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Kante believes this Chelsea target is exceptional – a good replacement for Diego Costa?

One of the exceptional youngsters currently dazzling in the world of football is Monaco star player Kylian Mbappe. The 18-year-old is even regarded by some as the current best teenage footballer in the world. However, what everyone must agree on is that he is a promising star with a bright future, and he simply need good managers to groom. The young teenager is one of the most coveted young players in Europe after a splendid season in the French league. And as expected, many top clubs all over Europe have began showing interest to get his signature. He had been linked with top teams like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Arsenal and even Manchester United, who have launched a 96 million pounds offer after an initial £69m bid was rejected by his Club's management. This … [Read more...]

Conte Might Switch From 3-4-3 To This New Formation Should This Player Arrive In Summer

As things stands now in the premier league, it is obvious that Chelsea are one of the teams with the best midfield in the League at the moment. Chelsea have outstanding midfielders in the first team and also have a handful of quality alternatives and versatile stars. Despite it all, it seems Chelsea's boss Antonio Conte desire to further reinforce his midfield department and latest reports have indicated that the premier league leaders have agreed personal terms with Frenchman and Monaco player Tiemoue Bakayoko. The France international is rated around 60 million euros. The strong defensive midfielder has been very brilliant for his Ligue 1 club this season, and his brilliant performances has saw him been selected in the senior national side for the first time. … [Read more...]

Chelsea Given Major Boost To Sign Talented Star After Agent Reveals He Wants Title Challenge

One of the talented players Chelsea have been trying to bring to Stamford Bridge is Italy star player Marco Verratti. However presently, the current premier league leaders have been handed a major boost in their pursuit of Verratti after his agent insisted that the midfielder will have to leave his current club Paris Saint-Germain in order to win titles. Marco is currently in his fifth season with the French club and has won four Ligue 1 titles during his time there in France. However, after falling 6-1 to La Liga giants Barcelona in their Champions League clash two weeks ago at Camp Nou, it appears we can say PSG still look short of challenging the top clubs in the Champions league. According to some reports coming from Spain, Barcelona met with Marcos … [Read more...]

Manchester United Receive Boost To Sign Spanish Star With £25M After Mix-up With Manager

According to new reports, English premier league giants Manchester United are considering a summer bid for Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba. The Manchester Evening News stated that Alba would be keen on joining Manchester United, insisting that the Spanish star is an ‘admirer’ of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho. The left -back is presently with his national side for the international break and his comments appeared to aim a dig at the embattled Barcelona boss over his lack of playing time at the Spanish club. As things stands now, the talented player still has three years remaining on his current contract with the La Liga giants and he is reportedly valued at £25 million. But despite his contract, it was reported that the 28-year-old is very much unsettled … [Read more...]

Finally, Diego Costa Opens Up About His Disgruntled Relationship With Antonio Conte At Chelsea

One of the news Chelsea fans can't forget in a hurry during the past January transfer window was when rumours came up about one of their star players Diego Costa moving away from the Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fans could not quickly dismiss it as a mere rumour, considering some past experiences - including how no one would quickly believe that David Luiz could come back to Chelsea from PSG last summer. And when Costa was rumoured to be leaving Chelsea, many Chelsea supporters weren't happy they would be losing one of their valuable assets just like that. They were in love with the brilliant striker. Who won't be? He had won lots of games for them, scoring vital goals that brought happiness to their world. Some other thing that came up was his disgruntled … [Read more...]

Radja Nainggolan: Conte Asked Me To Join Chelsea, I Love The Premier League

One of the vital things that made Chelsea outstanding this season under new Italian manager Antonio Conte is being able to strengthen the squad by signing some quality players during the last summer transfer window. Nevertheless, perhaps Conte's squad would have been much more better than what we see presently considering that the Stamford Bridge club were not able to sign some other quality players they targeted. And Belgian star player Radja Nainggolan, has recently revealed that Chelsea wanted to sign him too last summer. The AS Roma midfielder confirmed that he held talks with Chelsea current boss Antonio Conte about a potential move to Stamford Bridge last summer.It was reported that Chelsea failed with a £23 million offer for Radja Nainggolan, with his … [Read more...]

Former Arsenal Captain Sends Strong Message To Chelsea’s Antonio Conte

Different football clubs have different competition levels in their different teams. It is quite easy for some outstanding players to shine in some clubs, due to the absence of competition in the team. However, in some other clubs, an outstanding player needs to work very hard if he is to feature regularly for the club - due to the presence of many other extraordinary players. There are different football clubs. Some are regarded as 'big' clubs, while some others are referred to as 'small' clubs. The major difference between a 'big' club and a 'small' club is the presence of outstanding players in the club. A club like Chelsea is a perfect example of a big club - they've got a lot of quality players who needs to work very hard if they want to feature regularly, … [Read more...]

