On the day that Liverpool sacked manager Brendan Rodgers, despite them being four points ahead of Chelsea in the table, the Chelsea board have issued their manager Jose Mourinho a stay of execution by deciding not to fire him at a board meeting on Sunday. Instead he has been given the support of the board […]
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Liverpool have sacked manager Brendan Rodgers, barely an hour after the Red’s 1-1 draw with Everton in the Merseyside derby. A statement issued by the club read: Liverpool Football Club has announced that Brendan Rodgers will leave his post with immediate effect after having his contract terminated. The process to appoint a new manager is […]
Chelsea’s fans in Portugal in midweek sang “We Want Our Captain Back” and Jose Mourinho acquiesced, restoring John Terry to the starting XI for his first league appearance since the 3-1 loss at Everton in early September. But it didn’t go the way that Terry or the Chelsea fans hoped, as the Blues captain looked […]
The Spanish paper El Mundo Deportivo claims to be have gotten its hands on the 57 names that make up the shortlist for the this year’s Ballon d’Or. That legendary Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was not one of the five goalkeepers on the list has sparked outrage in Italy, with the Juventus keeper admitting his disappointment. […]
Barcelona’s indifferent start to the season continued on Saturday as they lost 2-1 to Sevilla in a riveting game at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Michael Krohn-Delhi gave the hosts the lead after 52 minutes and Vicente Iborra increased the advantage six minutes later, capitalising on awful defending from the Catalans. Neymar pulled one back for […]
After another disastrous performance, there are more than a few whisper calling for Jose Mourinho to be fired. And knowing the track record of Roman Abramovich in firing managers, Jose Mourinho tried to head off the talk about him getting fired after the Southampton defeat saying: “No way I resign,” he said. “No way. Why? […]
Chelsea’s supporters were still being held high inside the Dragao Stadium when John Terry emerged from the tunnel to perform a set of sprints and exercises. Most of those who had witnessed Porto’s 2-1 win in the Champions League on Tuesday had filed out happily into the night. Those who had made the trip from […]
Neil Ashton in the Daily Mail is reporting that Arsene Wenger accused his under-achieving Arsenal stars of lacking passion and desire during a fiery training ground inquest on Wednesday into their shambolic 3-2 defeat against Olympiacos. The Arsenal manger, under mounting pressure following a second successive defeat in the group stage of the Champions League, […]
Chelsea have made a horrendous start to the season and defender Branislav Ivanovic’s performance against Porto summed up everything that is wrong with the Premier League champions this season. Ivanovic was simply awful against Porto where he made just 10% of his tackles in the Champions League (one out of ten), which took until the […]