No matter where you play if you are one of the high profile players in any team each of your entry and exit from the side is scanned with suspected eyes, in fact, media geeks always look for anything secret about your absence from the game. This is something that seems to be happening with Barcelona ever since they hired the young Brazilian Neymar. There have been cases when media tried to create a war among them but both these pros always played down reports of any difference among them and this time too Neymar refuses to weigh his swap reports from the last game with Eibar. Actually what happened is Barca was already leading by three goals in that game then manager Luis Enrique apparently decided to rest his star Messi for the next two games against Ajax and, of course, Real Madrid this week but when Messi refused to leave the pitch Spaniard rested Brazilian instead of Argentinean. Within few hours, this news spread like a wild fire and almost every sports media captioned it as the … [Read more...]

Chelsea show in this league season has been impressive right from the day one. Initially, it used to be believed that few concentric players are the backbone of this side and Diego Costa was one of them. In fact, manager Jose Mourinho had said over several occasions that Spanish forward is the integral part of his army and they rely heavily over him. But, team proved their manager’s assumption wrong when they won the last game against Crystal Palace by 2-1 without having Costa in the side. Notably, former Manchester United player is in brilliant form this season and already registered nine goals to his name in first seven played games for the new side. Indeed, it was him who played an important role in an unprecedented start by the Blues this season and made them unbeatable after eight games in the English topflight. This form can also bring good news for both club bosses and Mourinho as he looks forward for the higher position in Championship league as well. Despite missing Costa for … [Read more...]

Young players have always been on the radar of big sides like Real Madrid who is known for snatching finest talents in their early ages and this is also a fact that any player they desire for is ready to join them and if he has any kind of dissent with his current club, chances of his switch become more prominent. We are talking about Liverpool’s 19-year-old Jamaican player Raheem Sterling who has off late been in the news for an apparent argument between Reds and England’s national team managers. He is young, dynamic, and obviously among the brightest European talents available today, hence, reportedly, Real was in talk with his agent for a possibly switch. Whether it is just a rumor or Madrid side is really interested in him is not confirmed but one thing is sure that Sterling has asked his side to revise his running contract and if there is any hitch from club side, Spanish giant would like to encash the opportunity even if manager Carlo Ancelotti has denied of any such interest in … [Read more...]

Louis van Gaal seems to have tightened his belt for the upcoming league games after a dismissal start of the campaign. However, the bigger problem for him is not the class but availability as most of the star liners are out for injuries especially in the defense area where Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, and Phil Jones are not available for different reasons. In other areas too situation is not comfortable for the Dutchman, in fact, captain Rooney is also passing through suspension so Gaal has indeed limited options but still he does not want to make an easy journey for any aspiring player into the final eleven. In short, new manager is finding it difficult to cope with the pressing situations at the helm and this is exactly the time he needs to prove himself otherwise there is no point in differentiating him from that of former sacked manager David Moyes who also said recently to have been in the similar situation but bosses never gave him some time to settle down at Old Trafford – don’t … [Read more...]

Today, soccer has become the gigantic game and everyone expects every player to play every match comes to his way irrespective of his fitness and requirement of the rest. There have been countless controversies over when a club should rest its star players and when national team manager should use the players for national duties. Recently, the controversy again sparkled when Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and England national team manager Roy Hodgson made a different point of views over player’s recovery and if they require training during this rehabilitation period. The recent hullabaloo belongs to Sterling, 19, who was selected for England Euro qualifier in Estonia last Sunday but could not play citing he was not fit. Still, England boss selected him and rested on the bench, yet he got a chance to fire a free kick which earned England the decisive goal of the game. Later, when Sterling revealed that he had informed Hodgson he is not fit, media shined the rising differences between … [Read more...]