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Gary Neville claims Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a better chance of winning the title with Manchester United than Jose Mourinho ever did in his two-and-a-half season at Old Trafford. Solskjaer’s United drew 0-0 at Chelsea on Sunday afternoon, a result which solidifed the Red Devils’ place in the top-four but distanced the gap between Premier …

AC Milan sporting director Paolo Maldini has confirmed the club will attempt to make Fikayo Tomori’s loan transfer from Chelsea permanent this summer.  The 23-year-old quit Stamford Bridge on a temporary deal to the Serie A title challengers in the January transfer window after being exiled by then-Blues boss Frank Lampard. But Tomori has enjoyed …

There is not much that can shock Mason Mount. Throw what you like at him, there’s a strong likelihood he has heard it all before.  After all, if you’ve been raised hanging around the dressing rooms of the Southern League, trying to listen in on your dad’s team talks, it’s unlikely that harsh words from …

Thomas Tuchel has admitted that Chelsea‘s possession-heavy style of football may be holding Timo Werner back.  The 24-year-old, who arrived at Stamford Bridge for £47.5million from RB Leipzig in the summer, has scored just five times in 24 Premier League appearances since joining the club, with the Blues enjoying an average of 69% of the …

Thomas Tuchel has admitted that the Champions League defeat by Manchester United in 2019 sent him spiralling into two days of darkness and remains the lowest point of his coaching career. The Chelsea boss was at Paris Saint-Germain when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side sensationally overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit in the last 16. On Sunday, …

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool will have achieved something significant this season if they can finish in the top four. Liverpool have 13 games left to get back into the Champions League spots but Klopp is aware it will be easier said than done and is concerned about the buffer that clubs such as Chelsea and …

Arsenal defender David Luiz has been urged to return to Benfica to end his career by club legend Nuno Gomes.  The 33-year-old made a name for himself at Benfica, where he played for four seasons from 2007 before joining Chelsea in 2011 for £21.5million. He then moved across London to Arsenal in the summer of …

Maurizio Sarri reportedly agreed to make a sensational return to Chelsea to replace Frank Lampard last month, only for the deal to be stopped in its tracks by Blues chairman Roman Abramovich. An outlandish report in Italy has claimed that the 62-year-old was ‘fought for’ by Blues director Marina Granovskaia, following Lampard’s sacking at the …

Record-breaking teen Jamal Musiala has rejected England for Germany — much to the delight of Bayern Munich. The club have a proud track record of providing players for Germany and made their preference known to midfielder Musiala as he weighed up his international future. Musiala, who turns 18 on Friday, joined Bayern from Chelsea for around …

Gus Poyet has bemoaned the fact Eden Hazard didn’t join Real Madrid at the ‘ideal’ time in 2018 when Cristiano Ronaldo departed, insisting he ‘suddenly looked older’ after arriving from Chelsea a year later. Hazard has endured a nightmare time in the Spanish capital after the club spent a fee of £88million up front which could …

The ball found the net at 67 minutes and 56 seconds. At 70 minutes and 45 seconds, Chelsea were allowed to celebrate. They had scored an away goal in a neutral stadium. That is modern football for you, but nobody on the flight back from Bucharest would have been complaining. Justice was done. The better, …

Luis Suarez got up to more antics on the football field again on Tuesday evening as Atletico Madrid took on Chelsea in the Champions League. With Chelsea 1-0 up and cruising to a first leg victory in their last 16 game, Suarez and Antonio Rudiger got into a little confrontation by the goal line. Looking …