The relationship between the player and Chelsea fans is not so good after the player’s underwhelming performance in his first season back at the club after running the show with Inter in the Serie A in 2020-21.To worsen matters, the Belgian had a controversial interview, where he criticized the club as well as the tactics of then manager, Thomas Tuchel. The fans did not take that well.Moreso, on his return to Inter on loan last summer, Lukaku said in an interview, “I left (for Chelsea). It was a mistake.””Now I am happy to be wearing this jersey, the team knows…
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Spanish attacker Marco Asensio has made it known to Los Blancos that he wants out of the club this summer and will depart as a free agent when his contract runs out next month.Asensio was signed by Madrid from Mallorca in 2014 but only joined the club in 2016 after a couple of loan spells including at Espanyol where he won the LaLiga Breakthrough Player in 2015-16.Since his arrival in Madrid, the 27-year old has been an important part of their achievements, and his fame started when he came off the bench to score against Juventus in the final of…
Luton Town Football Club are set to become the 51st different club to play in the English top-flight in the new era after beating Coventry City on penalties to emerge as winner of the Championship play-off.The Hatters has been relegated from the top flight in the 1991-92 season, just before the start of the new era and have come a long way before sealing a return.During the latter years of the 2010s, Luton Town went into administration and that unfortunate event saw them relegate in back to back seasons until they were out of the English Football League, when they…
Wolverhampton Wonderers are set to lose their captain Ruben Neves this summer and Barcelona have had a bid of €30 million accepted ahead of a move for the Portuguese midfielder.26-year old Neves has made his decision to leave the Premier League club this summer after six years of signing for the club from his boyhood club, FC Porto.The Midfielder was seen bidding farewell to the fans in the Molineux at full-time in Wolves final home game of the Premier League season, a 1-1 draw against Everton.Neves joined Wolves at a time they were in the Championship for an undisclosed fee…
Two more matchdays to go in the Serie A and history awaits Victor Osimhen if he is able to see off Lautaro Martínez in the race for the top scorer prize in the Italian top-flight league.Seeing off the challenge from Martinez will see him win the top scorer award in the league, making him the first African in history, ever to do so in the Italian top flight league.Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen will also become the first Nigerian in history to win the top scorer award in any of the Europe top five leagues.The Napoli striker has bagged 23 goals…
The agent of Manuel Ugarte, Jorge Chijane has confirmed that his client is a man in demand ahead of the summer window.The Sporting midfielder has been linked with a move to Liverpool earlier in the month but both Chelsea and PSG Paris Saint-German have also now turn attention to the Uruguayan.Liverpool are currently more focused on the signing of Argentine midfielder, Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton and this opens up the opportunity for one Chelsea and PSG to beat the Reds to Ugarte.Both Chelsea and Liverpool need to strengthen their midfield due to the shortage of options and departures while…
Italian giant AC Milan are interested in signing 16 year old midfielder, Daniel Daga from Nigeria Premier Football League side, Dakkada FC.Daga, born in 2007 has been very impressive in the Nigerian flying Eagles’ opening two games in the ongoing U20 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.Daga was also part of the squad that represented Nigeria in the CAN U20 Championship in Egypt but did not have the chance to really impressed having feature for 43 minutes in the opening game before suffering an injury which brought his participation to an end very early.So far in Argentina, Daga has been one…
Manchester United cruise to a 4-1 win over the underperforming Blues to seal passage into a 31st Champions League in emphatic fashion under the lights in Old Trafford, making the possibility of Liverpool reaching the next season’s Champions League impossible.The host took an early lead as Casemiro, who scored that late late equalizer in the reverse fixture in Stamford Bridge headed home a Christian Eriksen free-kick with less than six minutes played.The goal is the fastest to have been scored in this Premier League fixture since a David Luiz’s fourth minute own goal in October 2012.It was to be the…
The Premier League 2022-23 season champion is already crowned with Pep Guardiola’s City winning the title for a third time in a row while Arsenal have settled for second spot after fumbling their quest to be winners.Newcastle United have secured Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years while Manchester United need just a point from their remaining two games to complete the top four.For Liverpool, they’ll need to win their final game away to already relegated Southampton and hope United lose their two remaining games to reach the Champions League next season.However, that seems a bit too…
Spanish giants, Real Madrid have release a statement following the incidence that happened in their away game to Valencia in the LaLiga on Sunday night.Their Brazilian star, Vinicius Junior was a subject of racial abuse following altercation amongst the players, which ended in the 22year old getting a marching orders.The even has not gone down well and it appears the hottest topic in the world football since then, even Manchester City’s Premier League title win is struggling to keep up.In response to it all, Real Madrid have now released a statement in relation to the incidence and it reads:”Real Madrid…