Although the transfer window is yet to officially open in the South African Premier Derek Jeter Jersey Soccer League, are already busy beefing their squad ahead of the 2018/19 season.

The Chilli Boys have already captured Mamelodi Sundowns experienced defender in Thabo Nthethe as well as Gift Motupa among other players,and as things stand, they are not done.

Having brought back coach Dan Malesela, the Port Elizabeth-based side hassigned two internationals in Thatayaone Kgamanyane and Kabelo Seakanyeng of Gaborone United.

According to Thurman Munson Jersey Botswana'sKillerPa s, the duoimpre sed the PSL side atthe ongoing 2018 Cosafa Cup tournament in Limpopo.

Under coach Major David Bright, the Zebras topped Group B of the regional tournament with seven points only to lose in the quarter-finals. Theywill now faceSouth Africa in the Plate final on Friday afternoon.

Kgamanyane finished as the 2017/18 BTC Premiership top scorer with 20 goals after an impre sive season and was on the scoresheet for Joe DiMaggio Jersey the Zebras against Mauritius last week.

Moreover, Seakanyeng wrapped up the past Botswana Premier League term on a high and he is a key figure for the Zebras in the regional tournament.

The former BDF XI (Seakanyeng) midfielder has so far netted three times as he helpedBrights men into the Plate final against Bafana Bafana at Masahiro Tanaka Jersey the new Peter Mokaba Stadium.

KillerPa s also reports that Gaborone United have also confirmed the deals through a statement released by the clubgeneral manager, Olebile Sikwane.

Gaborone United is proud to be Aaron Judge Jersey a sociated with this talent and rapidly growing brand in Chippa United, said Sikwane as quoted by the Botswana publication.

The Chairman Chippa Mpengesi has been very honest and diligent in our discu sion. We thank everybody else in particularly the Zebras for the platform and also overwhelming support of Gaborone United management and supporters, reads the statement.

Kgamanyane and Seakanyeng will join the likes of Kabelo Dambe, Mogakolodi Ngele, Mpho Kgaswane as Botswana players plying their tradein the PSL.

Meanwhile, the Chilli Boys are also reportedly looking to sign experienced Port Elizabeth-born winger Daine Klatewho is currently contracted Troy Tulowitzki Jersey to Bidvest Wits.

Tottenham bo s MauricioPochettino has claimed that bothPep Guardiola and Roy Hodgson deserve to be Premier League Mark Melancon Jersey Manager of the Season for 2017-18.

Guardiolaguided Manchester City to a dominating Premier League title and a CarabaoCup triumph this season, turning City Kurt Suzuki Jersey into a European force.

Hodgson, meanwhile, took over a Crystal Palace side that were rock bottom in the early season and guided them to 12th place and almost certain safety.

Pochettinosaid he was unable to pick between the pair, who both impre sed in wildly different situations this season.

"If we only see the trophies? Of course, it's Guardiola," the Spurs bo s said.

"And with all the context? If we analyse every single context, every single club, with the circumstances, I think Roy Hodgson.

"For me, if Nick Markakis Jersey you say to me, pick one -- I cannot pick one. I am going to pick two. Pep Guardiola deserves it and Roy Hodgson deserves it. For me there are two winners."

When asked if Chipper Jones Jersey he deserved any votes for the prize, Pochettino responded in humorous Ender Inciarte Jersey fashion.

For sure, me no, he said. Because we are the best team in the world and we didnt win a trophy, it is impo sible to be the best manager.

Nigeria football great Mutiu Adepoju has stre sed that Real Madrid cannot afford to make the mistakes they made against Juventus in the secondleg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich.

Zinedine Zidanes men looked set to breeze into the last four after a resounding 3 Rollie Fingers Jersey -0 first leg victory against the Old Lady in Turin.

However, the Terry Steinbach Jersey Spanish club went to pieces in the return leg, allowing Ma similiano Allegris team to score three times to set up a surprisingly tense finale.

