Chelsea have agreed terms with Shanghai SIPG for the sale of Oscar for a fee of between £52m-£60m.
The Blues wrote on their website.
“Chelsea Football Club and Shanghai SIPG have agreed terms for the permanent transfer of Oscar. The 25-year-old will join the Chinese Super League team at the beginning of the January transfer window. He has been a Chelsea player for four-and-a-half years, helping us lift the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League as well as scooping two Chelsea Goal of the Season awards after stunning strikes against Juventus in 2012, on his full debut, and QPR in 2014. Skillful and tenacious, Oscar has been highly regarded by fans, players and staff during his time as a Blue, scoring 38 times from 203 Chelsea appearances.
“A summer 2012 arrival from Internacional in his native Brazil, Oscar made his debut as a sub away at Wigan before announcing himself with a dipping, bending effort against Antonio Conte’s Juventus at Stamford Bridge. He now heads to Shanghai to link up with former Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas. “We thank Oscar for his wonderful service and wish him the very best of luck for the future.”
Oscar‘s transfer fee will be the seventh biggest of all time, behind Paul Pogba, Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain, Luiz Suarez and James Rodriguez
Photos from Olamide's novelty 'OLIC Football Challenge'
Ahead of the biggest and most anticipated music concert this December, OLIC 3, rap star, Olamide hosted fans to an all stars football match which held at the Lekki Fun Turf on Tuesday, the 20th of December, 2016.
Largely to intimate the fans on the celebrities billed to perform at the concert, the Olamide Football Challenge saw four celebrity teams consisting of OLIC lead organizers; Right Entertainment, Achievas Entertainment, YBNL Nation and top Lagos football team, LEKKI All Stars, battle for supremacy on the pitch.
The novelty match kicked off at 9:00pm with an impressive delivery of the national anthem by YBNL princess, Temmie. Seyi Law, who was the host for the night announced the first team to play; YBNL Nation and Right Entertainment. The 40 minutes game ended with YBNL Nation emerging as winners with 2 goals to nil.
The second half of the game between Achievas and Lekki All Stars Kicked off almost immediately and ended with Achievas winning also with 2 goals to nil.
The excitement from the audience intensified during the final game between YBNL and Achievas . After the 40 minutes game, Achievas Entertainment which was led by singer Solid Star emerged the ultimate winners of OLIC Footballl Challenge with 3 goals to 1.
Some of the celebrity players for the night include ID Cabasa, AY Makun, Oristefemi, Solid Star, Akpororo who scored one of the winning goals for Achievas, Mc Shakara,, Pheelz, Young Jonn who scored 2 goals among others. Coaches for the night were Funny Bone, Olamide’s manager; Alex Okeke, AY Makun and Ossy Achievas.
Super Falcons reportedly get cash gift from Ogenyi Onazi
Moved by the plight of the Super Falcons who recently embarked on a protest in Abuja over their unpaid bonuses and allowances, Super Eagles/Trabzonspor midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, has reportedly donated the sum of N1million to the squad.
A source close to the team was quoted thus, “Onazi is a fantastic man and supported the Falcons with the sum of one million Naira, that really helped the ladies. “He also gave one of the injured players N200,000 for her treatment. He is a wonderful guy. I was aware some of the girls called him to complain about their plight and he helped them.”
Nike honours Cristiano Ronaldo with special golden boots
Following his latest Ballon d’Or win, Cristiano Ronaldo has been honoured with a pair of special golden boots by footwear manufacturing company, Nike. The Nike Mercurial Superfly CR7 ‘Vitorias’ – Portugese for ‘victories’ – feature metallic gold soles and the CR7 logo. Only 777 pairs of the boots have been produced and they will be available for purchase in early 2017.
Christmas came early! Rio Ferdinand donates £500,000 toy sack to underprivileged children.
Rio Ferdinand is set to put smiles on faces this December as the Manchester United legend donates £500,000 worth of toys & 11,500 sleeping bags to to underprivileged children in Manchester this Christmas. The gesture was part of Manchester radio station Key 103’s ‘Cash for Kids’ campaign.
The former England centre-half who didn’t want to be appreciated for the donation said
”As a father myself I couldn’t see children going without opening a present this Christmas Day – the work that Cash For Kids at Key 103 do is truly amazing.”
Real Madrid reach the Club World Cup final.
Real Madrid beat Club America in the Club World Cup on Thursday to qualify for the Club World Cup final. The European Champions have extended their unbeaten streak to 36 matches. The Zinedine-led men have now scored 100 goals, recorded 27 wins and 9 draws, won 2 trophies and have not lost a game since April. Goals from Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the victory for the Los Blancos.
Boy who became an internet sensation for wearing a plastic-bag Lionel Messi jersey meets his hero
Remember that boy who became a viral star after wearing a . Read it here here and here. Murtaza Ahmadi met the Argentine in Doha where Barcelona played a friendly match against Saudi Arabian club, Al-Ahli.
‘I’m very happy to meet my hero. It is a dream for me.’ The 6 year-old said.
Riyad Mahrez named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016
Algeria midfielder, Riyad Mahrez has been named BBC African Footballer of the Year. He won it ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.
The 25 year-old told BBC Sport: “It means a lot, it’s something big for African players so I am very happy, I am very proud.
It’s always good to receive awards and for African players it’s a huge honour. To all the fans, thank you very much.”
“Also I want to thank the Algeria fans and dedicate this to them as well and for my family. I just have to carry on and keep going with my football and see what I can do.”
Riyad Mahrez in 2016:
– African Player of the Year
– Premier League Winner
– PFA Player of the Year
– 7th place in the Ballon d’Or
Ronaldo wins 4th Ballon d'Or
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or for the fourth time ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann.
The 31 year-old scored 51 goals in 54 game in 2016, winning the Champions League with Real Madrid and the European Championship with Portugal in the process.
Reacting to the honour, the Portuguese who was unavoidably absent at the ceremony which took place today in Zurich as his side travelled to Japan to prepare for the Club World Cup said, “It is a special moment. It means that all my sacrifice was worth it. I feel very happy to win this. I worked very hard,” Ronaldo said in accepting the award.
“A lot of people helped me get here, and it is not easy to get here. You can count on one hand players who maintain this level year after year. I am one of them, and that is a source of pride for me.”
He continued, “This has been the best year of my career from both a team and individual level. “To win the title for Portugal was what was left to achieve on my résumé, and it was one of the most important moments. But to win Champions League as well with Real Madrid was huge.
“It is a huge honour to win the Ballon d’Or. I am very happy. This is a dream come true, and it is the fourth time. I feel very proud. This win is for my teammates in both the club and the national team. It is incredible to earn this trophy again.”
Up Blues! Chelsea stars claim Premier League prizes for November
Top of the log, back to back wins; Chelsea are definitely not joking this season.
And this scintillating form has earned three key players of the team accolades. The Blues coach, Antonio Conte beat David Moyes, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola to win the Manager of the Month Award for November; Diego Costa; the league’s joint-top scorer on 11 goals was named Player of the Month, edging put teammate Pedro, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sergio Aguero, Jordan Pickford and Matt Phillips to the honour. And lastly, Pedro’s strike against Tottenham was voted the goal of the month.