Victor Moses is finally happy at Chelsea after the arrival of Antonio Conte as manager, revealing former boss Jose Mourinho never spoke to him face to face.Mourinho returns to StamfordBridge – where he won three Premier League titles in two spells at the club – as Manchester United manager, and is expected to receive a warm welcome from many fans and former players.However there will be no love lost between him and Nigeria international Moses, who wasfrozen out by Mourinho after being sent on loan to Liverpool in 2013, when the Portuguese returned to Chelsea.Moses told ESPN: ‘He never spoke to me. I thought in my head, “He’s got his own players already.”‘I think we chatted a couple oftimes on the phone – he asked if I was alright at Liverpool, but that was it.’Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea last December – having sent Moses out on loan again at the start of last season, this time to West Ham United – and former Italy boss Conte was appointed in the summer.Since the Italian’s arrival, Moses has returned to the first team, in the previously unfamiliar position of wing back.Despite the new role Moses ispleased to be playing footballfor Chelsea again, and speakshighly of his new boss.He said: ‘The manager who ishere now is giving everyone a chance – even the young lads.‘I’m pleased that he’s here and I’ve just got to go out there and enjoy my football. As long as you work hard, the manager will see it and he’ll give you an opportunity.‘When the new manager came in, I just wanted to see how it went. It’s a blessing forme that he enjoys the way I play and appreciates the effort I put in. It gives you a lot of confidence when the manager believes in you.
Ibadan— TWELVE persons, including a mother and her twin children, were feared killed in an accident that occurred, yesterday, at Oja-Oba Market area of the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State. Some of the vehicles and tricycles crushed by the truck (inset) in Ibadan, yesterday. PHOTOS: Dare Fasube. Police put the casualty figure at four, but some eyewitnesses claimed the number of lives lost could not be less than 12. While the accident left several people injured, several commercial cars and property were crushed by an articulated vehicle. According to a source, the driver of the truck, which had just off loaded cement, lost control of his vehicle and crushed about 12 persons on the spot. While the remains of those killed were taken to the morgue at Adeoyo State Hospital, the injured were rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan. It was gathered that the truck, with number plates AGL883XQ, skidded off its lane to the other side of the road, crushed man...
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