Fabinho leaves Liverpool to join Saudi side Al-Ittihad

Fabinho has completed his move from Liverpool to Al-Ittihad, the Saudi Pro League club have confirmed.

The Brazilian becomes the second Liverpool player to move to Saudi Arabia following Jordan Henderson’s switch to Al-Ettifaq.

In a lengthy farewell message posted on social media, Fabinho wrote: “Today I leave my home.

Welcome Fabinho

— Ittihad Club (@ittihad_en)

“It’s been five years wearing this jersey and always with the greatest honour and happiness possible.”

Fabinho is also the latest big name to join Al-Ittihad, following the likes of former Real Madrid star Karim Benzema and ex-Chelsea and Leicester man N’Golo Kante.

The 29-year-old joined Liverpool from Monaco in 2018 and enjoyed a glittering career on Mers…

2017 Confederations Cup Group B: Full Preview

Alexis Sanchez will lead Chile on their quest for the 2017 Confederations Cup title Credit: La Nacion

The 2017 Confederations Cup is right around the corner.

The pre-tournament before the 2018 World Cup will feature some of the best teams in the world. Here we present you a comprehensive preview of Group B, which features Germany, Chile, Australia, and Cameroon. The reigning World Cup holders are slight favourites on paper. However, Chile are a darkhorse to win the tournament based on their recent international results.

Germany

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The Lakers Remembered They Could Be Schoolyard Bullies

data-mm-id=”_rqu3p1iaq”>The Los Angeles Lakers have created a blueprint this postseason. Lose Game 1 to get the pundits buzzing and pre-writing a postmortem on how LeBron James has lost his magic and the Anthony Davis experiment was a bust. Then win Game 2 in convincing fashion as a Men In Black memory-pen-eraser-thingy to invalidate such opinions. In the Blazers' series, Game 2 foretold of four straight victories. The same could very well be true for this Rockets' series. That is, if the Lakers stick to their guns and commitment to being schoolyard bullies as they did Sunday night. Davis, perhaps a bit befuddled at all the positive press P.J. Tucker received for being a big-boy pest in Game 1 (as Davis actually went 10-for-16 with tons of round numbers rounding out his stats…

Man Utd target deals blow to Mourinho amid U-turn claim; Ratcliffe considers signing Chelsea star

Jose Mourinho s Fenerbahce are reportedly keen to sign Morocco international Sofyan Amrabat, but he would prefer to re-join Manchester United.

was one of United s main transfer targets during the 2023 transfer window after he shone for Morocco at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

s limited budget prevented them from signing Amrabat permanently, as he instead joined the Premier League giants on loan with an obligation to buy.

The 27-year-old was in and out of the team during the 2023/24 campaign as he only started ten Premier League matches.

Therefore, it s hardly surprising that Man Utd decided against activating their purchase option to sign Amrabat, who could have reportedly been bought for around £17m.

However, a return to Man Utd has not been co…