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Jose Mourinho is one manager who doesn’t care if you enjoy the way his team plays, as long as he gets the maximum three points, the Portuguese is just alright. It is just business with Mourinho and nothing else, so it wasn’t surprising when one of his arch-rivals Rafa Benitez revealed two occasions when he […]
In a bid to bolster Arsenal’s defensive options in January, reports have indicated that Arsene Wenger is considering a move for Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar. So far this season, incessant injuries have side-lined several of Arsenal defenders leaving the few remaining too frail to put up an enterprising show. Last season, Ron Vlaar was […]
Although Manchester United was the better team for most parts of the match against Crystal Palace, they needed Juan Mata to come off the bench and register the only goal of the game. Barely five minutes after he came on for Adnan Januzaj, Mata was on hand to curl in a deflected shot that beat […]
When Manchester united face Crystal Palace today will be at their weakest form this season and when you consider their performance when they were even better propped, then this match might even be calamitous than the previous ones. Louis van Gaal will be relying on a midfielder who made his first appearance in six months […]
Ahead of the Premier League match against Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, the dark clouds that settled on the club on the injury front is gradually making way for clear skies. Although the situation is still hazy in some areas, the overall condition and outlook is positive. Mikel Arteta is definitely out of the match […]
The rumours surrounding Bayern Munich midfielder, Xherdan Shaqiri are intensifying daily and The Daily Star has recently reported that Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham are all involved in the chase for the Swiss playmaker. Shaqiri has been rumoured to be eyeing a move out of the Allianz Arena despite featuring several times for the Pep Guardiola […]
After spending about £30m on Luke Shaw in a bid to replace the versatile Patrice Evra last summer, Manchester United are reportedly shopping for another left-full back and this time they are taking their time to sign an experienced and tested defender. Of the many players that have been linked to the club, only a […]
Dutch midfield maestro Wesley Sneijder has moved swiftly to quell rumours he is set to move to the English Premier league by declaring himself happy and ready to continue his career at Turkish giant Galatasaray. Sneijder has been heavily linked to Premier league giants Manchester United and Chelsea in recent past and those speculations have […]
Real Madrid’s German midfielder Sami Khedira has been forced to train with the team’s reserve with the club dropping the biggest hint they are no longer in need of the services of the midfield enforcer. Khedira has been a subject of transfer speculations with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United all being linked to the player. […]
When Manchester United file out against Crystal Palace later this weekend, there will surely be several changes mainly because of the serious injury worries affecting the team but one very important change that the fans will be hoping to see is one that involves the omission of one of their superstars who is presently experiencing […]
Liverpool is planning a double swoop on Villa Park by January according to the Mirror and the Express. Both news outlets have confirmed that the Anfield outfit are already lining up a bid to lure Aston Villa captain, Ron Vlaar and England midfielder Fabian Delph to the Merseyside. Liverpool have been enduring a horrible run this […]
Man City’s forthcoming visit to Loftus Road could well prove to be a bit of a banana skin. Harry Redknapp’s side came perilously close to gaining a point away at Stamford Bridge – and it would have been a point very well-deserved. Quite simply – they played better than any other Premier League side to […]
It would have been terrible if with the current situation of the Manchester United squad, they still had to lose one of their in-formed squad members. Marouane Fellaini was alleged to have spat at Sergio Aguero during the latest Manchester derby. The incident occurred in the second period of the game when the Belgian seemed […]
Liverpool paid a visit to the Bernabeu yesterday for the return fixture of their Champions League match against Real Madrid in a match everyone expected the Brendan Rodgers side to have gone all out to see if they can salvage a good result in order to enhance their chance of qualifying for the round of […]
Arsenal fans were yesterday on the receiving end of rains of jibes and mockery from other club’s fans after watching their team’s late minute capitulation at the Emirate against Anderlecht. With less than half an hour to play and 3-0 up everyone thought Arsenal were home and dry with the maximum three points. But Anderlecht […]
The future of Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Marcos Reus was one of the sub plots of the build up to the match between Bayern Munich and Dortmund at the Allianz Arena last weekend. As a result of the soured relationship between both clubs, following the poaching of Dortmund players like Mario Goetze and Robert Lewondonski […]
Daley Blind has been awesome since he arrived at Manchester but then those who didn’t see Roy Keane play or only saw the latter part of the Irishman’s career have been quick to liken the new boy with the reliable Irishman. This is not to undermine Blind, he has been the club’s most reliable midfielder […]
Just when Manchester United fans were casting their minds off a possible move on Kevin Strootman, Goal has reported that the Dutchman has handed in a transfer request and should Louis van Gaal reignite his interest to sign the 24-year-old, then Kevin could be his for the taking. It is no longer news that the […]
The home-grown philosophy is one of the oldest at Old Trafford and Sir Alex Ferguson was so conscious about the number of youths that came off the ranks at the club. In the Fergie era, the greatest storm that shook the Premier League was in 1992 when the Manchester United squad had academy graduates such […]
Alexis Sanchez put in yet another virtuoso performance against Burnley on Saturday when he capped his high energy display with a brace, after he had done the same against Sunderland one week earlier. The Chilean international has showed tirelessness in the matches he has played since his arrival from Barcelona in the summer. He is […]