Posted on 15 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Danny Welbeck, Liverpool, Manchester United
In Chelsea’s game against Liverpool at Anfield towards the end of last season, a familiar face was spotted on the touchline as Juan Mata went to take a corner early in to the second half. Was that… could it be… Danny Welbeck? Jonny Evans has interviewed Welbeck, with footage available of Manchester United’s official website, [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2013. Tags: Celta Vigo, Chelsea, Edinson Cavani, Iago Aspas, Liverpool, Manchester City
Iago Aspas to Liverpool 26/12/12 – Swansea City and Atletico Madrid both confirm their interest in Aspas. 31/12/12 – Paco Herrera, Celta Vigo coach: “The president has made it clear Iago will not leave until the end of the season, so I am quiet.” 15/1/13 – Paco Herrera: “It seems that there is the possibility [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, John Terry, Liverpool, Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez revealed earlier this month that he was ready to leave Liverpool FC. Rather than being honest to the fans and explaining that, justifiably, he wants to join a better club who can compete for the Champions League every year, he has blamed his decision on the country. Suarez has been regularly criticised in [...]
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Posted on 10 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho attended his first press conference in his second stint as Chelsea manager today and dubbed himself the “happy one”, after previously calling himself a “special one” during the first press conference when he first joined the club in 2004. However, maybe he should be known as the “lying one”, after changing his story on [...]
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Posted on 10 June 2013. Tags: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Edinson Cavani, Gonzalo Higuain, Juventus, Manchester United, Napoli, Real Madrid, Robert Lewandowski
Lewandowski to Manchester United 12/12/12: Hans-Joachim Watzke, club executive: “As often as I am talking to Robert, I do not have the impression he wants to leave us. We will have to make decisions in this case at the end of the season. We may decide on economical factors. Would it be best to cash [...]
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Posted on 07 June 2013. Tags: Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Hulk, John Terry, Liverpool, Manchester City, Monaco, Zenit St Petersburg
John Terry to Monaco 3/6/13 – Jose Mourinho appointed manager of Chelsea, who Claude Makelele was sacked after John Terry threatened to hand in a transfer request after the manager claimed he would drop him. 6/6/13 – Jose Mourinho, Chelsea manager: “I am a coach who looks for a meritocracy. Whoever I think is best [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2013. Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Hulk, Leandro Damiao, Matthias Ginter, Tottenham Hotspur
Hulk to sign for Chelsea 12/8/12 – Hulk: “I have left a door open for being transferred to another league. I have preference for playing in the Premier League or the Spanish Liga, because they are the two leagues that are the most seen all over the world.” 3/9/12 – Hulk signs for Zenit Saint [...]
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Posted on 05 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho, Manchester United, Real Madrid
When Jose Mourinho was manager of Chelsea the first time around he blamed his side’s failure to keep up with Manchester United in 2006-2007 on the referees, particularly in light to a penalty Cristiano Ronaldo won against Middlesbrough. “The whole world knows how Mourinho is,” Ronaldo responded, when asked about Mourinho’s comments. “He always has [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Claude Makelele, John Terry, Jose Mourinho
Claude Makelele published an autobiography in 2009, ‘Tout Simplement’, which revealed that the reason behind Jose Mourinho’s dismissal in 2007 was John Terry. After being told that he was going to be dropped, a disgruntled Terry apparently went to complain about the manager to Peter Kenyon and Roman Abramovich. Then he gave the club an [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Jose Mourinho
When Jose Mourinho took over from Claudio Ranieri Chelsea had just finished 2nd in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Champions league. In his first year of management, the club won the Premier League and the League Cup, and made losses of £140m (with £109m spent on wages). In his second year of management, [...]
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Posted on 03 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Jose Mourinho
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Posted on 03 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Jose Mourinho
Sam Wallace, The Independent: Chelsea 1 Rosenborg 1: Mourinho left with egg on his face after Chelsea held by Rosenborg The pressure is on Chelsea, Jose Mourinho admitted last night, after his side failed dismally against Champions League minnows Rosenborg in an embarrassing 1-1 draw with the Norwegians. After his third successive game without a [...]
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Posted on 03 June 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Christian Benteke, Jesus Navas, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sevilla
Mourinho to Chelsea 1/6/13: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez speaks to Sky Sports News. “Mourinho is going to Chelsea. Probably on Monday he will be their new manager. We wish him good luck.” 2/6/13: Mourinho speaks to Spanish football TV show Punto Pelota “I’m going to London on Monday and at the end of the [...]
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Posted on 19 May 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Everton
Chelsea v Everton 16:00 – Frank Lampard scored twice against Aston Villa at the weekend to become Chelsea’s all time leading goalscorer. He has scored 13 times against Aston Villa in his career, more than any other opponent. – Lampard has 15 goals this season from 71 shots at goal. He’s hit 67.8% [...]
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Posted on 15 May 2013. Tags: Chelsea, John Terry
Chelsea won the Europa League final this evening following an injury time winning head from Branislav Ivanovic, after Benfica had earlier had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside. John Terry was not in the squad after being ruled out through injury yet still took to the pitch wearing his full kit. The Chelsea captain received [...]
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Posted on 14 May 2013. Tags: Chelsea, David Luiz, Manchester United, Wayne Rooney
Chelsea defender David Luiz says everyone at the club would welcome Wayne Rooney with open arms. The England striker, once a firm favourite with betting fans in the first goalscorer markets with Paddy Power, has appeared to fall down the pecking order at Manchester United in recent months and outgoing boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed [...]
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Posted on 11 May 2013. Tags: Ashley Cole, Chelsea
Frank Lampard today became Chelsea’s highest ever scorer and dedicated the occasion to his mother who passed away in 2008. After his team mate Ashley Cole congratulated Lampard on Twitter for breaking the record, several people sent abuse to Cole about his private life and about Lampard’s mum. Cole then offered to meet anyone who [...]
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Posted on 11 May 2013. Tags: Chelsea, Frank Lampard
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