Simon Richardson, the mayor of Byron Shire has joined the sea of dissenting voices, speaking against a proposed Netflix production centered on the lives of Byron Bay’s ‘influencers’.
Thousands of people have also signed a petition calling for the boycott of the Netflix show, set in the Australian beach town of Byron Bay, arguing that the town would be used as a “punch-line”for the show.
The streaming platform announced production of the the ‘docu-soap’ that will follow a feed of Instagrammers living their best lives in New South Wales’ North Coast town of Byron Bay.
The announcement gave rise to an immediate backlash among some members of the community, who called it “embarrassing” and “vacuous” including local comedian Mandy Nolan who labelled it “yuck” and said it could worsen the town’s housing affordability crisis.
Many businesses have refused to take part in the show, local media report.
The mayor says he will move a Mayoral Minute outlining the council’s opposition to the ‘Byron Baes’ production and seeking their support for production to be moved to a community that would love the exposure the show would create.
Mayor Richardson, In a post shared on Facebook recently said “I too share the concern and frustration that yet another entity from outside the shire seeks to profit from us whilst only providing more possibilities of damaging us: our reputation, our housing accessibility already on life support and our economic ‘brand’ that results in the employment of thousands of us,” .
The delightful town is known for its surf beaches and relaxed lifestyle. It has gained prominence in influencer culture and over the past year, has become a Jerusalem for visiting Hollywood celebrities.
Blessing Okagbare continues her build up to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after running 22.66secs to finish third in the women’s 200m of the 2021 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational meet in United States.
Okagbare who represented Tumbleweed Track Club in the race finished third behind Sha’Carri Richardson and Lynna Irby who ran 22.11secs and 22.57secs to finish in first and second places respectively.
American Richardson a week after clocked 10.72secs in 100m and she continued her fine form to run 22.11 in her 200m season debut on the first day of Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at the weekend.
It is the 21-year-old’s second quickest ever time for the distance behind her PB of 22.00 set in Florida last August and saw the world U20 record-holder win the heat by almost half a second ahead of Lynna Irby with 22.57.
However, Okagbare, World and Olympic medallist was third in 22.66secsin the star-studded final.
Meanwhile, African and Commonwealth champion Akani Simbine clocked 9.99secs to win the South African 100m title in Pretoria.
“I’m glad to run another sub-10 and the key is to stay healthy,” said Simbine. “It’s another big year and I’m sticking to the main goal, which is the Tokyo Olympics.”
Olympic 400m champion and world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk returned after winning his 200m semifinal in 20.38 (-1.4m/s) to match that time to win the final (+0.1m/s), easing up on his approach to the finish line.
Six top Premier League teams have signed up to a European Super League
Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have agreed
The moves come as a snub to UEFA following fresh Champions League plans
UEFA are set to outline a new format to their elite level competition very soon
European football’s governing body have threatened legal action for the ‘project’
The big six of English football have signed letters of intent to join a new European Super League, which is set to be announced on Sunday night.
Manchester City were the last to agree, on Saturday, joining Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham in the breakaway, which will spell the end of competition in domestic and European football as we know it.
UEFA were strong in response, revealing in a statement that they will take legal action if the ‘cynical project’ for a Super League goes ahead.
The new league represents the American takeover of elite European football, which will become a closed shop run by its founder members. It is bankrolled by US banking giant JP Morgan and is the brainchild of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and the American owners of three leading English clubs.
Manchester United and Chelsea are among a group of six Premier League teams to announce on Sunday night their intent to join a breakaway European Super League
UEFA’s Champions League is under serious threat of a breakaway league of the top teams
It is believed Perez will hold the chairman’s role in the new league’s structure, with Liverpool’s John W. Henry, Joel Glazer of Manchester United and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke as vice-chairmen.
Andrea Agnelli, chairman of Juventus, and believed until now to be an ally of UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin will occupy the fourth vice-chairman role.
