Pep Guardiola fired a chilling warning to Manchester City’s rivals, insisting Sergio Aguero is ready to have his most prolific season yet. The Argentina striker bolstered his position as a City legend on Sunday by surpassing the 200 goal mark for the club, scoring both goals in the Community Shield win over Chelsea. And Guardiola […]
Willian has insisted he is happy to remain at Chelsea this summer despite interest from Real Madrid and Manchester United. The Brazilian winger returned to action for Chelsea on Sunday, appearing as a substitute during their 2-0 defeat against Manchester City in the Community Shield. It followed a late return to the club for pre-season […]
Paolo Maldini is back at AC Milan, with the Rossoneri legend having agreed to become the club’s new Director of Strategic Sport Development. The iconic former full-back spent his entire playing career at the San Siro, taking in over 900 senior appearances. Over the course of a 25-year spell Maldini lifted seven Serie A titles, […]
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri acknowledged that Manchester City were far superior to Chelsea as they ran out 2-0 winners in the Community Shield at Wembley. Goals from Sergio Aguero early on in both halves handed last season’s Premier League title winners a comfortable win over Chelsea in Sarri’s first game in charge. “There is a […]
The hangover from the last time Chelsea faced Manchester City not only left supporters with splitting headaches but the players too – Eden Hazard in particular. Used up front on his own and shorn of support, Hazard was a passenger as the then reigning Premier League champions surrendered, securing zero shots on target. The Belgian […]
Alisson earned a glowing tribute from Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool’s new No 1 made an impressive start to life as football’s most expensive goalkeeper. The Brazil international had only trained with his new team-mates for five days at camp in Evian but he was quickly on the same wavelength and his first meaningful action in […]
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has revealed his intentions to leave at the expiration of his current contract. The France international is tied to the club until 2020 but has this week admitted he will not be signing a new deal. At 32 Koscielny is one of the most experienced stars in the Gunners dressing room, […]
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri will tell Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois they are going nowhere in crunch talks with the Belgians on Saturday. Courtois has been the subject of a £35million bid from Real Madrid but Chelsea do not want to sell at that price. Hazard is also a Real target but Chelsea do not […]
For the second time this summer, Barcelona has hijacked the transfer of a player heading to Serie A. First is was Malcolm, who was literally almost on the plan heading to Rome and AS Roma. Now it is Arturo Vidal who seemed destined to join Inter Milan before Barca swooped in and convinced him to […]