Luis Enrique has discussed the role of Lionel Messi this season and answered questions regarding his position alongside Neymar and new signing Luis Suarez. Speculation regarding Messi’s role for Barcelona this coming La Liga season has continued to fill the back pages of Catalan papers this summer with many predicting he could be used in a similar role to Xavi, whom is edging closer and closer to retiring from the game. Luis Suarez’s arrival from Liverpool added to that speculation from fans and pundits of the game, but new Barca boss Luis Enrique has said that Messi will play just…
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has hailed new signings Dejan Lovren and Javier Manquillo after the 2-1 win over Southampton on Sunday. Daniel Sturridge scored the winning goal as Rodgers’ side grabbed all three points from Southampton on the Premier League’s opening weekend. New signings Dejan Lovren and Javier Manquillo started the game and were consistently good at keeping the likes of James Ward-Prowse and Graziano Pelle at bay for 90 minutes and Rodgers has taken time to praise the two new Liverpool boys. “I thought Lovren was excellent,” he told reporters. “It’s always difficult when you play against your old…
Football Express News understands that Tim Sherwood is set to become the new Crystal Palace boss, with paperwork set to be signed. Former Spurs boss Tim Sherwood immediately became a name on the shortlist for the role of new Palace boss after Tony Pulis ended his time at the club just two days before the new Premier League season. And, after negotiations between the former midfielder and the London club, it is now understood that a deal will be complete in the next 24 hours. Sherwood is expected to take Les Ferdinand, his former assistant at White Hart Lane when…
Football Express News understands that Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will attempt to sign Angel Di Maria, Arturo Vidal and Daley Blind in the next week. Following the opening Premier League game of the season, Man United boss Louis van Gaal has taken to his Old Trafford office to further negotiations to sign trio Angel Di Maria, Arturo Vidal and Daley Blind. United have been heavily linked with a move for all three this summer but stalls in negotiations with Di Maria and Vidal had seen a move seem unlikely. But, with Real Madrid keen to sell Di Maria…
Manchester United target Daley Blind has admitted that he could leave Ajax but refused to be drawn on links with the Premier League club. The Netherlands defender has been strongly linked with a summer exit from Dutch giants Ajax, with both Barcelona and Man United heavily linked. The interest comes off the back of a successful World Cup campaign which saw him play a big part of Louis van Gaal’s Dutch side and it has been heavily mentioned that he could link up with his former boss at Old Trafford this season. Officials representing Blind were at Old Trafford on…
Arsenal are close to completing a move for Napoli striker Eduardo Vargas, who will join on a season-long loan. The arrival of Alexis Sanchez this season at the Emirates stadium saw the former Barcelona man recommend international team-mate Vargas as a potential summer signing. And, according to South American newspaper La Tercera, it is now looking extremely likely that the Napoli forward will join the Gunners on a one-year loan deal. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger currently had Olivier Giroud and Yaya Sanogo as his striker options but the French boss is keen to add extra fire power to his side…
Morgan Schneiderlin does not want to join Tottenham Hotspur this summer after changing his mind regarding leaving Southampton. The French midfielder has been heavily tipped to follow the likes of Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Luke Shaw out of St.Mary’s and was linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur. However, following the arrival of Ronald Koeman as manager of the Saints and their first Premier League game against Liverpool on Sunday; the midfielder has ‘changed his mind’ according to the Dutch boss. “He’s a player of Southampton,” Koeman told reporters. “He changed his mind, he changed his mentality. He showed…
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that four players, including Micah Richards have been put up for sale. The Chilean boss saw his side start the season well with a win over Newcastle United on Sunday thanks to goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero but he remains keen to make some final adjustments to his squad for the following season. Whilst the likes of Fernando and Willy Caballero have been signed, Pellegrini is keen to sell four of current squad – Micah Richards, Matija Nastasic, Scott Sinclair and John Guidetti. All four featured for City in their pre-season…
David Silva and Sergio Aguero scored the goals as Manchester City beat Newcastle United 2-0 at St. James Park. Manuel Pellegrini selected a different looking side for the opening game against Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United and bemoaned the early start of English football leading up to kick off. But, it was his side who gained all three points following a fairly solid performance which will give City means to go on and defend their title. Edin Dzeko came close with less than three minutes on the clock, but the impressive Tim Krul denied the striker and it remained 0-0. Seven…
Daniel Sturridge scored the winning goal as Liverpool battled to beat Southampton earlier on Sunday. The Merseyside club approached the game with Ronald Koeman’s Southampton having signed three players from their opposition in the shape of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren. But they failed to dominate Koeman’s new look side and struggled to create any clear cut chances in the early goings. That was until Raheem Sterling continued his superb pre-season form into the new Premier League campaign and netted the opener. Liverpool would enter the break leading but they came out in the second half, struggling to…