Madrid scored a late Cristiano Ronaldo penalty to progre s, but the former Real Madrid midfielder acknowledged that the 12-time European champions must work to avoid a repeat of that tortuous fixture, when they face Jupp Heynckes' side at the Allianz Arena.

My expectation is to see Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich to get to the final where they will emerge as champions Walt Weiss Jersey for the 13th time, Adepoju told Goal.

However, they should take the le sons learnt against Juventus very seriously. No matter how many goals they have scored, the game is not over until the referee blows his final whistle.

No one Khris Davis Jersey would have expected the Italians to score three goals at the Santiago Bernabeu, but they did that and Madrid were almost punished for it. This is football where everything is very po sible and Zinedine Zidanes men must have this in Jake Smolinski Jersey mind.

Knowing the quality in the Bayern Munich squad and the experience of their manager, the game will not be an easy one in Munich as the hosts will come out to get a respectable scoreline going into the final.

Roma or Liverpool await the victor of the tie in the final and both sides will be desperate to lay down a marker in the first leg, with the tie set to be Robbie Grossman Jersey concluded next week in Madrid.

Gor Mahia will not park the bus when they face SuperSport United in the retun leg of Caf Confederation Cup.

The Kenyan champions will carry Brad Hand Jersey a 1-0 advantage to Lucas Moripe Cleveland Guardians Jersey Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, when the two sides clash in the second leg on April 17 but the Englishman will not play a defensive game.

This (win) is not enough. We came up against a very different side but we have to go Danny Salazar Jersey there with a positive attitude, the way we did in Esperance, Kerr said in B.J. Upton Jersey a post-match interview.

Rwandan striker Jacques Tuyisenge converted from the penalty spot to hand KOgalo the win at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakoson Sunday. Any kind of a draw in the return leg, will hand Gor Mahia Andrew Miller Jersey a ticket to the next round of the competition.

Kerr, Brandon Guyer Jersey will, however, test his players' scoring and defensive ability against Wazito and Kakamega Homeboyz before they take on SuperSport United.

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin believes that his new vegan diet is helping him on and off the pitch.

The 23-year-old changed his dietary habits at the start of the season and has already noticed improvements in his post-match recovery.

Bellerin, speaking to The Players Tribune, revealed that he no longer has to strap up his ankles to play and feels Mauricio Dubon Jersey more energetic since adopting the plant-based diet.

Ive been vegan since the beginning of the season more or le s, he said. At the beginning I wanted to try it for a couple of weeks to detox my body and stuff, but I just felt so great after it Dave Dravecky Jersey that Ive been doing it for six months now.

For me the most important thing is that inflammation in my body after games and the speed that my body recovers compared to before. Ive always had little problems in my ankles when I played very hard games, theyd get very inflamed and stiff. Now I dont even have to strap them to play anymore. It doesnt just make a difference in your body but I strongly believe that with what were doing to Tony Watson Jersey the earth paying back the earth too.

Getting rid of all the food I was eating and going to this plant based diet it did take those few days to actually feel better, but Joey Rickard Jersey when it got to the beginning of the third week I felt so good.

"I was waking up in the mornings and had so much energy whereas before I used to be that person who would snooze the alarm five times before they got out of bed.

The former Barcelona youngster admitted that his Arsenal team-mates poke fun at the diet by trying to put meat on his plate in the training ground canteen.

However, the Spaniard Trevor Gott Jersey sees the funny side of the ribbing and hopes that he can inspire a new wave of vegans in the coming weeks and months.

As a profe sional athlete you have to be technical with what you eat. You have to make sure your intakes are on point every day.

.'s believes his new vegan diet is helping him on and off the field.

Players like Nacho Monreal and even Laurent Koscielny are always telling me where is the meat on your plate? and why arent you eating meat today?. They always try and put meat on my plate and stuff like this - its all fun and its all good."This is a way for people to see that you can be an athlete and do it, and that can open doors for other people."

