Chelsea loanee Juan Cuadrado has said that he ‘did everything’ to force through his return to Juventus this summer. The winger completed his long-anticipated transfer back to Italy on the final day of the transfer window, despite the wishes of boss Antonio Conte. Conte wanted to keep Cuadrado in his squad at Stamford Bridge this […]
Jose Mourinho has named his 20-man squad to take on Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday and missing is captain Wayne Rooney, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard – both of whom were taken off at half time during the Manchester derby defeat last weekend. Also not traveling to Holland are full-backs Luke Shaw and […]
Manchester United have become the first British football club to see income break the £500 million barrier, as they generated a staggering income of £515.3m for the year ending June 30, despite a poor season on the pitch. In world football, only Barcelona, who announced revenues of £570 million in July, have ever earned more […]
Arsene Wenger was left feeling vindicated by his surprise selection of David Ospina as the goalkeeper pulled off a string of saves in Arsenal’s Champions League draw with Paris St Germain. The Colombian was not expected to start at the Parc des Princes, but was drafted in ahead of Petr Cech and performed admirably, eventually […]
The Champions League is back underway and Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona hit seven and Bayern Munich scored five. Despite those two one-sides games, the rest of the ties were extremely competitive with away wins for Atlético Madrid and Napoli while Arsenal held Paris Saint-Germain. Group A Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal Edinson Cavani’s […]
Antonio Conte has claimed defenders are targeting Diego Costa and seeking to provoke the Spain forward, with the Chelsea manager praising his player’s refusal to react in the fractious 2-2 draw at Swansea City. Costa took his season’s tally to six goals in five appearances for club and country and it was Costa who dominated […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits his side have to prove they can consistently play the sort of football which saw Premier League champions Leicester beaten 4-1 at Anfield. Roberto Firmino began and ended the scoring, with goals from Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana in between, while Lucas Leiva’s mistake briefly gave the Foxes hope when […]
Arsene Wenger was happy to take his players’ word that the award of Arsenal’s late penalty against Southampton was correct. The Gunners came back from 1-0 down to win 2-1, Santi Cazorla scoring deep into injury-time after substitute Olivier Giroud was brought down in the box by Jose Fonte. Southampton surrounded referee Bobby Madley after […]
Jose Mourinho was left disappointed by a derby defeat the Manchester United manager believes was borne out of a poor first-half display and some refereeing mistakes. Old Trafford was the focus of the sporting world on Saturday lunchtime as city rivalries resumed and managerial hostilities renewed, having fought an at times ugly battle with Pep […]