'Carabao Cup is like the Champions League' – Chelsea boss Sarri braced for Spurs test

The Blues have made their way to the semi-stage stage of a domestic cup competition, with heavyweight encounters to be found at every turn Maurizio Sarri admits Chelsea’s Carabao Cup campaign has been “like playing in the Champions League”, as they ready themselves for a semi-final showdown with Tottenham. The Blues have seen off Derby …

Pochettino: Demand a trophy when Tottenham spend £300m

The Spurs boss insists he is under no pressure to deliver major silverware as he has not been given the funds made available to many of his rivals Mauricio Pochettino insists he is under no pressure to deliver a trophy at Tottenham, with his remit merely to secure a top-four finish as rivals continue to …

'They must like me a little bit!' – Pulisic excited for Chelsea move, but focused on Dortmund

The winger recently completed a major move to the Premier League, but he’s focused on success in Germany first Christian Pulisic is thrilled to be joining Chelsea, but the winger insists he’s focused on Borussia Dortmund’s pursuit of trophies most of all. The American winger will join Chelsea this summer after completing a €64 million …

Man Utd-linked Pochettino hoping to spend 20 years at Tottenham

The Argentine, who is the favourite to take the Manchester United job on a permanent basis, says he’s open to finishing his career at Spurs Mauricio Pochettino says he would like to spend 20 years as Tottenham manager amid reports linking him with the Manchester United job. Pochettino joined Spurs from Southampton in 2014 and …

If I ran Chelsea I would change the over-30 policy, says Maurizio Sarri

The Blues boss would prefer to see a more flexible approach his club’s policy to only offer older players one year contracts Maurizio Sarri says that he would change Chelsea’s policy of offering over-30 players one-year deals if he were in charge of contracts at the club. Chelsea face losing Cesc Fabregas to Monaco in the …

Man City boss Guardiola tells Sterling he must be more clinical

The England forward has become one of the Premier League’s top performers but his manager wants more Pep Guardiola has challenged Raheem Sterling to become Manchester City ‘s big-game player. And the Etihad Stadium manager is confident the England forward will rise to the task with a little more experience. Sterling, 24, has contributed directly …

'Every trophy is important' – Chelsea want Carabao Cup to be springboard to more glory

The Blues have slipped to 10 points off the pace of league leaders Liverpool, leaving their best chance of silverware to come from knockout football Chelsea assistant coach Carlo Cudicini has stressed that winning the Carabao Cup should be a priority for manager Maurizio Sarri and that such success would help push the club onto …

Kepa and Maurizio Sarri have adapted to the Premier League, insists Carlo Cudicini

The former Blues goalkeeper has been working in the coaching staff for the passed three seasons and he has been impressed with the club’s number one Carlo Cudicini stood in for a sick Gianfranco Zola after Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup and he gave his verdict …

Spurs got 'carried away with ourselves' before Wolves defeat – Alli

The attacker belives his side were riding high and may have overlooked Wolves ahead of their defeat at the end of December Dele Alli says he and his Tottenham team-mates were guilty of getting “carried away with ourselves” ahead of the club’s disappointing loss to Wolves to close out 2018.   Tottenham had been riding …