Liverpool are in danger of losing a great player in Emre Can, says Hoffenheim star Dennis Geiger, David Bote Jersey who considers the Reds midfielder to be the best he has come up against.

, meaning that he continues to head towards free agency.

A frustrating saga for those at Anfield has unsurprisingly sparked plenty of speculation as to where Can will be playing his football next season, with leading sides from acro s Europe keeping a close eye on his situation.

, but Manchester United have also been linked while .

He could, therefore, be lining up in the Bundesliga again in James Norwood Jersey the not too distant future, which would place the Germany international back in direct competition with Hoffenheim starlet Geiger.

The teenage Sammy Sosa Jersey midfielder has faced Can before in European competition and told Goal when asked to name his most difficult opponent to date: I played against Emre Can in Champions League qualification and he really impre sed me.

He is very athletic, goes into the box whenever it's po sible and has a great technique. For me he is a great player.

David Ross Jersey Liverpool faced Hoffenheim at the play-off stage of the 2017-18 Champions League.

The Reds recorded a 6-3 aggregate succe s, with which carried Jurgen Klopps side through.

Geiger Javier Baez Jersey added on that experience, with the 19-year-old enjoying a breakthrough campaign at Hoffenheim: We lost and the game did not run how we expected, but I will never forget it.

It was a great experience and the atmosphere at Anfield was incredible. I tried to absorb every moment of the game.

While Geiger and Hoffenheim fell at the first hurdle in continental competition, Liverpool have embarked on a memorable run.

Play-off succe s took them into the group stage, and from there they have gone on to dispose of Porto in the last-16 Joe Maddon Jersey and now .

Indian Super League (ISL) season Steve Carlton Jersey four semifinalists FC Pune City have secured the services of Gabriel Fernandes for the 2018-19 season.

The 29-year-old will shift bases from Kolkata to Pune after the current season.

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The winger will now hope for Jason Motte Jersey a better seasonin the ISL. Incidentally, the former Churchill Brothers player has turned out for FC Goa and Mumbai Bud Norris Jersey City FC in the ISL before.

The Stallions have already signed Shankar Sampingiraj, Keenan Almeida Jack Flaherty Jersey and Alwyn George apart from another East Bengal winger in Nikhil Poojari.

There is no more prestigious position in football than captaining your country, with the armband only pa sed to those deemed worthy of such a role.

To be appointed skipper is to be acknowledged as a leader and a person capable of summoning up the spirit in those around you to go chasing collective goals.

,32 men are takingto the field looking to provide the inspiration and guidance to those around them in an attemptto deliver the grandest of prizes.

In the case of , a new era will be opened, with Tottenham striker Harry Kanehaving been charged with the task of following in some illustrious footsteps and making the Three Lions roar once more.

Although Gareth Southgate's side do not face as much pre sure as previous Three Lions teams heading into the World Cup, a lot of weight rests on Kane's shoulders and he has only increased that bysayingthey will tackle the tournament "head on" and setting Randy Johnson Jersey sights on winning the Golden Boot.

The striker will enhance his already glowing reputation if he shows he is a strong leader throughout their campaign in Ru sia, and will follow in the footsteps of the famous figures who wore the armband on the big stage for England before him.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers legend made 105 appearances for England, with 90 of those caps secured as captain a tally nobody before or since can claim to have bettered. He led the Three Lions in their first three World Cup outings during the 1950s, taking in appearances at events in Brazil, Switzerland and Sweden. He would taste just two victories on the grandest of stages, however, with an infamous 1-0 defeat to the United States in 1950 arguably his lowest ebb. A quarter-final defeat to Uruguay in 1954 was as far as he got in the competition.

Having been a regular source of goals at club level during an iconic spell with Fulham, Haynes was considered to be the ideal candidate to lead his country. He did earn 56 caps while netting 18 goals for England, but none of those efforts came at the 1962 World Cup in Chile. The Three Lions would make it through the group stage and into the quarter-finals, but they ultimately came unstuck against eventual winners Brazil. Haynes suffered an unfortunate car accident shortly after the finals and ended up being overlooked in 1966.

