Soccer just got Serious!
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has dismissed widespread reports linking him with the dugout at Old Trafford. Rodgers debunked those Manchester United rumours during his latest press conference on Thursday ahead of the Premier League clash with leaders Chelsea. Rodgers and Leicester City play hosts to the Blues with the hope of claiming the win that would put spanner in the works of their title challenge.
Leicester Cityhit a new lowafter going into administration in 2002. The Foxes were previously an established Premier League team under Martin O’Neill before the club dropped into the English Football League (EFL). The Foxes dropped from the heights of the Premier League and into League One after a few disastrous seasons. Leicester City came out of administration and were still a struggling club until they were snapped up by the late VichaiSrivaddahanaprabha.
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On the transfer deadline day of the just-concluded summer transfer window, Manchester City were offered the chance to sign Spain international midfielder, Saul Niguez, according to multiple reports. Niguez was attracting interest from a crop of clubs in the English Premier League, with Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea said to be in the race to sign him in the summer.
Inter Milan are trying to play hardball with Chelsea as the English Premier League side are trying to re-sign one of their former strikers this summer. The Blues are trying so hard to get a deal for the Belgium international striker over the line after seemingly being priced out of a move for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. Chelsea had been chasing Haaland all summer even though they were told when the summer transfer window just opened that they would not be getting a chance to sign the German Bundesliga giants’ prized asset anytime soon but they kept pushing in a bid to convince Dortmund to sell and they failed in the end.
The 2021-22 English Premier League season has not even kicked off yet but Manchester United and Chelsea are already locking horns. They are still engaging in an off-the-field battle to sign West Ham United and England midfielder Declan Rice, with both teams looking to shore up their midfield ranks this summer. Rice is not a new name when it comes to transfer speculations, as the midfielder has been a subject of serious speculations and rumors, especially from Chelsea since the start of last season.
The fact that Liverpool are currently on the verge of missing out on European football next season is something that would have been unbelievable at the beginning of the season but that is the current reality of the Reds so far this current campaign. For a team that won the English Premier title last season, a lot more than what they have done this season was demanded from them as reigning Champions but they have fallen short of those expectations.
Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard who is currently on loan at the Emirates from Real Madrid has started to show just how much of a quality player he is following the performances he has been putting on display for the Gunners in some of their recent games. The Norwegian midfielder joined Arsenal from the Santiago Bernabeu in the last summer transfer window on deadline day but had his debut put on hold by manager Mikel Arteta who wanted the young midfielder to have some time to adapt to the English league.
Pep Guardiola will continue his quest to lift the Champions League title with Manchester City as the Citizens take on German Bundesliga side Monchengladbach in the first leg of their round of 16 tie. City are currently on fire and are the most in-form team in Europe’s top 5 leagues with several consecutive wins (18 in total, in all competitions) that has seen them establish a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League table above Manchester United who lie in second place.
Top Nigerian businessman and billionaire Aliko Dangote is reportedly set to go into negotiations with Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke in a bid to buy the club, according to multiple reports. Currently Africa’s richest man, Dangote has always made it clear at any given chance that he would like to buy the London club from the current owner.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has come under fire in recent weeks as his players have failed to produce convincing results of late in their last few Premier League matches. The Blues are in a rather worrying run of form as they have picked up just one win in their last five attempts.
