alone.
The Olympic record breaker was speaking with
Coach Magazine yesterday, where he noted that
Jamaican people have been so great to him.
He said, “It has always been a dream of mine to
play for Manchester United, and it still is a dream.
“I have not spoken with José about it, but I know
he is the right coach for the job. Maybe this
season we can’t win the title, but big players want
to play for Mourinho and I expect more to arrive.
“When I won the Golds in Beijing , I thought: ‘This
is what I’ve been waiting for’. In London, I was
just thinking that I wanted to achieve that again.
“Then before Rio, when people were talking about
the ‘Triple Treble’, I knew if I could achieve that, it
would make me immortal: the greatest ever, never
to be repeated, and I wanted that.
“The Jamaican people? They have been so great
to me, but they still let me live. People don’t
believe that I can walk around Kingston by myself
– but I can.
“They say hello and ask for photos, but they let
me live a normal life even though they are so
proud of me and everything I have achieved.
“My family helped me stay grounded. I have never
been ‘Usain Bolt the Superstar’ to them, I am
always Usain Bolt their little boy.
“If I am home and my mom runs out of milk, she
will send me down to the store to get some. My
gold medals don’t count for anything, and that is
the way I like it.”

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