Chelsea has been one of the most active English clubs this January thanks to manager Jose Mourinho who is determined to make his comeback impressive with at least one or two titles this year. Reportedly, North London club is planning to release Juan Mata for Mohamed Salah to strengthen its center back in the second phase of the English topflight. Though, none of Chelsea or Manchester United has said anything in public about the deal, but close sources say the deal for Mata is approximately 37 million pounds and is in the final stage. As far Salah is concerned, Blues have signed up a replacement deal with Basel to bring him at Stamford Bridge. This move is being taken as a good one from Man United coz they desperately need a fresh air to rejuvenate their squad especially in the central area which is their weakest point. Mata is said to have completed all legal formalities to initiate his transfer except medical which will soon be done at Old Trafford. Financially, it is a fruitful deal … [Read more...]

Manchester United is undoubtedly one of biggest in English perhaps world soccer with millions of diehard fans who cheer and sorrow each of its successes and defeats. It is also a fact that United is nowhere a threatening contender of league title this season thanks to their bad start which never let them recover and they are on the seventh spot in the middle of the season. Despite whatever is the status in EPL, fans were somehow happy to their strong presence in the League One Cup, but Wednesday was the day that crushed all their hopes over there as well when they lost to Sunderland in the penalty shootout. The dramatic defeat caused severe damage to team confidence level along with countless fans who are feeling nowhere in any English competition this year. Manager David Moyes, as always, is on the center of criticism for his decisions during and before the match; fans are holding only him responsible for United’s scary show this year. An incident where a fan called the police … [Read more...]

So, things seem to be settling down back in Camp Nou thanks to Barca’s board members who finally decided to offer Messi a new record breaking deal. This is also good news for millions of fans who have recently been in suspense about the future of one of the finest strikers in soccer world. Unlike his arch rival Ronaldo, who fought for his contract extension with Real Madrid, Messi did not came himself forward and said nothing against the club, but his agent talked about his secret demands and why he deserves to be the highest paid player today. Matter was further heated when club vice president said in media that they cannot renew Messi contract every six month and then an untold war was started between Messi and Barca management. Thankfully, everything is now sorted out and 26-year-old Argentine footballer is ready to rule the world again. Interestingly, the news of his pay hike is announced by board member Javier Faus; this is the same man who refused to offer a pay hike to Messi … [Read more...]

Manchester United, the once ruling champion in English top flight, seems to be shattering this time thanks to their newly appointed manager and highly demoralized team which is not allowing them to recover from their bad start in the season. Though, beginning was not so welcoming but they somehow managed to surge their rankings a little bit later, but again, they are residing on the seventh place, and more importantly, their miserable defense in the last match is more in the news where they were defeated by Chelsea with a huge 3-1 margin. While Blues fans are applauding Samuel Eto’s brilliant hat-trick in the game, fifty-year-old Scottish football manager is holding poor defense responsible for missing important three points. If we look at the whole match, initial session has being dominated by United, but they could not capitalize their psychological edge for the whole match and left many loopholes into their back and Eto perfectly capitalized on that and gave his team an important … [Read more...]