Man City sign Spain's Nolito

Spain forward Nolito has joined Manchester City from Celta Vigo on a four-year contract, the Premier League side said on Friday.

The 29-year-old, who played all four games in Spain's Euro 2016 campaign, scored 39 goals in 103 appearances for Celta Vigo since joining the Spanish club in 2013, before spells at Granada, Benfica and Barcelona.

New manager Pep Guardiola has already signed Australia midfielder Aaron Mooy from sister club Melbourne City and Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund.

"I'll do everything that the manager asks of me, try my absolute best and do everything I can to try to repeat the form I've shown throughout my career at various clubs," Nolito told the club's website (www.mancity.com).

"It's just about trying to play my normal game and let's hope that I can help Manchester City to win games.
"I think that Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world. He knows a lot about the game and he's going to help me progress as a player and I'm sure he'll get the best out of me."

‘Neymar to sign five-year Barca deal’

Brazilian striker Neymar will sign a new five-year contract with Barcelona this week, his agents said on Thursday, ending speculation over his future at the Spanish champions.
 
"The athlete, along with his family, has decided to stay with FC Barcelona and will renew his contract for five more years," said NN Consultoria, the agency representing the international forward, 24.
"The contract will be formalised this week. The decision puts an end to speculation about the star's future."

Neymar wrote on Twitter: "I am very happy to continue living this dream. Long live Barca and long live Catalonia!"

The Catalan club's president Josep Maria Bartomeu had earlier rejected rumours over Neymar's possible transfer to another club, with Manchester United among the teams supposedly chasing him.
The prolific Neymar was already under contract until 2018 with Barcelona, having transferred in 2013 from Brazil's Santos. That transfer deal has haunted the club because of alleged hidden payments that have sparked legal action.

Speculation had mounted around whether or not Neymar would extend his stay at the Camp Nou or make another lucrative move.
Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, United and Manchester City had been named as possible suitors.
"I read that there are many clubs interested in Neymar. It's normal they are, but Neymar has never said he wants to leave Barca, just the opposite," Bartomeu said.

"Neymar wants to continue at Barca and Barca wants Neymar to continue with us."

NEYMAR TRANSFER WOES
Neymar has been a huge success for Barca on the pitch but a judicial nightmare off it.
He helped them win the Spanish league last season for the second year in a row, narrowly beating their fierce rivals Real Madrid.

But he has been investigated in Brazil and Spain over his transfer from Santos.
Barcelona agreed on June 13 to pay a 5.5-million-euro ($6.2 million) fine over the transfer in a deal with prosecutors that sees the club avoid trial on tax evasion charges.

"It was better to accept this agreement than continue on with the uncertainty that has dragged on for a long time over the Neymar case," Bartomeu told reporters at the time.

Neymar was named on Wednesday as the star of a young Brazil Olympic football squad for next month's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil are looking to bounce back from a humiliating group stage exit from the Copa America Centenario this month.

They are also hoping Olympic gold will help soothe the trauma of their devastating 7-1 semifinal loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup on home soil.

"Neymar is different. He is one of the best players in the world. Any national team would want to have a player of his profile," the Olympic squad's coach Rogerio Micale told a news conference.
"He will mean a lot for the team. I hope he will be able to help the younger players."

Ronaldo out to avoid exit

Portugal will be relying on a drastic turnaround for superstar captain Cristiano Ronaldo to avoid an embarrassing early Euro 2016 exit against surprise package Hungary on Wednesday.
Belgium, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, meanwhile, are still in contention to join Group E winners Italy in the last 16.

Ronaldo missed a penalty and other chances as Portugal were held 0-0 by Austria to leave Fernando Santos's men third in Group F with just two points from two games.
However, victory will guarantee Portugal top spot in the group and avoid a much tougher side of the draw containing hosts France, world champions Germany and England.

"Ronaldo is a player who scores a lot of goals and I’m sure he will score in the next game against Hungary," said Santos.
The former Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon boss insists he does not care how Portugal win as long as they pick up three points.
"We’re sad but we have things in our own hands.
"It doesn’t matter if we play better or ugly football."
Ronaldo has another chance to become the first player to score in four different European championships.

Forty-year-old goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly stands in his way, though, for a Hungary side assured of their place in the knockout stages after a 30-year wait to qualify for a major tournament.
Hungary shocked neighbours Austria 2-0 in their opening game before a late own goal handed them a 1-1 draw with Iceland.

