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Pedro Reveals Reason For Chelsea Success This Season

Pedro believes that Chelsea not having any European commitment this season can provide them a major advantage over their premiership rivals as the blues seek to win another premiership title. Pedro had a slow start to the season but in recent weeks has been a major part of Chelsea’s excellent run in the premier league and has adapted well to manager Conte’s style. Last season Leicester City surprised a lot of people by winning the Premier league and many attributed their success to not having to worry about playing in Europe. According to the Daily Star the 29 year old winger in an interview with Spanish radio station Onda Cero revealed that spending more time in training with manager Antonio Conte is really helping the team. Pedro said "Without playing … [Read more...]

Dick Advocaat Advices Midfielder To Leave Manchester United

Memphis Depay did not make the Manchester United squad to face Fernerbahce in tonight’s Europa League and the Dutchman has been advised by his former manager Dick Advocaat to leave Old Trafford. In December 2012 Advocaat handed Depay his full debut for PSV Eindhoven in a 3-1 Europa league victory away to Napoli and he feels that for Depay to get his career back on track he needs to change clubs. Depay has made just one start this season which came in a victory at Northampton in the EFL cup where he played for 55 minutes. This season Depay has not started a premier league match and has struggled to play a major role in the team since the arrival of Jose Mourinho in the summer. Advocaat who is now the coach of Fernerbahce believes that Depay has to leave … [Read more...]

Tottenham Star Midfeilder A Serious Doubt For Arsenal Match

Tottenham Hotspur suffered more despair on Wednesday night as midfielder Mousa Dembele suffered an injury in the 1-0 loss to Bayern Leverkusen in the Champions League. During the match at Wembley, the midfielder had to be taken off before the end of the first half after twisting his ankle and is now a doubt to face Arsenal in the North London derby on Sunday. The start to the season for Dembele has been a frustrating one largely due to injuries and suspension and it now seems the Belgian could be out of action for some time. During the post-match conference, manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed that Dembele was taken off because he was injured and not because of a tactical change. He said “He was injured. He asked me to come off, he twisted his ankle. It … [Read more...]

Bastain Schweinsteiger Reacts To His Return To Manchester United First Team

Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has reacted to his surprise return to the first team squad on his social media accounts. Since Jose Mourinho was made coach of Manchester United in the summer, the German midfielder has not played a minute for the team this season. Mourinho stated at the beginning of the season that the world cup winner will not have a role to play in his plans and Bastain Schweinsteiger was forced to train on his own after he had also being banned from training with the reserves and at a point trained with the under 23’s. Earlier this week the situation changed when surprisingly Schweinsteiger was spotted training with the first team. The world cup winner has gone on to thank fans for their support on his social media … [Read more...]

Manchester United Is Interested In Signing €60m Highly Rated Teenager

Benfica forward Goncalo Guedes is attracting interest from a lot of clubs including Manchester United. Portuguese newspaper A Bola reports that Manchester United was one of several clubs who watched Benfica take on Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League last night. Apart from United the paper also reports Valencia were also at the venue of the match to watch the young talented player. Benfica forward Goncalo Guedes is attracting interest from a lot of clubs including Manchester United. Portuguese newspaper A Bola reports that Manchester United was one of several clubs who watched Benfica take on Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League last night. Apart from United the paper also reports Valencia were also at the venue of the match to watch the young talented … [Read more...]

Danny Ings Suffers Another Horrific Injury, Set To Miss Rest Of The Season

Liverpool striker Danny Ings has suffered another horrific injury and will miss the rest of the season. The injury occurred in Ings second appearance of the season in the EFL cup fourth round when he made a tackle in Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over Tottenham. He has suffered ligament damage to his right knee and will be out of action for about nine months and is scheduled to have a surgery in London on Wednesday. This continued a bad run of injuries Ings had suffered during his career. While at Burnley he had suffered long term injuries and only last season with Liverpool was forced to miss most of the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee. Manager, Jurgen Kloop confirmed the injury and said “To say we are gutted would be an understatement; he is such a … [Read more...]

Forgotten Midfielder Included In Manchester United Squad To Face Fenerbahce

Manchester United has named their 21-man squad to face Fernerbahce on Thursday in the Europa league and Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been included. Henrikh Mkhitaryan who joined Manchester United in the summer from German club Borussia Dortmund for a fee of 26.3 million pounds has struggled to play in the team. Since his move to Old Trafford, Mkhitaryan has not found it easy and has struggled to keep up with the pace of the premiership which has left a lot of fans very frustrated. Though he has had to deal with injuries in his short time at United, when given the chance he has failed to reignite the form that made him one of the most sought after players by top clubs in Europe. The Armenian midfielder who has so far started one game, the 2-1 defeat against Manchester … [Read more...]

