With his is outstanding defensive performance this season, Chelsea Andreas Christensen who plays for Borussia Monchengladbach has been one of the hottest young defenders in Europe this season. The highly rated star moved to German side in 2014 summer for a two-year loan spell to gain first team football and experience. Speaking to the media concerning possible return to Chelsea in January, the 20-years old star said: "We aren't in talks with Chelsea. I'm staying at Borussia,". "I'm just focusing on tomorrow's game." The German side are eager to tie the tough tackling centre-back at Germany after making offers to Chelsea on two different occasion to sign the star permanently, but both offers were rejected by the Blues as they consider the star as a … [Read more...]
Injury Update: Wenger Hopeful, Midfielder Could Return In Few Weeks
Arsenal midefielder Santi Carzola could play in December or not, according to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger “Santi Cazorla is not close to first team action”. Carzola was sent to Spain to see a specialist concerning his recurring Achilles Injury that has so far left him out for over a month now. His injury has been pretty frustration for the club and fans alike as the team does better with the talismanic Spanish playmaker in the side, amidst all the media inquisition into the gravity of his injury during Wenger’s press conference he addressed the issue. “At the moment I’ve given up on that.“I don’t know how far he is. He looks to me that he’s making progress, but as long as the player is not in full-time training you can’t set targets. “It’s not a big … [Read more...]
MLS is an Option, Says Manchester United Star.
The recently retired Swedish striker sat down with Aftonbladat and had this to say when asked if he sees himself being in the Premier league next season: “If I want to. We’ll see. “It’s not only about football, it’s about all the rest as well. How do I feel? How do I feel physically? Mentally? “But that’s no problem really, I can handle that easily. I felt more pressure in PSG.” The 35 year old striker moved to the English Premier League following the appointment of Jose Mourinho as manager of The Red Devils and the Swedish striker has started life in the Premier league in an impressive fashion which have seen him score some match winning goals, including one which won Mourinho side it's first silverware under the Portuguese. The Manchester United striker … [Read more...]
Big Blow: chelsea boss Antonio Conte hit out at former club, claims they are too big for Serie A
Following the recent change of formation to 3-4-3 and the success the Blues have achieved, Chelsea Boss Antonio Conte have received most of the praise for transforming his team. Speaking to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian tactician claimed his former team Juvetus have outgrown their domestic title Seria A and that the Old Lady should be aiming for European title in the nearest future. "When you have the eighth-highest wage bill in the world, you need to be looking beyond Serie A," Conte, told Gazzetta dello Sport. "Juventus have made huge investments and this places the club in an international dimension. "When you have a squad like Juve's current one, then you have got to have high objectives. Nothing can be taken for granted in … [Read more...]
Good News: Arsenal likely to seal deal with highly rated winger in January
Arsenal fans are used to being linked to Julian Draxler as the Left footed german winger has always been linked to Arsenal long before the winger left Schalke 04 for Wolfsburg FC. Draxler was close to quitting the german club amidst strong interest from Arsenal as well as a couple of clubs. The player hasn’t scored a goal for Wolfsburg this season and appears to be switched off at the German outfit prompting sports director Klaus Allofs admitting maybe the club would have been better off letting him go last season. Popular German tabloid Kicker quoted him as saying "We would now assess the situation differently, and it may be that we would do it differently next time and let him leave. Perhaps. History has not helped him nor VfL,” suggesting Wolfsburg … [Read more...]
JurgenKlopp Targets Southampton Dou
Liverpool may be two points off the top of the table but there are thirteen teams with a better defensive record than theirs and Klopp might be looking to Virjil van Dirk to solve the problems of his leaky back line. The 6ft 4in Dutch central defender joined The Saints back in 2015 on a five-year contract deal and has already signed a new six-year deal back in May 2016. Such has been the consistency and development of the former Celtic player. This weekend also saw Virgil van Dam produce a fine performance as Southampton held Liverpool to a goalless draw at St Mary stadium on Saturday with fans taking to twitter to sing his praise with a certain fan describing him as "the wall." At 25 and with the player being in such a good place in his career and with a … [Read more...]
Man United are Top Four Candidates – Former Ace.
Saturday clash with Arsenal saw Mourinho side drop two points in the Premier League as Giroud powered home a head to deny Man United all three points after Juan Mata had put the Red Devils ahead earlier on. Mourinho had a good start to life at Old Trafford but the club has been struggling to record back to back wins in recent times and Ray Wilkins a former player with 160 appearances for the Red Devils has doubts about Mourinho chances of winning the Premier League with United this term. The pundit had this to say on Sky Sports: "I don't think they're capable of winning the title this season," "But they certainly have to finish in the top four. They have to" "The Champions League without Manchester United is a bit like China without rice. "It needs … [Read more...]