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MANCHESTER CITY are ready to make Erling Haaland the highest-paid player in the Premier League, reports say. The league champions are in pole position to land the Norwegian at the end of And according to the Daily Mail, Haaland has discussed personal terms and would become England's top earner. City are believed to have put together a salary in excess of £500,000-a week. United's Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, and City’s Kevin De Bruyne, 30, both earn around £385,000-per-week. Haaland’s deal at Dortmund stipulates it will cost interested clubs a knockdown £64million to land him this summer.the season from Borussia Dortmund.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S champions League dreams were left in tatters on a heart breaking night at Old Trafford. Ralf Rangnick’s men failed to take advantage of a blistering first-half display which incredibly ended with Atletico Madrid ahead through Renan Lodi. That 41st minute strike proved the difference in the end as Atletico held out on a night when their goalkeeper Jan Oblak was in inspired form. Rangnick had called on the United faithful on the eve of the game and in the programme to make it a special atmosphere inside Old Trafford for the game. They certainly did that, and needed to be in full voice to drown out the travelling Atleti fans who had enjoyed a good afternoon in the centre of Manchester before marching down to the stadium.

A MEGABUCKS pal of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an eleventh-hour bid for Chelsea FC. Woody Johnson, US Ambassador to the UK until last year, will offer £2billion to buy the West London club from sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich. Woody, 74, hopes to steal the deal away from Saudi Media Group before Friday’s deadline. His £2billion bid is less than the Saudi Media Group’s £2.7billion — but he believes he can win because of his extensive London links.

CRISTIANO RONALDO celebrated his match-winning treble against Tottenham by turning up to training in a new £200,000 super car. The Manchester United ace turned heads at Carrington as he rocked up to the gates in an amazing Aston Martin DBS Superleggera convertible. Ronaldo, 37, was already the talk of the town after his incredible performance to sink Spurs on Saturday. The striker netted a brilliant hat-trick, including an 81st minute winner, to keep United’s top four hopes alive. And Ronaldo celebrated in style by splashing out on a new luxury vehicle. The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera boasts a 5.2 litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine, providing a mind-boggling 715 hp.

MIDDDLESBROUGH have blasted Chelsea's 'grossly unfair' demand to have their FA Cup clash at the Riverside played behind-closed-doors due to their ban on selling tickets. The Blues have been clobbered with a string of crippling sanctions after owner Roman Abramovich had his assets frozen by the UK government Blues chiefs had pleaded with officials to let them have some some fans at Saturday evening's game. But the club has now announced they were rebuffed in their efforts, meaning Thomas Tuchel's team will have little support in the last eight clash. There will be a small handful of Chelsea fans at the Riverside who bought early release tickets prior to Abramovich being sanctioned. A club statement from Chelsea read: "We are disappointed to announce we will not be able to sell tickets for Saturday’s FA Cup tie at Middlesbrough.

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has been named in the Denmark squad for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch nine months ago. The Brentford ace has been in brilliant form since returning to competitive action with the Bees. Eriksen, 30, will be back in international action in friendlies against the Netherlands and Serbia later this month - with the latter to be played at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen - the scene of his cardiac arrest against Finland last June. The matches will mark the former Tottenham star's first international appearances since Euro 2020. After being saved by hero doctors, Eriksen was fitted with an ICD device. The defibrillator is designed to keep the midfielder safe, but players fitted with one are banned from playing in Serie A, a rule that forced Eriksen to leave Inter Milan earlier this season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic used to be a bike thief when he was younger. The Borussia in Borussia Dortmund comes from a brand of beer in Dortmund. Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers - Premier League According to Mexico City police, crime rates in Mexico reduce when Javier Hernandez plays football. Additionally, and almost unbelievably, they suggest that more women go into labor than usual when the Manchester United striker plays. Zinedine Zidane almost joined Blackburn Rovers. However, the club chose Tim Sherwood instead, with chairman Jack Walker saying: “Who needs Zinedine Zidane? We’ve got Tim Sherwood.” Osama bin Laden was said to be a massive Arsenal fan.

Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes series, played keeper for Portsmouth under the name AC Smit Dennis Bergkamp would miss away matches because he had a fear of flying, which is why he was called the Non-Flying Dutchman. When Harry Redknapp was assistant manager at West Ham, he heard a fan abusing striker Lee Chapman during a pre-season friendly against Oxford City. At half time, he asked the fan to get dressed in the kit and play for the team if he thought he could do better. The fan took up his challenge, played through the second half, and even scored a goal. Garrincha was born with an illness that should have made it impossible for him to walk. Instead, he became incredibly flecible and agile, which helped him while playing football. Santiago Cañizares once tore a tendon in his foot while trying to break the fall of a perfume bottle the way he would control a football. He had to miss the World Cup because of the freak injury.