"Who would have thought that we'd be top of the group with four points and that Portugal would need to win to qualify?" said Hungary boss Bernd Storck.
"We have nothing to lose, Portugal have to win."

All is to play for in the other game in Group F with a win also good enough to take either Austria or Iceland, on their debut in a major finals, through to the knockout stage.
PATIENT IRELAND
With four points enough to ensure at least one of four best third-placed finishes, Ireland need to beat Italy to seal their last 16 place in Lille.
Martin O'Neill's men were swept aside 3-0 by Belgium after a promising opening performance in a 1-1 draw with Sweden.

Former Celtic manager O'Neill does not want his side to go chasing the game too early and be caught on the counter-attack as they were ruthlessly for Belgium's first and third goals.
"It's a fairly lengthy evening. We know at the end of it we have to be in front and it's a case of being very, very strong to begin with," O'Neill said Tuesday.

With a maximum six points from two games, Italy are guaranteed to progress as group winners and coach Antonio Conte is expected to make up to nine changes to his starting line-up to keep legs fresh and protect those players who are one yellow card away from a ban.

Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic can also become the first man to score in four Euros if Ronaldo fails to find the net in what could be his last international appearance.

Ibrahimovic announced on Tuesday that he will retire from international duty at the end of the Euros. Sweden must beat Belgium in Nice to make the last 16.

"The last game with Sweden in the Euro will be my last game with Sweden. So I hope it won't be tomorrow," said the 34-year-old.

Barca expect Neymar to stay

Barcelona are not contemplating selling their Brazil forward Neymar, the Spanish champions' financial vice-president Susana Monje said on Wednesday.

Neymar, who has been in talks over a contract extension with his current deal expiring in June 2018, has been linked in Spanish media with a move to Paris Saint Germain.

"Neymar's renewal is a sporting issue," Monje told a news conference in which she spoke about the club's importance to the city of Barcelona.

"We have not studied the impact of hypothetically losing Neymar. We don't contemplate it."
El Mundo Deportivo reported on Wednesday that French champions PSG have offered to double Neymar's salary to 30 million euros ($33.86 million) net per season.

Neymar has just completed his third year at Barca since joining from Santos. He scored 31 goals in 48 appearances last season to help the club win La Liga and the King's Cup.

The 24-year-old Brazil captain did not play at the Copa America in order to rest at Barcelona's request.

However, Neymar will compete at the Rio Olympics, which starts in August, as one of the three over-age players allowed in Brazil's under-23 squad.

New Fifa No 2 Samoura starts work

Fifa's new general secretary Fatma Samoura has officially started work, becoming the first woman and non-European to hold the powerful post at the scandal-tainted organisation.
Samoura was named to the job in May, in a surprise move by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who has sought to repair the reputation of world football's governing body since over taking over from the disgraced Sepp Blatter.

A 54-year-old Senegalese national, Samoura worked at the United Nations for more than two decades, serving primarily in Africa.

In an interview conducted by Fifa, Samoura said her top priority was filling senior positions including the chief financial officer and chief compliance officer.
Her two predecessors as general secretary, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner, were both sacked over corruption allegations.

Valcke is the target of a criminal investigation in Switzerland, along with Blatter.
Following the string of high-profile corruption scandals over the last year, which have seen many of the most powerful names in football management brought down, Samoura said boosting morale at Fifa was also crucial.

"My second priority is to try as much possible to focus on the staff, who have been going through extreme stress over the last 12 months because of the corruption scandals," she said in the Fifa interview after her official first day at her post on Monday.
She also stressed the implementation of major reform package at Fifa, which was designed to clean up the graft that plagued the Blatter era.

The general secretary was given added authority under those reforms to function more like a CEO.
Speaking broadly about her job, Samoura said: "I want to inject diversity, more equity, a better governance structure, a stronger monitoring and evaluation system and an obligation to inform and report on the good deeds of Fifa."

Camerron: Indomitable Lions> How Rigobert Song fell

Jean-Paul Akono had tried to withdraw him the captain's armband, without success.

When Paul Le Guen takes the head of technical supervision of the Lions, he has a good idea of the ills plaguing the national team: indiscipline and especially the negative influence of certain players who took the national team hostage . They impose their choices to coaches, do what they want, in short, is the mess. Samuel Eto'o, undisputed and indisputable star of this team is no stranger to this disorder. But what Lions coach can he bring himself to part with that which some present as the best striker in the world? Le Guen, he has his own ideas on the matter.

