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Chelsea return to action in the Premier League after an uninspiring 2-1 win over League 2 side Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow Stadium. Chelsea will face Queens Park Rangers at 15:00GMT on Saturday in what will be its first league match at home after the October international break. Chelsea has played two consecutive away […]
In a bid to bolster the clubs defensive options, Manchester United’s manager Louis van Gaal has been linked with yet another centre-back. Ezequiel Garay who switched from Benfica to Zenith St Petersburg only this summer for about £12m and it still remains to be seen if the Russian outfit will even consider any bid for […]
Manchester United have since the beginning of this season played less ferocious teams and until last weekend have not been really tested by any of the Premier League’s top four. After narrowly avoiding a defeat against the league leaders Chelsea, they will have to brace up against the defending champions and city rivals Manchester City. […]
Louis van Gaal is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to ensure that the defensive woes that befell Manchester United this summer terminate by January. After hitting brick walls in the deals for Mats Hummels, the Dutchman has sent scouts to monitor Benedikt Howedes. The defender, who was an integral member of Germany’s world […]
Arsenal has found wining matches in the Premier League hard to come by since the season started. The club has just three wins from nine Premier League matches, a sequence that has seen Arsene Wenger’s side draw five of the nine matches, with three of those draws coming against Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Hull […]
Chelsea have had a bright start to the season and everybody- board, management, coaching staff, players and fans alike are happy in the direction the club is going. Some players have started brightly while some are still taking time to adjust. The January transfer window though, a couple of months away and as expected players will […]
Chelsea needed a late Jermaine Grandison own goal to edge out a well composed Shrewsbury Town club in the Capital One Cup fifth round played out last night. It was a spirited performance by the Shrews as the club is popularly called at their New Meadows ground and Chelsea must have counted themselves lucky to […]
Things appear to have gone horribly wrong for one of the English Premier League’s finest who switched to the Italian Serie A, and according to reports from The Express, is now considering a possible move back to England. Ashley Cole has won over 100 caps for England and has also enjoyed very successful spells with […]
It appears that Chelsea’s manager is trying to avoid what Manchester United is currently battling with in their defence section after the exit of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Rumours are seriously linking the Chelsea manager with Barcelona’s Gerard Pique who is seen to be a probable successor for the ageing John Terry. Pique has […]
Arsenal’s strategy in the transfer market in recent years have seen players from the big two (Real Madrid and Barcelona) in Spain end up at the Emirates, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez’s arrivals in the last two summer transfer windows has added huge quality to the Arsenal squad, and the Chilean particularly has carried the […]
Manchester United’s full-back Rafael is trying to get the top echelons at Old Trafford to a round table talk about a possible contract extension according to goal.com. Since the retirement of Garry Neville, the Brazilian has evolved into a versatile right full-back for the Red Devils but even after featuring over 100 times for the […]
Chelsea is already short of striking options with the injuries to star striker Diego Costa and Loic Remy. Chelsea presently has aged Didier Drogba as the only true first team striker in the squad. Though Drogba has done an excellent job going by his age in the last two matches the club have played without […]
If you are looking to get some extra cash this weekend then you might be reluctant to stake your money on Manchester United when they face Manchester City and your decision would be very logical. Manchester City has been the more enterprising of both clubs having registered 17 points in their last 9 games against […]
In the wake of Daily Star’s report of Manchester United manager, Louis Van Gaal’s ended interest in Germany and Borussia Dortmund’s dependable defender, Mats Hummels, Arsenal has now become the leading club in the race to sign the player. Reports that Manchester United are now turning their attention to Ezequiel Garay, the Zenith St. Petersburg […]
It has always been a difficult fixture for Real Madrid in recent years. Facing Barcelona even with their best run of form will probably end in defeat but the Blancos did enough on Saturday to overcome their rivals in a well contested match. Gareth Bale’s injury had little effect on Real Madrid’s display and the […]
In what is regarded to as a big fixture in England, the significance of the match between Manchester United and Chelsea is still very much high even though Manchester United are not where they used to be. With ten points between both teams, Chelsea will be visiting Old Trafford thinking of extending its lead over […]
Manchester United has recently given former Barcelona goalkeeper, Victor Valdes an opportunity to complete his rehabilitation and get back to full fitness with the United medical team. The goalkeeper refused to extend his contract at Barcelona last season making him a free agent and many top European clubs were on alert till he damaged his […]
Virtually one of the biggest fixtures in Europe every season is the El Classico. The recent exploits of both teams and the quality they possess makes it more interesting of recent. With both Real Madrid and Barcelona having the best two players in the world that have won six Ballon d’Or between them in six […]
In what was termed one of the biggest matches of the game week, it turned out to be a simple walk away for the German champions, Bayern Munich in Rome. It was recently disclosed that Pep Guardiola is not interested in ‘tiki-taka style of football’ without forward pressing against his opponents. The Bayern team did […]
With their 100% record in the tournament intact, the Super Falcons are looking to claim their seventh African Women Championship after securing a ticket to next year’s world cup in Canada. A 4-2 win against Ivory Coast, 6-0 basing of Zambia and 2-0 humbling of host nation Namibia was enough to see the Falcons through […]