Arsenal’s Wilshere joins Bournemouth on loan – club

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London (AFP) – Jack Wilshere’s fall from grace shows no sign of slowing as the Arsenal midfielder made a shock move to Bournemouth on a season-long loan on Wednesday.

Wilshere was once regarded as one of the most promising youngsters in the Premier League, but Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has allowed the 24-year-old to leave the Emirates Stadium in a bid to revitalise his career.

“Jack is a fantastic addition to the club,” Bournemouth chief executive Neill Blake said after Wilshere was pictured holding up the club’s red and black striped shirt outside their Dean Court stadium. 

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Chelsea Fans Set To Lose Their Sh*t As Club Zero In On Bolton Reject

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Chelsea are finally closing in on signing a defender, after a summer of disappointment in the transfer window.

Antonio Conte only has five defenders to choose from at the minute, and has been priced out of moves for Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli.

But they’ve stuck with their Serie A search, and are close to announcing the signing of Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina, according to the Daily Mail.

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The former Sunderland defender will cost them though, with a £23 million fee enough to bring the Spaniard to the Premier League again.

He was part of one of the Italian league’s most feared defences last season, and chipped in with four goals as Fiorentina finished fifth.

The Viola were holding out for a £25 million fee, but the Blues have settled on a transfer that includes add-ons.

Presumably, one of those will be ‘he sticks around for a second season’ after Chelsea’s habit of getting rid of left backs after one season continued this summer, with Baba Rahman heading back to Germany after 12 months.

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Alonso’s arrival will allow Cesar Azpilicueta to move to right back, and Branislav Ivanovic to move into the central position.

Kurt Zouma is also closing in on a return to fitness after a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury, so Conte may be able to manage without another centre back coming in.

Chelsea’s lack of European football may also help them, with one game a week even manageable for the ancient knees of John Terry.

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Four Men Reportedly Jump UFC Fighter Outside Vegas Club. You Can Probably Guess Their Odds on This Gamble.

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When UFC fighter Nick Diaz entered a bathroom outside a Las Vegas club early last Wednesday morning, he and another man accidentally bumped into each as they crossed paths.

The guy apparently didn’t know who Diaz is, given he reportedly starting jawing with the fighter.

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TMZ Sports reported that Diaz apologized to the man, saying he didn’t want trouble — and then three other guys joined in against Diaz and things got physical.

“I didn’t start it,” Diaz told TMZ Sports afterward. “They didn’t know who I was.”

Diaz attempted to defend himself, TMZ said — but when he got hit hard on the head, all bets apparently were off, as the brawl exited the bathroom and hit the Bellagio casino floor.

A club rep told TMZ the attackers were swinging chairs and were clearly the aggressors — but Diaz reportedly dispatched them all quickly, taking them to the ground and using choke holds on the men.

Diaz was asked by the club if he wanted to press charges, but Diaz told TMZ that wasn’t necessary: “They got the worst of it.”

(H/T: IJR)

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WATCH: ‘Breakfast Club’ Lakers Hit The Weight Room

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Lakers D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram, Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle, Larry Nance Jr, Ivica Zubac and Tarik Black have been putting in work with head strength and conditioning coach Tim DiFrancesco.

Dubbed the Breakfast Club for their early morning sessions in the weight room, the young Lakers are trying to make some noise in 2016-17.

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— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 23, 2016

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Key Liverpool Man Claims He’s Ready To Be Next Club Legend

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Liverpool have struggled to replace Steven Gerrard ever since the Reds legend upped sticks and headed for Los Angeles last year.

As loveable as Joe Allen is, he wasn’t quite up to the job, but another midfielder is eyeing the Gerrard role after settling into the Liverpool team in his second  season at Anfield.

Emre Can is that man, and after getting a regular run in his favoured defensive midfield role under Jurgen Klopp, the German has high hopes for becoming a future Liverpool leader.

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Speaking about the Gerrard role, Can said:

The new midfield leader can be me, of course.

I have played a lot of games for Liverpool and know I am still young but I have to show it on the pitch now.

I can say I am a leader but you have to show it. Of course we have other leaders like Hendo or Milner.

We all want to do it – I am like that. I want to be the one pushing the team on.

Can found his feet in the second half of last season, after being utilised at right back, centre back and a variety of midfield roles under Brendan Rodgers after joining from Bayer Leverkusen in 2014.

His form got him into the Germany Euro 2016 team, and he played in Die Mannschaft’s semi final defeat to France last month.

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And he should find himself as a permanent fixture under Klopp this season, with long serving midfielder Lucas Leiva set to depart, leaving a holding midfield role wide open.

But it’s not just a starting place the 22-year-old has his eye on:

My confidence is high.

We have a very good team and we will see next season what it is but that target has to be to win titles.

If you play for Liverpool the target always has to be winning titles and it will be the same next season.

The closest Liverpool have came to winning the title was in 2013/14, when the combination of Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez came within a whisker to bringing the Reds their first ever Premier League crown.

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And Can is a fan of the Liverpool legend, although is keen to carve out his own legendary status rather than be compared to the Englishman.

He added:

I say I have lot of respect for him and I am far off that level he played for Liverpool.

I have to go my own way, be Emre Can. But I have great respect for him and still keep in touch.

I met him in Los Angeles recently, and we still speak.

Klopp’s Liverpool should be an interesting entity this season, as the German boss makes his mark on his new team in his first full season.

Can is ready to thrive in the midfield though, and the Anfield faithful will be hoping he can go on to become even half as much of a legend as Stevie G was.

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