Ceferin is understood to be furious at Agnelli’s betrayal, the news of which comes less than 24 hours before UEFA’s own proposals for a revamped Champions League.
The European Club Association, which represents UEFA’s clubs released a statement going against the Super League plans.
In addition they backed continued development on revamping the Champions League, despite their chairman being Juventus chief Agnelli.
‘In light of today’s reports on the subject of a so-called breakaway league, ECA as the body representing 246 leading clubs across Europe, reiterates its stated commitment to working on developing the UEFA Club Competitions (UCCs) model with UEFA for the cycle beginning 2024 and that a ‘closed super league model’ to which media articles refer would be strongly opposed by ECA.
‘ECA would refer to the position adopted by its Executive Board at its meeting last Friday April 16, namely that it supports a commitment to work with UEFA on a renewed structure for European Club Football as a whole post 2024, including proposed changes to the UEFA Club Competitions post 2024.
‘With ECA’s support, UEFA’s Executive Committee is being asked to endorse these commitments at its meeting on April 19 along with pursing efforts to reach an agreement on the future relationship between ECA and UEFA.
‘The ECA Executive Board will be convening over the coming days to take appropriate decisions in light of any further developments.’
The plan is for the Super League to evolve to roughly 15-18 teams, but the initial 12 signatories to the deal are the six English clubs, plus Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid from Spain, and Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan from Italy. This leaves room for other major clubs, such as Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, to be picked off with UEFA’s own competitions hopelessly devalued.
PREMIER LEAGUE STATEMENT
The Premier League condemns any proposal that attacks the principles of open competition and sporting merit which are at the heart of the domestic and European football pyramid.
Fans of any club in England and across Europe can currently dream that their team may climb to the top and play against the best. We believe that the concept of a European Super League would destroy this dream.
The Premier League is proud to run a competitive and compelling football competition that has made it the most widely watched league in the world. Our success has enabled us to make an unrivalled financial contribution to the domestic football pyramid.
A European Super League will undermine the appeal of the whole game, and have a deeply damaging impact on the immediate and future prospects of the Premier League and its member clubs, and all those in football who rely on our funding and solidarity to prosper.
We will work with fans, The FA, EFL, PFA and LMA, as well as other stakeholders, at home and abroad, to defend the integrity and future prospects of English football in the best interests of the game.
Liverpool and Tottenham are among six English teams to have agreed to the new project
Liverpool owner John W Henry will act as one of the European Super League’s vice-chairman
The Premier League are aware of the agreement and have spent the weekend formulating their response.
In a statement on Sunday, the Premier League condemned proposals that they feel ‘attacks the principles of open competition and sporting merit’.
‘Fans of any club in England and across Europe can currently dream that their team may climb to the top and play against the best,’ the statement continued. ‘We believe that the concept of a European Super League would destroy this dream.’
Former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville, speaking in commentary during their game against Burnley, called the news an ‘absolute scandal’.
After the match he ripped into the idea describing the idea ‘as pure greed’ and the owners of the English teams as ‘imposters’ with ‘nothing to do with football in this country.
He said: ‘I’m disgusted with Manchester United and Liverpool most. I mean with Liverpool they pretend ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ the people’s club. Manchester United, a 100 years born out of workers around here and they’re breaking away into a league without competition, that they can’t be relegated from?
‘It’s an absolute disgrace and we have to wrestle back the power in this country from the clubs at the top of the league. It’s pure greed, they’re impostors. The fans need protecting. I benefitted from football hugely, I’ve made money from football and invest money into a club.
Neville went on to add that the six clubs should be punished and that the owners are ‘disowning their clubs.
Manchester United legend Gary Neville described the plans as an ‘absolute disgrace’
He said: ‘They’ve got no loyalty to this country and these leagues. Enough is enough. There isn’t a football fan in this country that shouldn’t be seething listening to this. This is disowning your own club stuff, this. I mean, seriously?
