After 20 years at Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold, an England right back, is widely anticipated to join Real Madrid. He has announced his intention to leave at the end of the season.
Alexander-Arnold, who has just won the second Premier League with Liverpool, did not mention where he would go next when he announced his departure from Anfield on Monday on his social media accounts.
He referred to it as “the most difficult choice I’ve ever had to make in my life.”
The 26-year-old Alexander-Arnold wrote, “This club has been my whole life – my entire world … for 20 years.” The support and love I have received from both inside and outside of the club will stay with me forever, according to the academy. I’ll be owed to everyone and forever.
However, I have never known anything else, so this choice is about taking a new risk, pushing myself, both professionally and personally, and doing so. Every day I’ve spent at this club, I give everything I can to make sure you enjoy the service I’ve given you.
There was still uncertainty about Alexander-Arnold’s future despite the signings of Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah of new two-year deals with Liverpool, who also had a contract at the end of the current campaign.
It was always my intention to keep my full attention on the team’s best interests, which was securing]league title] No. “I know many of you have wondered why or been frustrated that I haven’t spoken about this yet. 20. “
In his time at Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold has won two league titles, the 2022 FA Cup, and two league titles.
Alexander-Arnold has won every major award from the Merseyside club, including the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, and again this year.
With his marauding runs down the right and his ability to come infield and pick out passes to the team’s attackers, Alexander-Arnold was crucial in revolutionizing the role of a right back.
For the past 20 years, Alexander-Arnold wrote, “I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart, including my coaches, my managers, my teammates, the staff, and our incredible supporters.”
“I’ve had the opportunity to live out my dreams here, and I will never, ever overlook the special moments I’ve had the opportunity to share them with you all.” “I’m forever in love with this club.
Essex defeated Somerset by three wickets in the series of matches (21 wickets).
Somerset won the unthinkable first County Championship game against Essex at Taunton with the help of James Rew’s 10-wicket century against Essex.
The home team started the final day 216-6, still needing 105 despite going 78-5 at one point in their second innings and going 321-5.
Rew’s remarkable comeback included a seventh-wicket stand of 133 with Craig Overton, who contributed 53 not out, and a superb 116 runs from 65 to 116.
Overton finished the game 25 minutes before lunch with a straight six off Simon Harmer, which gave him a 111-ball half-century known for his unbroken concentration and application in a difficult situation.
The previous evening’s lackluster bowling by Essex’s bowlers led to a final-day pitch that had greatly improved seam and spin in previous sessions.
After dominating for a while, they had to settle for three points, while Somerset won a welcome 19 after a subpar campaign opener.
When play started with 12 overs of a second new ball, Sam Cook opening up from the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion End and off-spinner Harmer operating from the River End, the Essex attack would have welcomed the first significant cloud cover of the match.
Overton, who has been unbeaten on four all night, started the morning with Cook, who had already scored 105 runs, with Cook clipping Cook through wide mid-on for the first boundary before edging a second to third man off the next ball.
Overton used his long reach to negate any spin, and he did so admirably against Harmer, who was content to pick openings in the field for ones and twos. Rew, who had been in top form the previous evening, became more aggressive as the score dropped to 250 and he entered the 90s.
The pair managed to survive the opening half hour without sounding any alarms as the sun broke through. However, the new ball, which was taken at 258-6, was still necessary and Essex was under pressure to make a stand.
It served as Cook’s opening stanza of the morning. Rew’s batkeeper Michael Pepper forced the Somerset man to take the ball for four when Jamie Porter found the inside edge of his at the other end of the field.
A back-footed shot from Porter, a young player with a promising international future, gave him a 161-ball century and a two-run breakthrough through the leg side. With Overton bringing up the partnership, Somerset were starting to look like firm favorites. However, there was still work to be done.
Harmer from the River End quickly switched to Harmer, who had beaten Rew’s bat with the harder ball in his first over. However, Somerset experienced a rare moment of anxiety when Overton, who had patiently moved to 27 without breaking a boundary, opened his shoulders to help Hamer get through the middle of four.
Rew jumped on the chance to win, sprinkling his shots with joy. However, Harmer’s brilliant contribution came to an end with just nine runs needed, with the batsman hoping to launch him over the leg side.
As celebrations broke out in the home dressing room, Overton off-drove Harmer for four before smashing the ball back over his head and pumping a fist.
Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank, made the claim that Nigerians were wealthier in 1960 than they are today, which the presidency has faulted.
In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga claimed that Adesina “spoke like a politician” without doing proper due diligence, in contrast to Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate for president in 2023.
According to Onanuga, “Adesina spoke like a politician, in the vein of Peter Obi, and did not do due diligence before making his unverifiable statement.”
According to reports, Adesina said that Nigerians today are worse off than they were in 1960 during a keynote address at the Chapel Hill Denham 20th anniversary dinner.
Akinwumi Adesina, the African Development Bank’s president. Photo: X/ @akin_adesina
He provided evidence to support his claims, noting that the GDP per capita for Nigeria was $1, 847 in 1960 and is currently $824.
