Malo Gusto believes Mauricio Pochettino is “waking up” a winning mentality in Chelsea’s young squad as they prepare for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.
The Argentinian’s resurgent team face Liverpool at Wembley looking to claim the club’s first silverware since co-owner Todd Boehly took over in May 2022.
In that time there has been an almost total overhaul of personnel both on the pitch and behind the scenes, with over £1billion spent on assembling a team with the youngest average age in the Premier League.
After a slow start there was been notable improvement in recent weeks, culminating in a fine performance in ending champions Manchester City’s winning run at home with a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
However, Pochettino and his players are yet to co…
Juventus are waiting on the results of a round of coronavirus tests to find out whether Cristiano Ronaldo will be able to play against Barcelona.
Ronaldo has been sidelined since testing positive for COVID-19 while on international duty with Portugal this month, missing Serie A draws with Crotone and Hellas Verona either side of a 2-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev.
A decision on his availability for their next Champions League clash with Barca and long-time rival Lionel Messi on Wednesday will go down to the wire.
The game at the Allianz Stadium would be the first time Messi and Ronaldo have gone up against one another in the competition since May 2011.
He had a swab today [Tuesday] like everyone else. We have to wait for the outcome of the test. I think it w…
Newcastle United are interested in signing Phil Jones from Manchester United in the January transfer window, according to . West Ham United and Leicester City are also claimed to be interested in securing the services of the England international central defender when the transfer window opens next month.
Jones has been on the books of United since 2011 when he joined from Blackburn Rovers. The 28-year-old centre-back has fallen down the pecking order at the Red Devils, who are willing to move him on and are ready to listen to offers.
Newcastle are considering a move for Jones, but his weekly salary of £80,000 per week as salary could prove to be a problem. According to , the 28-year-old has made two appearances in the Premier League and has made two starts and one sub…
Erling Haaland made a stunning start to his Champions League career on Tuesday, becoming the eighth player to net a hat-trick on their debut in Europe s elite competition.
The 19-year-old netted all three of his goals in the first half as Salzburg crushed Genk 6-2, with Haaland the third youngest player to score a treble in the Champions League.
His first goal arrived in just the second minute, as he found the bottom-right corner in confident fashion from just inside the area, Haaland then doubled the tally just past the half-hour mark when finishing off a counter.
He completed the hat-trick – remarkably his fourth of the season across all competitions – just before the interval, tucking in from close range.
As impressive as his debut Champions Leagu…
Real Madrid can never be settled as they hunt down a record-extending 15th European title, so says Jude Bellingham.
LaLiga champions Madrid claimed their place in the Champions League final thanks to Joselu s late double against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
Joselu came on from the bench to score twice in the space of three minutes to seal a 2-1 victory on the night and a 4-3 win on aggregate.
Alphonso Davies stunner had put Bayern on the brink, but Madrid will now face Borussia Dortmund – Bellingham s former club – at Wembley on June 1.
They talk about how they won the 14th, how they want the 15th. You can never be settled, Bellingham told TNT Sports.
The players feel like family, the fans feel like family.
When I was seven years ol…
Few would forget the previous meeting between Tottenham and Manchester United – least of all Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Red Devils manager described the 6-1 battering at Old Trafford as my worst day ever , and very embarrassing as he tried to come to terms with United s heaviest defeat since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and some deeply worrying performance levels from his players.
It marked the first time since 1986-87 that United had lost their first two league games of a season, with Crystal Palace having humbled them 3-1 on matchday one. The intervening match was a borderline miraculous 3-2 win at Brighton and Hove Albion, when Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty in the 100th minute after the hosts had hit the woodwork five times.
While Jose Mourinho could cele…
Sadio Mane has been urged not to panic despite the Liverpool forward admitting he is enduring the worst season of his senior career.
The Senegal international has scored 13 times in all competitions this season, nine of which have come in the Premier League, with his effort against Southampton last weekend just his third league goal at Anfield in 2020-21.
That form has been in stark contrast to last season, when Mane scored 18 times in the top flight alone to help propel the Reds to their first Premier League title.
The 29-year-old has struggled to find answers to his problems and has even sought medical advice to see if physical impairments are behind them.
This is the worst season of my career. I have to admit it, he told Canal Plus. If you ask me what…
Bayern Munich are ready to offload Leroy Sane in the summer transfer window, according to . Sane is one of the regular players in the Bayern starting lineup, which is why Bayern think that they would be able to get a decent amount of transfer fee for the former Manchester City winger this summer.
Sane has been on the books of Bayern since 2020 when he joined from Manchester City. The Germany international winger has been superb for the Bavarian giants and is at the top of his game at the moment. During his time at Bayern so far, the winger has won the Bundesliga title three times.
Bayern are second in the Bundesliga table with 69 points from 32 matches. Bayer Leverkusen have already won the league title in Germany. Bayern will take on Real Madrid away from home at the S…
Newcastle United are interested in signing Juventus forward Paulo Dybala in the summer transfer window, according to . Dybala, who can operate as a forward or as an attacking midfielder, is out of contract at Juventus at the end of the season, and it has already been decided that he will not sign a new deal.
Dybala has been on the books of Juventus since 2015 and has been superb for the Italian and European giants over the years. The 28-year-old as made 30 starts and two substitute appearances in Serie A so far this season, scoring eight goals and providing five assists in the process.
Newcastle are 15th in the Premier League table at the moment with 31 points from 30 matches, as many as seven points above third-from-bottom Burnley, who have played 29 games.
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Barcelona fans can breathe a sigh of relief – Lionel Messi has confirmed he will remain at the club this season.
Messi informed the Catalan giants of his desire to leave after their 8-2 humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on August 14 saw them finish the 2019-20 season without a trophy.
The six-time Ballon d Or winner was hoping to activate a contractual clause that would have allowed him to unilaterally terminate his deal with Barca, but the club – and LaLiga – insisted a fee would need to be negotiated or the entirety of his €700million release clause be paid in order for him to leave.
Messi, who has yet to report for pre-season training under Ronald Koeman, is contracted at Camp Nou until June 2021 and it…