Transfer news – Chelsea agrees terms with Tiemoue Bakayoko

Chelsea have agreed  terms to lure French box to box midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko  according to Guillem Balague who works for Skysport. Mourinho will be furious as the French midfielder is one of his target this coming summer transfer window, recall that both Conte and Mourinho are eager to lure the powerhouse. And as reported by Guillem Balague on his verified twitter account, Chelsea have reached an agreement with the player and Monaco needs to agree the fee for the transfer to be initialized. https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague/status/844232084864581634 The French powerhouse has been very instrumental for his club Monaco, most especially when they met with Man city winning 3 -1 last week in the Champions league game. Tiemoue Bakayoko will replace Paul … [Read more...]

Chelsea Star Player Reveals How Disappointed He Was After Last Week Game

Chelsea continues their winning run in the premier league when they won Stoke City 2-1 away from home. It was an interesting game where Stoke thought they could share points with the Stamford Bridge club, but a late goal from Cahill changed everything. However, before Cahill scored the late goal that gave Chelsea their 22nd win of the season at the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday afternoon, his earlier push on Stoke star Jon Walters threatened to cost his side two points Chelsea scored the opener before Stoke City equalised from the penalty spot, courtesy Gary Cahill who gave away the penalty. And even though the 31-year-old was able to score the late winner, he admitted that he was disappointed in himself that he was involved in the opponent's goal, in terms of … [Read more...]

Three things we expected in Chelsea’s match against Stoke City

The Blues visited the host Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium in a bid to solidify their position on top of the Premier League with three maximum points in the game. Nevertheless the home side were not a pushover as they are usually a hard Knut to crack in front of their home fans especially against the big boys as they held United (1-1) and recently City to a goalless (0-0) draw at the Etihad. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte celebrated like never before after the game as his side continued their decent run of form in order to clinch the League Title in his first season in charge as the Stoke City match ended 1-2 in favour of the Blues in the meantime. The question now following Chelsea’s win is will the visitors be able to keep up the momentum after picking … [Read more...]

Insider: Man United Target Griezmann Wants To Play Under This Coach

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simone has decide to remain at the Madrid club despite all speculations about him wanting to leave. And as things stands now, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague has claimed that Simeone's decision to remain at the club will have a huge impact on the future of one of his star players Antoine Griezmann. Diego is now ready to remain at the Vicente Calderon next season despite all rumours over his future throughout this season, while Griezmann has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United this summer. And Guillem Balague, speaking about the Man United target, believes the fact that Diego Simeone is going to stay at Atletico Madrid next season will be a big pull for Griezmann. The football expert is sure more … [Read more...]

“He Has Been In Belgium”: Manager Gives Latest Update On Chelsea’s Eden Hazard Condition

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has confirmed that Chelsea star winger Eden Hazard will not feature for his Belgium side in their international games. Injury has forced the Belgian out of his country’s international squad. Hazard suffered a calf strain in training and he missed his side's Saturday’s 2-1 win over Stoke City in the premier league. This season so far, the 25-year-old has been in exceptional form for the premier league leaders and was targeted by rivals Manchester United during their FA Cup victory at Stamford Bridge a week ago. However, after Belgium boss Martinez has ruled out Hazard out of his Belgium squad for the international games, this means he is less likely to be available for Chelsea's game with Crystal Palace Martinez confirmed … [Read more...]

Chelsea Step-up The Game To Land £50M Liverpool And Manchester United Target

Virgil van Dijk has proved himself to be one of the best defenders currently in the premier league, and as expected, different premier league clubs had been trying to lure him to their own sides. Two teams that are heavily linked with the Southampton defender are Manchester United and Liverpool, but Chelsea too, despite having some of the best defenders already, are still interested in Van Dijk. In the race to get his signature, Chelsea are trying to up their game, and perhaps will be the ones to eventually get him. New reports is that the Stamford Bridge club could use one of their players - Nathan Ake, as a bargaining tool to sign van Dijk from Southampton in the fast approaching summer. Chelsea's Italian manager Antonio Conte, is determined to add more … [Read more...]

Chelsea Star: Conte And Man United’s Jose Mourinho Do Not Like Themselves, This Is Why

Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic admitted that Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho and his own manager Antonio Conte don’t like one another Begovic confessed that he was doing his best not to laugh at the bust-up between both coaches at Stamford Bridge last week, as he believes the two outstanding managers do not like one another. Former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho and the former Juventus boss Antonio Conte clashed on the sidelines during their FA Cup quarter-final encounter. Despite how tough the game was, it was Conte's side that triumphed, thanks to N’Golo Kante’s second half strike that gave them the win. Lots of dramas took place in the match. Apart from one of Mourinho's men (Herrera) given a red card and some other things on the pitch, while the … [Read more...]

Jurgen Klopp Makes ‘Latest’ Admission About Chelsea As Season Nears End

One spectacular thing about Antonio Conte's Chelsea side is that they keep winning games and it seems impossible to beat them. They extended their winning run by beating Stoke City last Saturday away from home. The season is almost over, and many people chose Chelsea to be firm favourites to win the title at the end of the campaign. And others like Jurgen Klopp believes Chelsea have already won the League title for this term. Chelsea are still ten points clear at the top of the table with just 10 games to go, and Liverpool boss Klopp has hailed the west London side. As things stands now, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal are now battling for the three remaining Champions League spots. The Reds manager, speaking … [Read more...]