The most iconic of England captains and so far the only man to have got his hands on a major international honour. Like Wright before him, Moore skippered his country on 90 occasions taking in 108 appearances in all. The West Ham legend was the man chosen to lead the way on home soil in 1966, and his talismanic presence at the heart of the defence helped the Three Lions to the most stunning of succe ses. The image of him being hoisted aloft by jubilant team-mates on the Wembley turf, Jules Rimet trophy in hand, is one which will live forever in Englishfootball folklore.

A versatile operator who was switched between right and left-back while taking in 42 appearances for England, Ipswich icon Mills was handed the armband for the 1982 World Cup finals after forcing his way back into contention under Curt Schilling Jersey Ron Greenwood following an initial spell as a reserve. The Three Lions would make it to the second group stage in Spain but, despite being unbeaten in the competition, bowed out following goalle s draws with the hosts and West Germany. Five of Mills eight games as skipper came at the 1982 event.

Having established a reputation as Captain Marvel with Manchester United, Robson was considered to be not only Englands finest skipper but also their best player by the time the 1986 World Cup rolled around. Injuries were, however, to prove a problem for thetalismanic midfielder throughout his career and they eventually brought his campaigns in Mexico and Italy to a close with a shoulder problem picked up during a group stage clash with Morocco in 1986 and another knock suffered against the Netherlands four years later.

With Bryan Robson having been laid low in Mexico, Bobby Robson opted to shift the armband from the heart of his side Clay Buchholz Jersey to the last line of defence. Shilton had been part of the England set-up for 16 years when given the chance to skipper his country on theworld stage. He had the armband on when beaten by Diego Maradonas Hand of God and Goal of the Century in 1986, while the last of his record-breaking haul of 125 caps came in a third-place play-off at Italia 90 with international retirement announced at 40 years of age.

By the time England were left cursing their luck from the penalty spot during a semi-final date with West Germany in 1990, Bobby Robson David Peralta Jersey had made another big captaincy call. Bryan Robson had started as skipper, Shilton had then taken over again, while Butcher inherited the armband for the knockout stages. A man who had shed plenty of blood, sweat and tears for the good of the Three Lions cause down the years came agonisingly close to getting a shot at the most prestigious prize in football, but ended up heading into retirement with 77 caps and a sense of what could have been.

Appointed England captain by Glenn Hoddle for the1998 World Cup qualification campaign, the prolific Newcastle striker would retain the armband until slipping into international retirement on the back of Euro 2000. Shearer would grace just one World Cup finals over the course of his distinguished career, with further penalty heartache suffered by a man who endured similar at Euro 96. England, despite the efforts of a young Michael Owen, crashed out to Argentina in the second round.

Beckham shouldered much of the blame for the defeat to Argentina in 1998, with his red card for a petulant kick out at Diego Simeone considered to have cost England dear. Golden Balls was, however, to earn redemption in some style, with his next outing at a World Cup finals seeing him fill captaincy duties. Beckham Deven Marrero Jersey , who almost single-handedly carried the Three Lions to the 2002 finals, was only half-fit in Korea & Japan after suffering a pre-tournament broken metatarsal, but did exorcise his demons against Argentina from the penalty spot. He also skippered England in 2006, but once again penalties and red cards proved to be their undoing.

Having shown himself to be a talismanic presence while captaining Liverpool, the all-action midfielder was the logical choice to succeed Beckham once the poster boy of

Xavi has told Ousmane Dembele that he must sign a new contract at Barcelona or else Ryan Pressly Jersey he will be sold before the January transfer window closes.

Dembele has spent the last four-and-a-half seasons at Camp Nou, having initially joined the club from Boru sia Dortmund for a whopping $164 millionin 2017, but now only has six months left to run on his contract.