Liverpool Defender Reveals Few Reasons For Performance And Success So Far

  Liverpool defender, Dejan Lovren  believes he is still growing and can  become a better player.  After joining from Southampton almost two and a half years ago, the defender struggled initially in his first season and has gradually grown to become a major player for the club. Speaking to Liverpoofc.com the Croatian said “When I came I was in good form. I was really mentally strong. For the first three or four games I had confidence. It wasn’t about performing better. I was just searching for my form in the beginning of the season from Southampton to here. It took time. You can’t do it alone when the whole team is not doing well, it’s really difficult. Then when you make mistakes, everyone is on you. That was an unlucky time for me. People expect … [Read more...]

Wenger Admits That Midfielder Ozil Surprised Him

Arsenal booked their spot in the last 16 of the Champions league with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Bulgarian club Ludogorets. Arsenal did it the hard way as they had to come back from two goals down to get the win. A major highlight of the victory was Mesut Ozil’s superb winning goal in the dying moments of the match. Manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he was surprised with the approach Ozil took to scoring the goal. On his way to scoring the goal, the midfielder chipped the keeper and beat two defenders before slotting the ball in the net and Wenger admits that the German midfielder proved him wrong. He said: "To me it didn't look like the optimal solution, but when the ball was in the net I thought it was. The great players make the right decisions in the … [Read more...]

Jack Wilshere Reveals Why He Left Arsenal For Bournemouth

Arsenal Midfielder Jack Wilshere has revealed the disappointment of not being called up to the England squad led to him making the loan move to fellow premiership outfit Bournemouth. Speaking to Sky Sports, he said "When the England squad was announced and I wasn't in it, it hurt me. I want to be part of the England squad. I feel like I'm good enough, I can make a difference in the team and when I was left out, it sparked something in me. I thought 'I need a change. I need to be part of a team where I'm going to play week in, week out, be an important member of the team and make a difference.' The player I am and the character I am, to get the best out of me I need to feel responsibility and be part of a team that needs me, so that's the main reason I came to … [Read more...]

Mourinho Given Few Days To Respond To FA Charge

Manager of Manchester United Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association courtesy of the way he behaved as United drew 0-0 with Burnley on Saturday. Mourinho was sent off during the match at Old Trafford and had to watch the second half from the stands after he complained that his team were not awarded a penalty by referee Mark Clattenburg. Mourinho who was charged on Thursday because of comments he made concerning referee Anthony Taylor is accused of hurling abuses at the officials in the tunnel at half-time and has till Friday to respond to the charges. Mourinho seemed upset when United did not get a penalty during the match when Matteo Darmian fell inside the Burnley box after being challenged by Jon Flanagan. The former … [Read more...]

Retired German Mildfielder Adviced To Leave Manchester United

The CEO of Bayern Munich Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, feels Bastian Schweinsteiger should leave Manchester United during the January transfer window despite the German midfielder returning to training with the first team. Mourinho revealed  at the beginning of the season that the star midfielder was not part of his plans and Bastian Schweinsteiger was forced to train on his own and was also banned from training with the reserves and at a point spent time training with the under 23’s. The situation seemed to have changed on Monday when Schweinsteiger was spotted in training with the first team of Manchester United although it is still unclear what plans Mourinho has for him. Schweinsteiger was really excited with the change of events and went on twitter to share … [Read more...]

Chelsea Star Midfielder Recounts Harrowing Experience With Jose Mourinho

Chelsea midfielder, Nemanja Matic feels his performance so far has been much better than last season after overcoming the humiliation he suffered in the hands of former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. The incident occurred last October when the Serbian was brought on at halftime against Southampton and was taken off after 28 minutes and the Serbian admitted he felt bad after the incident but feels proud about the way he reacted. He said “I felt terrible to be subbed, to be honest. I am a man first of all and of course I felt bad at that moment. But as you know, I didn’t react, I stayed professional. Normally some of the players react to that and cause some problems but as you can see I didn’t react and showed respect for the coach and for the club and my team. It … [Read more...]

Star Players Missing From Arsenal Team To Face Ludogorets

Arsenal will go into their Champions League match at Ludogorets with a host of star players missing from the trip. Arsenal defeated the Bulgarian club 6-0 at the Emirates last month and will be seeking for a similar display and result as they fight for top spot along with Paris Saint-Germain. This is a task they will have to achieve without the services of some of their influential players. Ahead of the match, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed the quartet of Theo Walcot, Hector Bellerin, Nacho Monreal and Santi Carzorla will miss the match against Ludogorets. https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/793148937926479873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Walcott has been ruled out of the match despite training on Monday while Carzorla will miss the match because of an … [Read more...]

Amid Rumour Of A Move To AC Milan, Schweinsteiger Returns To Training With Manchester United First Team

Manchester United midfielder, Bastian Schweinsteiger seems to have gotten into the good books of manager Jose Mourinho as he was spotted training with the first team. It was believed that the German had no future at Old Trafford after Jose Mourinho revealed at the start of the season that he will not be a major part of his plans and was removed from the first team squad. Bastian Schweinsteiger joined United from Bayern Munich last year and was a regular member of the first team squad under former coach Louis Van Gaal. In his first season at the club, injuries restricted his participation in the team as he was only able to play 13 premier league matches. With Mourinho revealing at the start of the season that the world cup winner would not feature in his plans, … [Read more...]

Reports Claim Coutinho is Interested In Moving To Barcelona

Reports claim that Liverpool star attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho is interested in making a move to Spanish giants Barcelona. The Brazilian so far this season has been in superb form and has already scored four goals and notch up four assists in the premier league. According to the Sun, Spanish newspaper Sport states that Liverpool is concerned about losing their star player to the Spanish champions. It is also reported that Coutinho was so interested in playing for Barcelona that he tried to force a move to the Nou Camp during last summer’s transfer window. It has been revealed that his agents actually approached Barcelona during the summer in a bid to strike a deal but the club was not keen on having the player join them.  Barcelona declined the offer … [Read more...]

Wenger Hails Ramsey, Could Start Him Against Ludogorets In The Champions League

Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger has hailed Aaron Ramsey on his return to the team. Ramsey has been out of action since playing against Liverpool at the start of the season courtesy of a hamstring injury. Though in his absence Arsenal have done well, winning six premier league matches and remaining unbeaten in the Champions league, Wenger still believes the midfielder has a lot to offer the team. Ramsey returned to action as a second half substitute in the 4-1 win over Sunderland and gave an assist for one of the goals. Wenger believes he is very crucial to the team and even compared him to Chelsea legend Frank Lampard. He said “He is a player who is box-to-box so overall he pushes the team forward, that is what we want in our side. He can play in holding … [Read more...]

Ander Herrera Believes That Manchester United Are On The Right Path, Backs Zlatan To Succeed

Manchester United Midfielder, Ander Herrera believes that the team is still heading in the right direction despite their goalless draw with Burnley over the weekend. Herrera was sent off in the second half after receiving a second yellow card, a match United dominated and saw manager Jose Mourinho sent to the stands. The result has created doubts about United’s title challenge as they are now eight points off the top of the table. Reflecting on the match, Herrera feel it was a match they deserved to win. He said: “We have to keep going, we cannot cry or complain, we just have to keep playing the way we did today, against Liverpool, Stoke and Fenerbahce. I think we are in the right way but today is one of the toughest days of my career because we deserved to win … [Read more...]

I Love Chelsea; I Am Enjoying My Time Here- Victor Moses

After a long hiatus, Victor Moses is back at Chelsea and he seems to be enjoying his time there. He said , he is “relishing” his position  as a wing-back for Chelsea this season. Recall that he joined Chelsea in 2012 but he has not really established his stay there as a force to be reckoned with. Moses said in a recent interview up on the club’s website that he has thrived as a wing-back despite having never played in that role before and he attributes his outstanding performance to his Italian manager at the club, Antonio Conte. He had this to say, “I have not played there before. I have just got to listen to what the manager asks me to do in that position and the way he wants me to do it. “It’s very important to understand your teammates; so, every game … [Read more...]

How Antonio Conte Plays Down Chelsea’s Title Challenge After Win Over Southampton

Chelsea continued with their impressive form in the premier league with a classy 2-0 win at  Southampton. The win is Chelsea’s fourth league win in a row, a feat they last did in April 2015 on their way to winning the premiership title. The win ensured that Chelsea kept pace with the front-runners on the table as they went up to fourth place a point behind Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool. Chelsea took the lead on six minutes through Eden Hazard when he drilled a shot through the legs of goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Though Southampton had more of the possession they hardly threatened Chelsea. The blues created the better chances and extended their lead in the second half when a fine strike from outside the box by Diego Costa found the net. Elated Chelsea manager … [Read more...]

Rumours: John Obi Mikel A Possible Target To Replace Injured Diaby

French Club Olympique de Marseille on the verge of making Chelsea star John Obi Mikel a possible replacement for Injured Abou Diaby in the January transfer market, according to TuttoMercatoweb. After Antonio Conte took over as manager, Mikel is yet to feature for Chelsea hinting a move out of Chelsea in the January transfer market is likely. The Nigerian Captain is in the final year of his contract with Chelsea and by default he is free to hold talks with other clubs. Mikel said: "When you have a year left, in January you are allowed to talk to other clubs and sign a pre-contract or have an agreement so, yes, I will talk to other clubs because you never know what is going to happen (mirror.co.uk). Mikel Obi also confirm that he could be open to a move … [Read more...]

I Am Afraid -Guardiola Admits

  Manchester City's boss has admitted that he is afraid for his team. Indeed, the season has entered a crucial point where every club,coach and player is practically on edge. Just like I was worried when I was the coach of other clubs, its the same worry now,” Guardiola said yesterday. “I don’t remember what I thought when I went five games at Barcelona without winning. I think the same right now -– you have to win right now. “You have to do it for the minds for the players. They deserve to win because they didn’t play any game without intention, without passion. Until the last minute, they fight. “We are in a period like that now. Many circumstances didn’t help in 2009. First of all our performance was not good enough to win the games. “But … [Read more...]