Author: JB

Wayne Rooney says Manchester United must appoint a ‘long-term’ manager this summer, as it emerges that the players want Mauricio Pochettino to take charge at the club. United have whittled down their shortlist to four, with Erik Ten Hag, Luis Enrique and Julen Lopetegui on their four-man shortlist. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But Pochettino is the current frontrunner and widespread reports on Wednesday claim United’s squad are in favour of appointing the Argentine as they feel his man-management and Premier League gives him the edge over others. And Rooney believes that, given United’s standing, they need to appoint a long-term manager to be in a position to win the league when Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are no longer at Man City and Liverpool respe...

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has claimed that Chelsea are currently the best team in the world. City increased their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 12 points after their 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Guardiola’s side are on course to lift the Premier League trophy for the fourth time in the last five campaigns and are also one of the favourites to win the Champions League this season. But Guardiola has dismissed the suggestion that City are the best team in the world and says Chelsea, who won the Champions League last campaign and are in the Club World Cup final, should be given that tag.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘We are not the best team in the...

Michail Antonio has questioned the reaction to Kurt Zouma’s cat-attack video and asks if what the player has done is worse than a player who has been found guilty of racism. Zouma has been fined £250,000 by West Ham while his two cats have been seized by the RSPCA after the sickening video which was posted on Snapchat by his brother Yoan. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Frenchman has also lost out on his sponsorship with Adidas, who terminated its deal with the defender on Wednesday. David Moyes opted to play Zouma in West Ham’s 1-0 win over Watford on Tuesday and West Ham have faced calls to sack the player in response to the incident.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But Antonio has said there are players who hav...

Thomas Tuchel kept in touch with Chelsea assistant Zsolt Low as he gave the coach instructions during their Club World Cup semi-final 1-0 victory over Al-Hilal. The Blues booked their spot in Saturday’s final against Brazilian team Palmeiras with a 1-0 win over the Saudi Arabian club through Romelu Lukaku’s strike. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chelsea are currently without manager Tuchel, who has been unable to join his team in Abu Dhabi after testing positive for coronavirus. But he was still able to give his instructions at the break over the phone, requesting his players slow down the frantic pace of the match in the early stages.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘We talked to Thomas at half-time. We had a good c...

Mikel Arteta has hit back at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s claim that he was his ‘only problem’ at Arsenal by saying he was the ‘solution’ to the player’s troubles. The Gabon international joined Barcelona on deadline day after the Gunners agreed to terminate his contract. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Aubameyang was stripped of the captaincy in December after his latest disciplinary breach and he didn’t play for Arsenal again before his move to the Camp Nou. On his arrival at Barcelona, Aubameyang claimed Arteta was the only reason that he left the London club.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Asked what the ‘problem’ was at Arsenal, Aubameyang said: ‘I think it was only with him and then he took this decision. ‘He...

Peter Crouch has slammed some of Manchester United’s players for undermining Ralf Rangnick and ka bono their frustrations in public. Rangnick has endured a tricky few weeks on and off the pitch in recent months with several reports of a dressing room unrest surface. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jesse Lingard recently took to Twitter to explain why he missed United’s FA Cup defeat to Middlesbrough after disagreeing with Rangnick explaining the midfielder had asked to take some time off. Rio Ferdinand names the three best goalkeepers in the world Jay Jay Okocha hails Chelsea player as the ‘best in the world’ Rio Ferdinand reveals who to blame for Jadon Sancho’s struggles at Man Utd Last month, Anthony Martial denied the manager’s claim he refu...

Rio Ferdinand has hailed Chelsea goalkeeper and Africa Cup of Nations winner Edouard Mendy & named him as one of the three best goalies in the world. Mendy has been a revelation since joining Chelsea in the summer of 2020, displaying Kepa as the club’s first-choice keeper and helping the Blues win the UEFA Champions League last campaign. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The 29-year-old won more silverware with Senegal this week as he helped the country win their first-ever AFCON trophy, saving a penalty in their shootout win over Egypt. Rio Ferdinand reveals who to blame for Jadon Sancho’s struggles at Man Utd Jay Jay Okocha hails Chelsea player as the ‘best in the world’ Mane reveals what he told Mo Salah after Senegal beat Egypt in AFCON fina...