Borussia Dortmund are in a hope that a £70 million fee bidding will take place between Chelsea and Liverpool in the January in order to gain the services of Christian Pulisic. The American winger who excelled into lime light last season has barely got playing time this season. Pulisic earned just four starts to the game and came off the bench in another five mainly due to the emergence of wonder kid Jadon Sancho. With Lucian Favre’s side currently top of the Bundesliga
Antoine Greizmann thinks a hectic year for club and country has taken its toll despite a match winning performance against Real Valladolid in which the Roji Blancos won 3-2 with Greizmann netting twice.The Frenchman has been influential in Atletico winning the Europa League and later taking his country to World Cup glory. Greizmann laid on Nikola Kalinic's first-half opener before marking his 300th La Liga appearance by converting a penalty after Kiko Olivas handled his shot on the stroke of half-time. Atletico's usual
Charlie Austin came off the bench to score the winner in a match that was remembered for a lot of reasons. First it marks the end of Arsenal’s unbeaten run. Second, Ralph Hasenhuttl makes his debut in Premier League in a heroic style with Southampton. Here’s to take a look at the talking points of the match Laurent Koscielny returns to Premier League With Rob Holding out of the season with an injury and Sokratis and Mustafi suffering suspensions, the return of old
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp refuses to comment on the playing style of Liverpool as he claims that he is not the pope of Footballing tactics so he won’t be the right person to comment. Klopp also dismissed the idea that Jose Mourinho lacks the ambition and admits Mourinho’s side have a variety of way that they can play. Klopp's side are preparing to host Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, as they aim to stay top of the table. Manchester United do have a
Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira admits that he was shocked when Premier League giants, Arsenal came looking for him. The ex- Sampordia midfielder initially thought he is going to stay in Serie A. The 22-year-old joined the club in a move that cost Arsenal £26 million over the summer and has been phenomenal for the Gunners, having established himself as a mainstay in the Arsenal midfield. Torreira has brought completeness in Arsenal’s midfield which was lacking a certain fire for years. After having made
This season hasn’t been perfect for Jose Mourinho and his boys with United giving a string of poor performances against mid tier clubs. But, even Manchester United’s reliable last line of defense David De Gea has to be at his best in Sunday’s lash against bitter rivals, Liverpool. Last season’s Premier League Golden Glove winner has been looking pretty much out of form since the World Cup as Spain crashed out of Last 16. De Gea’s struggles have continued into this season as
Barcelona ace, Lionel Messi has revealed the secret behind his sensational free kicks over the years wearing Blaugrana jersey. The Argentine learned the craft at La Masia but only became the world’s most lethal dead ball specialist. The iconic forward helped his side earn a 4-0 victory over Espanyol on Saturday and achieving a feat he had never done before, I.e., scoring twice from free kicks. Just days after being criticized by Brazil great Pele, Messi produced a fine display, scoring twice and setting up
For 34 minutes, Napoli defender, Koulibaly kept Salah in his pockets before squaring him up with his quick turn to score the winning goal. For the rest of the game, he was a towering of strength which kept the likes of Salah and physically dominating Bobby Firmino in check. When Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho travels to Valencia on Wednesday night, in his mind, he would want a solid center back in his first-team squad. With United qualifying for the knockout stages safely,
The Ivorian international ended his second spell with the Greek club after playing just three months and making just five appearances. A statement on the official site read as, “Olympiacos FC and Yaya Toure would like to announce to the fans that they have mutually agreed to end their cooperation. Yaya is and remains an important member of the Olympiacos family, who has marked a central part of the history of the club. Olympiacos would like to thank him for everything he has offered to the
Tottenham Hotspur Boss, Mauricio Pochettino has rejected the possibility of moving to Manchester United and has committed his future to Tottenham Hotspur. Rumors were circulating in the north London club that with the demise of Jose Mourinho and his early signs of his third season syndrome; the Argentinean could be well off from Spurs. On the other hand, Mourinho’s agent, Jorge Mendes, however, claimed the Red Devils were "very happy" with his client. On Friday, Pochettino told the press, that he feels respected by
Jurgen Klopp has asked his fans to be full of energy and enthusiasm when their club clash with Napoli in a do or die match in the last group league match of Group C. The Reds Boss has urged his fans to ‘Make Anfield a bear pit.’ While Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti is already wary of the goal threat of back-in-form Mohamed Salah. https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1072145482430992384 Last year’s runners-up are currently facing elimination in the group stage as The Reds are in wary need of
Manchester City winger, Raheem Sterling was subject to racial abuse when his team suffered the first defeat of the season at Stamford Bridge. Sterling, who went to pick up the ball from Matthew Hardy stands in the first half was the subject to a lot of unsavory comments in the first half. The incident seems to suggest that the Chelsea fans present in the stands were quite aggressive and animated in their body language towards Sterling. They’re also seen mouthing words towards him
As the winter transfer window is approaching, more and more players name are coming up as interesting transfer rumors are rounding up. The latest among them is revolving around German playmaker, Mesut Ozil. Ozil hasn’t featured prominently under new boss, Unai Emery as the Gunners are in exceptional form. Arsenal would weigh up letting Ozil go for a reduced transfer fee of £25 million to shed his massive £350,000-per-week wage from the books. Ozil has been struggling with a back injury in recent
AC Milan’s former director Massimiliano Mirabelli revealed that he almost struck a deal to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. Incredible claims by the former director also say that The Portuguese star wanted to move to Italy because he could go ahead and win the Europa League. “He didn’t mind not playing in the Champions League. He told us: ‘I’ve never won the Europa League, so I’ll win that too.” “The player wanted to leave Madrid. We met in July 2017 and sat down
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale believes that he would have been a more deserving winner of this year's FIFA's Puskas goal of the year award than actual claimant Mo Salah. Bale believes his overhead kick in the 2018 Champions League final should have secured the award, rather than the Egyptian’s strike against Everton in the December 2017 Merseyside derby. On winning the FourFourTwo magazine's goal of the year award, Bale said that Salah's victory had "diminished" the status of the Puskas award. "Yeah,
Managerial changes at a football club is never easy, let alone replacing a manager who has been there since the last 22-years. But Unai Emery’s Arsenal is showing the world how to stay in form despite the change. After losing to Chelsea and Manchester City in the opening game weeks, the Gunners haven’t lost a single match till now. Following their staggering win over Tottenham on Sunday, Old Trafford is the next test for Unai Emery's high-flying Arsenal side and it is not
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has been fined £8,000 after he accepted a Football Association misconduct charge for running on to the pitch in celebration of Divock Origi’s late winner in the Merseyside Derby. Klopp left his managerial area and celebrated with goalkeeper Allison Becker after the goal in the pitch. A stoppage-time mistake from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at Anfield on Sunday allowed substitute Origi to head in a last-gasp goal that earned Liverpool a 1-0 win. Klopp was charged on Monday by the
Diego Maradona was filmed throwing a punch at a reporter following his side's defeat in the Ascenso MX play-off final as trouble ensued after the full-time whistle. Maradona’s side chucked away a 1-0 goal advantage against Atletico San Luis on Sunday, losing 4-2 after extra time to go down 4-3 on aggregate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwZ2xKmD-2g Maradona had been sent off during the closing stages of the first leg for abusing match officials over their failure to award his team a penalty. As a result, he watched
Premier League winners Manchester City could be banned from European football action as early as next season as UEFA looks set to take strong action should the club be found to have flouted financial fair play (FFP) rules. An independent investigation by European football’s governing body into City’s behavior was recently opened after leaks from German newspaper Der Spiegel claimed on City barring FFP rules and making signings. Three weeks ago, UEFA announced it would re-open cases if new information came to light.
Lionel Messi is having an absurd season and apparently, no one is talking about that. Midweek Champions League action saw Messi inspiring Barcelona to a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven with a goal and an assist. But it's not really headlining as the news as it is not new. We’re very much used to this level. But maybe we should not be so used to it. Messi has been the man of the match in all the last five matches he has played