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Manchester United and Chelsea are set to lock horn again but this time in an off-field battle that will see the club via for the signature of Everton’s right full back Seamus Coleman. Coleman has been impressive for Everton in recent season winning the Everton player of the year and players’ player of the while […]
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has got his desire to be honoured with the European Golden Shoe in front of the Liverpool fans turned down by authorities. The player is due to be awarded alongside Real Madrid star Christiano Ronaldo for scoring the highest goals last season across all of Europe. Suarez scored 31 goals in […]
Arsenal’s lack of defensive cover has been exposed several times this season. No other match showed how thin the club is on the ground defensively than the match against Southampton in the Capital One Cup when Isaac Hayden was promoted to the Under-21 squad to pair Calum Chambers in central defence. Francis Coquelin played as […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger surprised most fans when he bought English defender Calum Chambers for 16million Pounds in the summer. it was a common knowledge by everyone that Arsenal needed a right back after the exit of Bacary Sagna to Manchester City but with the signing of French right back Mathieu Debuchy, it looked as […]
Arsenal have had to deal with betrayal from players that honed their skills at Highbury/Emirates. One of the biggest of the treacherous lot has been former captain Robin Van Persie who swapped the Emirates for Old Trafford some seasons ago. With is contract winding down, he rejected a new deal and despite Wenger’s desire to […]
The Italian international has become a fringe player at the Juventus Stadium, and has only made one appearance for the Serie A giant this season. His lack of football with the Italian Champions has frustrated the 27-year-old, and he has revealed that he is currently assessing his future with the club. He said: “I’m not resigned […]
After picking up injuries while representing their countries, Liverpool trio, Daniel Sturridge, Joe Allen and Can Emre were side-lined since last month and former Liverpool striker, Neil Mellor expects the Reds to have the triad back for the Reds’ trip against QPR on Sunday. Liverpool has suffered setbacks as a result of injuries these past […]
Jordan Henderson became the subject of criticism last year, following his £20 million pound move which was called to question. It turned out that all of those who saw him as a prodigy and a talented footballer, given the opportunity to perform at the centre were correct. After much doubt, Henderson repaid those who believed in […]
International duties on players have a way of striking fearing in the heart of clubs whenever players are called for. It is always a moment when club sides break sweats and hope their most prized assets return safe and sound. Mesut Ozil’s knee injury has already left Arsenal sweaty and disturbed. The Gunners are forced […]
After setting thousands of mouths wagging all through the summer, only few people could categorically say that by this time, Arturo Vidal will not be marshalling Manchester United’s midfield. Well, the Old Trafford side eventually missed out on the box-to-box midfielder but they have never ceased to watch from a distance the developments surrounding the […]
How many times have Manchester United tried to sign versatile Wesley Sneijder? In the last few years of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign at Manchester United, The legendary scot had maintained a close monitoring of the Dutch midfieldereven since his days at real Madrid. It was said the Sir Alex wanted another creative cum combative midfieldenforcer […]
There seems to be a growing speculation that Spanish giants, Real Madrid are considering a bid to bring in Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman from Roma. According to the reports, Roma are finally considering selling the player after turning down several offers for him. The Dutch midfield enforcer has been sidelined since March this year but […]
Ever since the controversies that trailed Yaya Toure’s summer, which saw him trying to engineer a move away from Man City, and his subsequent press release about wanting to stay at City and help the club win the Champions League, several players have been touted as replacements for him. Given his on field performances, the […]
If there was a player that Jamie Carragher would have loved to play alongside, and then it is erstwhile Manchester United captain, Nemanja Vidic. In January 2006, the Serbian cost the Red Devils about 7 million pounds and he went on to make 300 appearances in eight-and-a-half years at Old Trafford before he moved over […]
Every follower of the English Premier League, irrespective of the club they support will agree with me that this current Chelsea squad look supremely scaring in every department of the team. With two world class goal keepers, a very solid defence, creative and combative midfield as well as a ruthless attacking line, one might be […]
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard could not play for his country Belgium yesterday night because of a toe injury he suffered. The Belgian attacking midfielder joined up with the national team earlier in the week before it was discover he was carrying a bad foot. It was not however clear if he got the injury in the […]
And so we examine another player today who could be heading to the Etihad as a possible replacement for Toure. With the Ivorian wanting to leave City during the summer and his subsequent performances on the pitch, rumors have been rife about him leaving the Etihad in the January transfer window. And we think that […]
Manchester City forward, Stevan Jovetic may have suffered yet another injury as he was seen limping out of the field during Montenegro’s goalless draw against Liechtenstein in the Euro 2016 qualifier on Thursday night. Jovetic, who barely featured for City last season, has found some form this season in an attack line that has Sergio […]
Before the resurgence of Arsenal as one to compete with in the transfer market, the youth policy under the Arsene Wenger management made much more impact than now that the competitive level of the game as towered higher. However, as the need to compete for titles heightened, the need to hit the transfer market every […]
It is no longer news that erstwhile Manchester United manager, David Moyes was considering several players that he hoped would fix the issues he discovered while he stayed on as boss of the Old Trafford outfit. To say the least is that most of these players were actually worthy of a Manchester United spot seeing […]