Manchester United gets double transfer blow.

                                    Manchester United got double blow in respect of two of their top transfer targets.Spain forward Pedro decided not to move to Manchester United, and instead decided to move to Chelsea from Barcelona for £21m. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year deal and is the Blues' second signing in less than a week after the arrival of Ghana defender Baba Rahman.The Spain international, is a product of the Catalan club's academy and has scored 99 goals in 326 appearances since his debut in 2008. He also won the World Cup and European Championship with Spain in 2010 and 2012 respectively. 

 

                          

                                               The  other transfer snub was from the Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi. He decided to move to the blue side of Manchester joining Manchester City from Valencia on a five-year deal worth £32m. He was a long term defensive target of Manchester United, but they failed to complete the deal.Otamendi is City's third major summer signing following the arrival of England internationals Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph.

Straight Outta Compton wins weekend box office by huge margin

                         This weekend the R-rated musical biopic about the groundbreaking rap group N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton earned a huge $56.1 million.It was the sixth-biggest August debut ever, the tenth-biggest R-rated debut of all time, and double the previous best debut for a musical biopic.Straight Outta Compton was already the 14th biggest musical biopic movie after a single day of release, and after today it will be the fourth biggest, not adjusted for inflation. Within the week it will pass Coal Miner’s Daughter ($67m) and Ray ($75m) to become second only to Walk the Line.

 

 

                               The other new release The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is struggling at the box office as it has earned in its opening weekend less then the third weekend of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation.The $80 million Warner Bros. /Time Warner Inc. adaptation of the 1960′s spy TV series earned $13.535 million in its opening weekend.

Stoke City Breaks its transfer record.

                  English Premier League side Stoke City today broke its transfer record to sign Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri for a fee of £12m. The 23-year-old Switzerland international, who has 46 caps, has signed a five-year contract to become the Potters' ninth summer recruit. The club's previous record signing was striker Peter Crouch, whom they paid Tottenham £10m for in 2011.

 

                  The Swiss international was supposed to move to the Britannia Stadium, one month ago, but the deal did not go through. He joined Inter Milan from German champions Bayern Munich in January, scoring three goals in 20 games for the Italians. Shaqiri has scored 17 times for his country.