West Ham set for injury boost, Chelsea hoping star will return

West Ham set for injury boost, Chelsea hoping star will return – originally posted on Sportslens.com The Premier League season continues this weekend, with the 24th round of fixtures featuring some high-profile matches. There are four games on Saturday, two of which will have a big bearing on proceedings at the top of the EPL […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.49

This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli in a league match away to Crystal Palace on 23rd January 2016. At the time, Alli was in his first full season at Tottenham, having joined the North London club from Milton Keynes Dons for £5 million the year before. He had caught the eye […]

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Zaha claims he was ‘set up to fail’ by Van Gaal at Man Utd

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha says he was “set up to fail” in his time working under Louis van Gaal at Man Utd. Zaha sealed a £10m move to Man Utd in January 2013 from Crystal Palace before staying at Selhurst Park for the remainder of the season. The Ivory Coast international spent two years under […]

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Ranking all 22 2020/21 Premier League managers so far…

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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When tribunals got involved in five big transfers…

A tribunal is deciding how much Liverpool must pay Fulham for teenage prodigy Harvey Elliott. Here are five other deals which featured tribunals…   Dominic Solanke (Chelsea to Liverpool) Liverpool and Chelsea eventually found some common ground over Solanke a year after the striker moved to Anfield in July 2017 so a tribunal wasn’t actually […]

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‘He’s flying’, ‘surprised himself’: Carragher and Bent agree over £35k-per-week Leeds player

‘He’s flying’, ‘surprised himself’: Carragher and Bent agree over £35k-per-week Leeds player – originally posted on Sportslens.com Former Liverpool defender turned popular pundit Jamie Carragher has showered praise on Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford after his impressive display against Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Elland Road on Monday. The 27-year-old striker scored the […]

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Premier League clubs ranked on players used this season…

Fatigue and injuries are major themes this season, with Premier League players having less rest as the fixtures come thick and fast. So we’ve looked at which clubs are utilising their squads most so far… West Brom have already used more players this season than any Premier League club last term. The Baggies have used […]

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‘What’s more they’ve done’: Gary Lineker and Jermaine Beckford react to Leeds win on Twitter

‘What’s more they’ve done’: Gary Lineker and Jermaine Beckford react to Leeds win on Twitter – originally posted on Sportslens.com Patrick Bamford scored the 100th goal of his career as Leeds United edged out Crystal Palace in a comfortable 2-0 win on Monday night. Jack Harrison scored the other goal inside the opening three minutes […]

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Every Premier League club’s most creative players

All of the statistics are chances created per 90 and we have ruled out anybody who has played less than 400 minutes of Premier League football this season…   Arsenal Willian 1.8 Emile Smith Rowe 1.7 Dani Ceballos 1.5 ‘Willian is quickly becoming Arsenal’s scapegoat, and with good reason. He is a sign of a […]

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‘Patrick has ton of fun’: How the UK press reacted to Leeds win vs Crystal Palace

‘Patrick has ton of fun’: How the UK press reacted to Leeds win vs Crystal Palace – originally posted on Sportslens.com Leeds United moved into the top half of the Premier League table after winning 2-0 against Crystal Palace at Elland Road on Monday night. Jack Harrison and Patrick Bamford scored in either half as Marcelo […]

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