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Opportunities for youngsters come at a premium at Chelsea. The Blues manager Jose Mourinho has never been one to place excessive faith in youth. For his entire managerial career, the Portuguese has preferred an experienced spine to all his teams. You would do well to find another club or manager in the league who gives […]
What is common between Karim Benzema , Mesut Ozil and Mario Götze? Well all three are undoubtedly world class players for a start. Götze and Ozil are international teammates , while Benzema and Ozil shared the dressing room at Real Madrid. But ask any Arsenal fan , and you will be told that those are […]
In the words of La Gazzetta dello Sport : “Something is stirring in Milan.” The city , long cited as the football capital of Italy, housing two of Italian Football’s perennial giants in AC Milan and Inter Milan, has been bereft of joy in the last few years. With ten Champions League titles between them, […]
Per the Express, Chelsea have reportedly offered Ghanaian highly rated right-back, Baba Rahman a lucrative contract that will see the player, who plays for Augsburg earn £1.2 million per annum should he decide to join the current EPL champions this summer. Rahman, who has reportedly agreed to join Roma, is wanted as by the Blues […]
Signing a player who is also a target for your rivals has a two fold benefit. In the process of strengthening your own team, you are simultaneously leaving your rivals with a weakened chance of doing so. In the modern , competitive and cut throat world of football, weakening your prospective rivals for a title […]
Rarely has a prospective signing divided opinion among the Reds faithful to such an extent as that of 24-year-old Aston Villa hitman Christian Benteke. The Belgian , to the woe of many scousers , has been Brendan Rodgers’ top target this summer. The major factor driving this debate is the reported £32.5 million fee that […]
Football is littered with examples of wasted potential. For every Cristiano Ronaldo , there is a Ricardo Quaresma. For each player that has gone from being a young prodigy to one of the best ever like Lionel Messi, there is someone like Bojan who was earmarked for greatness but lost his way. Nothing excites fans […]
What more do Arsenal need to win the Premier League ? If you would have fired this question at the end of last season to any Gooner , it is likely you would’ve got the same answer. A world class goalkeeper, a defensive midfielder and a world class striker. Plain and simple. It was not […]
Özgür Sancar, a journalist working with Madrid-based daily AS, as reported that Atletico Madrid winger, Arda Turan would prefer a move to Chelsea rather than move to any other club. Sancar, who is also a Turk, revealed that Turan is holding out for a move to the current EPL champions, instead of waiting on a […]
QPR striker, Charlie Austin is insisting on a move to current EPL champions, Chelsea, according to the Metro. The striker, who scored 18 goals in the league last season, but couldn’t do enough to help his team escape relegation, is reportedly waiting on a move to the Blues, and is therefore snubbing other offers being […]
After capturing 33 year-old shotstopper, Petr Cech from fellow London side, Chelsea, Arsenal Coach Arsene Wenger appears set to wave his magic wand once again; with reports stating that the Frenchman is closing in on a deal for Juventus and Chile Midfield maestro, Arturo Vidal. Vidal, basking on the glory of the just concluded 2015 […]
Alexis Sanchez was instrumental to his nation, Chile’s Copa America win, but this may, however, spell doom for his club, Arsenal. The Arsenal star is now unlikely to start the season with the Gunners. As reported by the Independent,”Alexis Sanchez looks set to miss the start of the Premier League season after his Chile side […]
Having signed Petr Cech from Chelsea recently, Arsene Wenger is looking to add a striker to his team despite the admirable performance of Olivier Giroud last season. In their bid to get more striking reinforcement ahead of next season campaign, Arsenal are ready to “test Real Madrid resolve” with a €25 million bid for French […]
Several news outlets in the UK and Italy are claiming that Arturo Vidal to Arsenal is already a done deal . Bookmakers have shortened the odds on the 28-year-old Chilean Midfielder joining Arsenal amid reports that an announcement is imminent after the conclusion of Copa America , where Vidal will represent his nation in the […]
Arsene Wenger looks like a man possessed this summer. After defying his age old reputation in the transfer market for the past two summers in buying proven world class talents like Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez , he is set to go not one , not two , but three better this year. This is […]
Jose Mourinho has made no secret of his desire to add a quality defender to his squad this summer as he wishes to mount a credible challenge on all fronts next season. With John Terry , Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic the only experienced options for the position , and Ivanovic the preferred option at […]
Several reports are doing the rounds in English and German news outlets claiming that Borussia Monchengladbach are close to landing highly rated 19-year-old Chelsea centre back Andreas Christensen on a season long loan deal. The Danish center half arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2012 from Brondby after eight years with his hometown club. He made […]
The worst kept secret of this transfer summer is finally out. David De Gea’s longing for a move to the Santiago Bernabeu is set to be sated soon as recent reports from the English and Spanish news outlets have indicated that an agreement between Manchester United and Real Madrid is on the cards. United , […]
The football transfer world is a remarkable business , proven by the way it continues to surprise us with more ways than one. Perhaps the worst kept secret of the summer , David De Gea’s move to Real Madrid seemed a formality since news first emerged that the young Spaniard has his heart set on […]
Things are never quiet at Premier League champions Chelsea , be if the football season or not. This transfer window started at a slow pace for the Blues , who anyways needed just another sprinkle of quality here and there to an almost perfect squad , rather than a radical overhaul. However , it has […]