The Premier League season 2016/2017 has been a successful one for Jürgen Klopp and his side, Liverpool. The team managed to finish fourth in the league table and secured Champions League qualification. With his tactics and passion, Klopp strove hard to bring the European nights back to Anfield. Now that Champions League qualifications are secured,
Stoke City brought Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting from Schalke 04 and didn’t have to pay anything for his services after the player’s contract with the German outfit expired this summer. The Hamburg-born forward arrived at bet365 Stadium as a direct replacement for Marko Arnautovic who left for West Ham United this off-season, and the best of
Chelsea midfield worked as a powerful engine to facilitate their possession game in the last season mainly due to the sturdy and well-balanced partnership of the two box-to-box midfielders, Kante and Matic. However, with the news of Matic reuniting with his former boss, Mourinho, Chelsea fans all over the world have been concerning over their
As soon as it became clear that Barcelona would have around £200 million burning a hole in their pocket then it was known one or two unlucky clubs would then face an onslaught as Barcelona look to reinvest the money brought in from Neymar’s sale to Paris Saint-Germain. Liverpool are one such team with the
On Tuesday August 8th the Europa League champions Manchester United will play Champions League winners Real Madrid in Skopje, Macedonia for the European Super Cup title. Manchester United have only won this cup once; back in 1991 when they defeated the then European champions Red Star Belgrade. Since then the English team have contested two
In Arsenal’s recent 5-2 Emirates Cup friendly victory over Benfica, in which Theo Walcott bagged two goals, he showed a creative side to his game that many did not know existed. The England winger created numerous good chances for his teammates, however he also missed a golden opportunity to complete his hat-trick with only the
The friendly games are up and running now and it won’t be long now till the new season begins. This is a great chance for teams to test out their new signings and get their players back fit again. Usually huge clubs clash with each other in what should be a very interesting game to
You only need to look into the recent past to see the struggles teams face in the Championship after they got relegated. Fulham, Cardiff and QPR have all been in the Premier League in the last five seasons, and have since languished in the lower half of the nation’s second division. However, as the teams
It was baffling that Chelsea were contemplating about selling Nemanja Matic to Manchester United; it was more baffling that they actually went ahead and did it. The last time a player moved from Stamford Bridge to Old Trafford, it was an absolute steal in the form of Juan Mata; the last time a player shifted
As the business end of the transfer window is approaching and the start of the new season is edging closer, Newcastle’s summer business so far indicates the type of squad Rafa Benitez is trying to build. Thus far, Rafa has brought in Florian Lejeune, Jacob Murphy, Mikel Merino and Javier Manquillo, as well as securing
“I came. I said. I conquered.” Those parting shot remarks, posted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic on his social media pages in June, were the most subtle of affirmations that his season long stint at Old Trafford had come to a premature end. When the 35-year old sustained a gruesome knee injury in the second leg of
After a rather inauspicious start when it looked as if Arsenal were going to acquiesce yet again and allow Alexis Sanchez to leave the club and move to Manchester City, it now seems as though the club have enjoyed one of their more productive summer transfer windows in recent memory. Alexandre Lacazette has arrived and
The football season is now warming up and the players are playing warm-up games, New players are on display but I don’t know their names! Pre-season it is called and it starts very soon, New talent on show which should make us swoon. From the lower league teams to the big names we see,
As always at this point of the football calendar, fans tend to focus on Premier League newcomers from abroad and the substantial figures paid to bring these players in. However, many people forget that the newly promoted Championship sides also boast their own Premier League newcomers who could provide serious excitement of their own. These
Premier League giants Manchester United completed the signing of Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic from Chelsea for a fee of £40 Million this week. This means that we will be seeing the player reunite with his former manager Jose Mourinho. The signing has received good response from the Red Devils fan base and they are looking
Jose Mourinho has a tendency of sticking to what he knows best. In terms of players this is especially true. Over the course of the Special One’s managerial career, there are many players that Mourinho has used at multiple clubs. Jose used his compatriot Ricardo Carvalho at Chelsea, but also signed him at Real Madrid
After over a month of negotiations Leicester City are finally poised to secure the £25 million signing of Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City with the long delay caused by issues over a potential buy-back agreement. John Percy of the Daily Telegraph confirmed on Tuesday morning that the 20-year-old was due to take his
Manchester United officially confirmed the signing of Nemanja Matic on Monday afternoon. The midfielder joins United from Chelsea in a deal initially worth £35m but poised to rise to £40m with bonuses. Jose Mourinho was quite pleased with securing the services of the big Serbian- having previously worked with him at Stamford Bridge- but what
It has been twenty seven years since Liverpool last lifted the First Division title in the English top flight. Since the glory days under Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool have taken a back seat and watched a dominant Manchester United winning countless titles in the reformed Premier League. Although Liverpool challenged on a rare occasion, they have
Whilst the majority of fans inside of the Hong Kong Stadium travelled to see the stars from Merseyside, Leicester City looked every bit of Liverpool’s equal in the final of 2017’s Asia Cup. Liverpool emerged as 2-1 winners in a deserving victory, however one cannot take anything away from the effort put forward by Leicester.
A football club is like a house. Or rather a home. The fans, the players, the manager, staff and board all together in the same stadium form some sort of extended family. [Patriarchal] authority lies with the staff and board while tantrums and fits of anger can be readily relied upon by the players and
No team is littered with players who scream ‘European stalwarts’ quite like Real Madrid. B arcelona, Manchester City and most recently PSG have come erringly close, still the Los Blancos stand head and shoulder above the rest. But why not? After years of firing in the dark, the ‘Galacticos’ approach has finally paid off as
Jack Wilshere has been on the books of Arsenal his entire professional club football career so far and has a contract with the Gunners until June 2018, but his future at the Emirates Stadium is wrapped under uncertainty. The England international midfielder spent the 2016-17 campaign on loan at Bournemouth, and he has been linked
A dramatic and rather alarming headline has been circulating the media over the past week - the sharks that are FC Barcelona are hunting Philippe Coutinho again. Only this time, they’ve made an offer and rumours are flying about that ex-teammate Luis Suarez could be the key to sealing the deal. It’s no secret that
You simply cannot argue against Arsene Wenger’s record to consistently keep Arsenal in the top four. Until now. For the first time under Arsene Wenger’s reign, one which stretches twenty-one years, Arsenal will not be involved in the Champions League for the coming 2017/2018 season. ‘Enough is enough. Time to go.’, said the Wenger-out brigade.