We have seen with the massive bid for Chelsea midfielder Oscar that the Chinese Super League can offer wages that nobody else in the world can even dream about. But if the report in the Daily Mail is true, the Chinese league was ready to wages into the stratosphere and make Manchester United striker Zlatan […]
Premier League
Arsene Wenger blamed referee Martin Atkinson after his Arsenal side threw away a lead to lose 2-1 at Manchester City on Sunday. Wenger, who was criticised by Everton manager Ronald Koeman for airing gripes about officials earlier in the week, felt offsides were missed in the moves for both City’s goals at the Etihad Stadium. […]
Jose Mourinho hailed Manchester United’s performance as they extended their unbeaten streak in all competitions to 10 matches after a 2-0 win at West Brom. The Portuguese manager was sacked as Chelsea boss exactly a year ago following a poor start to their title defence but eradicated those memories with all three points at the […]
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte hailed his side’s character after they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 to clinch a club-record equalling 11th successive league win. The Italian boss has earned plenty of praise during the Blues’ winning streak, engineered by a switch to his preferred 3-4-3 formation, but Conte refused to take the credit after this latest […]
Pep Guardiola admits that one of the reasons that Manchester City have struggled this season is that he underestimated the physical nature of the Premier League. Guardiola made a name for himself at Barcelona and Bayern Munich with his possession-based style, but he has been struggling to get City playing his way due to the […]
Chelsea have announced a loss of £71 million for the year ended June 30, 2016 having incurred ‘exceptional costs.’ The club were down £75.3m with a significant chunk of that as a result of the Blues paying compensation for terminating the club’s contract with adidas early. Since the financial year, Chelsea announced a a new […]
Antonio Conte has told his players to ignore the Premier League table after seeing Chelsea go six points clear at the top with victory at Sunderland. Cesc Fabregas’ first league goal of the season secured a 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light, the Blues’ 10th in succession, and opened up the gap above Liverpool […]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp denied bowing to public pressure despite dropping goalkeeper Loris Karius for Wednesday night’s 3-0 win over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Karius paid the price for recent blunders as he was replaced by Simon Mignolet in the starting line-up, but Klopp said he fully expected the 23-year-old to bounce back. Mignolet […]
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho had no doubt that Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be a success in the Premier League after his late goal secured three points against Crystal Palace. The 35-year-old former Sweden international found the back of the net two minutes from time at Selhurst Park after James McArthur cancelled out Paul Pogba’s opening […]