Liverpool gave Odegaard a tour of Anfield, took him out for dinner and he trained with Gerrard and Co. He had similar trips to Arsenal, United and City but when Madrid came calling he couldn't refuse

Real Madrid’s 16-year-old £2.3million signing Martin Odegaard confirmed on Thursday that the prospect of working with Zinedine Zidane turned his head away from the Premier League and towards the European champions.

The Norwegian teenager, who was presented at the club’s training ground, is on a basic £40,000-a-week for his first half-season but can double that with bonuses.

He chose Madrid despite visiting Liverpool and Arsenal on a whistle-stop tour of some of Europe’s biggest clubs.

Good For Him Though.......

Arsene Wenger: Work permits should be scrapped for foreign players, they're the reason we didn't sign Angel di Maria

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants work permits for foreign footballers to be scrapped.

The Frenchman, who revealed he missed out on bringing Angel di Maria to the club nine years ago due to employment red tape, says the UK’s football authorities should open its borders to all overseas players, not just those who qualify for the necessary paperwork.

Arsenal are poised to sign Villarreal’s Gabriel Paulista, who has a £15million release clause. But the transfer is reliant on the Brazilian obtaining a work permit, which will not be a foregone conclusion given the central defender has not played international football.

I wonder why this man always have excuses for not signing a player didn't Manchester united sign Di Maria with the same work permit... 

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies aged 90

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away, aged 90. The monarch died late last night January 22nd (Nigerian time) in his home. His death was announced in a statement broadcast on Saudi state TV.

"His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and all members of the family and the nation mourn the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who passed away at exactly 1am this morning (Friday - Saudi time)," the statement said.

Abdullah became king in 2005 after the death of his half-brother King Fahd. The late king's brother, Salman, 79, has been announced as the new ruler of the kingdom.

Osas Ighodaro: beauty queen, model, presenter…and she can act!

 

                                                                                               

 Osas Ighodaro; Miss Black USA 2010, Co-Presenter Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2014, presenter Maltina Family Dance All, is indeed a good actress. Did you know she was part of the cast for the movie Cadillac Records starring Beyonce Knowles, Restless City, Tyler Perry’s ‘Meet the Browns’ and she’s been a guest on Internationally acclaimed TV talk show, ‘The Mo’nique show’?

Having starred in Tinsel, her acting prowess within our shores has soared as she plays the lead role of Tolu (tacticalexpert for a secret corporate espionage based thriving company) in a new film titled “The Department”. 

The action/romance based movie releases in cinemas from 30^th January 2015. She stars alongside Majid Michel, O.C. UKeje, Desmond Elliot, Seun Akindele, Funky Mallam, Jide Kosoko, and Somkele Iyamah.The Premiere of The Department will hold on the 25^th of January 2015 at the Silberbird Galleria, Victoria-Island, Lagos.

Watch trailer below...

                   

TLC surpasses fundraising goal, makes $170k in two days

A few days ago, T.Boz and Chilli launched a Kickstarter crowd funding campaign to raise $150k for the final TLC album. They got $5k from Katy Perry, $10k from Kids On The Block and over $160k from other fans around the world, helping them surpass their goal of $150k in less than 48 hours.

As of today January 22nd, the group raised over $170k for their album with 28 more days to go.