Chelsea just can’t seem to get themselves going this preseason, and they were absolutely awful in this game in Frankfurt. Frank Lampard rejoined he team after his illness, and Nicolas Anelka made his first appearance of the season, but even they couldn’t make the team look good.
The first goal was utter stupidity by Hilario, and [...]
Arsene Wenger believes that his young Arsenal team have been gradually improving each year, and if they improve just a little more this season they can be at the top of the table.
“We have to remind ourselves that we decided to go with a very young team three or four years ago and we have [...]
Nicklas Bendtner’s Denmark team will play Holland in their opening match next week, and they are in dire need of their star striker to be fit and ready.
They had to play a warm-up game without him yesterday, and they went down 1-0 South Africa, in a very hard-fought match, and it showed how desperately they [...]
The Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard admits that the two warm-up games against Mexico and Japan were not the best performances ever, but he believes that they are just another important part of England’s preparation.
He said: “These were tough games against two teams going to the World Cup finals.
“So we had been working hard, [...]
The Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck is confident that Carlo Ancelotti will be making “two or three” signings this summer, and there will also be a few players leaving as they aim to bring down the average age of the squad.
“I have said that in every year there is some refreshing of the squad and [...]