Patrice Evra could return to United with a role not as a player but with an executive role off the pitch. The former French defender, former Juventus fullback, has lived in Old Trafford the best part of his career and, according to Sky Sport, once the boots are hanging on the nail, he could decide to return to his old stadium but entering the button room. Evra had already been seen in the stands in Old Trafford, near the Red Devils CEO Ed Woodward. The French defender is a free agent after the end of his contract with West Ham where he played in the second part of last season.
The Federal Government negotiating team has appealed to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to return to the negotiating table, while denying that it has proposed the imposition of N350,000 and N500,000 as tuition fees to be paid per annum by undergraduates. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos, weekend, Chairman of the team, Dr. Wale Babalakin, dismissed the figures as not only incorrect and contradictory, but also a figment of the imagination of ASUU officials peddling them around the country. He said: “We do not know from where ASUU got the figures that it has been peddling around the country. Aside from the fact that our committee has no power to impose fees on students, we are at a loss regarding the source of the said figures.” Babalakin disclosed that while the committee regarded dialogue with ASUU as the most effective way of resolving contentious issues bordering on the industrial dispute, it currently had little choice but to respond to “all...
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