Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed the hilarious reason behind his limited visits to Africa: the overwhelming adoration from fans. Mourinho explained, “I cannot go to Africa. Too many [crazy fans] everywhere.” He elaborated, mentioning his experiences with iconic African players like Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Geremi (Cameroon), Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), and Michael Essien ...
S.S. Lazio of Italy’s Serie A is interested in acquiring Callum Hudson-Odoi this summer from Chelsea FC of the English Premier League. The team is looking to add the Ghanaian forward, who was born in England, to their lineup in preparation for the UEFA Champions League tournament in 2023–24. The player was almost signed by Fulham FC, but the deal ...
In the current transfer window, West Ham United of the English Premier League has set its sights on Mohammed Kudus of Ajax. Kudus has already began on a good note this for Ajax, and he’s attracting more interest from other clubs in the English top-flight league. He has one goal in one game for Ajax this season and more is ...
It’s early days yet in the English Premier League but match day 1 already has started giving us some glimpses of how the season is going to be. The two English sides will make an effort to move past their lacklustre top-flight performances from the previous campaign and establish a more formidable bid for at least a top-four finish this ...
Their £52million bid for Sporting Lisbon’s Manuel Ugarte may have hit the buffers but Chelsea are training their sights on Brighton’s £80million-rated Moises Caicedo once again. The deal for Ugarte was off on Sunday night but Chelsea have been running parallel discussions regarding a move for Caicedo with N’Golo Kante now attracting interest from Saudi Arabia. Brighton, who have agreed ...
Trevoh Chalobah wants to stay and fight for his place in the Chelsea squad under Mauricio Pochettino, but Inter Milan are looking to push a deal over the line before the Argentine manager arrives. Chalobah agreed a six-year contract extension at Chelsea in November 2022 after forcing his way into the Premier League side under their former manager Graham Potter. ...
Mauricio Pochettino has been confirmed as Chelsea’s new permanent head coach. Chelsea have announced Pochettino’s appointment, with the Argentinian signing an initial two-year deal that also includes a club option of an additional one year. Pochettino’s return to English football has been an open secret for several weeks and the appointment has now been ratified. He has spent the start ...
Chelsea won for the first time since March 11 and picked up their first points under interim boss Frank Lampard by beating Bournemouth 3-1 at the Vitality Stadium. 2022/2023 Premier League 1 – 3 Vina (21′) Conor Gallagher (9′) Benoît Badiashile (82′) Felix (86′) Match Report After a run of six consecutive defeats since Lampard took charge at the beginning of April, ...
Thomas Partey made a late appearance in Arsenal’s impressive 3-1 victory over Chelsea, which saw the Gunners return to the top of the Premier League table. The Ghana international was not named in the starting lineup for the London derby, with Italian midfielder Jorginho preferred instead. However, after Jorginho’s decent performance, manager Mikel Arteta called on Partey for the final ...
The visitors started brightly with Joao Felix testing Thibaut Courtois inside two minutes, but Madrid started to get on top as the first half wore on as they took the lead in the 22nd minute. It was no surprise who got the opening goal, with Karim Benzema tapping home from close range after Vinicius Jnr’s initial effort had been kept ...