Author: Tamara Jackson
Everton finally have a new manager in place after they appointed former Chelsea player and manager Frank Lampard to take over from the sacked Rafael Benitez.
Eddie Howe dodged tricky questions about Newcastle United’s recent Saudi Arabian-led takeover given its appalling human rights record, telling a packed media room that “for me it was a football decision. I’m absolutely delighted to be here. My focus is football – that’s all I’m going to concern myself with.”
Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs appeared in court on Wednesday to deny charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister and controlling or coercive behaviour.
Glenn Roeder who had a glittering career managing Watford, West Ham, Newcastle, Gillingham and Norwich City has died at the age of 65 following a long battle with a brain tumour.
Jurgen Klopp has been forced to concede that he needs to sign defensive cover for his floundering Liverpool side decimated by injuries particularly in defence and multiple reports now suggest they ‘have made contact with former Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos’.
North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are reportedly battling it out to sign RB Leipzig attacking midfielder Marcel Sabitzer.
Bookmakers have slashed the odds on manager Mikel Arteta (38) being sacked by Arsenal before the end of the season. Defeat to Tottenham at the weekend saw his odds shorten to 6/4. Six-time Serie A winner Massimiliano Allegri is now the current favourite at 2/1 to replace Arteta.
The choruses of disapproval at Arsenal continue to grow louder with the latest being legend Paul Merson branding his former club a ‘mid-table team’ and hammering star-striker and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for bringing nothing to table since signing his lucrative contract.
Chelsea’s 36-year-old defender Thiago Silva is being asked to have a vasectomy by his wife, mum of two Isabelle da Silva, who refuses to undergo female sterilisation surgery because their family has a history of obesity. Addressing her 396 000 followers on instagram, Isabelle dismissed outright the possibility of having her tubes tied as part of a procedure called tubal ligation. “It’s out of the question. I’m not going to consider it. All the women in my family and others I know, put on a lot of weight after. “As I came from an obese family I don’t want to take…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has again put the boot in and will probably annoy Manchester United after saying representing France has provided a “breath of fresh air” away from the most difficult period of his career.