‘How could you think to watch a super league when you’ve left the 14 clubs in the Premier League behind you? Your Championship clubs dead. Your EFL clubs dead, the National League, the pyramid system which we’ve fought for 150 years has gone because of six clubs?
‘It’s absolutely embarrassing and it’s never going to happen. Let them break away but honestly punish them straight away. If they announce a letter of intent has been signed as six clubs they should be punished heavily.
‘Massive fines, points deductions, takes the titles off them. Give the title to Burnley, let Fulham stay up and relegate Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
‘Yeah Chelsea and City new money in game come forward I’m not happy with them either, Tottenham I’m not that bothered about. Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal they should know better. The history and tradition that runs through those three clubs is absolutely enormous and I value it but they leave a lot to be desired at this moment in time.
‘Liverpool Football Club seriously. I don’t like them, they don’t like me. But I always thought they had integrity. But I always though that they had honesty, integrity, looked after their own. That’s gone forget that. If they sign that letter of intent they’re as bad as the rest of them.’
Sir Alex Ferguson said the proposals would be a move away from ’70 years of football history’
Manchester United’s legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson meanwhile said it would end ’70 years of football history’.
‘Talk of a Super League is a move away from 70 years of European club football. Both as a player for a provincial team Dunfermline in the 60s and as a manager at Aberdeen winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup, for a small provincial club in Scotland it was like climbing Mount Everest,’ he told Reuters.
He added: ‘Everton are spending £500 million to build a new stadium with the ambition to play in Champions League. Fans all over love the competition as it is.
‘In my time at United, we played in four Champions League finals and they were always the most special of nights.
The six clubs are not intending to resign from domestic football, but need Premier League permission to join any new competitions. This could be the first sticking point because the Premier League board is unlikely to grant any request that weakens its own competitive value.
It does not need to be put to a vote of the 20 clubs, but goes before the Premier League board comprising Gary Hoffman (chair), Richard Masters (chief executive) and Kevin Beeston (non-executive director).
If they say no to the European Super League, as expected, the clubs will have to be break away from the Premier League entirely in order to join, putting in jeopardy their players’ participation in UEFA and FIFA competitions, such as the World Cup and European Championships.
UEFA STATEMENT IN FULL
UEFA, the English Football Association and the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga, and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Lega Serie A have learned that a few English, Spanish and Italian clubs may be planning to announce their creation of a closed, so-called Super League.
If this were to happen, we wish to reiterate that we – UEFA, the English FA, RFEF, FIGC, the Premier League, LaLiga, Lega Serie A, but also FIFA and all our member associations – will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than ever.
We will consider all measures available to us, at all levels, both judicial and sporting in order to prevent this happening. Football is based on open competitions and sporting merit; it cannot be any other way.
As previously announced by FIFA and the six Federations, the clubs concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic, European or world level, and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their national teams.
We thank those clubs in other countries, especially the French and German clubs, who have refused to sign up to this. We call on all lovers of football, supporters and politicians, to join us in fighting against such a project if it were to be announced.
This persistent self-interest of a few has been going on for too long.
Enough is enough.
Manchester City were the last of the six English teams to declare intent for the breakaway
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: ‘Football supporters are the heartbeat of our national sport and any major decisions made should have their backing.
‘With many fans, we are concerned that this plan could create a closed shop at the very top of our national game. Sustainability, integrity and fair competition are absolutely paramount and anything that undermines this is deeply troubling and damaging for football.
‘We have a football pyramid where funds from the globally successful Premier League flow down the leagues and into local communities. I would be bitterly disappointed to see any action that destroys that.’
Yet the Premier League no longer believe this to be more brinkmanship in the battle for control of Champions League monies and make-up.
JP Morgan are believed to be debt financing the new league to the tune of £4.6billion, which is set against future broadcast revenue.
A letter sent to clubs by Premier League chief executive Masters has warned those involved to ‘walk away…before irreparable damage is done’.
It added that clubs would need Premier League permission to enter a new competition – and Masters wrote ‘I cannot envisage any scenario where such permission would be granted.’
