He has not impressed at all during the World Cup, but that has not discouraged Chelsea from submitting a formal £40million offer to Liverpool for Fernando Torres. It seems that Torres is Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti’s top target and Roman Abramovich is ready to bankroll the deal. The bid puts new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson […]
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While we all gear up for this weekend’s matches I offer up one quick prediction: England is doomed. It pains me to say this as I had great hopes for this England side. Capello seems a Mourinho without the smarm. David James is at that stage that older keepers, baseball pitchers and country club tennis […]
Nicolas Anelka got a jump on his summer holidays ahead of his Frence teammates as France announced they had sent the Chelsea striker home from the World Cup following a dressing-room bust-up with French coach Raymond Domenech. Anelka was asked to apologise by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes and, upon refusing to do so, […]
The 2010-2011 Premier League schedule has been released and it throws up two very interesting games on the opening weekend. Liverpool start the post-Rafael Benitez era with a home match against Arsenal, while Tottenham and Manchester City meet at White Hart Lane. Champions Chelsea get a very easy start in defense of their title as […]
Friday was not a good day for Premier League stars in South Africa. First came the news that England captain Rio Ferdinand will miss the World Cup after injuring himself in training. That was followed by news that Ivory Coast and Chelsea star Didier Drogba had fractured his elbow in a warm-up game against Japan. […]
The thought before the Chelsea v Wigan game would be that is would be a nervy affair for Chelsea and the longer the game stayed scoreless the more pressure Chelsea would face. But those predictions were thrown out the window when Anelka scored after six minutes at Stamford Bridge, you could feel the relief around […]
Chelsea’s terrible week continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn and drop to 4 points behind Manchester United, although Chelsea have a game in hand. Didier Drogba’s 22nd Premier League goal of the season had given Chelsea an early lead but for large parts of the game Blackburn defended well, led […]
Real Madrid has once again regained the top spot the Deloitte Football Money League, but that is only because of the continuing decline of the pound against the euro. The Deloitte Football Money League list is based on clubs’ revenue excluding transfer fees Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said: “All […]
Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan won the first leg as they beat Carlos Ancelotti’s Chelsea team 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League tie. Milito set the San Siro alight with a third-minute goal but Chelsea responded strongly and, after Didier Drogba had been denied by the crossbar, Salomon Kalou levelled six minutes […]