Category: Football News

The ex-Blues, PSG and AC Milan defender developed a close relationship with the Portuguese coach, despite expecting to have to deal with a huge ego Former Chelsea defender Alex says he had the wrong idea of Jose Mourinho before he met the Portuguese coach, saying he is not as arrogant as expected. The Brazilian centre-back …

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The German coach may have guided the Spanish giants to a first Champions League title in 32 years, but he was not entirely happy with his squad Jupp Heynckes told Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz that he could no longer work with the “sons of b*tches” in the team just a week before they won …

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Bernardo Silva has made himself undroppable for the Blues’ biggest games because of his quality and industry, and he is incredibly popular to boot When Pep Guardiola is invited to praise one of his Manchester City players, he will usually say they need to lay off social media, work harder or focus better. But mention …

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The north London side visit the Clarets looking for a fifth straight win in the top flight to keep the pressure on Manchester City and Liverpool Tottenham a visit to Burnley this week looking for three points to help keep them in the Premier League title race.  Spurs sit five points behind Manchester City and …

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Claude Puel is looking to ease the pressure on him by getting his first victory over Roy Hodgson, who will become the oldest manager in league history Leicester welcome Crystal Palace to the King Power Stadium on Saturday looking to put an end to their worrying slump in the Premier League. After losing to Liverpool, …

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There is a long way to go in the race for the Premier League crown and the former midfielder expects a lot more twists and turns before it is decided Jamie Redknapp believes Liverpool are coping well with the pressure of the Premier League title race but the former captain knows from experience how difficult …

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The young defender endured a stressful match-up against his England team-mate last season but has turned the experience into a positive Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold uses his tough outing at Manchester United last year as a “learning point”. Alexander-Arnold, 20, faced plenty of criticism in the wake of the trip to Old Trafford last March …

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While the Nerazzurri’s feud with their ex-captain continues to smoulder, his young countryman is hopeful of making his own name at San Siro An unhappy player; a wife-slash-agent who has quickly alienated everyone at the club; and no shortage of friends, family and foes who are more than willing to twist the knife: Inter’s feud …

Read more “Keeping up with the Icardashians! Is Lautaro Martinez ready to take advantage of Inter soap opera?”

The midfielder’s new deal looked like a shrewd bit of trade, but things have turned sour – and very expensive – under new boss Unai Emery When Arsenal tied Mesut Ozil down to a new contract last January, it looked like some of the best business of the window. It came at some cost – …

Read more “Ozil the outcast: How Arsenal have thrown £19m down the drain on new contract – with £43m still to come”

The French forward’s combination with the Argentine was praised by their manager ahead of Saturday’s league match Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel is pleased with the partnership developing between Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria.  The Ligue 1 giants have managed to maintain their form despite being without injured duo Neymar and Edinson Cavani.  PSG …

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