The Reds boss harbored concerns for Harvey Elliott after the midfielder was challenged from behind by Leeds’ Pascal Struijk, who inadvertently caught Elliott’s ankle between his feet. Struijk was shown a straight red card as a result of the incident that took place in the 58th minute of the game at Elland Road. Meanwhile, Elliott was stretchered off the pitch and taken directly to the hospital. Speaking after the match, Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp gave an update on Elliott’s injury. He also commented that the teenager’s injury put things into perspective for the Reds, who had swept aside their opponents during…
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Stephan El Shaarawy’s late winner against Sassuolo made Jose Mourinho feel “like a child” in his 1000th career match. Elsewhere, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored upon return from his injury as AC Milan swept Lazio aside. “During the week I was a liar, saying it wasn’t a special match. But it was a special match. It was a match with a special number for me and I always wanted to remember a match like this for my 1000th game. I lied to everyone!”“Today I am not 58, but 14, when you start dreaming of a career in football. It was a child’s…
Jamshedpur FC have announced the signing the centre-forward Greg Stewart. The 31-year-old joins the Indian Super League outfit from Rangers. Incidentally, Stewart learnt the ropes at Rangers youth team before plying his trade for Scottish outfits like Cowdenbeath, Dundee United and Aberdeen. His first big move was when he joined Birmingham City in 2016. Since then, he has featured three teams on loan. He had some stellar seasons in the Premiership with Dundee as he scored 13 goals and provided 10 assists in the 2014-15 season. He followed up with another productive season, netting nine goals and 15 assists in the 2015-16 season. In the 2018-19 season, he enjoyed a great campaign with Kilmarnock as he scored…
The Columbian has not featured for Everton in the first three Premier League matches this season. Everton manager Rafael Benitez has no doubts in James’ quality but he has urged the midfielder to show more commitment to break into the first team this season. Former Real Madrid midfielder joined Everton in Septemeber 2020 when he followed Carlo Ancelotti to England. James started the season really well but things turned south really soon for him at Goodison Park. Once the Italian tactician left the club, there were constant rumours of Rodriguez leaving Merseyside. “I have seen what was going on at the end of the season, what was going…
Last summer, Lionel Messi left Barcelona, and Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United for a second stint when no one thought he would. To top it off, Romelu Lukaku returned to Chelsea. The Manchester clubs and Chelsea had a very busy summer window as the Premier League giants spent a whopping 300 million pounds between them. Liverpool, in turn, could only sign Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig for a reported fee of 36 million pounds. The Reds reportedly could not make any marquee moves due to the financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about the transfer strategies of other Premier League clubs, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp opined that he…
Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace stunned Tottenham with a 3-0 win, thus bringing an end to their perfect start to the Premier League season. Meanwhile, Manchester United triumphed 4-1 over Newcastle United as prodigal son Cristiano Ronaldo scored a crucial brace on his return to Old Trafford. Nuno Espirito Santo’s men started the season with a bang as they won all three matches in the Premier League. However, a tough test at Selhurst Park saw them drop points for the first time this season. The Lillywhites missed a lot of players starting from Heung-min Son and Steven Bergwijn due to injuries, while Davinson Sanchez and Christian Romero missed out…
After a lot of speculation, SC East Bengal have announced the arrival of the former Maribor midfielder, who will be responsible for pulling strings from the middle of the park under the tutelage of new head coach Jose Manuel Diaz. Amir Dervisevic, who became SC East Bengal’s first foreign signing of this season, has plied his trade for NK Maribor for eight years. He has featured in over 160 games and winning the Slovenian top flight three times along with one Slovenian Cup. Dervisevic started his career at NK Interblock Ljubljana’s youth team and gradually made it to the first team. He joined NK Krka in 2012, and only after featuring for…
Chelsea boss has confirmed did indeed tried and failed with a move to bring Jules Kounde to the club. The Frenchman was supposedly on his way to Stamford Bridge until Sevilla changed the terms of the deal at the eleventh hour. The German tactician claimed that the club tried to sign both Kounde and Saul Niguez in the final days of the window but could only get one over the line. Nonetheless, Tuchel claims that the addition of the Spaniard on his own was important, as he is expected to help share the workload with the other three central midfield players. “It…
After a week-long will they or won’t they discussion, FIFA has granted permission to South American players to play this weekend. There were talks of a five-day ban initially, but it is no longer expected to be a hindrance. Premier League teams clashed with national federations and FIFA over the last fortnight regarding their decision not to release certain players for international duty. Those held back mostly belonged to South American nations on the red list, meaning that those players would have had to quarantine for ten days upon return. FIFA’s attempts to get Premier League teams to release their players were…
After reportedly rejecting opportunities to stay in Europe, the Brazilian is closing in on a return to his native Brazil with Flamengo. The 34-year-old is expected to sign for the Mengao soon. By joining the Brazilian champions, the centre-back will put an end to his fourteen-year-long stay in Europe, during which time he represented Benfica, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal. The Brazilian last played for the Gunners in the 2020/21 season, following which the two sides mutually decided not to renew his contract. Luiz, reportedly, had opportunities to continue his career in Europe. The Brazilian was the subject of interest from Ligue 1 side Marseille,…