After Monday night’s FA Cup victory over Shrewsbury, Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal made the statement that injuries had robbed United of glory this season saying: ‘I think in March a lot of players are coming back and then we’ll have a full selection and with our full selection we were first in the […]
Premier League
For once Arsene Wenger did not back his players despite another disappointing Champions League performance. Instead the Arsenal boss criticized his players for an ‘average’ performance after Barcelona all but ended their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday night. Talking after the game the Gunners manager accused his players of […]
In a bit of a surprise Chelsea have agreed a ‘deal in principle’ for Italy boss Antonio Conte to become their new manager according to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. Conte’s contract with Italy expires at the end of Euro 2016 and the 46-year-old wants to return to club management. The decision to settle […]
Some confusing signals out of Italy on the future of Lazio star Felipe Anderson and whether he is heading to Manchester United this summer for a huge transfer fee. The 22-year-old Brazilian was heavily linked with a move to United during the summer transfer window last year with Lazio conforming that they turned down a […]
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says he is confident of retaining all of the club’s key stars despite acknowledging that the money in the Premier League is an issue for the European champions. Bartomeu said players including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique would be able to earn more if they […]
From Jose Mourinho’s recent travels it is clear that signing a top striker this summer will be one of his main priorities when he takes over at Manchester United. Recently Mourinho was in Germany to watch Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has been linked with all the big teams in Europe after telling Dortmund […]
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal need to be “much more efficient” against Barcelona after failing to score with 24 shots against Hull in the FA Cup. A combination of poor finishing and excellent goalkeeping kept the much-changed Gunners out at the Emirates. “We need to be much more efficient [against Barcelona] because one thing is for […]
Jose Mourinho will succeed Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager, according to the sister of former Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti. Since the turn of the year, there has been continued speculation about the former Chelsea manager returning to management at Old Trafford. Thursday’s embarrassing Europa League loss to FC Midtjylland has further weakened […]
With nobody interested in taking Mario Balotelli off their hands, Liverpool are reportedly looking towards China as a way to dump the under-performing striker. The cash-rich Chinese Super League has been throwing around cash in unprecedented amounts, as Liverpool found out recently when they were blown out of the water for January target Alex Teixeira […]