Ancelotti – Alex, Cech, Bosingwa and Drogba won’t start against Man Utd
The Community Shield is looming just a week away, and Carlo Ancelotti is not happy at all with the fitness of his team so close to the start of the season. Luckily Chelsea’s opening League games are not against the best teams so hopefully it will give the squad time to regain their fitness, but [...]
Liverpool v Rabotnicki extended highlights – ‘Pool ease through
Liverpool were already 2-0 up but they didn’t give their supporters any heart attacks as they eased through to the next round of the Europa Cup. N’Gog scored yet another one to give Roy Hodgson a striking dilemma when Fernando Torres returns to fitness, and Steve G got his first of the season from the [...]
Carlo Ancelotti not happy after third defeat in a row for Chelsea
The Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is hardly going to be happy that his side have now lost all three pre-season games, but is sure that the players fitness and concentration levels are still not up to speed ahead of the new season.
“We are making a lot of mistakes in this moment.” said Ancelotti. “We know [...]
Hamburg v Chelsea highlights – The Blues lose again
Chelsea finished their tour of Germany last night with yet another defeat, this time in Hamburg. It was a comedy of errors yet again as every goal was more due to defending mistakes rather than attacking qualities.
Michael Essien did well to take advantage of a terrible back pass to give Lampard the opening goal, [...]
Chelsea sign Ramires from Benfica for 22million euros
In some great news for Chelsea fans it looks like the Blues will have another classy Brazilian in the team next season. It is being reported that Benfica have acepted an £18.3million bid from Chelsea for Ramires.
Goal reported today: The Aguias have now apparently changed their mind though, as a report in Record suggests [...]
Chelsea Season Preview 2010/11 – Prediction? Champions!
Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea will have their eyes on the ultimate prize this season as they look to land the sole trophy to elude them in the Roman Abramovich era – the UEFA Champions League as well as retaining their status as English champions.
Last season
The 2009-10 season proved to be the most successful [...]
Inter Milan v Man City highlights – Easy for Inter!
Man City are not having a good pre-season, and Roberto Mancini’s men were taken apart by Inter Milan. The Italian and European Champions scored three impressive goals, but City were hampered by the sending off of Patrick Vieira after just 21 minutes. Ten minutes later Obinna opened the scoring to put the game beyond doubt, [...]
Carvalho – We are getting fitter every day!
The Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho believes that the team were unlucky to lose in Frankfurt yesterday, but thinks that the team is working very hard to get their fitness levels up for the start of the new season.
After the match, Carvalho was grabbed and asked how he felt on his return: “Good,” he said. “It [...]
Eintracht Frankfurt v Chelsea highlights – A comedy of errors!
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 [...]
Ashley Cole asks Ancelotti to let him leave for Real Madrid!
The worst has happened. It is being reported this morning that Ashley Cole has spoken to Carlo Ancelotti, and told him that he wants to leave England to get away from the flak over his acrimonious, and very public, divorce from Cheryl Cole.
A “source” told Sport of the World this morning: “It was a [...]
Cech and Drogba will be fit to face Man Utd
Great news for Chelsea fans. Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that he thinks that Didier Drogba and Petr Cech will be fit for the start of the new season.
“Drogba is in good condition, he has recovered well from surgery so he will be able to play the next game against Hamburg,” Ancelotti said.
“Yeah it [...]
CD Chivas v Man Utd highlights – Hernandez and Smalling both score but Utd lose 3-2
The new Man Utd defender Chris Smalling scored his first goal for the team yesterday, and another new signing, Javier Hernadez scored too, but for Chivas! This was the Mexican striker’s farewell game for Chivas and he gave them a night to remember as he helped his old team beat the Premiership giants 3-2 in [...]
Ramires – To play for Chelsea is my dream
The Benfica midfielder Ramires is convinced that Chelsea are in the middle of finalising his transfer to Stamford Bridge, and can’t wait to join his new team-mates in London. Barcelona and Real Madrid were also reported to be interested in the Brazilian international.
