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Chelsea Signs Bakayoko From Monaco Chelsea have signed midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko from French champions Monaco in a reported £40m deal. The 22-year-old France international has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League champions. He becomes Chelsea’s second major summer signing after they brought in defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma. Bakayoko joined Monaco from Ligue 1 rivals Rennes in 2014 and made his France debut in a friendly defeat by Spain in March this year. He was part of the Monaco squad that reached the Champions League semi-finals last season, going out of the competition to Juventus. Bakayoko, who will wear the number 14 shirt at Chelsea, said: “I am very happy to be here and to join this great team. “I have grown up watching Chelsea. Signing was the natural thing for me because it is a club I loved very much in my childhood. “I am now looking forward to evolving under this fantastic coach [Antonio Conte] and alongside ...

FULL DETAILS: FG releases another tranche of Paris Club refund to 36 states ⌂ Back To Homepage The federal government has released a state-by-state breakdown of the second tranche of Paris Club refund. A statement from the ministry of finance said the payments, which totalled N243,795,465,195.20 were made to the 36 states and the federal capital territory upon the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 4, 2017. Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Kano and Rivers states received the largest disbursements of N10 billion each. “The releases were conditional upon a minimum of 75 percent being applied to the payment of workers’ salaries and pensions for States that owe salaries and pension,” Salisu Dambatta, spokesman of finance ministry, said in the statement. This second tranche of Paris Club refunds is a partial settlement of long-standing claims by state governments relating to over-deductions from their federation account allocation committee (FAA...

Arsene Wenger breaks Premier League Record Arsène Wenger has today become the longest-serving PL manager of all-time with 7,583 days at the helm of Arsenal Football Club – exactly one day longer than Sir Alex spent in charge of the Red Devils after the top-tier of English football had been rebranded as the Premier League. Sir Alex took over at Old Trafford in 1986 when they were in the old First Division, with the Premier League not coming into being until the 1992/93 season. Wenger arrived at Arsenal four years later, taking over at the Emirates in September 1996 after Bruce Rioch’s dismissal, leaving Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight to take over the Gunners. That means Wenger still has some six years to go until he will match Ferguson’s total United tenure, with the Scot having sat in the Old Trafford dugout for 9,704 days. Although Wenger has spent more days in charge, he is still a few matches shy of managing the most games in the Premier ...