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Before the start of the season, in the wake of Chelsea’s £70million acquisition of Kai Kavertz – their seventh signing of the summer – we said ‘competition is just as likely to breed fractiousness as it is improvement‘, as we predicted that one of Frank Lampard’s greatest challenges in his bid to bring the title […]
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Don’t know about you, but we reckon 23 games into the season is the perfect time to pass judgement on all the managers who have been in charge of Premier League clubs this season. So that’s what we’ve done. 22) Sam Allardyce (West Brom, since December) Full disclosure, we thought this was a pretty […]
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‘He feels better and better’: Thomas Tuchel provides injury update on key Chelsea star – originally posted on Sportslens.com Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has provided a fresh injury update on Thiago Silva ahead of the club’s FA Cup fifth round clash against Barnsley tonight. The Brazil international suffered a thigh strain in the 1-0 Premier […]
Kante and Ziyech start, Predicted Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1) vs Barnsley – originally posted on Sportslens.com Chelsea will be aiming to extend their five-match unbeaten run when they face Barnsley in the FA Cup fifth round tonight. The Blues have made a positive start under manager Thomas Tuchel and they have won three and drawn one […]
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John Terry says Mason Mount has been Chelsea’s best player this season and believes the midfielder will one day be captain of both club and country. Mount captained Chelsea in Frank Lampard’s last game at the helm before Thomas Tuchel took charge. He was left out of the German’s first starting XI but returned has […]
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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has dismissed fears that N’Golo Kante’s spate of hamstring injuries could diminish the France World Cup winner’s midfield dynamism. Kante will start Thursday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash at Barnsley in a much-changed Blues line-up, with new boss Tuchel delighted by the 29-year-old’s return to fitness. The France international has shaken off […]
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Thomas Tuchel confirms two Chelsea stars who will start against Barnsley – originally posted on Sportslens.com Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has confirmed two players, who are expected to make the starting line-up against Barnsley tomorrow. The Blues are unbeaten in the past five games in all competitions and four of those have been under Tuchel, […]
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Chelsea’s Champions League clash away to Atletico Madrid will now take place in Bucharest. UEFA confirmed it has moved the match due to coronavirus travel concerns, with the last-16 first leg now to be staged at the Arena Nationala in the Romanian capital. MAILBOX: Van De Beek failure is all on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer… The […]
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The best and worst transfers between Premier League rivals – originally posted on Sportslens.com Title contenders often follow a golden rule in the transfer market: don’t sell to direct rivals. However, there are a fair few occasions where this rule hasn’t been followed. Sometimes the player wanted to leave; other times the club received an […]
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KLOPP ‘ANNOYED AND FRUSTRATED’ ABOUT KOULIBALY There is not enough salt in Tesco for the size of the pinch with which we take any kind of Liverpool ‘exclusive’ in The Sun, but they claim that ‘Jurgen Klopp has grown increasingly frustrated with the club’s transfer policy’ and that he is ‘annoyed they failed to move for […]
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