7) There are only two football teams in the Isles of Scilly – The Gunners and the Wanderers. They play each other every week in the league, the only break being when they meet in the Cup. Talk about boring! 8) Didier Drogba is not just a footballer in his home country, and helped stop a civil war in Ivory Coast after qualifying for the World Cup. 9) Fernando d’Ercoli, while playing for Pianta in 1989, got so mad after getting a red card that he snatched the card from the referee’s hand and ate it. Similarly, Mike Bagley took the referee’s notebook and ripped out the page with his name on after he had been booked, and ate it. 10) Brazilian striker Ronaldo got this ridiculous haircut at the 2002 World Cup so that his son would be able to distinguish him from the other bald Brazilian players on TV.

ANDRIY YARMOLENKO broke down in tears after scoring on his return to first-team action as West Ham beat Aston Villa. The Ukrainian was given compassionate leave after Russia invaded his homeland and hasn't featured since February 5 against Kidderminster. Yarmolenko travelled to Poland to collect his wife and one of his children after they fled the war zone. The Hammers No7 made an impact from the substitutes bench after Michail Antonio was forced off through injury. Yarmolenko was found by team-mate Said Benrahma inside the penalty area and the winger brought the ball under his spell before poking past Emiliano Martinez. The goal moved hearts and lifted spirits inside the London Stadium and West Ham got a second to kill the game off.

CHELSEA fans covered the club's now distanced kit sponsors up with black tape as they arrived for the game against Newcastle. Sunday's 1-0 win over newly mega-rich Newcastle could be the last home game of the Roman Abramovich era. The billionaire was sanctioned by the UK government due to his close ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who ordered the invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. As a result, Chelsea have been directly affected by the government's sanctions. And the club has been left unable to sell home or away match tickets.

Phelps, the indisputable GOAT of the pool with 23 Olympic gold medals, had revealed to me how he once went five consecutive years without a single day off, and when I asked why, answered: "To be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. My main strength is my mind," he said. "I think it’s my strongest point. Talent is not enough, if you don’t dedicate 100%, you’re not going to reach the level that you want. real point he proved in scoring his 805th, 806th and 807th career goals, taking him past Czech legend Josef Bican to become the top goal-scorer in football history, is that Cristiano Ronaldo is now indisputably the greatest player ever.

England came up with the word soccer. It’s a shortened version of “Association Football” which got changed to “Assoc Football” which then got changed to “Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to add the “-er” sound to shortened words. Arsene Wenger has an asteroid named after him called 33179 Arsénewenger. AC Milan was actually founded as a cricket team. The first black and white jersey that Juventus wore was a Notts County kit that was brought in by an importer. It has become a tradition since then. Gary and Phil Neville’s father is called Neville Neville. Between 2001 and 2003, Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf were sponsored by Toten Hosen, one the biggest rock bands in Germany.

20) Former Tottenham Hotspur player David Ginola has an unfortunate tale to tell. His name is an anagram for Vagina Dildo. 21) Ronaldinho first gained media attention when his youth team won a game 23-0. He scored every single goal. 22) Eden Hazard has a son named Leo. Garry Cahill has a son named Leo. Fernando Torres has a son named Leo. There is a lion in the Chelsea FC crest. Leo is the Latin word for lion. 23) Mark Hughes once played two games in a single day; In the morning he played for Wales against Czechoslovakia in Prague, drove across the border, and then turned out for Bayern Munich in the afternoon. 24) Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King holds the record for the quickest Premier League goal. He scored 10 seconds after kick-off in a match against Bradford in the 2000/01 season

16) The younger brother of Joey Barton, Michael, is a convicted murderer. He murdered his victim with an ice axe. 17) Steve Finnan (former Liverpool right back) played in the Conference, Division 3 (won the league), Division 2 (won the league), Division 1 (won the league), the Premiership, the World Cup, the Champions League Final, the UEFA Cup Final, the FA Cup Final, the League Cup Final, the Club World Cup Final, the Super Cup and the Intertoto during his career. 18) Xabi Alonso enjoys Gaelic Football. 19) Javier Zanetti didn’t get a red card in Serie A til his 548th match. Ryan Giggs has never received a red card in the EPL.

11) Kuba Blaszczykowski watched his father stab his mother to death when he was 10 years old. 12) Gary Lineker pooped his pants whilst playing against Ireland at the 1990 World Cup (Video). 13) Real Madrid Luka Modric and Mark Viduka are cousins. 14) There is only one case of Balotelli missing a penalty on camera – and it’s in training (Video). 15) Rio Mavuba was born in international waters. His birth certificate does not have a nation listed, it just says “Born at sea”.

