Timo Werner scored and assisted as he ended a 14-game goal drought to help Chelsea to victory over Newcastle in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
Barcelona fans set off fireworks in front of PSG hotel to try and stop Mauricio Pochettino’s side from sleeping ahead of their Champions League encounter.
Marco Rose will leave his role as Borussia Mönchengladbach head coach at the end of the season, sporting director Max Eberl confirms he will join Borussia Dortmund next season.
Diego Maradona’s five children will inherit £4million between them after his fortune was plundered, a lawyer claims. The soccer star told pals before he died he had around £75million.
Rio Ferdinand believes Jesse Lingard needs to turn the page on his Manchester United career and look to secure a permanent move to West Ham.
Maurizio Sarri has reportedly turned down the coach’s job at Marseille with the Ligue 1 side who are now expected to hire Jorge Sampaoli.
Luis Suarez can reportedly leave Atletico Madrid on a free transfer this summer just a year after joining due to a clause in contract.
Steven Gerrard has admitted he was heartbroken when Fernando Torres left Liverpool and tried all he could to persuade the Spaniard to stay at Anfield.
Tottenham captain Harry Kane has privately told friends that under-pressure manager Jose Mourinho has his full backing.
Manchester United reportedly fear that midfielder Paul Pogba could be ruled out for up to two weeks with a thigh injury.
Ronald Koeman is disappointed that Neymar will miss this week’s game between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain through injury.
Thomas Tuchel hit out at Newcastle defender Jamaal Lascelles’ “reckless” tackle that left Tammy Abraham with an ankle injury.
James McClean’s life was threatened by someone who said they would take a gun to one of his matches, the Stoke winger’s wife has revealed.
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says that Christian Pulisic ‘deserves’ to start for the Blues after the American star was left on the bench in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Newcastle.
AC Milan are eyeing a summer move for 21-year-old Lens central defender Facundo Medina who is also a target for Manchester United.
Jordan Henderson laughed off social media rumours of a dressing room fight between team-mates Alisson and Andy Robertson.
AS Roma have reportedly reached an agreement with NewBalance and will formalise the technical sponsorship deal this week.
Chelsea made a profit of £36m in the 2019-20 season despite the coronavirus pandemic, the latest figures have shown.
Marco Materazzi believes Antonio Conte is becoming ‘a true interista’ and comments on the coach’s clash with Andrea Agnelli: ‘We like the noise of the enemies.’
Bruno Fernandes didn’t hide his disappointment after Man Utd draw with relegation-threatened West Brom “Not the result we wanted, but we’ll keep on working and we’ll never give up!”
“The love for Napoli gave Insigne the courage to take that penalty kick against Juventus,” claims the player’s agent Vincenzo Pisacane.
Jurgen Klopp insists he is ‘full of energy’ to address Liverpool’s current problems as they look to the Champions League to resurrect their season.
Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis explains how he’s been changing the club: ‘It is not a situation that you solve overnight.’
Thomas Tuchel has said he selected Kepa Arrizabalaga in goal against Newcastle as he wanted to allow the goalkeeper to find some rhythm, but confirmed following the match that Edouard Mendy is his number one.
Andrea Pirlo has picked up nine fewer points than Maurizio Sarri after 21 games with Juventus posting their worst record in Serie A for nine seasons.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti has recovered from a hip injury and is available to face Barcelona in the Champions League.
Omar Richards has reached an agreement with Bayern Munich & will sign a long-term contract, according to kicker. 23-year-old will join on a free transfer in the summer & provide competition for Alphonso Davies.
Arthur and Juan Cuadrado will sit out Juventus’ Champions League clash against Porto, while Paulo Dybala and Aaron Ramsey could return to the Old Lady’s squad list.
AC Milan full-back Davide Calabria will reportedly sit out against Red Star Belgrade, but should be back for the AC Milan derby against Inter.
Jesse Lingard praised for “putting ego to one side” after awkward Declan Rice penalty exchange.
Japhet Tanganga has described Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden as players with “quick brains”.
Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has suggested that under-fire Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is lacking confidence in his defensive team-mates amid the Merseyside club’s current injury crisis.
The attacking crisis continues for Gennaro Gattuso, as Napoli confirmed Hirving Lozano will be out for a month.
