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Updated December 28, 2020
Manchester United’s Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Manchester United at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north-west England on November 7, 2020. Manchester United won the match 3-1. Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Edinson Cavani still has years left as a top striker and is keen to extend the Uruguayan’s contract at Old Trafford.
The 33-year-old Uruguayan signed a one-year deal in September after months without a club since leaving Paris Saint-Germain.
United have the option to extend Cavani’s contract for another season and Solskjaer suggested he expects the club to do so.
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Updated December 28, 2020
Leicester City’s Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho (C) shoots from the penalty spot but fails to score after his shot was saved during the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City at Selhurst Park in south London on December 28, 2020.
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A much-changed Leicester moved up to second in the Premier League thanks to Harvey Barnes’ late equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday.
Wilfried Zaha’s stunning near post volley put the Eagles in front against the run of play after Kelechi Iheanacho had a first-half penalty saved for Leicester.
A photo combination of Pele and Lionel Messi created on December 28, 2020.
Lionel Messi hit a historic landmark recently when he scored his 644th goal for Barcelona against Real Valladolid in La Liga, surpassing Pelé as the player with the most goals scored for a single club.
However, Brazilian football club Santos, in a statement released on Saturday, claimed that Messi is yet to surpass its legend’s record.
Santos put Pele’s total goal haul at 1,091.
There has been a lot of controversy about how many goals the all-time leading goal scorer for Brazil actually scored for Santos. While he has been credited with 643 goals for the Brazilian club Pele has claimed in the past that he scored over 1,000.
Lionel Messi hit a historic landmark recently when he scored his 644th goal for Barcelona against Real Valladolid in La Liga, surpassing Pelé as the player with the most goals scored for a single club.
However, Brazilian football club Santos, in a statement released on Saturday, claimed that Messi is yet to surpass its legend’s record.
Santos put Pele’s total goal haul at 1,091.
There has been a lot of controversy about how many goals the all-time leading goal scorer for Brazil actually scored for Santos. While he has been credited with 643 goals for the Brazilian club Pele has claimed in the past that he scored over 1,000.
Austin Okon-Akpan
The Channels International Kids Cup has received a special recognition award for football development for the fifth year in a row at the Nigeria Pitch Awards.
At the 7th edition of the longest football awards ceremony in Nigeria, the organisers, MatchMakers Consult commended the station for staying committed to the objective of developing and nurturing talents at the grassroots.
Channels TV’s sports correspondent, Austin Okon-Akpan won the Football Journalist of the Year award to make it a record 4th time he will be clinching the award.
Johnny Edwards of The Punch won the Football Journalist of the Year – Print category, Olawale Adigun of Top Radio FM emerged winner of the Radio category while Goal.com Samuel Ahmadu won the online category.