Jose Mourinho lamented a lack of quality at Manchester United following another loss, but insists his players’ attitudes cannot be questioned. United slumped to a second successive defeat as West Ham cruised to a 3-1 Premier League victory at London Stadium to pile more pressure on Mourinho at the culmination of a difficult week. Felipe […]
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Maurizio Sarri warned it may take another year before Chelsea are a match for Liverpool as he braced himself for two games in four days against the Premier League leaders. Sarri, having seen his team drop their first points of the season in a goalless draw at West Ham on Sunday, heads to Anfield next […]
Zinedine Zidane has indicated his desire to return to management in the near future. The former France midfielder has been taking a break since resigning as Real Madrid in May after guiding the Spanish club to a third successive Champions League title during his two-and-a-half years at the club. Zidane is the favourite to replace […]
The first CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post of the 2018/19 season looked at the transfers that took place over the summer and identified who the bargains were. What players were purchased below their fair market values? They also identified the players that teams overpaid the most for. According to the report, the bargain of the […]
Earlier this year Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho presented a list of players for Ed Woodward to sign this summer. Top of the list was an experienced central defender. Mourinho had lost faith in Smalling/Jones/Rojo and Bailly/Lindelof were too inexperienced to lead the line by themselves. Woodward said no. That Mourinho’s choices did not fit […]
Liverpool summer signing Alisson Becker arrived at Anfield with a then world-record price for a goalkeeper but he has already begun justifying the £65million price tag. The Brazil international is only the third Liverpool goalkeeper in 51 years to keep clean sheets in the first three league matches of a season after Bruce Grobbelaar, Jose […]
Arsenal boss Unai Emery insists there are reasons to be positive about his side despite their 3-2 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday. For the first time in the Premier League era Arsenal are winless after their opening two matches. Arsenal defensively were terrible in the opening 20 minutes as Chelsea looked in total control and […]
Maurizio Sarri praised Chelsea’s mental strength as they snatched a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Saturday despite squandering a two-goal lead in a “horrible” period that left the Blues boss squirming on the touchline. Chelsea looked on course for an easy win over their London rivals after Pedro and Alvaro Morata put them 2-0 up […]