Lions new coach prefers to Eto'o in front of his responsibilities. It proposes to entrust the captaincy. For, as such, it would be childish for him to continue in the discipline, even though its role is to lead by example. When the French coach made the proposal to the Inter player, in solidarity with his "friend" Song, he declines the offer initially. Le Guen insists. The "Pichichi" relented.

Before Paul Le Guen, the group of coaches set up following the resignation of Otto Pfister has also attempted to deprive Song cuff. Without success. Jean-Paul Akono and Martin Ndtoungou, when they arrive in the Lions coaching staff, have the ambition to make from some players and "rejuvenate the team." Song and Geremi Njitap, among others, are in their sights.

To settle the case Rigobert Song, they want to entrust the captaincy to Eto'o. But Otto Pfister spills the beans. During the training course held in Belgium before the game against Morocco, Samuel Eto'o, in a meeting, gets up and starts furiously: "I have told anyone that I wanted to be captain. It does not interest me ! "" The anti 9-4-8 Plan "is disemboweled. Therefore, the atmosphere between coaches and some players tightens.
 

Rigobert Song keeps his captaincy. A position he had obtained following an election at the end of which he defeated Marc Vivien Foe. It took the arrival of Paul Le Guen to debunk. By withdrawing his captaincy to "Magnan," the coach of the Lions hit on the head. And under the principle that who can do more can do less, Geremi Njitap, Modeste Mbami, etc. now know that we must fight hard to have its place in selection ... Starting with hold club.

Cameroon: CAF Nations Cup 2017> Choupo-Moting has also said "no to Hugo Broos"!

The trend announced yesterday by Cameroon-Info.Net continues: international Cameroonia Alexandre Song, Benjamin Moukandjo Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is for various reasons, officially declared packages for matches of Saturday, March 26 and Tuesday, March 29, 2016 against the South Africa as part of the playoffs Can Gabon 2017 football. These three names whose participation in the preparatory stage matches against Bafana Bafana, the South African had been uncertain, has been added to the injury last hour Ambroise Oyongo. Only two of the four players unavailable were replaced. Georges Mandjeck and Abouna Ndzana respectively filled the gaps left by Alexandre Song and Oyonga Bitolo.

According to Vincent De Paul Atangana, Team Press Officer of the national team of Cameroon is finally 25 players rather than 27 that will do the preparatory training for matches against South Africa. A course which started on Monday late morning at the technical center of the CAF Mbankomo, a suburb of Yaounde, with 16 players: Nicolas Nkoulou, Stephan Mbia, Ndy Assembe, Allan Nyom, Abouna Ndzana, Sébastien Bassong, Jonathan ngwen, Georges Mandjeck, Landry Nguemo Dani Ndi, Sébastien Siani, Christian Bekamenga Sali Edgar, Teko Ekambi Adolphe Teikeu and Marvin Matip was also announced as a non-runner.

Indomitable Lions football move their lair to Mbankomo on Thursday for the city of Buea, the capital of the South West region. The first match against Bafana Bafana, South Africa, is played Saturday, March 26, 2016 in the new stadium Omnisport Limbe, a seaside town about ten kilometers from Buea. After that meeting, the coach Hugo Broos and his foals fly Sunday, March 27th to Durban in South Africa where they will play on Tuesday 29 March, the second match against Bafana Bafana,

Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o Fils as a new Ambassador of the MTN brand

Samuel Eto'o Fils and Mtn phone company come together. The union was sealed this Monday, March 21, 2016 in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, during a press conference held at the Hilton Hotel. "Samuel Eto'o will lend his image to the new MTN brand campaign in Cameroon. Samuel Eto'o will also be associated with other campaigns ahead of MTN, as well as MTN Cameroon initiatives towards youth, "say the leaders of the South African multinational. The latter said that he chose the former Indomitable Lions of Cameroon captain because he embodies many of the values for the youth of Africa and because its course resembles that of Mtn.

"Samuel Eto'o is the best African footballer of all time, a loved and respected icon worldwide. The journey of this young African from nothing to become thanks to the work, one of the best footballers in the world, similar to that of MTN, a company created in Africa by Africans, who managed to establish itself as the leading telecommunications in Africa and a world reference in an industry driven by the most advanced technologies. " Samuel Eto'o meanwhile said he was "proud to associate my image to a company that thrills throughout Africa, my country and my countrymen."

