Chelsea have put last season’s Champions League group stage elimination behind them as they became the fifth side to make the round of 16 despite losing 1-0 at Basel. Elsewhere an injury riddled Barcelona suffered a rare European defeat while Arsenal and Dortmund picked up big victories. Qualified for last 16: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern […]
Premier League
As we head towards the last weekend of November, the top of the Premier League is starting to have a familiar look and feel to it. The top six looks like this: Arsenal 28 pts Liverpool 24 Chelsea 24 Man City 22 Southampton 22 Man Utd 21 Except for Southampton, the top of the table contains almost all the preseason title […]
That is a question I have been thinking about since research some stats on Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic earlier this week. The most common measurements used to compare goalkeepers are number of clean sheets and number of goal conceded. If you look at the top four leagues in Europe combined (Serie A, La Liga, […]
Manchester United have a potential £1B kit deal deal with Nike on the table, but there seems to be some debate at the club whether United can do better than that. There are two issues that are hampering the negotiations. One is that United’s current deal 13-year deal with Nike, worth £303m, gives Nike control […]
A year ago, Chelsea legend Frank Lampard was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea and speculation was rampant about whether Chelsea would sign him to a new deal. Eventually Lamps and Chelsea agreed on a one-year deal that will keep the club at Stamford Bridge until the end of the current season. […]
It’s the worst nightmare of any football manager. That one of your stars gets seriously injured on international duty. Which is exactly what has happened to Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid as their German star Sami Khedira will be to of action for at least six months after tearing both his anterior cruciate ligament and […]
Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward is excited by BT Sport’s deal to win Champions League television rights, claiming it will lead to further increases in the club’s revenue. Woodward was speaking after United’s revenues rose in the first quarter of the financial year by 29.1 percent to £98 million thanks to new sponsorship deals […]
The injury problems of Lionel Messi continue as the Barcelona star has been ruled out for 6-8 weeks after tearing his left hamstring muscle during Barca’s 4-1 win over Real Betis on Sunday. “The club’s medical services confirmed after tests this Monday morning that Leo Messi has a torn hamstring muscle in his left thigh […]
Lionel Messi could move to the Premier League if he gets “bored” of La Liga, Manchester City‘s Alvaro Negredo claims. Just 26 years-old, Messi has been named the best player in the world four years in a row, is Barcelona’s record goalscorer with 327 goals in just 394 games and has already won six Liga […]