UEFA has confirmed the top Premier League top four will automatically qualify for the Champions League group stages starting from next season. The changes also affects the top four sides in Spain, Italy and Germany with them also skipping the qualifying rounds. The fourth-placed teams in these leagues previously had […]
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Antonio Conte has emerged as Italy’s first choice to become new coach in a role he left just in 2016. The Italian coached his team for two years between 2014 and 2016 and even guided them to a quarter-final finish at the Euros. Conte joined Chelsea where he won the […]
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard is the best dribbler in Europe’s top five leagues, ahead of Neymar and Lionel Messi, according to the recent research by the CIES Football Observatory. The Belgium international was on top when calculations were made that multiplied the average number of dribbles per game with the percentage […]
Zinedine Zidane has hit back at Morata after the Spaniard said he moved to Chelsea due to lack of enough playing opportunities for high-profile games at Real Madrid. Earlier this month, Morata talked on why he left Madrid, saying: ‘I played lots of games but always with the second choice […]
The Belgium international has been in spectacular form for Manchester United this season but thinks the criticism he receives is too much. Romelu Lukaku feels he has proved himself as a striker and believes he deserves more respect for his goalscoring record. The 24-year-old has netted 22 goals in 40 […]
Jose Mourinho has aimed a sly dig at Chelsea after Manchester United’s 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. Willian had given Chelsea the lead but Lukaku leveled the game before half-time. However, United took the lead with 15 minutes to go through Jesse Lingard. After the win, Mourinho appeared […]
Antonio Conte admits that he regrets allowing Nemanja Matic join Manchester United in the summer transfer window. Nemanja Matic was part of the Chelsea team that won the Premier League title last season but he was allowed to join United in a £40m deal. The Serbia international is expected to […]
Arsene Wenger has responded to Roy Keane’s criticism of Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere after his poor performance in the Europa League. Speaking to ITV following Arsenal’s home defeat to Östersunds FK in the Europa League, Keane calles Wilshere the ‘most overrated player on the planet’. ‘Where do I start? I […]
Manchester City will meet head of referees Mike Riley over issues that challenges on their players are not being punished enough. The Premier League leaders want the FA to punish diving retrospectively to be expanded to yellow cards for tackles that could be seen as a red. Manchester City director […]
Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes have criticised Romelu Lukaku after Manchester United’s poor performance against Sevilla. Manchester United had David De Gea to thank after his important saves helped the club to a 0-0 draw with the Spanish side. United failed to create many clear-cut chances, with Lukaku volleying over […]
