Jose Mourinho labelled Paul Pogba a “monster” after the World Cup-winning midfielder captained Manchester United to victory on the opening day of the Premier League season. Pogba was a force in United’s midfield and showed no sign of fatigue in Friday night’s 2-1 victory over Leicester, which came just 26 days after he inspired France […]
After 22 years of Arsene Wenger in the Premier League, Arsenal begin their fresh era under the leadership of Unai Emery when they take on Manchester City on Sunday. Emery’s first Premier League clash in charge of Arsenal couldn’t be any harder against the record-breaking reigning champions but he will be desperate to make his […]
New Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri believes star man Eden Hazard is ‘very happy’ to still be at the club and has warned European rivals it will be ‘impossible’ to sign him this summer. First-choice goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois successfully forced through a move to Real Madrid and talked up a reunion with Hazard in Spain, much […]
Barcelona will have four captains for the 2018-19 season, with Lionel Messi officially taking over the armband from the departed Andres Iniesta. Iniesta paid a heartfelt farwell to the Nou Camp this summer, moving to Japanese side Vissel Kobe and leaving the captain’s armband up for grabs. Messi will be the primary captain for the […]
Jurgen Klopp has defended Liverpool’s transfer policy this summer after they spent more than any of their Premier League rivals – £177million in total. Liverpool made four big-name signings in Alisson, Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri as they strengthened their squad from back to front. Klopp believes it has come about after years of […]
Cristiano Ronaldo will be invited back to Real Madrid next year so they can pay tribute to one of their all-time greats. The Portuguese star left Madrid for Juventus in a £100million switch earlier on in the summer after nine trophy-laden years in the Spanish capital. Ronaldo’s long-time love affair with the club had threatened […]
Manchester United were expected to be one of the most active Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day but when the transfer window closed on Thursday evening with Jose Mourinho’s prediction, made at a news conference earlier in the day, coming in to fruition: Manchester United failed to add any new signings to add to […]
Tottenham have become the first club to make no new signings in a transfer window since the concept as we know it came into use in 2003. Daniel Levy promised Mauricio Pochettino new players this summer when he convinced his manager not to join Real Madrid. Then Levy turned around and gave Pochettino no help […]
Chelsea are to pay a world record €80m (£72 million) fee for Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga after agreeing to meet his buy-out clause. The 23-year-old is due to fly to London on Wednesday in a move that will trigger the departure of Thibaut Courtois to Real Madrid. Though young and relatively raw, 6ft 3in […]