Having previously failed at Inter Milan, Lazio and Bologna, no one would have foresee Stefano Pioli being offered another contract when AC Milan appointed him on October 2019, to see them through the rest of the season after the sacking of Marco Giampaolo.AC Milan manager, Stefano Pioli in Milan training. Photo Credit: AC MilanAC Milan sacked Pioli’s predecessor Giampaolo, who signed a two-year contract with the club in the summer of 2019, just few months into his first season after Milan started the season with just three wins and four loses in seven games.The results are not befitting of The…
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Dominik Szoboszlai/Photo Credit : Facebook/Dominik SzoboszlaiOver sixteen years ago, when Patrick Viera lifted the Premier League trophy as Arsenal were crowned champions, going a 38 game season without a defeat, if one says the club will not be winning the championship in the next five years, many will have such person taken to a psychiatric hospital.However, Arsenal have gone sixteen seasons without a Premier League success and have slowly become not one of the favourites to win the league year in, year out. They have also missed out on Champions League places as they have finished out of the top…
It will always be one heck of a task finding the right successor to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United because the standard has been set so high and the managers employed after the Scot’s retirement will attest to the truth in this statement.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer/GettyimagesManchester United, undisputably one of the top teams in European Football and one of the most prominent in the Premier league having been crowned champions more times (20) than any other team in the English top division.A club, which dominated the later and the early part of the past and the present centuries respectively thanks…
A rivalry between fans is ascertain again as two of the biggest clubs in English football lock horns again this Saturday.Manchester United – Chelsea/Photo Credit/Andy Rain/GettyimagesHaving finished third and fourth respectively last season, both clubs aim is to strengthen their squad and challenge for the title this season and in all sincerity none of the two clubs will be happy with how they have started the season.Manchester United had to settle for a cover up summer as they were unable to secure their targets and so far into the season even though their last two results have shown glimpse of…
The famous El-Clasico takes centre stage again this weekend and for the first time this season and both team comes into the game lacking confidence especially the boys from the Spanish Capital.Photo Credit : fcbarcelonaFor Barcelona, the motivation will be playing in their courtyard even though there will not be fans available but the club has turn the Camp Nou to a fortress in recent years.Real Madrid is currently on a run of two consecutive home defeats to Cadiz and Shaktar in the UEFA Champions League and there has been rumours flying around Zidane’s job is on the line due…
Patson Daka. Photo Credit : Getty imagesPatson Daka22yearsCentre ForwardRed Bull SalzburgDaka, a Zambian chosen by Salzburg to replace the incredible Braut Erlin Haaland who was sold to Dortmund.Daka has been phenomenonal since he took over from Haaland, replicating the young Norwegian’s numbers for Salzburg.Its little wonder that most top English club are vying for his signature with the likes of Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United expressing their interest in the striker.At 22, the Zambian international has a staggering record for Salzburg;• 52 games played• 45 goals• 14 assists• 79 mins per goal contributionAnd to show the testament of his attacking…
Antonie Griezmann is currently in his second term with FC Barcelona and just like most of last season, the frenchman performance has not justified his price tag and there is an increasing demand from Barcelona fans to see him leave.Photo Credit : Alex CaparrosAt Oltsports, we look into what could have really been the reason for his worst decline.1. Lack of good sporting project: Griezmann has never and will never be a Barcelona material, he is not a flash type of player, nothing so flashy about him, no dribbling, pace and such attacker hardly excel at Barcelona. The major highlight…
Everton will be looking to end their winless run against Liverpool when they host their rivals at The Goodison Park in the first Merseyside derby of the new season.It will be ten years tomorrow, when Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta goals helped Everton beat Liverpool at The Goodison Park and have been without a win against their neighbor since.22 matches been played afterwards have either ended in draw or victory for The Reds. Everton will also take positives from their fairly good home record against Liverpool, who have been without a win in their last three visits to the Goodison…
Manchester City host Arsenal at The Ethiad this evening in one of the biggest fixture of the Premier League matchday five.Pep Guardiola takes on his apprentice Mikel Arteta, for the third time since their parting in December 2019. Both managers have won one apiece of their meetings with City beating Arsenal 3-0 in the league while Arsenal won 2-0 in their FA Cup and this clash is set to be a tie breaker.The Gunners are winless in their last nine games against their host who have won seven and drawn two in the process though, Arsenal were the happier of…
Manchester United are on the verge of completing a two-year deal to bring Edison Cavani on a free transfer to the theatre of dreams to bolster their attacking prowess, but what can we expect from the Uruguayan talisman as the club have been let down by his like players in the past.The Premier League club have signed Radamel Falcao and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, both who can be considered world class attackers at that time but failed to establish themselves at the club for long-term.Colombian talisman Radamel Falcao arrived at Manchester United ahead of the 2014-15 season from Monaco on a season-long…