Manchester United Has Lost Interest In Signing Cesc Fabregas

Manchester United’s interest in Cesc Fabregas has waned due to the look of things, which is good news for Arsenal who have first option to buy him and would hate to see him go to their rivals. The Gunnners have been trying to lure back their former captain for the last couple of seasons now and it looks as though Barcelona are ready to let him go.

Am Making Arjen Robben My First Signing If I Take Over Manchester United Job: Says Louis van Gaal

Louis van Gaal has told Manchester United he wants to make fellow Dutchman Arjen Robben his first signing if he takes over at Old Trafford. The Holland boss, who is expected to sign a three-year-deal to replace David Moyes in Manchester within the next week, has reportedly handed a list of transfer targets to United’s executive chairman Ed Woodward.

And, according to the Guardian, the Bayern Munich winger is at the top of the list. Louis van Gaal tells Manchester United to sign Arjen Robben. Louis van Gaal is keen to add some fresh faces to Manchester United’s squad. Van Gaal knows the 30-year-old well from his time as the Netherland national team boss and believes he can persuade the German champions to part with the former Chelsea and Real Madrid star for a fee of about £25million.

"It Seems Nigerian Soldiers Are Reluctant To Fight The Boko Haram Insurgence": US General

Punch reports.

Testifying on Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Air Force Chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh III, said, “We’re now looking at a military force that is, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. The United States doesn’t have the capacity, the capability to go rescue every kidnapped person around the world.” Meanwhile the New York Times reported that the US might choose to minimize its involvement in the search for the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram due to doubts over Nigeria’s military capabilities.

I WIll Not Use Bulletproof Cars In The Upcoming Middle East Visit; Says Pope Francis

Pope Francis is shunning bulletproof vehicles during his trip to the Middle East this month, insisting that he use a normal car and be allowed to be as close to people as possible, the Vatican said on Thursday. The Vatican, briefing reporters on the trip, also confirmed that a rabbi and an Islamic leader will accompany Pope Francis on his trip to the Middle East in a gesture of the importance he attaches to inter-religious dialogue.

Francis will visit Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Israel during the May 24-26 trip, his first as pope to the region. "The pope wants an open popemobile and a normal car. The local security official took the desire of the pope into consideration," said chief spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.

Just Bring Back Our Daughters; Nigerian Mothers Lament

Listen to the voice of Nigeria’s newest businessman, a slave trafficker for the modern age: “I will marry out a female at 12; I will do same for a nine year old girl like it was done on my own mother.  I am the one that captured your girls and I will sell them in the market. I have my own market of selling people; it is the owner that instructed me to sell. Yes, I will sell the girls, people, I am selling the girls like Allah said, until we soak the ground of Nigeria with infidels’ blood.”