Manchester United, Arsenal race to obtain Jose FonteAugust 17, 2016 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Manchester United are ready to offer flop Marcos Rojo to Southampton as part of their bid to prise captain Jose Fonte away from the south coast, the Mirror reports. But in a fresh twist, United boss Jose Mourinho now faces competition from Arsenal for his Portuguese countryman Fonte. Mourinho wants the 32-year-old centre-half to add experience to his back-line and the Euro 2016 winner is keen on the move, despite being offered a new contract by the Saints which would make him their highest-paid player. The injury-hit Gunners are also shopping for a defender, with Per Mertesacker out until December and Gabriel also sidelined for six to eight weeks. Rojo, a £16m buy from Sporting Lisbon two years ago when Louis van Gaal was manager, struggled to nail down a starting place under the Dutchman and was an unused sub for Sunday's season-opening win at Bournemouth. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |