A new report emerged that Serie A giant AS Roma are ready to sell their centre-back defender Antonio Rudiger in the January transfer window. The Daily Mail said Mourinho led Manchester United are interested in signing the defender and Roma are ready to take advantage of the red devils’ interest so as to comply with the financial fair play rules. The report claims that the deal could command in excess of £30million by selling the German. However, the report stated further that Manchester United aren’t the only team who have interest in getting Rudiger’s signature in January, but will have to compete with other big English teams like Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City too for the Germany international. 23-year old Rudiger had some injury troubles earlier … [Read more...]
Former Liverpool Star Regrets Leaving Club For Aston Villa
Former Liverpool forward Milan Baros has expressed his regrets on his decision to leave the Anfield giants for Midlands club Aston Villa in 2005. Baros, who presently plays for Czech side Slovan Liberec, joined Liverpool in 2002 and went on to scored 19 goals in 68 appearances for the side with his highlight at the 18-time English champions coming in 2005 when he helped Liverpool earn a famous comeback against Italian giants AC Milan before they went on to lift the UEFA Champions League (UCL) title on penalties. Following the title win in Istanbul, Milan Baros, who scored 5 goals to emerge as Euro 2004 topscorer, made his move to Aston Villa and even scored ten minutes into his debut against Blackburn Rovers however the appointment of Martin O'neill as manager … [Read more...]
Tottenham Boss Pochettino Sends Warning Signals To United Ahead Of League Clash
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has sent a note of warming to their next English Premier League (EPL) opponents Manchester United after he pointed out that his team is finally starting to click into gear following a difficult past few weeks. Pochettino and his Tottenham recently lost their 12-game unbeaten start to the league season after a 2-1 loss to leaders Chelsea in addition to exiting the UEFA Champions League (UCL) at the group stage but his team has bounced back well in the last one week with the 5-0 thrashing of bottom club Swansea City as well as the 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow in their final group game, a result that was enough to seal a UEFA Europa League (UEL) spot as the third-placed team. According to news outlet Daily Express, the former … [Read more...]
Arsene Wenger Fires Stern Warning To Chelsea, Read What He Said
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has said Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will remain at the club. The duo of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have continued to stall to renew their contracts at the Emirates which has sparked speculations that the Chilean striker could join Chelsea. But Wenger has reacted to the news while speaking at his press conference, He said: ’18 months is quite long in football you know, ‘They have 18 months contract and are completely committed and will do well as long as they are here. Beyond that we will try to extend their contract. ‘No matter what happens they will stay 18 months, and hopefully much longer. ‘But I can’t make a subject of that in every press conference. The less you talk about it the better it is. ‘At some stage you … [Read more...]
Arsenal Should Have Signed Atletico Star Griezmann, Former Player Reveals
Former Arsenal player Paul Merson has stated that the North London side should have gone the extra mile to sign Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann adding that everyone has a price and the French international is not an exception despite his club's public pronouncement that he is not for sale. Speaking to news outlet Sunday World on Arsenal's ambition as a club, Paul Merson said: "They could have bought Antoine Griezmann last summer. After all, everyone has a price." "Okay, Atletico Madrid might say publicly that he is not for sale but Arsenal have more than £100m in reserves in the bank, so go and put an offer in that will make them sell him. "If they started signing top players, proper world-class stars, people would take Arsenal seriously again but … [Read more...]
Manchester United Obtained Double Injury Boost Ahead Of Tottenham Collision
Tottenham Hotspur faces Manchester United in a Premier League clash at Old Trafford come December 11. As it stands, both teams have been given a defensive injury boost for the game. The Sun reported that Luke Shaw will be fit for the game while Tottenham Hotspur will have defender Ben Davies for the clash on Sunday. Luke Shaw was in United's 4-1 win over West Ham United in the EFL Cup quarter-final, but he was replaced at the break by Daley Blind. Afterwards, United's boss Jose Mourinho confirmed the defender picked up an injury in his pre-match press conference before the Everton tie. Shaw missed United's 1-1 draw against Everton and Mourinho started Matteo Darmian in the left-back position instead. However, reports now have it that the 21-year old England … [Read more...]
Arsenal Top 3 Worst Signings Under Arsene Wenger
It's no news that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is the longest serving manager ever at the club however what is new is that despite the credit he has received over the years for his development of players he has also invested in others that eventually turned out to be a failed venture. Former and present players like Thierry Henry (France), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Patrick Vieira (France), Theo Walcott (England), Robert Pires (France), Freddy Ljunberg (Sweden), Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Lauren Etame Meyer (Cameroon), Ashley Cole (England), Laurent Koscielny (France) and many more are some of his success stories however for the purpose of this article lets briefly take a look at the top three failed transfers in his era. 1. Francis Jeffers (England) Francis … [Read more...]