Pep Guardiola exit rumours have been heating up since it was revealed Manchester City are considering acting internally towards the end of the Premier League season for the right to sign the next manager. The club have said Guardiola is yet to sign for a year, but several sources close to the deal believe the Spaniard may be in a position to move on after Sunday’s game at...
Mohamed Salah has given a clear message to Liverpool days before the conclusion of his emotional exit from Anfield, urging Liverpool to once again become a fearsome “heavy metal football”. Salah was keen to praise Liverpool as a team that was “crumbling” once more, following their crushing 4-2 loss against Aston Villa, and suggested the club had lost the “aggressive” style of play and “aggressiveness” that was as...
The former Bayer Leverkusen coach is now the Stamford Bridge face of the future for Xabi Alonso Chelsea as the Blues announced his hiring on a four-year deal in July. After another season of managerial instability, in-fighting and unpredictable performances, Chelsea’s management are looking to one of Europe’s top young coaches to bring stability and direction to the club. The announcement followed within 24 hours of Chelsea’s defeat...
Situated on the biggest of the most unsuccessful finishes to last season, Liverpool’s swirl was the more recent of meagre defeats with a stark 4-2 demolition at Villa Park being the final blow for the visitor side at the hands of Aston Villa’s Arne Slot side. Once the moment was in the other team’s favour, it is now turning sour and defensive, and there is uncertainty over Liverpool’s...
Real Madrid are in advanced talks with Jose Mourinho to re-sign him to the Santiago Bernabeu – and after what a dramatic stint the Spaniard has endured as a manager, he has shown a strong thirst for the experience. Over a decade later since he finished his first spell away from Spain, Mourinho has bounced back to be considered on top of the pile for a club that...
Michael Carrick’s game in the Premier League wasn’t what anyone could have hoped for – and that goes for the boys’ eyes too but Casemiro, at 34, has yet to demonstrate all his worth with Manchester United. When the Brazilian was left out of the squad, United’s midfield lacked the depth, leadership and control that was a worry at the turn of the season. Carrick said that Casemiro...
The Manchester United qualifies to the official stage of the Man Utd Champions League but officially finalizes the process in dramatic fashion as Manchester United triumphs over Liverpool in a high stakes confrontation that delivers both on field and off field drama. On a day, when the club announced its return to the elite competition in Europe, during a day with the news that legendary former manager, Sir...
As Manchester United inch closer to a return to Europe’s elite competition, the euphoria at Old Trafford is tempered by thoughts of the future. A tough 2-1 win over Brentford brings them closer to European glory but behind the sprawling billboards, eyes and ears are fixed on the next summer, and the next stage of the rebuilding project. The Brentford victory filled the air with excitement. The crowd...
Pep Guardiola has put Manchester City at a place where they are most comfortable, which is the first place in the premier league table. A narrow 1 0 at Turf Moor over Burnley had left City again on top of Arsenal and rejuvenated the feeling that this time once more the champions just managed to run in time. It was not glitzy or their roughest performance yet in...
Tottenham Hotspur went out of wild celebrations to a state of its death as Brighton scored just in the dying seconds of a half to score a dramatic draw leaving Spurs survival hopes in a thread. What promised to be an epic fight in the race to relegation areas turned out to be yet another sad episode in a dismal season of failure. It is now time to...