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Messi stunned the world last month when he informed Barca of his intention to depart the LaLiga giants, with the 33-year-old intending to trigger a clause in his contract to walk away on a free transfer at the end of last season. However, the validity of such a stipulation was murky due to the campaign being extended by the coronavirus pandemic, and six-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi ultimately opted to remain in Catalonia rather than challenge Barcelona in a legal battle. Asked about Messi heading into 2020-21, Roberto told RAC1: "I thought the same as all the Catalans, that it could not be true that Messi did not continue with us. I cannot imagine a Barca without Leo and I crossed my fingers so that he would stay. I see him training very well. He is a very professional player and I have no doubt that he will always give 100 per cent for this shirt and this club." Ronald Koeman is at the helm as Barca prepare for their LaLiga opener against Villarreal on Sunday. Koe...

Inter Milan have completed a deal to sign Arturo Vidal from Barcelona for 1 million euros ($1.17 million), the clubs announced on Tuesday. "Barcelona and Inter Milan have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Arturo Vidal," Barca said in a statement. "The Italian team will pay FC Barcelona 1 million euros in variables." After joining in 2018, Vidal played 96 games for the Catalans and scored 11 goals, helping them win La Liga in his first year in Spain. But the 33-year-old was seen as expendable by the club after their dreadful end to last season, with Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu admitting players would have to leave before new ones could come in. Vidal will be reunited with Antonio Conte at Inter, the coach he played for at Juventus between 2011 and 2015, before joining Bayern Munich and then Barca

Jennifer Lopez and Maluma are teaming up to quiz each other about their lives and careers as part of Billboard's Latin Music Week. The collaborators will talk candidly about their backgrounds, their music, and how Latinos are changing the landscape in both Hollywood and the music industry. They will also discuss their upcoming film, Marry Me, in which they play music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian, who are about to get married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd, instead. The movie, which also stars Owen Wilson and Sarah Silverman, will feature original songs from both singers and be released in February. The highly-anticipated Q&A has been added to a line-up of online chats that will bring the likes of Rosalia and Pharrell Williams, J Balvin and Deepak Chopra, and Carlos Vives and Gustavo Dudamel together. The talks will take place virtu...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow N850bn from the domestic capital market to finance projects in the 2020 budget has been approved by the House of Representatives. His request was approved barely a week after the Senate gave accelerated approval to the loan. The Senate however mandated it’s that the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed    should liaise with its committees on finance, appropriation, Domestic and Foreign Debt and National Planning. More details later…….

 Reactions by Nigerians has greeted claims by Pophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere known as Prophet Odumeje, that “there is no Coronavirus in Nigeria. Earlier that the controversial Anambra Prophet made this claim on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday, a day the NCDC, comfirmed 245COVID-19 new cases in Nigeria The controversial prophet who is Spiritual Director of Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention Deliverance Ministry World Miracle Center, alias Land of Freedom, insisted that there is no COVID-19 in Nigeria, adding that Our just taking it as an oppotunity for looting money “There’s no Covid-19 in Nigeria if you look deeply you will know that we have only businessmen,” Prophet Odumeje tweeted on Monday morning before the NCDC announced 245 new Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Monday evening. Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanemere @Dlionhimself ...