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 […]
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Juventus’ director of football has spoken out on reports linking the club with a move for Manchester United star Paul Pogba. Pogba started his professional career at Manchester United but joined Juventus in 2012. Two years ago he returned to Old Trafford for a then-world record transfer fee. But the […]
UEFA have announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will serve only a one-match ban after being sent off in Juventus ‘ Champions League clash with Valencia. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was controversially shown a red card following a clash with Jeison Murillo at Mestalla, although Juve went on to win through […]
Cristiano Ronaldo may get to return to Old Trafford to face old club Manchester United after being shown a straight red card in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Valencia. The Portugal international was sent off in the 29th minute at the Mestalla after a clash with defender Jeison Murillo. Ronaldo tussled […]
Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri slammed his player Douglas Costa for spitting in the mouth of an opponent. Costa was shown a straight red card in the game against Sassuolo when he clashed with Federico Di Francesco, and appeared to spit in his mouth. Images of the incident have sparked […]
Liverpool midfielder Fabinho believes Chelsea could live to regret sending Tiemoue Bakayoko on loan without giving his former Monaco teammate a fair chance. The France international was signed a season ago by Antonio Conte in a £35million deal but he failed to live up to expectation at Stamford Bridge, although […]
N’Golo Kante has revealed that he is a trained accountant, and that he worked towards it because he was not certain if he would make it as a professional footballer. Kante has been a revelation since moving to the Premier League, winning the Premier League title for Leicester and Chelsea […]
The choice to give the Croatia international the award caused a stir, but the Blancos defender has backed Modric over the Juventus forward. Sergio Ramos claims that Real team-mate Luka Modric deserved to win the UEFA Player of the Year award ahead of those with “more marketing”, such as Cristiano […]
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has confirmed that he found out he had been sacked by Napoli only by watching the news on television. The Italian boss took over at Stamford Bridge this summer following a remarkable spell with the Serie A team. He secured Napoli’s highest ever points return last […]
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi considers Real Madrid to be “less good” without Cristiano Ronaldo, but concedes Juventus have now become “clear favourites” for the Champions League trophy. Having spent nine years locking horns with an eternal rival in La Liga, an important figure at Camp Nou now finds himself freed […]