Their is a lot of uncertainity over who will be the next England Captain after John Terry was sensationally axed from the position last week. Favourites for the job United’s Rio Ferdinand ruled himself out of the running while Man City‘s Joe Hart has down played his chances of replacing Terry.
As things stand, the firm favourite to replace Terry is Liverpool Steven Gerrard. However, with the Reds skipper having not featured in Capello’s line up since early last year will have to battle for it as both Scott Parker and Frank Lampard still in the running for it.
by David on February 2, 2012
Chelsea’s succes in overcoming Queens Park Rangers on Saturday apparently brought some negativity for them as one of their important players, Ramires, was forced to leave the pitch with what looked to be a knee injury.
This situation is apparently worrying for the Blues’ manager, Andre Villas-Boas, who tried to be optimistic with his Brazilian midfielder’s condition, hoping that it won’t be a very serious knee problem for the ex-Benfica man.
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Just as it was expected, Gary Cahill, finally arrived at Chelsea after the London club cashed out an amount around 7 million pound to Bolton Wanderers, so the England international can team up with John Terry at the back.
Revealing his joy after signing for the Blues, Cahill admitted that accepting Andre Villas-Boas’ team’s offer is something that he must passed on especially since the player is eying to improve his quality.
An interesting statement recently revealed by Milos Krasic’s agent, Dejan Joksimovic, stating that the wantaway Juventus winger is being seriously monitored by Chelsea.
The agent also stated that his client most likely will leave his current club because he hasn’t been featured in the plan of the Turin giant’s new tactician, Antonio Conte.
Difficult drawing for premiership teams didn’t only happened in the Champions League but also in the second rate European competition, Europa League, where all three English representatives are being paired with tough sides.
Manchester United will be facing fellow Champions outcast, Ajax Amsterdam, while Manchester City are set to battle last season’s champions Fc Porto and Stoke City got pretty much the toughest one with Valencia at sight.
by David on December 16, 2011
The draw for the Champions League round of 16 was made today and it threw together some very interesting match-ups.
AC Milan was the one second seed that all the group winners wanted to avoid, and Arsenal were the unlucky ones who got the reigning Serie A champions, who finished second in their section behind Barcelona.
Their will also be another Premier League versus Serie A Matchup as Chelsea will meet Napoli, who knocked out Manchester City in the group stages. Chelsea have not faced Napoli in Europe, but will be wary of a side that knocked out City and boast a potent attacking threat including Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik.
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by David on December 15, 2011
Manchester City and Manchester United both face difficult ties in the Europa League following their elimination from the Champions League.
City will face Portuguese Liga joint leaders FC Porto in the Round of 32 while United meet Dutch side Ajax.
Stoke City‘s reward for progressing from the group stage of the Europa League is a tie against Spanish outfit Valencia, who are third in La Liga.
In the Round of 16, Manchester City would not meet neighbours United.
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Disappointing midweek arrived for English teams in their Europa League campaign, Fulham have to forget their European ambition as they’re journey ended on Wednesday after only picking up a point against Odense BK.
Meanwhile, Stoke City suffered their first defeat in the competition but still secure their passage into the next round although that loss relegated the Potters into runners up position behind Besiktas.
by David on December 15, 2011
Crushing events as Fulham were 9 seconds away from advancing to the Europa League group stages when Djiby Fall stepped up to score with the last kick of the game. The goal tied the game and allowed Wisla Krakow to advance at the expense of Fulham.
It was a cruel blow for a Fulham side that started preseason training in June, so that they could enter this tournament in the very first round. And the evening had started so well.
