Tanguy Ndombele was relaxing at his apartment in Hadley Wood, north London. It was 7 April 2020, the coronavirus crisis had taken grip, the United Kingdom was in lockdown and Ndombele did not expect any visitors. And, certainly, not the visitor he got. It was José Mourinho, his manager at […]
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Arsene Wenger laid out his version of how he nearly signed some of the world’s leading footballers earlier this week. The former Arsenal boss went into detail about how Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were among the current global superstars on his radar at the north London side during his […]
‘It is sadly the law of football’: Kylian Mbappe pays tribute to Thomas Tuchel after he was ruthlessly sacked by PSG… with ex-Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino set to take over at French giants Thomas Tuchel signed Kylian Mbappe permanently in the summer of 2018 The German took the French superstar’s […]
Jose Mourinho names his all-time XI of players he has worked with – as EIGHT of his former Chelsea stars make the cut but Sergio Ramos, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all miss out! John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and William Gallas are part of Mourinho’s defence Petr Cech is between […]
Overview It is not a coincidence that Lyon are the team to beat. They have won the last four Champions Leagues and are the most complete and best balanced team in Europe. The head coach, Jean-Luc Vasseur, prefers to play in a 4-2-3-1 with the experienced Sarah Bouhaddi in goal. […]
This, the more gnarled of Bundesliga followers would tell you, is the real Klassiker. Years of mere intermittent threats to Bayern Munich’s dominance have made Borussia Dortmund, Germany’s most visible other club and the champions’ most frequent irritants, the default opposition for a showpiece. More than 40 years have passed […]
Arsenal boss Unai Emery’s actions led Laurent Koscielny to quit the club in the summer. The 34-year-old club captain shocked fans when he refused to attend their pre-season tour of the USA, which turned out to be a calculated move to force the hand of Arsenal. The former France international […]
Jill Roord (joined Arsenal from Bayern Munich) Only 22, she has already been capped 40 times by the Netherlands and brings further technical excellence to surely the WSL’s most creative, not to mention flexible, midfield. Roord, who came off the bench for the final 20 minutes of the Netherlands’ World […]