He said: “There has been a bid for me from Chelsea.
“To play for [...]
Ancelotti – Chelsea must keep winning or it will all go sour
The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti knows that the team can’t rest on their laurels after winning the Double last year. The World Cup players have to pick themselves up and return immediately to winning ways again.
He said: “All my Musketeers, including Drogba, Malouda, Lampard and Terry, have played in a World Cup which has lowered [...]
Tottenham v Villarreal highlights – Spurs lose 4-1
Tottenham Hotspur started their pre-season with a lesson from Villarreal at White Hart Lane this week. Guiseppe Rossi, the ex-Man Utd striker scored twice and only a consolation from Giovanni Dos Santos made the score halfway respectable.
Spurs have got a Champions League Qualifier coming up very soon but they will need to improve drastically on [...]
Roy Hodgson keen to replace Mascherano with Steven Defour
The Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is keen to join his old boss Rafael Benitez at Inter Milan, and the Reds new boss Roy Hodgson has targeted the Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour as the first-choice to replace him.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Hodgson will be able to buy the experienced Belgian international for about half [...]
FK Rabotnicki Skopje v Liverpool highlights – Ngog gets a double
Liverpool’s season started early this year with the qualifiers for the Europa League, and their aim must be to get past their semi-final exit from last season.
They started without their big stars who were still resting after their World Cup exertions but they still managed to comfortably win by two goals to nil.
Roy Hodgson [...]
Joe Cole – I can go beyond my Chelsea form at Liverpool!
The ex-Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole believes he has made the right decision in going to Liverpool, and feels that he can give them the best years of his life in the next few years, and thinks he can help them to regain the title that they desperately want.
”The target of a club like this is [...]
Bookies say Torres is going to Chelsea, but Hodgson disagrees!
In a very strange turn of events, it seems the bookies have taken so much money on Fernando Torres to go to Chelsea that some bookies have stopped taking bets!
VitalFootball’s Chelsea site said this afternoon: Odds have gone in from 2/1 to 1/3 with some bookies that Fernando Torres will move to Chelsea this summer.
PaddyPower [...]
Mancienne wants permanent Wolves move
The Chelsea and England U21 defender Michael Mancienne is asking Chelsea to allow him to join Wolverhampton Wanderers on a permanent basis after spending the most of the last two years on loan at the club.
Mancienne said: “I’ve been at Chelsea since I was a kid and I’d love to break into the first team, [...]
Van Der Vaart keen to join Chelsea or Liverpool
The Real Madrid and Holland midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart has issued a come-and-get-me plea to both Chelsea and Liverpool amid reports that he is unlikely to be guaranteed first-team football at Real Madrid next season.
The Dutchman says that he would like a move to the Premiership, and preferably at Stamford Bridge or Anfield. He [...]
Hodgson – Torres doesn’t want to stay with Liverpool!
The new Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has admitted that he has spoken to the Spanish striker Fernando Torres, and says the hitman is very unhappy with the Liverpool club as a whole, and there is little he can now do to persuade him to stay. Torres has been strongly linked with a move to Chelsea, [...]
Ramires to sign for Chelsea this weekend
According to reports coming out of Portugal yesterday, the Benfica midfielder Ramires has decided that he wants to move to Chelsea, and the move will be completed “in the next couple of days”.
ESPN has spoken to a source in Portugal who said: “He has opted to go to Chelsea, and the deal can be done [...]
Harry Redknapp – Joe Cole went to Liverpool for the money!
The Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed today that he believed that he had an agreement with Joe Cole that he would join Tottenham before the ex-Chelsea star went to the World Cup, but he changed his mind at the last minute when he was offered more money by Liverpool!
“We are disappointed to miss out [...]
Chelsea close in on Brazilian star Ramires
It is being reported today that Chelsea are very close to signing the Brazilian star Ramires, who is currently playing at Benfica in La Liga Sagre.
Chelsea put in an official bid of 20m euros on Tuesday, and although Man City are reportedly interested as well, they haven’t made an official offer and Benfica are [...]
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