Manchester United captain Antonio Valencia has apologised after he liked a post on Instagram which called for the sack of manager Jose Mourinho. An account dedicated to the United captain, called ‘teamvalencia25’, posted after their 0-0 draw at home to Valencia on Tuesday, saying: “I’m not even surprised about the […]
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Jose Mourinho has defended Paul Scholes’ right to express his opinion as “freedom of speech” after the United legend called the current boss “embarrassing”. Scholes’ comments came in the build-up to a goalless draw with Valencia, also talking about his surprise that Mourinho survived a 3-1 Premier League loss to […]
Manchester United are considering a move for Juventus’ Beppe Marotta and Antonio Conte as talks over the future of Jose Mourinho at the club continue. Valencia will play United at Old Trafford tonight looking to inflict a defeat which could mean the end of Mourinho’s fractious two-year tenure. United’s start […]
Pochettino is preparing his Tottenham side to face Messi and Barcelona in a Champions League showdown at Wembley on Wednesday. But the head coach used to play for, and then managed, Barca’s rivals Espanyol – and he says Messi came close to joining him in the summer of 2005. Pochettino […]
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger fears the club are becoming overly reliant on Eden Hazard ’s incredible goalscoring form. The Belgium international has been on form since Maurizio Sarri’s appointment and has scored eight goals in nine appearances for club and country this campaign. Hazard was on target again in Saturday’s […]
Paul Pogba has added fuel to the fire of his disintegrating relationship with Jose Mourinho by rejecting interviews after Manchester United’s latest loss with a four-word reply: “You want me dead?” A 3-1 loss against West Ham on Saturday means United have taken just 10 points from their first seven […]
Maurizio Sarri concedes he has been pleasantly surprised by the ability of David Luiz and says the defender was “confused” by his lack of game time under former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. Luiz had been an important figure in Chelsea’s title-winning campaign in Conte’s first year as head coach, but […]
Virgil van Dijk has said Liverpool’s players can cope with manager Jurgen Klopp’s ruthless squad rotation, conceding the only alternative would be to exit the club. Klopp has made a several changes throughout Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the campaign, which, even though the winning run came to an end, was […]
Alexis Sanchez regrets his decision to leave Arsenal for Manchester United and is reportedly angry with Jose Mourinho. The Chile international forced his exit from Arsenal in January after threatening to wind down his contract and United beat Manchester City to his signature after agreeing a mouth-watering £500,000-a-week deal. Sanchez […]
Cesc Fabregas has said that he believes Chelsea could struggle to keep Eden Hazard next summer window unless they agree a on a new contract. According to reports, Chelsea are prepared to make Hazard the highest-paid player in the club’s history if he agrees to sign a new long-term deal, […]