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Manchester United are stepping into a new era, and for this new era to officially begin, a lot will have to be done in the transfer window. Already there have been departures with Pogba, Mata, Lingard, and Matic having already said their official goodbyes and the likes of Tuanzebe, Cavani, Wan Bissaka, and Bailly expected to follow suit in the coming days.  However, there hasn’t been much movement in the entrance door as there has been in the exit. But Erik Ten Hag, the new Man United manager, has his eyes on quite a number of players. Top of that list is Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong.  The Dutch manager is looking to leverage on his relationship with the midfielder which was developed when they were together at Ajax to lure him over to England. But de Jong doesn’t seem very interested in making the move to England right now.

After Liverpool's loss against Real Madrid in the champions league final, news broke that Mane was going to be leaving the club. We're not sure many people expected that news, because, in truth, most of the attention recently has been on Salah's own future. Now, since that announcement was made, it has also been confirmed that he would be joining Bayern. This leaves Liverpool with one less star and a new headache of getting a replacement.  In this podcast, we would be looking at some players who could fill Mane's shoes.   

There is a new kid on the block who everybody is going crazy about. The guy who scored against Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Ajax, and home and away against Liverpool all in this year’s Champions League campaign. His name is Darwin Nunez. And at just 22 years of age, he is already taking the world by storm.  Yeah, you know the lad can score big goals against those big teams, but do you really know him? Here are 10 things you didn’t know about Darwin Nunez.

For a lot of men, having a good head of hair is what makes them confident. And if the hair starts to fall off, damn! Absolute nightmare!  But there’s a solution. There’s always a solution. When you start balding, you can easily have a hair transplant and boom! You’re back with a full head of hair.  These procedures are usually pretty expensive, but what is expensive to a professional footballer? So many of them have had hair transplants and we’ll be looking at some of such footballers in this podcast.

People change careers every day. It’s even becoming a pretty common story especially in this age of taking online courses, and working remotely. And surely you’ve also heard of footballers hanging up their boots to pursue other careers outside football.  At 9 years old, he joined the Southampton academy and stayed at the club for years. In that period, he was actually a really good player. In fact, he was so good, that teams like Chelsea and Spurs were interested in signing him. And he looked to have a bright career ahead of him, until he sustained a nasty injury at the age of 16. One which would then change his life forever.

Wow, right?! It’s really a lot to take in, we know.  One of the most beautiful celebrity relationships might actually be coming to an end.   We were all following when Gerard Pique and Shakira met for the first time in the buildup to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.  To refresh your memories, they met on the set of the video shoot for Shakira’s song “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” – the theme song of the 2010 World Cup. 

Before then, the Colombian music star never even knew who Pique was, but she found him attractive, and he did, too.  Pique walked up to her and started a conversation, and somewhere along the line, he told her that he would get to the final of that World Cup tournament just so he could see her again, as she was scheduled to perform at the closing ceremony.  Pique's affair is linked to teammate Gavi's mother.

Because of how much fun football is, it’s easy to think that every footballer who has gone pro absolutely loves the sport. I mean, every other guy loves football so much that they play every other weekend even when they are not getting paid for it. So, for sure, every professional footballer who gets paid for it must surely love it then, right?  Wrong.  In this podcast today, we will be looking at 8 famous footballers who don’t really like the sport. Let’s get right to it!

Footballers leave their clubs every year. Uhm, well actually, that even happens twice a year, and most times, they leave quietly without any drama. But it's not always that way. Sometimes, players end up getting proper send-offs. Yunno, like speeches, tears and all that stuff. Other times, however, it could get a bit messy, and players get pretty disappointing exits even after being great servants of the club.  So in this podcast, we talk about Real Madrid, and a few of the times they've been guilty of not treating their players right.  So here are 8 players who have been disrespected By Real Madrid.

It's a pretty common thing to see people who work in the same fields as their parents. Sometimes they even work in the same organizations. We've also seen this in football on many occasions. And in one of our previous videos, we told you about footballers whose sons also play the game.  Now in this video, we'll talk about some of the times that footballers have followed in their father's footsteps by playing for the same clubs their fathers previously played in.  

So here are 10 famous Father-Son duos who played for the same club. Do sit back and enjoy it.

Why Is Jurgen Klopp Using Brain Sensors To Win The Champions League Final?  The Champions League final is one of the most difficult matches to play and win, and that is why coaches do their best using different means to get their players fully prepared for it.  The physical training, the tactical drilling, the mind games…every weapon is brought out of the arsenal when it comes to the Champions League final. But this year, Jurgen Klopp has taken the mind games to a completely different level.