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Onanuga, however, refuted the claim, arguing that the quoted figures were inaccurate and that there were no such things as GDP in Nigeria as of 1960, which stated that there were no GDP per capita for a population of 44.9 million, not only $93.
According to him, “A few days ago, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina made the claim that Nigerians are now in a worse condition than they were in 1960, basing his conclusions on unreliable data.”
He claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita was $1, 847 in 1960 and is now $824. The figures are incorrect.
Our country’s GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and the per capita income for a population of 44.9 million was $93, or $93, not even $100, according to the data.
“Up until the 1970s, when crude earnings ballooned, our country’s GDP did not increase noticeably.” In 1970, our GDP rose to $12.55 billion.
” In 1975, it was $27.7 billion, $64.2 billion in 1980, and $164 billion in 1981. Per capita income was not greater than $880 up until 1980.
“It rose to $2187 in 1981 and dropped to $1844 in 1982. In 2014, after rebasing, it reached an all-time high of $3, 200”, he added.
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Onanuga added that Adesina should take into account that the only factor that influences whether people live better lives now than they did in the past is DDP per capita.
It is indeed a poor method for determining living standards. Its primary purpose is to provide the metrics needed to compare the economic output of a country or a group of countries.
The economy of a nation is “covered in GDP” by a number of activities. It does not account for the informal economy, which experts have described as enormous, nor does it disclose wealth distribution or income inequality. It does not take into account income transfer and farming for subsistence or other family members.
The presidential spokesman said, “GDP per capita is skewed on whether Nigerians in 2025 have better access to healthcare, education, and transportation options than they did in 1960,” according to the presidential spokesman.
“More Schools, Better Infrastructure”
The special adviser to the president added that Nigeria now has better infrastructure and schools than it did in 1960.
“Dr. Adesina should not have come to his conclusions on this premise alone. More primary, secondary, and tertiary education is available in Nigeria today than it did in 1960.
More public and private healthcare facilities are available, and we have more road networks. Phones are accessible to us in a phenomenal way. We had 18 and 724 active phone lines at Independence, according to him, with a population of about 45 million.
We are in better shape today than it was 65 years ago, according to him, because nearly 200 million Nigerians now have access to nearly universal mobile phones and digital services.
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Policymakers in our nation are aware that whatever GDP figure NBS releases may not fully account for the full breadth and depth of our economy if it excludes the informal economy, which some experts believe may be even more significant than the formal economy.
“This demonstrates why Dr. Adesina ought to have taken into account every aspect of our economy before concluding.”
Bayo Onanuga, president’s special advisor on information and strategy, is speaking.
Six months after the previous administration’s collapse, the leaders of Germany’s main centre-right and left-leaning parties approved of a coalition agreement.
The agreement setting out the government’s strategy was signed on Monday, almost six weeks after the snap election in February, by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Bavaria-only Christian Social Union (CSU).
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came second in the vote, will be able to form a new government after the mainstream parties have agreed to it.
Friedrich Merz, the CDU leader, is expected to be confirmed as chancellor on Tuesday in a cabinet confirmation hearing. This task has become even more difficult as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s erratic policies on European security and global trade.
The AfD saw its support push it into second place in the February election, despite Germany’s long-standing efforts to support the far-right.
In a nod to the rise of the AfD, which announced on Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against Merz’s designation by Germany’s intelligence services as “extremist,” the AfD has also pledged to stop irregular immigration.
US officials criticized the designation. It was referred to as “tyranny in disguise” by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Change, upheaval, and uncertainty
Merz pledged “strong, well-planned, and dependable governance” at the signing ceremony on Monday.
We live in a time of profound change, profound upheaval, and great uncertainty, and he said, “We know that leading this coalition to success is our historic obligation.”
The incoming government “is determined to move Germany forward with reforms and investments,” according to the waiting chancellor, and it also promised a “government whose voice is heard in Europe and the world.”
The designated vice chancellor and finance minister, Lars Klingbeil of the SPD, stated that “the new government needs real teamwork more than ever.”
“We want to bring Germany back to its proper place.”
On November 6, the SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government collapsed, triggering Trump’s re-election to the White House.
James Maddison, a midfielder for Tottenham, is expected to miss the team’s final three weeks due to a knee injury.
The 28-year-old scored in the Europa League semi-final first-leg against Bodo/Glimt but then suffered an injury during that game.
In the immediate wake of the game, head coach Ange Postecoglou sounded optimistic.
However, it became clear on Friday morning that the injury was more serious than initially thought, and scans have since confirmed that.
According to sources, Maddison is receiving treatment for knee ligament damage. The severity of the problem will be determined over the coming 48 hours.
Tottenham, who are in a strong position to reach the Europa League final, will be hit with the news that Norway will host them on May 8th, will host them in a second leg on that day.
However, Maddison is almost certainly unavailable for either the second leg of the semi-finals or the potential final in Bilbao later this month.
Postecoglou said: “We’ll probably get some clarity]on Monday following our 1-1 draw with West Ham on Sunday.
