Chelsea Football club have announced the extension of contract of two players whose contracts ends in the summer. Olivier Giroud and Willy Caballero are the beneficiary of the extension at the club. Giroud, who has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge with Italian clubs Lazio and Inter Milan believed to be interested in securing the Frenchman’s service. The striker has impressed boss Frank Lampard and gain a spot in the Chelsea team before the Coronavirus triggered break and subsequently earning him a year extension at the London club. Caballero 38, has also been rewarded with a year…
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Watford player, Two Staffs and Burnley Assistant Manager Test Positive Premier League on Tuesday confirmed six positive cases across three clubs. A Watford player and two members of non-playing staff were among six positive tests for coronavirus within the first round of Premier League testing. The club confirmed the news late on Tuesday evening, after Burnley had earlier said assistant manager Ian Woan tested positive on Sunday. The Premier League announced on Tuesday that six positive cases of coronavirus across three clubs had been confirmed after an initial 748 players and non-playing staffs were tested. A club statement said: “Watford…
Before the suspension of matches, Chelsea had injury crisis, which leaves boss Frank Lampard no other option than to play 18year old Scottish midfielder Billy Gilmour. The teenager put in some scintillating performances in the few outings, winning himself the man of the match against European champion, Liverpool and another one against Everton. The rise of Gilmour has now attract comparison to Cesc Fabregas when the Spaniard joined The Gunners back in 2003. Fàbregas 33, arrived in England at the age of 16 from FC Barcelona in the summer of 2003 and established himself as one of Arsenal’s crucial players…
Watford captain Troy Deeney has confirmed he will not be returning to training amid fears of the Coronavirus pandemic. Premier League clubs have been given the green light to resume training on Tuesday but the striker has made it know he will not risk returning without certainty of safety. In an interview with Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew on Talk the Talk YouTube show, Deeney said: “It only takes one person to get infected within the group and I don’t want to be bringing that home. “My son is only five months old, he had breathing difficulties, so I don’t…
Robert Lewandowski’s 40th goal in all competitions this season and a Benjamin Pavard’s late strike sees Bayern to a perfect BundesLiga return. Lewandowski gave Bayern the lead with 40 minutes played, dispatching a penalty after Neven Subotic was penalized for a foul on Leon Goretzka. With 10 minutes of normal time left to play, Pavard guided home a Joshua Kimmich taken corner kick. The Bavarian have now re-established their four points lead at the top of the BundesLiga standings after Dortmund reduced it to just one with a win of their own yesterday. Berlin however, remined in the 13th position…
Germany attacker Julian Brandt inspired Dortmund to a 4-0 victory over Schalke on their BundesLiga return. Portuguese left-back Raphael Guerrero’s brace, Haaland and Hazard goals completed the dismantling of Schalke at the Signa Iduna park. Braut Erlin Haaland scored the first goal of the BundesLiga game week 26 as he gave Dortmund the lead in the 29th minutes, connecting with Thorgan Hazard Low cross from the right flank. Julian Julian Brandt assisted Raphael Guerrero to double their lead just before half time and Hazard gets on the score sheet early in the second half with Julian Brandt second assist of…
The BundesLiga returns this weekend after over two months since the last fixture of matchday 25 was played between Borussia Monchengladbach and FC Koln. The Long awaited resumption of football actions is set to be over this weekend as the German topflight prepare to kickstart the league from the matchday 26. Augsburg host Wolfsburg at the WWK Arena in one of the matches to be first kick off of the weekend. The reverse fixture of the clash played at the Volkswagen arena ended goalless after Joao Victor’s Goal was ruled out by VAR. The clash between Dortmund and Schalke at…
The Portuguese Primeira Liga will return on the 4th of June, the league has announced. Matches have been suspended in the Portuguese topflight since the 12th of March due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Liga Primeira have now confirmed in an official statement that the 25th round of fixtures will take place from next month. The statement from the Liga Portugal reads: “Over the past few days, various entities have carried out successive alignment meetings so that the recovery can take place safely and with all the protection measures that mitigate the risks of returning to the activity.…
Players in the La Liga Santander have returned to their clubs last week to undergo the coronavirus test before resuming to training. It was discovered that five players have tested positive for the virus but their names remain undisclosed. Some reports had suggested earlier that Atletico Madrid defender Renan Lodi has not return to the club due to positive coronavirus test home. It was not revealed if the Brazilian is one of the five players but and the case could be from both the Spanish topflight and the second division. Players have since started training in preparation for the start…
Actions return in the German topflight this weekend and there have been concerns over the safety of players. Latest update has it that two players from second division side Dynamo Dresden have tested positive for the coronavirus and the rest of the squad are now under quarantine. The club is supposed to play Hannover96 this weekend but the match has now been postponed due to the latest development. The German government have given green light to the resumption of matches if the clubs can adhere to the following rules; -Matches will be played behind closed doors -No more than 322…