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Chelsea has beaten Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal to the signing of the Portuguese forward, Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid for the remainder of the season.

Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has been nominated alongside African duo, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah by EA sport among the top hundred (100) best-performing footballers of the year (2022).

France manager Didier Deschamps has signed a new contract with the France national team until 2026. Deschamps has committed himself to taking charge of the World Cup runners-up by two years despite the many speculations going around that the France manager would step down after the tournament in Qatar.

Former Arsenal legend, Ray Parlour, has hinted at the teams that would finish before Chelsea FC in this season's Premier League table. Chelsea ended –up in third place on the Premier League table last season, with the hope of improving this year.
The Stamford Bridge team are currently maintaining the tenth position on the League table shortly after their latest 1-0 defeat to Manchester City yesterday night. However, Parlour is optimistic that teams like Arsenal, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Man City will be the teams to finish before Chelsea adding that Graham Potter’s side will struggle to finish in the top six.

Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) has received their take-off grant of N200 million as the league resumes on Sunday 8th of January 2023. On Thursday, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) announced a partnership between the GTI Group Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Federation. This partnership will see each participating team of the NPFL receive a take-off grant of N10 million each.

Former Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has just arrived in Riyad, the Saudi Arabian capital ahead of the official unveiling of him as a player of the Al-Nasr Football club. Recall Vigil360 report that Al-Nasir Football club in Saudi Arabia has signed Cristiano Ronaldo to join its club Al-Nasr for a fee of £173m a year, making him the highest-paid player in the history of Al-Nasr. The Portugal international after arriving in Saudi Arabia shared a photo of him on his social media page on how he was welcomed in the holy land.