Mtn wants to achieve excellence and who better than Samuel Eto'o to symbolize. the mobile phone company sees the top scorer in the African Cup of Nations "a tireless competitor who has achieved all his athletic dreams, believing in its potential and providing the means to go higher and higher and to always be the best. " Which brings MTN Cameroon to his self-denial, this gift of self and passion of the hard work that allowed Samuel Eto'o to achieve unprecedented performance. Samuel Eto'o Fils becomes ambassador Mtn after playing this role for his great competitor, Orange.

Football:PSG ban Aurier for insulting Blanc

Paris St Germain have suspended defender Serge Aurier indefinitely, dropping him from their squad to meet Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday, after he insulted coach Laurent Blanc and his teammates.

Ivorian Aurier would be disciplined after he made insulting comments about Blanc and teammates including Angel Di Maria and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a video posted online, the club said.

"I have made the decision to suspend Serge Aurier. Paris Saint-Germain is a very strong institution nobody can touch," PSG quoted club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi as saying in a statement on Sunday.
"I will let no one put the club in difficulty and turn us from our objectives starting with our rendezvous with Chelsea, highly anticipated by our supporters," he said.

"Serge Aurier will not figure in the squad to face Chelsea this Tuesday in the Champions League."
PSG, who Chelsea in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, pledged their "full support to their coach Laurent Blanc and those players who might justifiably have felt offended by Aurier's remarks which are contrary to all the club's values."

In another video posted online, the 23-year-old Aurier apologised for his comments.
"I did something really idiotic ... I apologise to my teammates, the coach, the club and the supporters.
"Especially the coach, I can only thank him for all he has done for me ... I accept all consequences."

Cameroon: European Football Clubs aren’t interested in Cameroonian Players anymore!

The era when Samuel Eto’o, Alex Song (Fc Barcelona), Eric Djemba-Djemba (Manchester United) were signing contracts for big clubs is likely over. Today, the major European football clubs snub Cameroonian footballers. Currently, no Cameroonian plays with the top 10 of Europe’s biggest clubs. Joel Matip, Eric-Maxim Choupo Moting (Schalke 04), Vincent Aboubakar (FC Porto), Clinton Njie (Tottenham), Nicolas Nkoulou (Olympique Marseille) or Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyon), who all play in medium clubs are perceived as great professionals, since there is nothing better!

No Cameroonian footballer could be positioned at the recent winter transfer window in Europe. Instead, the young trainees of Fc Barcelona since 2006 have been released or simply fired, the former proven talents, including Stéphane Mbia, who have not had the opportunity to have a salary that is appropriate in the major European clubs were reduced to exotic championships, like China.

Sports Cameroon – FIFA Ranking: Cameroon loses more places and drops out of Africa top 10

Like all beginnings of the month, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), published this Thursday, January 4th, 2016, a new ranking of national football teams.

The national team of Cameroon is engaged in a real yo-yo. After winning two places in the month of January, the Indomitable Lions lost up to five places this February. The quadruple champions of Africa went from 57th to 62nd. Worse, Cameroon is out of the Top Ten best teams of the continent. On the contrary the team of South Africa, next opponent of Cameroon on March 26th, 2016 at the new Omnisport stadium of Limbe on behalf of the playoffs of the AFCON Gabon 2017, earned a spot (75th).

All National teams at the top of the African hierarchy, experienced resounding falls in the second month of the year 2016. Ivory Coast remains in the lead but lost 9 places (28th). Algeria, which was second in January came down to third place, having lost 8 places (36th). And Ghana who was third, left the podium after losing 8 places (41st). Cape Verde is the new second in Africa with six places won (33rd) in addition.

Belgium also maintains its top spot globally, ahead of Argentina and Spain respectively. All were flat.

See you on March 3rd, 2016 for a new edition of Fifa ranking.

Argentina>Barcelona- Lionel Messi: Football Guru has scored 500 goals so far in his career!

Barcelona was playing against Valencia last night, and the football genius Lionel Messi was in the lineup of FC Barcelona. During this encounter, The 2015 FIFA Ballon D’Or scored his 500th goal since he started playing professional football.

This are the breakdown of the scored goals: 435 goals for Barcelona, 49 goals for Argentina, 14 goals for Argentina U20, and 2 goals for Argentina U23. A real genius!!