Author: Soccerhuz
Ange Postecoglou has been forced into a much-changed Tottenham team to face Wolves in the Premier League’s early kick-off on Saturday afternoon. The Australian had to deal with the fallout from the Chelsea defeat which resulted in five players becoming unavailable through injury or suspension. The Spurs boss confirmed on Friday that Micky van de Ven’s hamstring injury will keep him out of action until the New Year, as will key midfielder James Maddison’s ankle problem. In defence, Postecoglou also has Cristian Romero suspended for three games and Destiny Udogie is unavailable for the game at Molineux after he also picked up a red card in…
Manchester United welcome newly promoted Luton Town to Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon. United’s hopes of progressing to the knockout rounds of the Champions League took a major blow in midweek following a 4-3 defeat against FC Copenhagen and a win against Luton before the international break is required. Erik ten Hag’s side have a strong record against teams towards the bottom half of the table and Luton were the favourites to be relegated at the start of the season, although they did draw against Liverpool at the weekend. Regarding the team news, Marcus Rashford’s red card in the Champions League has no impact…
Incoming Manchester United minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to get tough with Erik ten Hag’s underperforming squad – and is reportedly ready to let Anthony Martial leave on a free in January as the first of three high-profile exits. The British billionaire’s 25% purchase of the Glazers’ majority shareholding, worth an estimated £1.4bn, is expected to be finalised in a matter of days. And as part of the arrangement with the club, Ratcliffe is expected to be handed a major say on all the incoming and outgoing transfer business at Manchester United. To that end, funds are expected to be granted…
Chelsea signed Havertz in a £71million deal (BBC) from Bayer Leverkusen back in 2020. At the time, he was one of the most highly-rated youngsters in the entire world, so most tipped him to rip up the Premier League. The German attacker, who’s now 24, cemented his name in Blues folklore after scoring the winning goal in a Champions League final. However, his career never really took off at Stamford Bridge like most expected. He scored 32 goals in 139 Chelsea appearances before being sold to rivals Arsenal in the summer. It’s been really impressive to watch Palmer, who only turned…
A star Chelsea pair have both vowed to lift every available trophy with the Blues. CFC supporters will be delighted with the commitment from Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. Elsewhere, Gareth Southgate claims to have no issue with Raheem Sterling as he was again snubbed for the England National Team squad. Fernandez and Caicedo are becoming a force to be reckoned with for the Blues. Fortunately for CFC, the dynamic South American midfielder duo are focused on bringing glory back to Stamford Bridge. First Caicedo confirmed, then Fernandez concurred, that their similar desire is to ultimately be successful with Chels‘. In fact, they…
Mauricio Pochettino was able to welcome back some important Chelsea players to the Cobham training pitches this week ahead of a Premier League against Manchester City. Injuries have plagued the early months for the Blues with Pochettino frequently having to deal his players being stricken down by muscular issues. Enzo Fernandez, Christopher Nkunku and Romeo Lavia were all spotted on the grass at Cobham just days before Chelsea play Man City. The Argentine was spotted with the group for the first time this week, while Lavia and Nkunku were doing separate running drills ahead of a big two weeks for…
Real Madrid might be the biggest club in the world but at the same time, one cannot deny that the Premier League is the most attractive competition in the world for players right now. And with the financial strength of English clubs only growing, the likes of Los Blancos and FC Barcelona often struggle to compete with them in transfer races. Despite that, if there is one club that most people believe to be Kylian Mbappe’s next destination, it is Real Madrid. Or that was the case until a couple of days ago when some rumours broke out that Los…
Our final test before the last international break of the calendar year is the small matter of trying to beat Manchester City, and doing so at Stamford Bridge, which hasn’t exactly been the most friendly of confines for a while now: we’ve won just 3 of 18 in the league at home in 2023; we’ve won 5 of 16 away, including the last three on the bounce. But perhaps Monday’s hilarious win against Spurs will prove to be the start of a turnaround in our fortunes. And we’ve tended to play our best football against the best opposition, and opposition doesn’t…
Manchester City could extend their winning run in the Premier League to four games when they travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The champions moved back to first place in the table last weekend with a 6-1 win over Bournemouth and are getting back to their best after a brief dip in form at the end of September. City also beat Young Boys on Tuesday night to secure their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. As for Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino’s side have also improved in recent weeks and have lost just one of their last five Premier League encounters. Last time out, a 4-1…
The club’s manager, Rob Edwards, has now commented too, saying: “A statement has gone out from the football club and I want to apologise as well.” It’s worth noting that Edwards isn’t in any way at fault. He added: “We don’t condone that, of course, and there’s an investigation going on at the moment.” Meanwhile, an internal investigation is ongoing at Luton and the FA has been in contact with Bedfordshire Police to “seek observations” and “further details.” Unfortunately, these incidents are commonplace when Liverpool play and can be heard at nearly every match, with varying numbers taking part. Luton‘s response was…