Marcos Alonso has aimed a fresh dig at Frank Lampard after claiming Chelsea took a huge ‘tactical’ step forward once Thomas Tuchel was appointed as head coach. Club legend Lampard was sacked last January after a poor run of results which culminated in him losing the dressing room with some […]
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Thiago Silva has stressed the importance of ‘spectacular footballer’ Cesar Azpilicueta to Chelsea as Barcelona consider signing the Spanish defender. Azpilicueta has played more than 450 matches for Chelsea since signing from Marseille ten years ago, winning every major trophy available to him during his spell at Stamford Bridge. Despite […]
Eden Hazard is set to miss Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final clash with Chelsea as he prepares to have surgery on his leg. Hazard, who signed for Real Madrid from Chelsea in 2019, will have a plate removed in his right leg, which was implanted after the Belgian broke his […]
Fabio Capello claims the goalscoring records of Tammy Abraham and Romelu Lukaku in Serie A were signs that Italy’s World Cup humiliation was on the cards. Italy won last summer’s European Championships, but that success largely papered over the gaping cracks which have been exposed during Italy’s attempts to qualify […]
Manchester United fear Marcus Rashford is ‘becoming a ghost’ during games but the club are hopeful his time on training pitch during the international break can revive his form. Rashford was left out of the England team for friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast after a poor run of form […]
Gareth Bale has branded the criticism of him in the Spanish press as ‘disgusting’ and made a pointed comment on his lack of game time at Real Madrid after putting in a good display for Wales. Despite playing just two games for Real since the end of August, he showed […]
Roberto Mancini says it is too early to talk about his future as Italy manager after they failed to qualify for the World Cup, while Jorginho was in tears after he lost to North Macedonia. Just eight months after winning Euro 2020, Italy swapped jubilation for despair after a 92nd-minute […]
Toni Kroos concedes Real Madrid couldn’t have asked for a tougher Champions League draw as they face Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea in the quarter-final. Madrid knocked out PSG to reach the last eight of the European competition as Karim Benzema delivered a superb second-half hat-trick in the return leg at the […]
Antonio Rudiger is stalling on a decision on his Chelsea future because he wants discussions with the next Manchester United head coach, according to reports. The defender is out of contract with the London side in the summer and is yet to agree a new contract but has plenty of […]
Jorginho’s heart remains in Italy and the Chelsea midfielder is dreaming about a return to Serie A this summer window, according to his agent. The 30-year-old struggled to adapt to the rigours of the Premier League after moving to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2018 along with his former […]