Conte Confirms This Chelsea Player Has A Calf Injury Following Stoke City Win

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has revealed that he intentionally left out star player Eden Hazard out of the Stoke City 2-1 win. The former Juventus manager revealed he did it as a precaution. Hazard's was notably absent from the Chelsea squad that travelled North on Friday night after he reportedly suffered a calf injury during training last week. Right now, the 26-year-old is not expected to represent his country at their upcoming international games against Greece and Russia. Due to the injury, the Belgian winger was forced to sit out a Premier League game for only the second time this season (even though he wasn't very much missed as Chelsea won both games). Now, the Italian boss has revealed after the game that he didn’t want to take any risks with the … [Read more...]

Revealed: Chelsea Legend Didier Drogba Could Help Chelsea Seal This Deal In Summer

It appears Diego Costa is going to leave Chelsea after all, and Antonio Conte needs to get another brilliant replacement for him. One of the star strikers they're after is Everton forward Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku has been linked with a move to the Stamford Bridge club for some times, and new reports have it that Chelsea are now hoping Didier Drogba’s friendship with Romelu Lukaku will help them land the Everton star. Drogba is a legend at Chelsea, and he spent a year playing alongside Lukaku at Stamford Bridge. The Sun stated that the west London club are keen the Ivorian to talk up the Belgium international to an end of season return to west London. Drogba and Chelsea club owner Roman Abramovich are still close and both of them watched the Chelsea Vs … [Read more...]

After Chelsea Win: Furious Fan Said This Counts As Failure To Arsenal

Arsenal supporters are not the most happiest people right now, and Arsene Wenger is in a very difficult situation - with the pressure for him to leave getting thicker. Arsenal supporters are still fuming from the disgraceful manner their team got kicked off from the Champions League by German giants Bayern Munich, and West Ham added to the scar after winning the Gunners 3-1 which dropped them to the sixth position. West Ham scored the opener in the 12th minute of first half at The Hawthorns, before Alexis Sanchez scored the equaliser from a close range, moments later. Then West Brom again, in the 55th minute, scored another goal before Dawson scored again in the 76th minute from a corner. And Arsenal fan Piers Morgan, took to social media to express his … [Read more...]

Chelsea Star Says He Is Not The Best In The PL – Fans Won’t Like This

Generally, once an individual is so good at something, there are possibilities of pride creeping in. And in football too, one common thing among many outstanding footballers is pride. However, there are some others who, despite being so good with the ball, remains humble and keeps showing their humility - and it seems Chelsea Star N’Golo Kante fits in here. The Chelsea midfielder is remaining humble in spite of his brilliant form by pushing off suggestions that he is the best player in the Premier League. The 25-year-old French star has been hugely praised for his role in Chelsea’s impressive form in the premier league this season as he plays a valuable role in helping Antonio Conte's side becoming the top favorites to win the title come May. And so, he has … [Read more...]

4-3-3 formation – Five difference between Man City and Liverpool ahead of the Super Sunday clash.

The Etihad Stadium is set for the mouthwatering clash between Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City (Noisy Neighbours) and Jürgen Klopp‘s Liverpool (We will never walk alone) as both sides set to solidify their place in the Premier League Log. Coming into the game the City side occupy the third position in the table on 56points, a point above Liverpool who are rooted in the fourth and final Champions League (position) places this season. In the wake of this fixture we take a look at some difference between Manchester City sides managed by Pep Guardiola and Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp side as the stern test awaits both sides at the Etihad Stadium when kick off begins in earnest. MANCHESTER CITY GOT MORE QUALITY The Manchester City side no doubt have more … [Read more...]

Manchester United Legend Reveals Reason Chelsea Will Be Champions Following Stoke Win

Chelsea fans all over the world are proud of their dear club as they look set to get the premier league title for this season following their 2-1 win over Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Antonio Conte and his Chelsea men took another step towards winning the Premier League title as they are now successfully 13 points clear at the top of the league table. It was Samba star player Willian who scored the opener in the first half of the game before Stoke's Jon Walters equalled from the penalty spot before the first half. And when Stoke City thought they would share the points with the current premier league leaders like they did Manchester City in their last league game, Chelsea's defender Gary Cahill blasted home a loose ball from … [Read more...]

Liverpool Legend Reveals Chelsea Star Who Caught Him By Complete Surprise This Season

What makes a good football manager? A good football manager is one who can bring out the best in his players and make them a brilliant team that can win matches and win trophies. There are lots of good managers in the footballing world - some are dead, others are still here. One good manager is Chelsea's current boss Antonio Conte. The former Italy coach, while still at Juventus, did great things for the Italian club, and has continue displaying his intelligence here at Chelsea. One of the great things he has been able to do at Chelsea is to help bring out the best in his players and made them a strong team that rarely loses matches. One player who Conte has helped become very relevant at Stamford Bridge this season is Nigeria international Victor … [Read more...]