Every young player who has had a promising form in the recent past becomes the eye candy for his aspirants and for that reason most of the high profile clubs keep in touch with him on and off the record. Liverpool’s 20-year-old Jamaican forward Raheem Sterling is one such player who has recently been on the radar of several sides and since his contract is also expiring at Anfield soon, his aspirants are positive to bring him into their den, but things can never be as smooth as they look. According to Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who is also interested in the forward, he could cost somewhere 100 million pounds to any side looking for him. This price may be way too beyond the paying capacity of many clubs, thanks to the FFPs, yet this could also be a move to keep Sterling out of the focus of others. Pellegrini has said this after taking great care of buying capacity of the City after selling James Milner whose contract is also expiring this summer. However, Chilean manager … [Read more...]
Liverpool fight for a fourth place in the league leaderboard
When everyone is discussing who could win the league title this year, there is another side who is looking just to secure a place among top four so they could qualify for the Champions League and that is of course Liverpool who has seen many ups and downs this year. Despite having been a show stopper last year, Brendan Rodgers could not carry good form of his team this year along with few decisions that went against his strategy including release of Suarez to Barcelona. Irishman now talks about the chances of his team to be among the top four and what they need to do to sustain that minimum feat. Like everyone who is passing through this situation, 42-year-old too said they need to perform brilliantly if they want to replace Manchester United’s fourth fourth position who is leading them by five good points along with Southampton and Tottenham who are as well close to the Anfield side. Talking about the upcoming games ahead of them, Rodgers said, “We have 30 points to play for, so I am … [Read more...]
Graeme Souness stands by his earlier remarks about Mourinho
Football experts along with Pundits sometime become the nightmare for the side they love the most and this happens most in England where everyone is more sensitive than he should be. That is why whenever anything untoward happens to any big league side, pundits and experts collectivity start lambasting everything that did not go in their favor. Chelsea’s exit from Championship league is not a news now, in fact, severe criticism of the Blues from every corner is also not a news yet Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness’ comment about Jose Mourinho went viral and still in the headlines. Souness openly criticized the behavior shown by the Stamford Bridge side during Champions League last-16 exit game to PSG and Portuguese also answered his allegations in his own style. Souness went so desperate that he did not mind calling Blues men ‘pathetic’ and former Everton manager a ‘frustrated man.’ What Mourinho had said reacting former Scottish manager’s comment was, “The difference between me and … [Read more...]
Man City would never misbehave to referee like Chelsea did: Manuel Pellegrini
When it comes to show the professionalism every team tries to present itself as they are the only one who care about the dignity of the game, but when a controversial situation arises no one takes his feet back while opposing any decision of the referee. Chelsea, in recent days has come across many situations where its players were seen arguing with the referee. In fact, they are also found surrounding the mentor just to force him to oust any player. While this behavior was severely criticized by everyone, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini openly condemns the behavior demonstrated by his league colleagues in recent days. He pointed his fingers over few incidents where Blues men behaved erectly including the last Championship match where Dutch official Bjorn Kuipers was visibly roofed by the players ahead of the Sweden captain's red card. Apart from Pellegrini, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has as well called Chelsea players disgraceful amid severely criticisms of … [Read more...]
United lose FA Cup quarterfinal amid Di Maria sending off
The FA Cup quarterfinal between Arsenal and Manchester United proved to be the mega entertainer for soccer fans all over the world and why not after all this showdown was reportedly watched by a record number of fans and if we discuss about the outcome of the game, it went into Gunners favor. They overshadowed their hosts in every department of the game. United is now ousted from the cup by 2-1 and more importantly it was sourced by the decision to send off Red Devils midfielder Angel Di Maria 13 minutes before the end of the game. Knowingly, the marching order of the Argentine was not because he did something wrong to other players but for his tugging on the back of Oliver – the referee’s - shirt. Later, United fans severely criticized the referee for behaving like anti United while few experts are also calling the decision correct under the circumstances and one of them is former Premier League referee Graham Poll who favors Oliver's decision to debar any player who is misbehaving … [Read more...]
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