FOX Sports Asia names Que Ngoc Hai and Van Lam; Liverpool dominates 3 African Ballon d'Or nominations

Que Ngoc Hai among the most worth-watching defenders at Asian Cup

Que Ngoc Hai is increasingly showing his alert playing style. Photo: Trung Kien

From a talented young player who was quick to anger and often made mistakes, Ngoc Hai has become the leader of the national team. Although he has never received any doubts about his ability, the maturity of the Nghe An central defender's mentality still surprises many people. Recently,Fox Sports listed the Vietnamese captain alongside names who have fought in the World Cup.

And the remaining 5 names are: Theerathon Bunmathan (Thailand), Majid Hosseini (Iran), Hiroki Sakai (Japan), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Saudi Arabia), Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar).

Van Lam in top 5 goalkeepers worth watching at Asian Cup 2019

For the first time in a long time, the Russian-born goalkeeper has given the Golden Dragons a solid presence in goal. Photo: Trung Kien

According to FOX Sports Asia, after the AFF Cup 2018 victory, Vietnam has no shortage of emerging heroes. While all eyes were on Nguyen Quang Hai, Nguyen Cong Phuong and Phan Van Duc, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam left a light impression but still played an important role for coach Park Hang-seo.

For the first time in a long time, the Russian-born goalkeeper has given the Golden Dragons a solid presence in goal. The Asian Cup will be the place for Lam "Tay" to continue to prove his ability.

Coach Park Hang-seo sets record with Vietnam national team

Since starting to lead the Vietnamese team in October 2017, Coach Park Hang Seo has brought many impressive successes. In addition to the achievements of runner-up in the AFC U23 Championship, reaching the semi-finals of the ASIAD and winning the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, the Korean coach also contributed to extending the unbeaten streak of the Vietnamese team to 17 matches.

Coach Park sets a record with Vietnamese football. Photo: Trung Kien

Before the 2019 ASIAN Cup, in the final friendly match, the Vietnamese team had a memorable performance to close out a successful 2018 when they scored 4 goals against the Philippines. In the first match, coach Park Hang-seo was able to celebrate 4 goals for Vietnam, the players who scored were Quang Hai, Van Hau, Van Duc and Que Ngoc Hai.

All fans are hoping that with this impressive run, Coach Park Hang Seo will continue to bring "miracles" and help Vietnam have an impressive performance at the 2019 ASIAN Cup, where the Southeast Asian champion will face Iran, Iraq and Yemen in the group stage.

MU breaks record to buy Koukibaly

Metro quoted a source from Gazzetta dello Sport, announcing that MU is ready to break the record to buy center-back Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli.

MU is reportedly ready to break the bank to buy Kalidou Koulibaly.

The Serie A representative is also said to have sent a message to the Red Devils, they are willing to sell the 27-year-old star, even though he just renewed his contract for 5 years last week, but the price will not be less than 120 million euros!

Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has revealed he turned down a £95m bid from Manchester United in December 2018.If the above information is true, it shows that MU is determined to bring Kalidou Koulibaly to Old Trafford.

Therefore, after being rejected, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, MU agreed to spend more to buy the Senegalese central defender.Once the deal happens, Kalidou Koulibaly will not only become the most expensive contract in MU history (currently Pogba is holding it for 89 million pounds - 98.6 million euros), but also the most expensive defender of all time in world football.

Solskjaer reaches unbelievable milestone

Interim coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will reach an unbelievable milestone for MU if he and his players win against Newcastle - currently ranked 15th in the Premier League, tonight, January 2 (3am January 3, Vietnam time).

Solskjaer will make history at MU, becoming the second manager to start with 4 consecutive wins, if he takes all 3 points against Newcastle tonight.

Solskjaer is having a great start with MU after being unexpectedly appointed to replace Mourinho, when he won 9 absolute points after 3 matches: winning Cardiff 5-1, Huddersfield 3-1 and Bournemouth 4-1, all of which are impressive, big victories.

Remarkably, the former Norwegian player brought a new beat to the Theatre of Dreams, when the players were all excited and wanted to play football.

Solskjaer is now facing a historic milestone that even Sir Alex could not achieve: becoming the second MU coach, after Sir Matt Busby in 1946, to win his first four matches in a row.

Coach Solskjaergive Sanchez a chance

Speaking to the press, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed that Sanchez has recovered from his injury. According to the Norwegian strategist, the former Arsenal player will return in the match against Newcastle in round 21 of the Premier League.

Sanchez will return in the match against Newcastle. Photo: Getty

Chelseashout price for Hudson-Odoi

According to Sky Sports, Bayern Munich have offered to buy Callum Hudson-Odoi for £20 million, but Chelsea have rejected the offer. According to this source, The Blues want £40 million for the 18-year-old player.

Interplan to recruit Kroos

According to Corriere dello Sport, Inter Milan's board of directors will spend money for coach Luciano Spalletti to upgrade the squad. According to this source, the target that the Giuseppe Meazza team is aiming for is Real midfielder Toni Kroos. Previously, in the 2018 summer transfer window, Inter Milan also asked to buy Modric, but failed.

Final 3 nominations for the 2018 African Ballon d'Or

Recently, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially announced the final three nominees for the "African Player of the Year 2018" award. Accordingly, the three finalists are Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Sadio Mane (Liverpool) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal).