Chelsea legend Petr Cech recently revealed that he was close to joining Barcelona a year before his move to Stamford Bridge. He claimed that he couldn’t join the Catalan side as Joan Laporta won the presidential election back in 2003. Speaking to SPORT, Cech stated that Lluis Bassat, who was also running in the Barcelona presidential election, had pledged to ...
Arsenal could reportedly consider selling Kai Havertz just a year after arriving from Chelsea. Spanish outlet Fichajes reports that the Gunners are losing patience with Havertz. The German attacker joined Mikel Arteta’s side from Stamford Bridge last summer in a reported £67.5 million move. Havertz, 24, has been handed a midfield role by Arteta but has struggled to reach expectations. ...
Former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann has backed his former club to trump Arsenal and Manchester City for the Premier League title this season. A close title race is underway in England’s top flight this season with the top three teams separated by a total of two points. Hamann has given his reasons on why he believes Liverpool will triumph over ...
Arsenal are reportedly looking to sign Ajax wonderkid Jorrel Hato this summer by offloading full-back Jakub Kiwior. The Gunners are right in the mix in the Premier League title race, following up their 3-1 home win over leaders Liverpool with a 6-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday (February 11). Mikel Arteta’s side are third in the standings, behind Machester ...
Barcelona and Xavi shift their attention back to the Champions League on Wednesday, when they face Napoli in the first leg of their round of 16 clash in Naples. The Blaugrana’s best chance of winning silverware ended in agony when they were dumped out of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals by Athletic Bilbao last month. And to make matters worse, ...
According to reports, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr’s AFC Champions League clash against Al-Feiha has sold only 2,580 tickets so far. Al-Alami are set to take on fellow Saudi Pro League club Al-Feiha in the round of 16 of the AFC Champions League. The game is set to take place at the Al-Majma’ah Sports City stadium. However, as per a report from ...
Former Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) winger Jerome Rothen has called for fans to boo Lionel Messi if he plays in the Paris Olympics this year for Argentina. He claimed that the Inter Miami star ‘took the p**s’ on the Ligue 1 side for two years. Speaking on RMC Sports podcast Rothen s’enflamme, the former footballer said that Messi never tried to ...
The action resumes in the UEFA Europa Conference League as Sturm Graz and Slovan Bratislava square off at Merkur Arena on Thursday. The Slovakian outfit head into the midweek clash unbeaten in their last nine away matches across all competitions and will look to extend this impressive run. Sturm Graz failed to move to the top of the Austrian Bundesliga ...
Former Premier League manager Tony Pulis recently recalled facing Cristiano Ronaldo during the Portuguese star’s first spell at Manchester United. Pulis’ Stoke City traveled to Old Trafford for a league fixture and were beaten 5-0 by the Red Devils during the 2008-09 campaign. Speaking about Ronaldo, who bagged a brace on the night, the ex-Potters boss said (via talkSPORT): “If ...
Shakhtar Donetsk will invite Marseille to the Volksparkstadion in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League knockout round playoff on Thursday. The hosts dropped to the Europa League after finishing third in the Group H table of the UEFA Champions League earlier this season. The visitors finished behind Brighton & Hove Albion in Group B of the Europa League, ...