Author Archives: James Grundy
The least popular figure at Chelsea right now linked with surprise Serie A move
The least popular figure at Chelsea right now linked with…
There are plenty of people at Chelsea who one might imagine are in demand from top European clubs. Eden Hazard, for example, is linked with Real Madrid almost daily.[1] We’ve also got Bayern sniffing around Callum Hudson-Odoi, and plenty of interest in some of our less used squad players (but not Danny Drinkwater, sadly). READ MORE: The […]
Miguel Almiron: Man Utd interest CONFIRMED in Newcastle record signing… what happened?
Miguel Almiron: Man Utd interest CONFIRMED in Newcastle…
And interest from Manchester United has now emerged, with the player’s agent confirming their admiration for the Paraguayan. The 25-year-old ultimately cost Newcastle[1] £20m as the club finally surpassed the £16m they paid Real Madrid for Michael Owen in 2005. Attacking midfielder Almiron had caught the eye of a number of top clubs across Europe […]
Serie A Week 25 referees
Serie A Week 25 referees
The referees for Serie A Week 25 are announced as Rosario Abisso will take charge of Inter’s trip to Fiorentina on Sunday. Abisso oversaw Inter’s 1-0 win against Udinese in December but also their penalties defeat to Lazio in the Coppa Italia, whereas he was in position for Fiorentina’s 6-1 thrashing of Chievo back in […]
Europa League, predicted line-ups of Napoli-Zurich and Inter-Rapid Wien
Europa League, predicted line-ups of Napoli-Zurich and Inter-Rapid…
21 February at 12:40 Inter and Napoli take on Rapid Wien and Zurich in home Europa League games tonight. These are the predicted line-ups for the games:Napoli: Meret; Hysaj, Chiriches, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Ounas, Diawara, Zielinski, Verdi; Insigne, MErtens.Zurich: Brecher; Nef, Bangura, Maxso, Kharabadze; Winter, Dmgjoni, Schonbachler, Khelifi, Kololli; Odey.INTER-RAPID Inter: Handanovic; Cedric, Skriniar, Miranda, Asamoah; Vecino, Brozovic; Candreva, Nainggolan, Perisic; Lautaro.Rapid: […]
‘Koulibaly wouldn’t betray Napoli, but…’
‘Koulibaly wouldn’t betray Napoli, but…’
Kalidou Koulibaly’s agent admits that while he does not expect the defender to ‘betray Napoli and join Juventus’, he would ‘listen’ to offers from big clubs. Koulibaly has remained loyal to Napoli since joining them from KRC Genk in 2014, but Bruno Satin refused to confirm the Senegalese would prolong his stay if a giant […]
Probable line-ups: Napoli-Zurich (3-1 agg.)
Probable line-ups: Napoli-Zurich (3-1 agg.)
Vlad Chiriches will make his first start of the season for a much-changed Napoli against FC Zurich in tonight’s Europa League last-32 second leg. Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti confirmed in his Press conference that Chiriches would start, the defender having been sidelined for most of the campaign with an ACL injury. Zurich, meanwhile, will be […]
Report: Roma line up Sarri
Report: Roma line up Sarri
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has reportedly been offered the chance to coach Roma next season. According to La Reppublica, Roma consultant Franco Baldini and President James Pallotta had dinner in London with Sarri, where he was proposed Eusebio Di Francesco’s position. The newspaper explains Di Francesco is ‘very likely’ to make way at the end […]
Europa League Draw: When is the draw? Would Chelsea or Arsenal be seeded? How do I watch?
Europa League Draw: When is the draw? Would Chelsea or Arsenal…
Chelsea are in the best position to go through, having won the first leg of their round of 32 tie last week away to Malmo. While the Blues won 2-1 in Sweden, Arsenal[1] fell to a shock 1-0 defeat to BATE Borisov in Belarus. Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic, meanwhile, look set to crash out of Europe […]