When you look at the work and the ground covered by N’Golo Kante, then it’s hard to think that any manager could wish to try and get more out of the midfielder. Not since Claude Makelele have we seen such a disciplined holding player that relishes spoiling other team’s fun and giving the ball to […]
Posted on August 15th, 2018 by scott
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Maurizio Sarri watched on as his new Chelsea side comfortably recorded a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town in their opening Premier League match of the season. The Italian noted after the game that the scoreline flattered his team a bit and that they struggled initially to deal with the physicality of their opponents: “The game […]
Posted on August 11th, 2018 by scott
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I mentioned earlier in the month that the Chelsea board have made plenty of mistakes this summer. They were late in bringing in new manager Maurizio Sarri and they struggled to get deals done in the transfer window, with Jorginho the only signing of note. But in the last forty-eight hours, The Blues have stepped […]
Posted on August 9th, 2018 by scott
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The English Premier League starts next weekend. While that’s all very exciting, someone probably should’ve warned the Chelsea board because they’ve had a very poor summer thus far. Now that’s not to say that their appointment of Maurizio Sarri is a poor one, far from it, the Blues hierarchy were just extremely slow in […]
Posted on August 6th, 2018 by scott
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It’s looking increasingly likely that Chelsea will lose their number one goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to Real Madrid this summer. Talks over a new deal between Chelsea and the Belgian shot-stopper stalled some time ago and Real look set to sign the World Cup golden glove winner in a €40m transfer. That leaves us wondering who’ll […]
Posted on July 18th, 2018 by scott
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Chelsea have been busy in the last week. After sacking former manager Antonio Conte, The Blues have appointed fellow Italian Maurizio Sarri as his replacement. Sarri then spent little time before recruiting midfielder Jorginho from former side Napoli. The purchase of the Italian international middle-man is significant because it’s seen the London side beat Premier […]
Posted on July 16th, 2018 by scott
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It’s safe to say that Alvaro Morata didn’t have the debut season that the Chelsea support were expecting from him. The Spaniard struggled to live up to his expensive price tag as he hit just eleven goals in the Premier League and one in the Champions League. Morata certainly didn’t give the team the same […]
Posted on July 12th, 2018 by scott
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Aleksandr Golovin has been a shining light in Russia’s triumphant World Cup campaign thus far, with the hosts facing Spain in the last sixteen of the competition this weekend. In his two matches for Russia, Golovin has scored one and created two assists. He’s managed to glide between the lines and link up play between […]
Posted on June 29th, 2018 by scott
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Speculation suggests that Chelsea are ready to do a deal with Napoli for their former boss Maurizio Sarri and that he’ll soon replace fellow Italian Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge. Many a media outlet are also predicting that Sarri will bring in Juventus defender Daniele Rugani as his first signing as Chelsea manager in […]
Posted on June 26th, 2018 by scott
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Chelsea will feel that they have a point to prove next season, after surrendering the Premier League crown and failing to reach the ‘Top Four’ last term. If the Blues want to push themselves back into the title picture, then you’ve got to believe that they have to act fast this summer and get rid […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2018 by scott
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