‘Based on our understanding of the proposed European Super League concept it would sit outside the auspices of UEFA and the current European sporting pyramid, offering 15 founding members permanent access from as early as season 2022-23, rather than via the historic access principles of annual sporting merit,’ the letter read.
‘Such a European Super League would be deeply damaging to the European pyramid, and immediate and future prospects of the Premier League and its member clubs and all those in football who rely on our funding and solidarity to prosper.
‘We do not and cannot support such a concept. Premier League rules contain a commitment amongst clubs to remain within the football pyramid and forbid and clubs from entering competitions beyond those listed in Rule L9, without Premier League Board permission.
News of English football’s Big Six planning to breakaway will be highly damaging for UEFA and their president Aleksander Ceferin (pictured)
PFA statement
The PFA has substantial concerns regarding the wide-ranging implications of the proposed European Super League concept.
Football should strive to preserve the sanctity of a competitive domestic league above all else. Aspiration and sporting merits are an essential part of any sport and a vital component of the game we love.
This proposed move would detract from the strength and joy of domestic football and diminish the game for the vast majority of fans across the continent.
Clubs across all domestic competitions are not equal, each having differing financial starting points. However, success is never guaranteed, often cyclical and always earned. We have seen countless examples around Europe of teams outperforming their resources. In recent years, at home in the Premier League, this has resulted in unrivalled global entertainment and sporting drama.
A system that rewards all clubs for success is paramount. In England, we are privileged to enjoy the most professional teams, the most professional players and in normal times, the highest aggregate attendances across the world. This success is achieved by working together and in solidarity.
The PFA will work with players, The FA, Premier League, EFL, LMA and through FIFPRO, with other players’ associations, to represent the game’s best interests and protect the integrity of football.
‘I cannot envisage any scenario where such permission would be granted. It is the duty of the Premier League Board to defend the integrity and the prospects of the League as a whole, and we will have no choice but to do everything we can to protect and maintain both.
‘As previously evidenced, we would expect complete condemnation from all parts of the game, fans groups and the UK Government.
‘This venture cannot be launched without English clubs and we call upon any club contemplating associating themselves or joining this venture to walk away immediately before irreparable damage is done.’
There was also a strong response from the UK Government on Sunday evening, with Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden insisting that fans should have been consulted.
In a statement, he wrote: ‘Football supporters are the heartbeat of our national sport and any major decisions made should have their backing.
‘With many fans, we are concerned that this plan could create a closed shop at the very top of our national game. Sustainability, integrity and fair competition are absolutely paramount and anything that undermines this is deeply troubling and damaging for football.
‘We have a football pyramid where funds from the globally successful Premier League flow down the leagues and into local communities. I would be bitterly disappointed to see any action that destroys that.’
There was a lot of reaction to the proposals on social media, including from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
He tweeted: ‘Plans for a European Super League would be very damaging for football and we support football authorities in taking action.
They would strike at the heart of the domestic game, and will concern fans across the country.
‘The clubs involved must answer to their fans and the wider footballing community before taking any further steps.’
Fan groups were quick to come out and join the condemnation of the news that the Big Six are keen to join.
The Football Supporters’ Association described the European Super League as a project motivated ‘by nothing but cynical greed’.
‘This competition is being created behind our backs by billionaire club owners who have zero regard for the game’s traditions and continue to treat football as their personal fiefdom,’ the FSA statement read.
‘The FSA, and no doubt supporters across the continent, will continue to fight against its creation.’
FansEurope added in their own statement that the Super League ‘is illegitimate, irresponsible, and anti-competitive by design.’
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters wrote a letter to clubs warning them to walk away from European Super League plans before ‘irreparable damage is done’
RICHARD MASTERS’ LETTER
Dear Chairman/Chief Executive,
I am writing to inform you of what we believe to be an imminent announcement of a European Super League concept, potentially involving a number of Premier League Clubs alongside others from Spain and Italy.