Jamie Carragher has criticised Jose Mourinho’s ‘risk-averse’ tactics as Tottenham manager, while claiming that Spurs are a much worse team now than they were under Mauricio Pochettino.
Arsene Wenger believes Liverpool ‘s midfielders being forced into defence has caused major problems at the club.
Fikayo Tomori has called for more punishing measures to be taken on social media users who racially abuse players.
Former Italy coach Marcello Lippi says Manchester City and Bayern Munich are the favourites to win the Champions League and insists five clubs can still be crowned Serie A champions.
Antonio Rudiger insists he would have stayed at Chelsea whether ‘Frank Lampard was in or out’.
Javier Mascherano believes Liverpool can still be a “team to fear” in this season’s Champions League but does not currently see his old club lifting the trophy again come May.
Antonin Barak admits the winner he scored against Parma was a similar goal to the one netted by Didier Drogba in the 2012 Champions League final.
David Alaba has reached a verbal agreement with Real Madrid since the beginning of January. His pre-contract until June 2025 is ‘almost ready’ – not signed yet.
Real Madrid are monitoring talented 18 year old midfielder Máximo Perrone, who plays for Velez in Argentina.
Mauricio Pochettino has stressed things have changed at Paris Saint-Germain since Barcelona’s 6-1 comeback victory in the Champions League Round of 16 back in 2017.
Premier League report just TWO positive Covid-19 cases from 2,915 tests in lowest weekly figure since October.
Juventus defenders Danilo and Alex Sandro believe their former club Porto are a tough team to face and warn the Old Lady about one specific player of the Portuguese side.
The FA Cup and Carabao Cup finals are being lined up as test events for the return of crowds before major sporting events this summer.
Chelsea are the only Premier League club to have offered a contract to Bayern Munich and Austria defender David Alaba. The 28-year-old’s deal expires at the end of the season and he is free to speak to other sides.
Thomas Tuchel has already determined that midfielder Mateo Kovacic will be one of his favourite players at Chelsea.”I love him,” “You can wake him up at 3 a.m. and he will be ready to train at Cobham at 3:15.”
Everton have passed over a key hurdle in their quest to build a state of the art new stadium.
No Chelsea player made more tackles (3) or more interceptions (2) than Callum Hudson-Odoi in the first half against Newcastle.
Juventus scout Matteo Tognozzi is in the mix to become Celtic’s new sporting director, according to reports.
David Moyes admitted he would not have believed anyone who told him at the start of the season that West Ham would be above the champions in February.
Manchester City will win the Premier League title by 14 points according to a new projection for the rest of the season, with Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea making up the top-four.
RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann has admitted he ‘could imagine’ working in English football in the future ahead of a Champions League showdown with Jurgen Klopp.
Jose Mourinho’s contract does not include a break clause, according to reports, amid growing pressure on the Tottenham boss.
Former Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli gives his verdict on Andrea Pirlo and explains why he doesn’t want to continue his career in football.“Some players wants to remain involved in the game becoming coaches or directors, I’m fine. I’m a little vicious and I like wine,” “Andrea is perhaps the most envied coach by football fans and professionals. We’ve met occasionally in Turin and I saw him very convinced of wanting to be a coach.”
Chelsea striker Timo Werner says that Thomas Tuchel’s arrival has been a major lift for him at Stamford Bridge as the forward now has someone that can yell at him in German. “It’s helped me that someone can scream at me in German! [Tuchel’s] a really good guy, has a good idea of the football we want to play and, when we have more and more training sessions with him, we will get better and better,”
Barcelona star Ousmane Dembele has revealed that Lionel Messi has played a crucial role in his upturn in form this season.“He tells me how to position myself and when to pass, because I like to dribble when I have the ball”, wait for a teammate and to not always try and dribble past three or four opponents.
Antonio Conte admitted he is ‘more comfortable’ relying on Christian Eriksen now, but what has changed between the coach and the former Tottenham star? “Christian Eriksen is starting to understand what we want from him and I think the fact he played last week and tonight shows he’s really growing. This is the path, everyone needs to feel they are protagonists and we can count on everybody,”
Mustapha Hadji
