Former Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli has claimed that the club’s owners never rated Jordan Henderson when he signed from Sunderland. Comolli officialy left Anfield by mutual consent in 2012, although rumours suggested that he was shown the door for failing to make satisfactory signings in that summer. The Frenchman now claims that he was sacked and feels it was because he signed Jordan Henderson from Sunderland for a fee of £20m; a signing which was not met with happiness by the club’s owners, who are claimed to not have rated the midfielder. “When we signed Jordan Henderson, he got…
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Tottenham Hotspur are ready to make a £15m bid for Marseille attacker Florian Thauvin after seeing rivals Arsenal drop their interest. French side Marseille have slapped a £15m price tag on the midfielder, who now looks set to become one of European football’s top targets in the January transfer window. Thauvin has attracted the interest of a number of top European clubs in recent months with Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal all being credited with interest. However, it is understood that Spurs are the club with serious interest at this stage and boss Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly told his officials…
Arsenal forward Joel Campbell is ready to leave the club in January after becoming frustrated at a number of broken promises by boss Arsene Wenger. Campbell, 22, signed for the Gunners in 2011 but saw work permit problems restrict him from playing for the North London side and thus – seeing him enjoy loan spells with French side Lorient, Spanish side Real Betis and Greek side Olympiakos. Much wanted after a good season with the Greek champions, Campbell was in good form for his country, Costa Rica, at the World Cup in Brazil this summer. Numerous European clubs showed interest…
Kolo Toure says Liverpool will be after revenge when they face Premier League leaders Chelsea at Anfield on Saturday. Brendan Rodgers’ were just one result away from beating Manchester City to the Premier League title last season but suffered a title defining loss to Chelsea at Anfield in the run in, which allowed Manuel Pellegrini’s side to win the league. Heading into the repeat fixture this season, Reds defender Kolo Toure is relishing the chance to exact revenge on Jose Mourinho’s side. “They cost us the league, and now we have the chance to beat them – I can’t wait…
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal could be set to axe Robin van Persie for the weekend tie with Crystal Palace. Numerous reports across English press claim that Van Persie’s position in the United starting eleven is now under threat after young striker James Wilson showed promise on the training field. United boss Van Gaal is considering starting Wilson in the weekend fixture with Crystal Palace on Saturday as he looks to improve on United’s lack of goals this season. Dutch national captain Van Persie has scored just three goals this season and is far from his best form, having…
Manchester United are ready to make a bid for Real Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao after he was made available for transfer. The Portuguese defender has struggled to find regular playing time this season after losing his place to youngster Daniel Carvajal and is now ready to leave the club after being made available for transfer ahead of the January transfer market. The Premier League club did strengthen in their full-back areas this summer but boss Louis van Gaal is uncertain about the experience, fitness and quality of Luke Shaw, signed from Southampton in the summer. Coentrao, who joined Madrid in…
Yaya Toure has apologised to Manchester City supporters for getting sent off in the Champions League defeat to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday evening. The Ivorian midfielder scored during the game but saw his goal cancelled out by two Seydou Doumbia goals in a result which leaves City tinkering on the brink of elimination from the competition. The result sends winless City to the bottom of Group E and give them all to do against Bayern Munich and Roma in their remaining games. That job will be increasingly harder after both Fernandinho and Yaya Toure were sent off against CSKA Moscow…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has conceded that he is baffled at why his players cannot perform on the Champions League stage. The Premier League champions lost 2-1 at home to Russian side CSKA Moscow on Wednesday night in a result which leaves them looking highly likely to be eliminated from the competition. Two goals from Seydou Doumbia cancelled out Yaya Toure’s free-kick in a game which has left coach Manuel Pellegrini scratching his head as to why his side cannot perform on Europe’s grandest stage. He said: “All of them are important players so I don’t understand why they…
Jose Mourinho has defended attacker Eden Hazard following his late penalty miss in Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Maribor in the Champions League. Hazard had the perfect chance to put the Blues through to the next round of the Champions League, however, the Belgian attacker missed and therefore gives his side a nervous wait in the coming two group games. But Blues boss Mourinho refused to criticise his star man, speaking to Sky Sports: “When players play so well like Hazard did, he was fantastic and by far the best player of my team. “Players like this can miss a penalty…
Luis Suarez claims he would have been forced to retire if he had slipped up against Chelsea like Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard did last season. The Reds were on an 11-game winning streak heading in to the home game with Chelsea and were favourites to secure their first title since 1990, but the result against Jose Mourinho’s side did not go according to plan, with Gerrard’s famous slip giving Demba Ba the chance to score, which he did. Luis Suarez, now at Barcelona, admits he would have been tempted to retire had it happened to him. “If I had been…