Author: JB

Bukayo Saka has been forced to miss Arsenal’s Premier League huge game against Manchester United due to a hip injury. The 19-year-old, who has been one of Arsenal’s standout players this campaign was expected to continue his run in the team but Gabriel Martinelli will replace him, the only change from the club’s 3-1 win at Southampton. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is also absent – in order to be with his mother who is struggling with health issues – Thomas Partey and Smith Rowe start the game despite concerns over their fitness. Both players were taken off with cramp in the second half against the Saints in midweek but have been passed fit to play against United. And Kieran Tierney has failed to return to full fitness after...

Joe Cole says Chelsea made a big ‘mistake’ sacking Frank Lampard just 18 months after he returned to Stamford Bridge as he believes the club’s culture was beginning to change for the better under his former team-mate. Asked whether he had spoken to Lampard, Cole told JOE.co.uk: ‘I messaged Frank on Saturday, just the usual one, good luck for the game against Luton and I didn’t see it coming. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘Now when I step back and I put my pundit head on and I know the history of Chelsea, you almost feel a bit soppy for not seeing it coming because that’s the culture of the club. ‘They’ve gone through managers and Roman and his team and his directors would argue the fact that since Roman’s come into the job, no club has won more trophies...

Premier League teams will be able to make up to two concussion substitutions per match in a radical new rule change. It was reported earlier this week how all 20 top-flight clubs were set to vote in favour of Fifa's global trial starting from next month. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Clubs will now be able to make two substitutions regardless of whether they have already used the maximum amount of subs allowed in a game. But in the Premier League's bid to avoid possible abuse of the rule, opposition teams will be able to make a change at the same time. The need for concussion substitutions was escalated when Arsenal's David Luiz carried on after colliding with Raul Jimenez in a serious clash last month. Luiz - who required seven stitches after the...

Thomas Tuchel says he is confident it won’t take long for his new Chelsea changes to get to grips with his tactical demands after last night's goalless draw against Wolves. The German coach took charge of his first game after his appointment as Frank Lampard’s successor was confirmed and named, by his own admission, an ‘unfair’ starting lineup. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham, who all featured prominently under Lampard, were named on the bench as Tuchel put faith in a core of more experienced players at the club. Callum Hudson-Odoi was the only academy graduate to start the game and even he was selected in an unfamiliar wing-back role in a 3-5-2 formation which saw their attack spearheaded by Giroud. Tuchel was deprived...