Sven-Goran Eriksson persuaded Roman Abramovich to buy Chelsea instead of Spurs – after mistakenly thinking the billionaire was a chauffeur at their first meeting. The Swede told the billionaire he had more chance of succeeding at the Blues as he would only have to “change half the team”. But Eriksson […]
Jurgen Klopp rejected Manchester United because he believed the club was too commercially motivated, according to ex-Liverpool forward Robbie Fowler. Klopp recently marked four years since taking over at the club, during which time he has transformed the team from the one he inherited from his predecessor Brendan Rodgers. He […]
France head coach Didier Deschamps has played down the severity of N’Golo Kante’s injury after the Chelsea midfielder picked up a problem in the warm-up prior to Friday game. The France international, who has been dealing with a number of injury niggles this campaign, had been in the starting XI […]
Real Madrid still haven’t seen the real Eden Hazard, according to formal Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger – but even when they do, he still won’t replace Ronaldo. Hazard registered his first La Liga goal and assist in Madrid’s last match before the international break, a 4-2 victory over Granada which […]
Lyon have failed with an ambitious approach to hire Jose Mourinho as their new head coach, with the Portuguese manager desperate to secure an imminent return to the Premier League. The former Manchester United and Chelsea manager is waiting for the right chance to return to club management after being […]
Lionel Messi feared Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar would move to Real Madrid in the summer window if Barcelona failed to land his signature. The Brazil international made it clear that he wanted to leave Parc des Princes but after a period of intense speculation that stretched throughout the window, he […]
Paulo Dybala has revealed he never had any intention of leaving Italy during the summer as both Manchester United and Tottenham both agreed a fee with Juve for the forward, before it was decided he would remain with the club. Dybala admitted he struggled with all the speculation about his […]
Arsenal star Shkodran Mustafi insists he’s taken no notice of a poll conducted by Spanish publication Marca which named him the second worst defender in the world. After more than 150,000 votes were cast, Manchester United defender Phil Jones (47%) beat Shkodran Mustafi (35%) to the title that neither of […]
Manchester United midfielder Fred concedes the underperforming Red Devils have to accept the criticism being directed at them and “shut up and work on the pitch”. The 2019-20 season is proving to be another testing one for all concerned at Old Trafford and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is seeing questions asked […]
Former Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo has revealed that one of the club’s previous managers urged Roman Abramovich to remove the club’s academy. Emenalo, who spent a decade in several roles at Stamford Bridge before leaving in 2017, took responsibility for developing the club’s young players under managers including Jose […]