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Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has raised his salary demands and is now seeking around £225,000-per-week before a signing-on bonus to stay at the club. The Germany international is out of contract at the end of the campaign and he’s snubbed a number of proposals from Chelsea’s board to stay at Stamford Bridge. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Thomas Tuchel is desperate to keep Rudiger, who has been one of Chelsea’s star performers so far this campaign. But those performances have only strengthened Rudiger’s belief that he should be one of the club’s top earners and he currently has an offer on the table from Real Madrid to move to La Liga.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Blues were taken aback at the start of t...

Wayne Rooney claims he was once told to leave his wife Coleen in hospital to get ready for a Manchester United game, only to be left on the bench by Sir Alex Ferguson. Rooney and Ferguson shared a special relationship during their time together at United with the Scot taking him under his wing after signing him from Everton in 2004. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But in 2009 Rooney lost his rag with his manager after the birth of his first son Kai. The Derby manager has revealed Ferguson told him to leave his wife Coleen in hospital to be ready for a Champions League game with CSKA Moscow. Rooney reluctantly followed his orders but was not pleased when he had to start the clash on the bench.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push...

Ralf Rangnick is facing a new dressing room revolt with Manchester United’s players not happy about how things have played out after Jesse Lingard’s omission from Friday’s game. Lingard missed United’s FA Cup defeat to Middlesbrough on penalties with Rangnick saying the player had told him he wasn’t in the right frame of mind to play. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘He asked me and the club if we could give him a couple of days off just to clear up his mind and he will be back in the group, I suppose, next Monday, back for training and then be a regular part of the whole squad again,’ Rangnick revealed in the lead up to the game. But, the former West Ham loanee took to Twitter to give his version of events after, posting: ‘The club advised me to have...

Roy Keane has slammed the ‘dreadful’ displays of Dean Henderson and Joe Lumley after Middlesbrough’s FA Cup penalty shoot-out win over Manchester United. The Red devils took the lead through Jadon Sancho with the visitors equalising in the second half of the game through a goal from Matt Crooks. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford, Fernandes and Anthony Elanga were all guilty of missing chances for United to put the game to bed with a penalty shoot-out deciding the contest after no breakthrough after 120 minutes. Middlesbrough had a dramatic 8-7 shoot-out victory with Elanga missing the decisive spot kick, sending his effort straight over the bar.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While th...

Former Chelsea and West Ham player, Carlton Cole has blasted Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo, saying he has contributed nothing to the club since his return from Juventus. Cole also sympathised with Anthony Elanga after the player missed the penalty that led to United’s defeat during the penalty shootout against Middlesbrough. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Cole also conceded it’s ‘weird’ to see the Red devils in their current state, saying their players appear to be lacking drive and motivation. “Who is in that changing room and actually leading by example? Yes, Ronaldo does it, but he came out the other day saying most of these young boys don’t listen. It’s a different era now and they respond to other things.      (adsbygoogle = wi...

Glen Johnson believes Chelsea won’t be satisfied with just finishing in the top four this campaign and should focus on closing the gap to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. The Blues currently sit third in the Premier League table, 10 points ahead of fifth-placed West Ham but 10 adrift of league leaders Manchester City. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chelsea started the season in fine form, leading the title race ahead of Liverpool and City, but have since dropped off while Pep Guardiola’s side have seemingly ran away with it. Last month marked a whole year since Tuchel took over from Frank Lampard with the German coach winning the Champions League in his first few months in charge.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Supp...