With the new season approaching, teams are composing their teams to compete in a demanding Premier League campaign. Chelsea aren’t any exception as Antonio Conte is looking for another four players at least to make Chelsea competitive in both the Premier League and Champions League. Despite spending over a 100 million pounds on new arrivals,
After Sunday’s defeat at Huddersfield, Newcastle United began the season with two losses from two games. It has no doubt been a poor start, with fans and associates of the Magpies expecting better. However, since the season began, and especially after the Huddersfield match, pundits and the media alike have not stopped short of slating
Like Tottenham Hotspur in England; Italy’s S.S.C. Napoli have come very close to winning their country’s domestic league title; Serie A in recent years. Last season they eventually finished in 3rd position, only 5 points behind eventual winners Juventus. Along with Roma, the Naples outfit have been knocking on the door for their first Scudetto
West Bromwich Albion defender Jonny Evans has been linked with a big money move to Premier League giants Manchester City, as the Citizen’s look to bolster their squad further prior to the transfer window slamming firmly shut. City boss Pep Guardiola remains in the market for a central defender and sees Evans as an ideal
A Champions League triumph with Porto, Premier League success on his debut season in England, an Italian quadruple, Jose Mourinho is the self professed ‘Special One’ but if recent unfolding are anything to go by, the Portuguese is essentially the ‘Special Two’. No single manager has mastered and perfected the art of success on the
The Cyle Larin era in Orlando City has seen some ups and downs but it is becoming more and more apparent that OCSC must move past Larin to be successful in MLS. Despite all the good things, there is just something missing in Orlando for Larin. First the good Larin is the leading scorer
From the tenacious era of Roy Keane to the glory days of Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United have often had trouble replacing key performers at the club; none more so than Michael Carrick. Now in his eleventh year at the club, the former England international was rewarded with the armband- taking over from Wayne Rooney who
A lot has been written about Manchester United’s back-to-back 4-0 victories, and a lot has been written about the power, aggression and clinical nature of Jose Mourinho’s side. Confident and arrogant Whilst this is true – the physicality of Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba will have something to do with the discourse
After weeks of wrangling and negotiation Everton have finally got their man and for £5 million less than Swansea were initially asking. Result! £45 million man Gylfi Sigurdsson, Iceland’s best export since fish, will now line up in an Everton side flush with new signings, some fresh faced and young, some familiar and old. In
Last season was a mixed one for Swansea City. Starting the season off incredibly poorly, gaining only 4 points from their first 7 games, Francesco Guidolin was replaced by Bob Bradley. To say that Bradley’s reign at the Swans was awful is an understatement, as he only gained 8 points from a possible 33. Unsurprisingly,
They say ‘a week in football is a long time’. For Harry Kewell, it’s not been a happy week. Down in West Sussex, the eyes were raised in the summer when the ex Liverpool and Leeds star turned away from the comfort and non-headline grabbing Watford Under 23’s and headed south to try and turn
Swansea City were hung out to dry as Manchester United put up another swashbuckling performance on Match Day 2; plucking every strand of feather off the Swans with a 4-0 decimation at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday. Paul Clement’s charges showed some spunk during the opening half, defending with nine men to limit United’s fluid
We are Accrington Stanley football club, and we drink a lot of milk, And when we’re on the football pitch - we pass the ball like silk. We are in division two, but we’re battling for promotion, Our aim is to reach the dizzy heights of league division one. We want to play
Today, online casinos have revolutionised betting by bringing bettors’ favourites out of the land-based establishments and giving punters the opportunity to bet anytime, anywhere. Also, the invention of live dealer games - online casino games featuring real human beings interacting with cards and tables via a video stream - is significantly helping online betting to
As Atletico Madrid head into the start of the La Liga season this weekend, the club would be forgiven for letting out the briefest sigh of relief after having negotiated a transfer window in which they couldn’t register new signings but haven’t lost any key first team players. Antoine Griezmann was expected to be the
Liverpool FC’s first taste of Champion’s League football in three years is a bittersweet one. The Reds are taking two crucial away goals back to Anfield after their first leg victory against 1899 Hoffenheim in the qualifiers. Despite a 2-1 win and great play from the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mané and Mohammed Salah,
Nobody expected to see West Ham taking anything from the first match of the new season at Old Trafford last Saturday. And they fully justified expectations with a 4-0 loss, but it could be a lot worse, with a few more goals into a Joe Hart’s net. The Hammers played poorly from the start of
In the 2016 season under Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni, the Colorado Rapids were able to end the season with their first winning record since 2013 and made a deep run into the MLS playoffs. After back-to-back losing seasons Mastroeni’s Rapids looked to be on the right track for years to come. Less than a year
Paris Saint-Germain have recently smashed world transfer records in signing Brazilian superstar forward Neymar Jnr for approximately 211 million euros. Not only is this a huge coup for the French team in marketing terms, but he’ll also greatly improve the existing squad. In fact, it could be argued now that Les Rouge-et-Bleu finally have a
Earlier this summer Mexican striker Javier Hernández, commonly known as Chicharito, made his return to the Premier League after being signed by West Ham United in a £16m deal from Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen. The forward is familiar with the Premier League after spending five years with Manchester United. He was signed from Mexican club
This weekend’s League One action saw Rotherham United hit Southend for five, Pep Clotet’s Oxford United finish the round of fixtures top of the pile and recently relegated Blackburn Rovers are still yet to register points. Results AFC Wimbledon 0 – 1 Shrewsbury Blackburn 1 – 3 Doncaster Blackpool 1 - 0 MK Dons
West Ham proved to be no match for Manchester United on the first Super Sunday of the season as the Red Devils breezed past Slaven Bilic’s side with a 4-0 victory. The man of the moment Romelu Lukaku lived up to the billing, as he opened his account of the season with a fine brace-
One of the take home points from the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Premier League season was just how little has changed at both Arsenal and Liverpool with the defensive issues that plagued their respective efforts last year still alarmingly present in their first matches this season. Arsenal just about grabbed a 4-3 victory at
A red card (make that two), an aggrieved Italian on the touchlines and a downright hammering; everything that could go wrong did go wrong when Chelsea launched their title defense on the receiving end of a beat down against Burnley. Not exactly the kind of team you would expect to frustrate Antonio Conte’s charges, but
Blaise Matuidi’s reported £18 million/20 million Euros move to Juventus has represented a talking point surrounding the values of players in today’s transfer market. Good value? Yes, probably. Is it a risk for Juventus? At £18 million, one wouldn’t think so. The Serie A champions are strengthening their core with a reliable high calibre experienced