Premier League

Nick Candy has promised Chelsea supporters their club will continue to sign major players in the transfer market if his consortium ends up buying the club from Roman Abramovich. The deadline for offers to be made for the Premier League giants passed on Friday evening, and Candy’s Blue Football Consortium, backed by cash from the USA, Europe and South Korea, remains in the running. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Candy faces huge competition to complete a takeover which will be handled by The Raine Group, who want to conclude a quick sale with the club still operating under a special, restrictive license which was issued after the UK Government’s decision to sanction Abramovich. The 49-year-old remains confident he will emerge victorious and says he will...

Antonio Rudiger will leave Chelsea in the summer and the player has already agreed a four-year deal with Juventus, according to reports. Having been deemed almost surplus to requirements by Frank Lampard, Rudiger has been one of the main benificiary of Chelsea’s decision to replace the club legend with Thomas Tuchel. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The 29-year-old has emerged as the key defensive cornerstone in the Chelsea side and is a popular, authoritative figure in the dressing room. Rudiger, however, is out of contract at the end of the campaign and he had been seeking parity with Chelsea’s top earners, long before the Government’s decision to seize Roman Abramovich’s assets.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Under...

Darren Bent has advised Manchester United to replace nine players in the summer and says the club are ‘miles away’ from winning the Premier League. United’s defeat to Atletico Madrid earlier in the week ensured they will go a fifth consecutive season without winning a trophy. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A drought such as that would have been unthinkable under Sir Alex Ferguson, who led United to 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues and five FA Cups. Former England striker Bent expects the Red devils to go through a rebuild at the end of the campaign and has named nine first-team players who he believes should be offloaded.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He told talkSPORT: ‘The ones you keep are [Davi...

Joe Cole has backed Chelsea to progress to the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Real Madrid and says there is a big chance of another all-English final. Current holders Chelsea were pitted against 13-time winners Real Madrid at Friday’s quarter and semi-final draw ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); These two sides met at the semi-final stage last campaign, with Thomas Tuchel’s side securing a 3-1 win on aggregate and going on to beat Man City in the final to lift the trophy. Cole expects a similar outcome this time around and says the Blues will be ‘reasonably happy’ with the draw, particularly as they avoided Premier League rivals Man City and Liverpool.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || [])....

Thomas Tuchel says his Chelsea team face a ‘big challenge’ after drawing La Liga giants Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea avoided Premier League rivals Liverpool and Man City in Friday’s draw but may feel aggrieved after being pitted against Real Madrid. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Madrid are currently ten points clear in the Spanish league and shocked Paris Saint-Germain in the previous round thanks to Karim Benzema’s second-half hat-trick. Chelsea, though, have enjoyed a good European campaign thus far and beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals of last year's Champions League on their way to lifting the trophy.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Reacting to the draw, Tuchel said o...

Antonio Conte has hit back at Mikel Arteta after the Arsenal boss revealed he was concerned about the schedule his team are set to endure over the coming weeks. The Gunners were beaten by Liverpool in midweek and have been given just three days to recover ahead of Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Arteta’s side will also face tight turnaround in between potentially key games against Chelsea and Manchester United next month, while the Spaniard revealed he was ‘concerned’ as to when the Premier League would schedule the north London derby. That fixture was postponed earlier this campaign, despite Arsenal’s squad affected by just one case of coronavirus at the time. Arteta faced huge criticism at the time, not least from Spurs...

Frank Lampard has revealed he broke his hand while celebrating Everton’s winning goal in Thursday’s massive Premier League game against Newcastle United. The Toffees have been on a poor run of form recently and looked short on ideas for much of the game at Goodison Park – which was interrupted for a long period of time after a protestor tied himself to the goalpost. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Late in normal time, Everton’s task was made harder when midfielder Allan was shown a red card, with Newcastle looking most likely to find a winning goal. But a superb, mazy run and one-two with Dominic Calvert-Lewin saw Alex Iwobi fire the home team into the lead in the 99th minute, sparking jubilant scenes.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ...

Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Manchester United for another campaign and trusts the club’s hierarchy will appoint a world-class manager this summer, according to reports. The Portuguese forward had delivered some rather poor displays since the turn of the year and there were even claims interim boss Ralf Rangnick was considering dropping him. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick against Tottenham last week to remind everyone just how potent he can still be – even if he followed that up with a peripheral performance against Atletico Madrid. United’s Champions League exit at the hands of Diego Simeone’s side means they will extend their wait for a trophy to five years – with a top-four finish the only prize on offer this campa...