6) Ronaldo (the Brazilian) has never won the Champions League despite playing for 5 teams that did. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also never won the Champions League. 7) Manuel Neuer stars in the German version of the 2013 Disney/Pixar film’ Monsters University’. He provides the voice for the character Frank McCay. 8) Former Liverpool man Charlie Adam is younger than Cristiano Ronaldo. 9) The first English team to win a European trophy is West Auckland Town FC. They won the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy, one of football’s first European competitions, twice in 1909 and 1911. 10) Only one country has had two cities with two teams reach the semi finals of the European Cup/Champions League.

1) Alex Song has 27 siblings – 17 sisters and 10 brothers. 2) Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet speaks 5 languages and has a degree in politics. 3) Dundee United have played and beaten Barcelona 4 times in professional fixtures, giving them a 100% win record. 4) Former Manchester United player Alan Smith scored vs Sheffield United in a League One fixture in April 2012. His previous goal in all competitions was against AS Roma in the Champions League in a 7-1 win for Manchester United. 5) There is only one team out of the 4 divisions in England and the 4 divisions in Scotland that have a ‘j’ in their name. It’s Saint Johnstone.

Striker Lacazette has been appointed as club captain for the rest of the season following the sale of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Barcelona due to disciplinary breaches. Yet there is a growing clamour for Scotland international Tierney to be installed by boss Mikel Arteta as the permanent leader at the Emirates.KIERAN TIERNEY has the necessary leadership qualities to become a full-time future Arsenal captain, according to an impressed Ally McCoist. The Gunners left-back took over from Alexandre Lacazette as skipper for the final ten minutes of the club’s 3-2 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road last weekend.

Oldest living player: The oldest living football player is Kazuyoshi Miura, he plays in the Japanese League for Yokohama FC. He is currently 53 years old and has been playing since he was only 15. Undefeated non-losers: Norway is the only team who has never lost a football match to Brazil. The oldest professional team: Sheffield FC is the oldest professional football team, they were formed in 24th October 1857. Most valuable player: There are many high-value players in the premier league but Mbappé has a transfer value of $423 million. He currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain and if Mbappé transfers, the next football club will have to pay up!

A popular sport: An estimated 265 million people play football around the world. A huge audience: An estimated four billion people watch football around the world. An estimated 3.5 billion people watched the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. Where do footballs come from? Most of the footballs in Britain are made in Pakistan, in a place called Sialkot. They have made the FIFA world cup balls since 1982.

NIKE will reportedly remain partnered with Chelsea despite Roman Abramovich's Government sanctions. It comes after shirt sponsors Three announced it was suspending their deal with the European champions on Thursday. The mobile powerhouse requested its logo to be removed from Chelsea’s playing kit for their game at Norwich after Abramovich was sanctioned. Chelsea's Russian owner was hit with sanctions on Thursday morning by the UK government, with the club protected by a government license. The billionaire's assets have been frozen while a travel ban has also been imposed.

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH has told his US bankers to push ahead with Chelsea’s sale after the Government put him in a financial headlock. Billionaire Red Rom last night instructed Raine Group to tell bidders to submit offers by next Friday — despite sanctions taking any profits or proceeds out of his hands. It came after Chelsea’s corporate credit cards were briefly FROZEN as Barclaycard feared allowing the Blues to trade would mean they were breaking the law. Bankers temporarily suspended the corporate cards in a “risk averse” response to UK sanctions slapped on Putin’s pal.

A nasty injury: Bert Trautman broke his neck during the 1956 Cup Final, between Manchester City and Birmingham City. He was knocked out, but was woken up and played on! None of the players or officials realised he had broken anything at the time and he was very lucky that such a severe neck injury did not kill him. Youngest ever player: The youngest person to play in the Premier League is Harvey Elliot. He had just turned 16 (one month before) he played his debut alongside seasoned players for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2019. Big Champions League winners: Real Madrid has won the most Champions League Finals at a whopping 13. Who won the Premier League in 2020? Liverpool FC!

Started from the top now we're... relegated! Three Football teams have made it to the top of the premier league and been relegated in the same season: Hull, Bolton and Charlton. A busy day: Mark Hughes once played for Wales and Bayern Munic on the same day. With players running just under 10km per day on average, that was a big workout for Hughes! One player, three countries: László Kubala is the only player to play for three countries and be recognised by FIFA, Argentina, Spain and Columbia. The longest name: The football team with the longest name in the world is a Dutch one known as Nooit opgeven altijd doorgan, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning, Combinatie Breda. They are commonly referred to as NAC Breda.