Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says he wants to remain at Chelsea until the end of his current contract. If he does, this would make him the longest serving manager in the Roman Abramovic era. Thomas Tuchel was given an extension after guiding Chelsea to Champions League glory last season. His current deal expires in June
Everton have fired manager Rafa Benitez after just half a season at the helm in a crushingly inevitable development. Rafa Benitez has had to deal with a spate of injuries, as well as a situation where he was unable to sign players. However, he has still underperformed. Everton have only won once since September and
The first leg of the League Cup semi final takes place between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield on Thursday night. The first leg was already supposed to have been played by now. However, Liverpool successfully had the game postponed due to Covid-19 difficulties. This has had an adverse effect on Arsenal, who now have the
Forward Mohamed Salah has once again put the onus on Liverpool to get his contract renewal over the line. One of the joys of players being on international duty is the insight that can be gained. Speaking to journalists from their own countries, players are often more forthcoming. Mohamed Salah has a contract which expires
When Newcastle United were taken over by their new abhorrently rich owners, it caused quite a stir among football fans. For Newcastle United supporters, there was jubilation and for the first time in eons, optimism. For everyone else, dread. Dread that another behemoth in the mould of Manchester City was about to come and steal
In just over two years under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal have experienced a number of false dawns only to falter again. At one point, it looked as if he would be more of a Frank Lampard than an Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer, and certainly not a Pep Guardiola. However, after a pandemic, huge squad upheaval and myriad
Romelu Lukaku will return to the Chelsea team following his controversial Sky Italy interview that saw him sidelined. Romelu Lukaku appeared to criticize manager Thomas Tuchel and gave the impression he would like to return to Inter Milan. As a result, he was left out of Chelsea’s 2 – 2 draw with Liverpool. Given the
The Premier League will have an emergency meeting at 1pm Monday to discuss the postponement of a round of fixtures. The Premier League schedule is in danger of descending into mayhem after six out of ten games were called off over the weekend. The league is considering suspending all games on Boxing Day as a
The game between Manchester United and Brentford on Tuesday night is in doubt due to a Covid outbreak in Manchester. Following a 1 – 0 win over Norwich on Saturday, Manchester United had a clean bill of health. However, a number of positive lateral flow tests were returned on Sunday. Reportedly, up to 19 positive
The humbling of a once great dynasty continues this season as Barcelona drop down to the Europa League. Their position was confirmed with Wednesday’s 3 – 0 defeat to Bayern Munich. In truth, this has been coming for a while. The brilliance of Lionel Messi was enough to get them out of the group stage