Based on our understanding of the proposed European Super League concept it would sit outside the auspices of UEFA and the current European sporting pyramid, offering 15 founding members permanent access from as early as season 2022/23, rather than via the historic access principles of annual sporting merit.
The Premier League Board met this morning and I wanted to make clear its position based on the information we have at our disposal. Such a European Super League would be deeply damaging to the European pyramid, the immediate and future prospects of the Premier League and its member Clubs and all those in football who rely on our funding and solidarity to prosper.
We believe such a concept would be hugely unpopular with football fans across the continent, in particular here in England, where progress via sporting merit is central to the history and traditions of the national game and the rightful aspirations of all Clubs and their fans. We do not and cannot support such a concept.
Premier League Rules contain a commitment amongst Clubs to remain within the football pyramid and forbid any Clubs from entering competitions beyond those listed in Rule L9, without Premier League Board permission.
I cannot envisage any scenario where such permission would be granted. It is the duty of the Premier League Board to defend the integrity and future prospects of the League as a whole, and we will have no choice but to do everything we can to protect and maintain both.
The consequences of attempting to proceed with a European Super League would be the immediate destabilisation of the Premier League and the English game as a whole, at a time when it needs precisely the opposite.
This is a time when English football should be coming together as we emerge from the extraordinary challenges of the pandemic. As previously evidenced, we would expect complete condemnation from all parts of the game, fan groups and the UK Government.
This venture cannot be launched without English Clubs and we call upon any Club contemplating associating themselves or joining this venture to walk away immediately before irreparable damage is done.
A media statement will be issued on behalf of the Premier League and, should the announcement go ahead, we will call a meeting of Clubs to discuss the immediate implications and the Board’s recommended response.
Both Gary and I are available to talk you through what we reliably know at this stage.
Nigeria international Kelechi ‘Seniorman’ Iheanacho’s fine form continued as he fired the winner to book Leicester a first FA Cup final appearance in 52 years after a 1-0 semi-final win over Southampton.
After a poor first half where neither side created any openings of note, Iheanacho scored his 10th goal in his last seven games in all competitions to break the deadlock 10 minutes after the break – the first goal Saints have conceded in the FA Cup this season.
It was his 15th goal of the season in 31 games that helped Leicester City reach the FA Cup finals for the first time since 1969. The Foxes will now face Chelsea, who recorded a surprise victory over runaway league leaders Manchester City, at Wembley on May 15.
Altogether, Iheanacho now has 14 goals in 19 FA cup appearances for both Leicester and Manchester City.
It means that the 24-year-old has scored more FA Cup goals since the start of the 2015-16 competition with his 14 goals two more than Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son,Newport County’s Padraig Amond. Harry Kane is on 11 goals.
The goal, the first Southampton conceded in the FA Cup this season, was Iheanacho’s 10th goal in seven games. He also scored a brace in the quarter final against Manchester United.
Iheanacho is the first Nigerian player to score 15 goals in all competitions in a season for a Premier League club since Odion Ighalo in 2015-16 for Watford, who scored 17.
“It is a dream come true,” Iheanacho told BT Sport. “Loving it. I am happy. We did it together to get to the final. I watched the FA Cup when I was little and now I get the chance to play in the final. Such a big dream for m
“We did it together as a team. I am proud of that. Really happy. We are really happy to have some fans today, it is not easy with everything going on but hopefully the final there will be a lot more.
“I just want to concentrate and keep working hard. Of course it is amazing when you count the goals but my focus is to keep working hard,” he added.
European soccer’s governing body Uefa has warned clubs linked to a breakaway Super League that they face being banned from domestic and international competitions if they set up a rival to the Champions League.
In a joint statement with Spanish, English and Italian leagues and federations, Uefa said it will consider “all measures”, including the courts and bans from domestic leagues, in opposition to plans for a breakaway competition.
Uefa said it had learnt that clubs from those countries “may be planning to announce their creation of a closed, so-called Super League”.
