Liverpool have smashed the world record transfer fee for a defender by finally completing the £75million signing of Virgil Van Dijk. He will officially become a Liverpool player on January 1. Van Dijk underwent a medical on the South Coast on Wednesday, with Southampton’s consent, after the two clubs agreed a fee. He has signed […]
Arsene Wenger says that he expects Jack Wilshere to sign a new deal at Arsenal, as long as the two sides can agree on the financial terms, with Arsenal offering an incentive heavy contract to the England midfielder. Wilshere appears to have re-established himself in Arsenal’s midfield after a series of fine performances, which has […]
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has refused to rule out a move for £53million Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal. The pair worked together at Juventus for three years between 2011 and 2014. Chelsea secured a 2-0 victory over Brighton on Tuesday, but are 13 points behind league leaders Manchester City. After initially refusing to talk about […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed his delight that his players were able to rectify their mistakes of the first half and be more clinical in the second of their 5-0 win over Swansea on Boxing Day. Philippe Coutinho, captain in the absence of the injured Jordan Henderson, scored on his 200th appearance for the […]
Jose Mourinho has told executive vice chairman Ed Woodward he needs more money to compete with Manchester City and insists Manchester United do not have a team to match their “big club” reputation. United dropped more points in the Premier League title race with a 2-2 draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on Boxing Day, […]
Real Madrid star Isco has angrily dismissed reports that he refused to continue warming up during the weekend’s el clasico against Barcelona. Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 thrashing at the Bernabeu with Luis Suarez and Aleix Vidal also finding the net, a result that all but ended the title race in Spain. A […]
Antonio Conte believes that Chelsea deserved more than to be held to a goalless draw by Everton, and defended his decision not to start Michy Batshuayi up front in the absence of suspended Alvaro Morata. Chelsea registered 25 shots and eight on target against Everton, who successfully frustrated their visitors by defending deep and in […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he does not want to make an issue of the team’s recent bad starts as it could affect the confidence of the players, and accused Southampton of time-wasting after the 1-1 draw at St Mary’s on Sunday. Arsenal repeated their poor start from last week against Manchester United as Per […]
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has put the shock 1-0 defeat by West Ham down to his players becoming fatigued by their punishing schedule. Conte made just one change from the side that drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night and the Blues were caught on the hop against West Ham […]