Jose Mourinho’s substitution of captain John Terry at half-time of Sunday’s match with Manchester City was as much a political move as it was a footballing one. By removing Terry, ostensible to add more pace to the Chelsea defence, Mourinho was sending a message to the Chelsea board that he needs defensive reinforcements, preferably in […]
This has been a transfer window that has both excited and infuriated Manchester United supporters. United fans were excited early on as the deals for Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger were all done early enough for the new signings to join the club on their USA preseason tour. But since then […]
Two brilliant goals from Memphis Depay saw Manchester United take a huge step towards returning to the Champions League group stages as they beat Club Brugge 3-1 winners at Old Trafford on Tuesday in their play-off first leg match. While United, who missed out on Champions League action last year, will take a comfortable looking […]
If you had watched Chelsea’s preseason performance this summer, Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Premier League title rivals Manchester City was not a surprise. Uncharacteristically of a Jose Mourinho coached side, Chelsea have been at sea defensively from the opening game of their USA tour when they lost 4-2 to New York Red […]
According to ESPN, Real Madrid have decided to wait until next year to bring Manchester United keeper David de Gea to the Bernabéu. Rafa Benitez has been happy with the play of Keylor Navas and Kiko Casilla this summer and does not believe that there is any need to sign De Gea now, especially when […]
Sergio Ramos played Manchester United like a violinist plays a Stradivarius. The Real Madrid captain brilliantly used the interest of Manchester United to get what he always wanted, more money from Real Madrid. “The circumstances of the renewal have made it drawn out but my head and heart have always been here,” said Ramos. “It […]
It has been an unusual summer in the Spanish capital as Florentino Pérez apparently misplaced his checkbook as Real Madrid had only spent €52m on new signings this summer, more than 60% (€31.5m) of that spent on the signing Danilo from Porto. But after a full preseason to look over his squad, Rafa Benitez has […]
Mario Balotelli is willing to be ostracized by Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool because he is due a six-figure bonus if he is still a Liverpool player when the transfer window closes. That is why Liverpool have been unable to move the Italian striker this summer despite willing to contribute 60 per cent of his wages […]
Orlando City SC star Kaka believes that Liverpool and Brazil should build their team around Philippe Coutinho. Coutinho has become an increasingly influential figure at Anfield in the last 12 months, and scored a superb winner in Liverpool’s 1-0 win at Stoke in their Premier League opener. The former Ballon d’Or winner says Coutinho can […]