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By Timothy Akintola

News on Nacho, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Frankie de Jong, Casemiro and Garnacho.

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Nacho Fernández set to leave Real Madrid at the end of the season.

Real Madrid captain, Nacho Fernández has communicated his desire to leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season. According to reports in Spain, he opted to move away from the team, despite being offered a contract extension to remain at the club. The 34 year-old Spanish defender is Real Madrid’s longest serving player in the squad, spending a combined 23 years from the club’s youth academy and winning 24 trophies with Los Blancos including five Champions League trophies. Inter Milan have been alerted and might make a formal offer for the veteran defender.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agrees new lucrative multi-year deal with Converse.

Oklahoma City Thunder’s superstar, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to a new contract with shoe brand, Converse. This lucrative, multi-year contract will see him become the company’s creative director of Converse Basketball, while also getting his first signature shoe which will be released in 2025. Shai, who is one of the front runners for this season’s MVP, signed his first contract with Converse in 2019 and has become one of the best players since, averaging 31.4 points per game this season and leading his franchise to the first seed in the Western Conference. There is a lot of excitement from fans around his upcoming signature shoe.

Barcelona are open to selling Frenkie de Jong in the summer.

Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong has been one of Europe’s most sought after players over the last two years. The 26 year-old who signed for Barcelona in January 2019 from Ajax for €80 million, has been the club’s biggest earner. Currently, Barca are trying to resolve its economic crisis and are looking to sell some players. The club will put the Dutch midfielder on the transfer market in the coming summer transfer window, with hopes of getting €60-70 million from his sale.

Casemiro reveals why he nearly cancelled transfer to Manchester United.

Brazil midfielder, Casemiro made a surprise €70 million move to Manchester United after nine years with Real Madrid. However, the 32 year-old football star has revealed that he was close to cancelling the move. Casemiro explained seeing Carlo Ancelotti shed tears while begging him not to leave was enough to make him doubt the move. Since signing with United, he has become one of the club’s most important players, helping them win the Carabao cup last season.

Garnacho apologizes to Erik ten Hag for liking social media criticism.

After Manchester United’s 2-2 draw against Bournemouth last weekend, Alejandro Garnacho liked certain social media tweets via X which criticised the manager for taking him off at halftime. While many fans have linked this situation with that of Jadon Sancho which took him out of the club, the manager has revealed that Garnacho apologized for it and both have moved on. He also noted that the Argentine is a young player who would learn from these mistakes.

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