“If this were to happen, we wish to reiterate that we….(and) also Fifa and all our member associations – will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than ever,” Uefa said.
“We will consider all measures available to us, at all levels, both judicial and sporting in order to prevent this happening. Football is based on open competitions and sporting merit; it cannot be any other way,” the statement added.
In January, Fifa had said that a breakaway league would not be recognised and that “any club or player involved in such a competition would as a consequence not be allowed to participate in any competition organised by Fifa or their respective confederation” – meaning players would be banned from the World Cup.
Sunday’s Uefa statement said: “The clubs concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic, European or world level, and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their national teams.
“We thank those clubs in other countries, especially the French and German clubs, who have refused to sign up to this. We call on all lovers of football, supporters and politicians, to join us in fighting against such a project if it were to be announced. This persistent self-interest of a few has been going on for too long. Enough is enough.”
The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Oyedepo, who spoke during the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer programme, said he is not a guinea pig, hence would not take the vaccine.
Stressing that the world was confused over COVID-19, the clergyman insisted that the church has the answer.
According to Oyedepo: “I have never seen a generation where you force people to take vaccines. It is inhuman; it is immoral sir. I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think it is legal. You can’t come to my house and want to give me injections.
“On what? Did I invite you? They are confused. But the church has the answer. Did you see any outbreak of virus here? How will it enter the gate? Will it come through the air? How?
“One woman just got down after that injection in Kaduna. What kind of life? Are human beings now turned to guinea pigs? The world is confused but the church is triumphing.
“So, the triumph of the church will humble the pride of the world. They don’t know what to do, sir. In the last days, the church will be reigning in power and glory. That is God’s agenda.
“No apologies. There is a big, big bird in our land, saying, ‘don’t take it, they are deceivers’. Let me see someone who will come and inject me.
“Are you going to tie my hands? How? Did I invite you? I know you are quiet, you will hear more of it. My job is to expose the devil and tell his agents, ‘get off, we are not guinea pigs.”
Another Monday morning is almost upon us… whether you like it or not… things are about to get really stressful. We already feel overwhelmed just thinking about going from the carefree weekend to the structured chaos of the workweek. However, it doesn’t have to be the typical melodramatic day we all make it out to be. If you prepare for the week on Sunday, you may end up waking up and heading off to work.
If you’d like to give it a try, and actually greet Monday with vigor (for once), then here are some things you should do on Sunday, to feel more prepared for the week ahead.
1. Make A To Do List
When there are a lot of things that need to be done, write them all down and check them off. If you don’t write them down, the chances they will slip through the cracks increase exponentially. List them by deadline, and fill 10-15 minute gaps in your day by completing things that will make your life easier during the week ahead.
2. Get A Head Start On A Big Project
If something is looming, causing you stress, like a big project or presentation, or an interview, set yourself up for success. Set aside time to practice for your presentation or interview so it will quell your anxiety, or spend an hour or so grinding through a big project you’re expected to complete so you’re not so overwhelmed by the week. Action tempers stress and anxiety, spending some time on this week’s major stressor will help you feel more prepared for the week.
3. Meal Prep
When things get busy and stressful, diet and/or your wallet are often the first things that suffer. Prepping your meals for the week give you one less thing to think about in the morning and during the day, and will relax your mornings since you won’t need to rush to make breakfast and pack a lunch. Since preparing your own meals is also the most healthy way to eat, it gives you no excuse to stress eat fast food or grab something that will satiate a craving in the short term but weigh on your energy in the long term.
4. Exercise
Finding time to exercise will help you manage your emotions during stressful times, and help release anxious energy in a healthy way. If you know it will be tough to find time to exercise throughout the week, make it a priority the Sunday before to spend some time exercising to calm your mind and body for the week ahead.
5. Plan Outfits For The Week
You’re going to be groggy on Monday (and Tuesday, and Wednesday…) morning, so plan for it by pairing up outfits before the week begins.
