Plans are underway for a Manchester United overhaul under new boss Ralf Rangnick who is reportedly interested in bringing some of his former RB Leipzig colleagues to Old Trafford. The German will be in the stands when United take on Arsenal in the Premier League tonight. On November 29, he joined the Red Devils on a six-month plus two-year deal, the latter part of which he will spend close to the boardroom in a consultant capacity. Reports indicate that Rangnick has already made significant demands to begin his overhaul, which includes a raid at his former club RB Leipzig. The right side…
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Premier League leaders Chelsea were made to work extremely hard by a relegation-threatened Watford, but the Blues prevailed in the end, thanks to goals from Mason Mount and Hakim Ziyech. Liverpool, meanwhile, brushed aside a sorry Everton on derby day. Chelsea were put on the backfoot by a determined Watford side, straight from kick-off in their latest league game, but the Blues did not buckle under pressure. Thomas Tuchel’s men survived an early onslaught – thanks to heroics from Trevoh Chalobah and Edouard Mendy – before scoring the game’s opening goal in the 29th minute. Antonio Rudiger released Marcos Alonso down the left side, the Spaniard brought the ball…
On November 29, Ralf Rangnick has been appointed as Manchester United interim boss and will take up a consultancy role at the club after the end of this season. It means that he will be playing a similar role he played at Hoffenheim, Schalke 04 and both RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg. However, the word consultancy in the case of United has not been specified properly. The German was an integral part of the transfer negotiation business at all the clubs he previously worked for, in whichever capacity he was involved in. He is expected to take up a similar…
The reigning Indian Super League champions were at their brilliant best in the rematch of last season’s final against ATK Mohun Bagan. The incumbent champions raced into a five-goal lead before David Williams scored a consolation for ATKMB. City climbed to the summit, thanks to a huge win over ATK Mohun Bagan – the team they had beaten to lift the trophy last season. The Mariners were no match for the Islanders, who raced into a five-goal lead before the hour mark. Afterwards, David Williams pulled a goal back for ATKMB to rescue some of their pride. It took Mumbai just four…
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel hinted that the reason behind Andreas Christensen’s first-team absence is his ongoing contract stalemate with Chelsea. Meanwhile, Jorginho’s agent reiterated that talks are yet to be opened between his client and the club. Chelsea head coach Tuchel has hinted that the contractual stalemate with the club is behind centre-back Andreas Christensen’s continued absence from the first team. The Dane has found starting eleven minutes hard to come by lately, with academy graduate Trevoh Chalobah taking his place in the team instead. In his Watford pre-match press conference, the German hinted towards the same, claiming that the club wants total commitment from the…
One of the greatest referees the game of football witnessed, Pierluigi Collini is currently the Chairman of FIFA’s refereeing committee, and his team has been working relentlessly to integrate technology into the game to ensure it meets the modern standards and makes the life of referees a little less turbulent. As a part of that endeavour, FIFA will be trying out the semiautomated offside technology in the FIFA Arab Cup that got started on 30th November. It has been hailed as the most important experiment thus far, and it was explained by the legendary referee of the yester generation during FIFA’s Football Living…
Former Inter Milan & Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso launched a heavy attack on his former international teammate’s latest accomplishment. Lionel Messi, who was named the winner of Ballon d’Or for this year, has been receiving a lot of criticism on account of not deserving the award ahead of Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski. Cambiasso, who was an integral part of Jose Mourinho’s treble-winning campaign back in 2010, said that he stopped believing in individual awards the moment Diego Milito was not considered to be in the top 30 after a treble win. The Argentine forward had scored 30 goals across all competitions, but failed to secure a…
The much-anticipated arrival of Ralf Rangnick has been completed at Manchester United, with the German boss joining the Old Trafford-based club on an interim role. However, he will not be at the helm of things on Thursday night to oversee the fixture against Arsenal, as he is yet to receive his work visa from the British government. This means Michael Carrick will be in charge for another game, and there is a possibility he could get a fourth game in charge against Crystal Palace if Rangnick’s work visa isn’t stamped by Saturday. The former United midfielder, who had plenty of memorable duels…
Odisha FC beat East Bengal 6-4 in the pair’s first meeting of the 2021/22 Indian Super League season. However, it wasn’t until the 13th minute that the first goal arrived, and it wasn’t Odisha who had scored. Darren Sidoel, formerly of AFC Ajax, gave East Bengal the lead with a stunning volley into the top right corner – setting the tone for what was to come. It took until the 33rd minute for Odisha to get back into the game, which they did through centre-back Hector Rodas. The Spaniard nodded in a cross from his compatriot Javi Hernandez at the back post, restoring…
Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata scored for Juventus in their comfortable win over relegation-threatened Salernitana. Elsewhere, Dusan Vlahovic scored in Fiorentina’s win over Sampdoria. A terrible start to the season has left Juventus mid-table, looking up to their rivals. The Old Lady languishes in seventh place, some eleven points off the top of the table – a gap reduced only by a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Salernitana on Tuesday night. Against I Granata, Dybala – now the leading man for the Bianconeri – and Dejan Kulusevski tested the waters with early shots from distance. Then, in the 21st minute, the two combined to give Juve the lead; Dybala played…