Sir Alex Ferguson delivered a bizarre chess-inspired team talk ahead of Manchester United’s 2008 Champions League final victory over Chelsea, explaining to them how much he believed in them. According to former United midfielder Darren Fletcher, Ferguson referenced the depth of the ‘great’ squad – with player like Louis Saha […]
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Chelsea legend Michael Essien says he would have ‘loved’ to play for Manchester United but he couldn’t turn down the Blues after Didier Drogba teamed up with Jose Mourinho to convince him to move to the club. The Ghanian was at Lyon when he was the subject of a tug-of-war […]
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho moaned about a change that he made at Manchester United when returning to Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed. The Portuguese was sacked by the Red Devils in December 2018 and be was eventually replaced by Solskjaer. He had spent two-and-a-half years at the club by that point, […]
Chelsea have not set a time frame for the return of N’Golo Kante’s to training and would be open to allowing the Frenchman to miss the rest of the campaign. Kante was part of the squad that took part in Tuesday’s session, but was absent on Wednesday and Thursday amid […]
Romelu Lukaku has lifted the lid on his relationship with former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas and revealed he will ‘never forgive’ the coach for repeated snubs at the club. Villas-Boas signed the Belgium international from Anderlecht in the summer of 2011, but the striker played most of the campaign with […]
Arsenal midfielder Dani Ceballos has appeared to confirm June 20 as the restart date for the Premier League. The 2019-20 campaign has been suspended since March 13, with June 12 initially the date reported for a resumption. After a unanimous vote at a shareholders’ meeting on Monday, Premier League teams have returned to socially […]
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to have taken aim to Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez by saying that he would ‘rather have a hole in the squad than an a**ehole’. The Norwegian was intent on transforming the atmosphere at the club the moment he took over from Jose […]
N’Golo Kante was allowed to miss Chelsea’s phase-one training on Wednesday due to concerns over his safety as the Premier League begins the early steps of its project restart. The midfielder tested negative for coronavirus on Tuesday and conducted his first socially distanced training session under Lampard at the club’s Training Centre. Lampard gave […]
Jorginho’s agent claims the midfielder is happy at Chelsea and claims Seria A giants Juventus have not made an approach. The Italy international has been an important part of Frank Lampard’s midfield this campaign with 37 matches in all competitions. Maurizio Sarri, who was instrumental in bringing Jorginho to Chelsea […]
Montreal Impact midfielder Victor Wanyama has said Sadio Mane felt Southampton players did not want to pass to him during their time together at the Premier League club. The two African footballers were part of Pochettino’s side at St Mary’s Stadium and the Kenyan captain has revealed how Mane approached him for a […]