6. Remember To RelaxDo what you can to prepare for the week, but don’t spend your entire Sunday running around and exhausting yourself. Set aside time to relax, as that’s also an incredibly important way to spend the last day of your weekend.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he “couldn’t care less” about Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba’s criticism of his management.
Pogba said current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer “wouldn’t go against the players” like former manager Jose Mourinho.
Pogba re-joined United in 2016 for a then-world record £89m when Mourinho was a manager at the Old Trafford club.
But the pair fell out by the time Mourinho was sacked in December 2018.
“Once I had a great relationship with Mourinho,” Pogba told Sky Sports. “Everybody saw that and the next day you don’t know what happened.”
The 28-year-old France international added: “That’s the strange thing I had with Mourinho and I cannot explain to you because even I don’t know.”
Responding to Pogba’s comments after Spurs’ 2-2 Premier League draw with Everton on Friday, Mourinho told UK media: “I would like to say that I couldn’t care less with what he says.
“I am not interested at all.”
Pogba helped United win the League Cup and Europa League in 2017 under Mourinho but he was stripped of the vice-captaincy by the Portuguese in September 2018.
He was also an unused substitute in a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool in what turned out to be Mourinho’s final game in charge of Manchester United before he was replaced by Solskjaer.
After Mourinho was sacked, a post on Pogba’s Twitter account said “caption this”, along with a knowing expression on his face, before being deleted.
“What I have now with Ole is different because he wouldn’t go against the players,” said Pogba.
“Maybe Ole wouldn’t pick them, but it’s not like he puts them on the side like they don’t exist anymore. That’s the difference between Mourinho and Ole.”
Mourinho’s Tottenham were beaten 3-1 last Sunday by a United side containing Pogba.
Following the match, Mourinho was unhappy with comments from Solskjaer criticising Spurs forward Son Heung-min.
“I am sure Mourinho said something that made people speak. That’s what he does,” said Pogba.
“We got the result that we wanted. Ole knows it and we enjoyed that moment.
“We know Mourinho and what he likes. We don’t need this. We just focus on us.
“We won the game, he lost the game, and he doesn’t want to speak about the game.”
He added: “Everybody knows it. It’s very Mourinho.”
As Cape Verde readies to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election, current Prime Minister Correia e Silva and his centre-right Movement for Democracy party are hoping for another term.
Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva’s Movement for Democracy (MpD) is being closely contested by the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), a socialist party led by Janira Hopffer Almada.
Almada is a lawyer and worked as an associate at her father’s firm, D. Hopffer Almada and Associates. She is a member of the Cape Verde Bar Association and was a teacher at the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde from 2003 to 2006.
Almada was Municipal Representative in the 2008 municipal elections and was elected to parliament in 2011. She became Minister of Youth, Employment, and Human Resources Development.
Almada was elected leader of the PAICV on 14 December 2014 with 51.24% of the votes, succeeding José Maria Neves, becoming the party’s youngest, as well as first female, president.
She led the party to the 2016 elections; after the MpD party won a landslide victory, she announced her resignation.
However, she decided to run again at the next party convention, and won reelection as the party president.
On August 2016, Almada was invited to a congress held by the MPLA, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in Angola as a delegate, both parties linked to the struggle against colonialism and for independence.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has announced that the Special-Agro Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme is set to commence in seven major states.
Osinbajo disclosed this in a statement, citing that the scheme will enable Nigeria to achieve sustainability and increased trade.
However, the scheme is in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other stakeholders such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Bank of Industry.
The agro-processing centres will be provided with basic infrastructure such as water, electricity and roads as well as facilities for skills training.
Small-holder farmers in the catchment areas will be linked to markets across the value chain.
To set off the plan in the opening phase, 7 States representing most of the geo-political zones in the country have been selected in addition to the Federal Capital Territory.
The States are Ogun, Oyo, Imo, Cross River, Kano, Kaduna, Kwara. All the other States in the country would be added later as the scheme progresses.
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