Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa has admitted he would like a move to the Premier League with Chelsea being his preferred destination. The 24-year-old has been tracked by a number of European clubs since he began his playing career for the Brazilian side Gremio in 2008. However, the midfielder ended up signing a five-year contract with Shakhtar […]

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Andre-Pierre Gignac is steaming down on goal. The Marseille hitman who, when his side travelled to Monaco earlier this season, had already reached double figures in his goalscoring tally, sees the Monaco goal gaping in his sights but he has just has one problem — defender Aymen Abdennour. Abdennour is following almost harassing and cornering […]

Louis van Gaal set his sights on catching Manchester City after watching his team rip Tottenham apart with their best display of the season. For eight months Van Gaal has been promising Manchester United fans everything would soon start to click into place and it finally did on Sunday as United beat Spurs 3-0. Marouane […]

Everton's season turned a significant corner as a first home league win of 2015 against 10-man Newcastle eased growing worries of a relegation battle. Midfielder James McCarthy's first goal since May was followed in the second half by Romelu Lukaku's 17th of the campaign, one more than he managed in the whole of last season, […]

Despite failing to impress in 2015 so far, Cristiano Ronaldo's popularity on social media has soared as he became the most liked person on Facebook after overcoming Colombian Singer Shakira at the top of the charts on Sunday. The 30-year-old has totalled over 107 million likes and is now miles ahead of the second most […]

Recently, Manchester United had done nothing to inspire confidence. They had been winning games, but winning games in spite of themselves. They were lethargic, slow, lacking ideas in the final third, and the elimination from the FA Cup at the hands of Arsenal seemed to confirm that. Tensions began to rise at Old Trafford. Meanwhile, […]

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Wayne Rooney and Manchester United delivered a bruising knockout performance as Tottenham were blown away at Old Trafford. Rooney put aside the controversy created by his kitchen sparring session with Phil Bardsley to put in a superb performance in the 3-0 victory. The England captain, a buzzing nuisance to Spurs all afternoon, scored United's third […]

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes a wrongly-awarded penalty in the 1-1 draw with Southampton denied his side an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Blues are six points clear of second-placed Manchester City with a game in-hand, but for the second successive match against Southampton, Mourinho bemoaned decisions by the match […]

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has had a 2014/15 Premier League season to forget. This is the same man who told a Leicester City supporter to "f*** off and die," put an Crystal Palace footballer into a chokehold, was fired and then re-hired a couple of hours later, and has now called a journalist a "prick" […]

Wayne Rooney poked fun at himself by falling over as if on the end of a knockout blow after scoring in Manchester United's 3-0 win over Tottenham and then said he had no idea how a video taken in his home had found its way to the front pages. The clip emerged earlier on Sunday […]

Manuel Pellegrini’s tenure as Manchester City manager has been called into question after a series of indifferent performances that culminated in a 1-0 loss against Burnley on Saturday. The Chilean manager’s position, depending on what source you consider, is either safe or in terminal crisis. Ironically at Turf Moor on Saturday, it could be argued that the […]

Earlier this week, the performance of Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas performance against Schalke 04 came under tremendous scrutiny from fans and the media. The 33-year-old has started 24 of 26 La Liga games this season, while keeping 11 clean sheets. Casillas has remained Real Madrid's number one despite the club electing to sign the best […]

Manchester United host Tottenham Hotspur in a crunch clash on Sunday as the race for the Champions League places continues to gather pace. The Red Devils will be looking to shake the disappointment of losing to Arsenal in the FA Cup last week and they start the game in fourth place, three points ahead of […]