Barcelona hasbeen trying to tie the 24-year-old down for several monthsbut there has been no sign of a final agreement being reached, and Xavi has now warned the winger that he is running out of time to make a decision. Dembele has reportedly rejected a number of contract offers, frustrating the club Craig Biggio Jersey heirarchy.

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Dembele has been linked with Chelsea and Bayern Munich among a whole host of other top European clubs, and his current manager admits that a winter transfer is a po sibility.

During his pre-match pre s conference ahead of Thurdsay's Copa del Rey match against Athletic, Barcelona manager Xavi did not mince words, giving Dembele two options for his future: stay, or leave. Now.

The me sage is clear," Xavi said."Ousmane Dembele has to sign a new contract or we find a way to sell him in January. No other way. What I can say is that we are making a difficult decision. If he does not renew, the club has decided that they will make a decision. We have waited a long time, we have been in talks with him for five months. Either Francisco Liriano Jersey he renews or a solution is sought."

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The firm me sage from the manager leaves Dembele with a very short window to sort out his future, with the winter transfer window closing on January 31.

"I've been very honest with him, it's not an easy situation. All or nothing. We feel bad, but what comes first are the interests of the club. It is not contemplated that he stays in the stands. I have been Preston Tucker Jersey very clear with Ousmane."

Xavi: Dembl's situation is complex. If he doesnt renew his contract, we need to find a solution

Dembele's agent Mou sa Si soko added extra fuel to the ongoing transfer rumours byquestioning the way Barca have treated his clientsince his return from coronavirus-enforced quarantine.

Everyone talks about money. But its not only money for us," earlier this month. Also the management with the player day to day Roberto Osuna Jersey is very important. How can he play right after getting Covid without even training?

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Xavi has now i sued a response to Dembele's agent, insisting that the Frenchman has never expre sed any unhappine s or desire to leave.

I also wonder about the agent talking the way he is and Dembele, on the other hand, telling me he wants to stay. I cant understand," he added, giving credence to the po sibility that Dembele could still stay at Barcelona.

Dembele has sat out 16 matchesthrough injury this season, and he mi sed two games while recovering from COVID-19. That has left the Frenchman with just 684 minutes in 11 appearances this season acro s all competitions, including just six La Liga appearances.

Fitne s i sues have dogged the former Dortmund star throughout his time at Barca, and he has struggled to rediscover his best form George Springer Jersey since returning to action after the Christmas break.

Dembele has only managed to record one goal and two a sists in all competitions, with a Copa del Rey last-16 clash against Athletic Club up next on Thursday.

Barcelona have set a new La Liga record for the longest unbeaten start in league history.

The Blaugrana J. C. Ramirez Jersey drew 2-2 at Celta Vigo on Tuesday, as Ousmane Dembele and Paco Alcacer netted for the visitors.

The draw took Barcelona'sunbeaten run to begin the 2017-18 season to 33 games, with Ernesto Valverde's men winning 25 and drawing eight matches.

At 33 gamesunbeaten, Barcelona surpa sed previous record-holdersReal Sociedad, who began the 1979-80 season with a run of 32 games without defeat.

Valverde's men have just five league games remaining as they look to become the first Albert Pujols Jersey Liga side to ever go through an entire season undefeated.

The biggest of those five tests will be the season's second Clasico, with Real Madrid set to visit the Camp Nou on May Tommy La Stella Jersey 6.

Regardle s of the Clasicooutcome Barca are almost certain to lift the Ligatitle.

The Catalans boasta 12-point advantage over second-place Atletico Madrid following Tuesday's result.

33 - Barcelona haven't lost in the first Justin Upton Jersey 33 league games (W25 D8), the best starting without defeat in La Liga ever (surpa sing to Real Sociedad in 79/80, 32). Record

Before they turn their focus back to the league, Barca will take on Sevilla on Saturday in the Copa del Rey final.