Chelsea striker Diego Costa has suffered a minor injury in training and will now face a race against time to be fit for the upcoming Premier League game with Everton. The Brazilian born Spanish international has started the season in good form, having scored two goals in two games for Chelsea since arriving from Atletico Madrid this summer. However, a setback in his fitness will now see him monitored by the club’s medical team ahead of Saturday’s tie with Everton at Goodison Park. Initial reports had suggested that Costa could be ruled out for six weeks after pulling his hamstring…
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The father of Angel Di Maria has hit back at Real Madrid after his son’s move to Manchester United. The 26-year-old winger left Madrid for United in a deal worth £60m earlier this week after turning down a contract extension with the Spanish giants, which was reportedly significantly higher than his previous deal at the club. However, his father – Miguel, has claimed that his son was left no choice but to leave the Spanish side after being offered a minimal pay-rise, contradicting reports in Spanish and English press. “Madrid never offered him €6m. Their ultimate offer was €5m, which…
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has attacked his players following their 1-0 League Cup defeat to Burton Albion on Wednesday evening. Redknapp was left angered after his Premier League side went out of the League Cup to Gary Rowett’s League Two side on Wednesday evening, hitting out at his players for what he called ‘poor’. The former Spurs boss made several changes to his side and included the likes Junior Hoilett, but it was Adam McGurk’s strike in the second half that produced a shock result. “I’m bitterly disappointed,” Redknapp told QPR’s official website. “We were poor. Really, really poor. You’ve…
Liverpool right-back Glen Johnson has insisted that he is not concerned about his future at the club. The English defender will become a free agent next summer as his current deal at Anfield looks set to come to an end after the summer arrivals of Spanish duo Alberto Moreno and Javier Manquillo. Johnson who was taken off during Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City on Monday evening, has revealed that he is not concerned about his future, despite no talks being made between him and the club. “I’m very relaxed about my contract,” Johnson told the Liverpool Echo. “There are…
Bayern Munich have confirmed that they have agreed a deal to sign Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid. Negotiations between the Bundesliga club and Real Madrid began earlier this week as officials from the Spanish giants began to raise funds for a move for either Radamel Falcao or Arturo Vidal. And, Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich have now announced via their official website that they have reached an agreement with Madrid over the transfer of Alonso, with the former Spanish international due to arrive in Munich on Thursday and undergo a medical. The 32-year-old arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2009 following…
Alexis Sanchez scored the only goal of the tie to send Arsenal through to the Champions League knockout stages over Besiktas. The North London side started the play-off first leg well and saw the likes of Alex Oxlade Chamberlan and Santi Cazorla both come close, causing Turkish side Besiktas all sorts of problems. It was English international Wilshere who had the first chance of the game in the ninth minute, having beaten two defenders only to send his effort just wide of Tolga Zengin’s goal. Moments later and Spanish midfielder Cazorla came close as his effort from long range went…
Tottenham Hotspur have signed Argentine centre-back Federico Fazio from Spanish side Sevilla for a fee reported to be in the region of £8m. The versatile 27-year-old, who stands at a whopping 6’5” tall, spent seven seasons with the La Liga club. He captained the side and played mainly as a centre-back but sometimes as a defensive midfielder. To Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, who is also from Argentina, Fazio brings a wealth of winning experience gained from his time at Sevilla having won the Spanish Super Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the Copa del Rey with the Spanish side. Fazio…
Arsenal’s defensive target Kostas Manolas has opted to join Serie A side AS Roma, leaving Arsene Wenger’s club in a bit of a quandary over who to put in place of centre-back Thomas Vermaelen – who moved to Barcelona this summer. Gunners first team coach Arsene Wenger had been very keen to acquire the signature of 23-year-old Manolas but the Greece international has chosen to see out the next phase of his football career in Italy’s sunny capitol rather than north London. A five-year deal has been agreed between Manolas’ former club Olympiacos and Roma to the value of £10m.…
Arsenal look to make a quick deal for Serbian striker Nikola Zigic in order to reinforce their front-line in the wake of Olivier Giroud’s injury blow. With Arsenal’s key striker absent in what is set to be long-term injury leave of at least six months, the club are faced with the pressing task of making the necessary adaptations to their front-line and have cast their attentions to ex-Birmingham City man Zigic. The player’s agent Milan Calasan has confirmed the Gunners’ interest in his client, who is currently unemployed owing to his release from Birmingham at the end of last…
Former Birmingham City striker Nikola Zigic has become a shock transfer target for Arsenal, according to his agent. The Serbian international was released by Championship side Birmingham City at the end of last season and is currently looking for a new club as the transfer window approaches its end. The 33-year-old scored 36 goals in 148 games for the Midlands side but Arsenal boss is said to have identified him as a possible replacement for Olivier Giroud, who is injured and could miss a significant amount of the season. “Wenger called me on Tuesday and stressed his desire to sign…