Month: May 2019

Even though he has led the Blues back into the Champions League, to a Europa League Final and to the Carabao Cup Final, Sarri’s position is under threat.

After arriving from Napoli last summer, the Italian enjoyed a terrific start to life in the Premier League.

But clashes with senior players and a looming transfer ban means the chances of Sarri enjoying a second season in Stamford Bridge are dwindling.

According to reports, club legend Frank Lampard is in pole position to take charge should Roman Abramovich decide to pull the proverbial trigger.

Lampard’s first season in management has seen him take Derby County to the Championship Play-Off final after a heroic effort by overturning a first leg deficit away from home against Leeds.

Despite his novice stature, the appointment of the 40-year-old as Chelsea boss would certainly sit well with fans.

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From Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser to Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek, despite his unfortunate injury, there will be players who feel they have done enough to warrant a new contract.

Reports claim Matteo Guendouzi is set to sign a new £75,000-a-week deal at Arsenal after a superb breakthrough season in England, less than a year after signing from Lorient.

The Frenchman has played 47 times for the Gunners, but is believed to be one of the lowest-paid players at the club.

talkSPORT look at other players who deserve fresh terms for their performances during the 2018/19 season.

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Spurs have not bought in the transfer market since January 2018 and in that time, have finished third and fourth respectively in the Premier League and have also reached this season’s Champions League final for the first time in their history.

Lucas Moura, who scored a hat-trick to propel Spurs to Madrid, was the last player the club signed and Match of the Day host and former Spurs striker Lineker, says Pochettino reiterated the need for the club to invest if they are to compete with Europe’s elite on a consistent basis.

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“I interviewed [Pochettino] a couple of weeks ago for the Premier League Show; it was the first time I’d actually met him’” Lineker told The Times.

It’s been a thrilling season both at home and abroad and now the hectic business of buying and selling can begin.

Several big-money deals have already been sorted – Christian Pulisic to Chelsea and Frenkie De Jong to Barcelona – and there will no doubt be a host more.

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So when can the clubs get their spending underway and when must they get it down by?

Casillas, the Real Madrid and Spain legend, has decided to call time on his career despite recently signing a new contract with the Portuguese club.

He has been offered a position in Porto’s backroom staff by Pinto da Costa, the club’s chairman, with the role understood to be some kind of ‘international ambassador’ to take advantage of his fame and media influence.

ABC claim Casillas will announce his retirement ‘shortly’.

The 37-year-old suffered an acute myocardial infarction earlier this month while at Porto’s training centre, with the glovesman rushed to hospital.

He quickly entered a stable condition, and admitted after leaving hospital he may return to football.

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Moura sent Spurs to Madrid with a sensational second-half hat-trick in Amsterdam as Mauricio Pochettino’s men staged a dramatic comeback.

However, talismanic striker Harry Kane could recover from injury before the final on June 1 – leaving Moura’s place in the starting XI under threat.

And Arsenal legend Parlour argues it would be ‘disgraceful’ to leave him out.

“I would feel a little bit hard done by,” he told talkSPORT. “I’ve just scored a hat-trick away from home to get Tottenham through to the final and then you leave me out?

“It’s a disgrace if they leave him out. To score a hat-trick in a game as important as that was at Ajax.

“You can’t leave him out. You’d have to leave Dele out.”

But the champion of the historic tournament is also set to grab a big chunk of cash too.

City are looking to win the domestic treble for the first time ever having already bagged the Premier League and League Cup crowns.

Watford, meanwhile, are eager to claim their first piece of major silverware and cap off a fine season.

The FA Cup trophy is iconic around the world but lesser known is the hefty pot of money that comes with it.

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According to Spanish outlet AS, Diego Simeone is a big admirer of the Blues full-back and wants him to replace Filipe Luis, who is set to leave Los Colchoneros at the end of the season.

Ex-Chelsea left-back Luis is set to bid farewell to Atletico after spending nearly ten years with the club in two spells in the Spanish capital.

Alonso, who replaced Luis at Chelsea, has had a mixed season at Stamford Bridge.

He has been in and out of the line-up following a poor patch of form, with Emerson replacing him in key matches in recent months.

Meanwhile, Chelsea fans are worrying about the severity of Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s injury.

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The midfielder was withdrawn during Chelsea’s friendly against New England Revolution on Wednesday evening with an ankle problem.

In his latest dig at the Old Trafford club following his sacking in December, Mourinho was quoted in Thursday’s edition of French publication L’Equipe saying ‘nice guy’ managers can end up becoming ‘puppets’ at their club.

“I don’t want to be the nice guy,” Mourinho said. “Because the nice guy, after three months, is a puppet and that doesn’t end well.”

His message has been interpreted to be directed at Solskjaer, who won ten of his first 11 games in charge at his former club, only for that form to dip dramatically after he given the job permanently in March.

Mourinho also said guiding United to second in the Premier League in the 2017-18 season was his ‘greatest achievement’ at the club and that now ‘people understand’.

Former Crystal Palace chairman Jordan criticised the Portuguese coach for his ‘cheap shot’ at his successor.

However, he also believes Mourinho was making a valid point about the hierarchy at Old Trafford and took aim at head honcho Woodward.

“I think Mourinho is a little bit cheap with that comment,” Jordan told Jim White on Thursday.

“But it think he’s sitting there basking in the reflective glory now that he was proven to be right – there is a disconnect with the players in that dressing room between what they think their obligations are and what they produce on the pitch.

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Arsenal would take Manchester City’s place in the Champions League should they be banned from next season’s competition.

Uefa investigators want Pep Guardiola’s side to be banned from Europe’s top club competition for a season if they are found guilty of breaking financial rules.

Chief investigator Yves Leterme is set to make a recommendation this week on what their punishment should be.

Should City be banned from the Champions League for a season, it would open the door for fifth placed Arsenal to be handed a place in the competition even if they lose the Europa League final.

The Manchester club are accused of ‘several alleged violations’ of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations when Uefa announced its investigation in March.

According to emails published by German magazine Der Spiegel, City allegedly hid at least £70million in funding from its owners by claiming it was sponsorship income.

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The club are believed to have been accused by Uefa of providing ‘unconvincing’ explanations over their finances.

City have continued to refute the claims and released a statement questioning the integrity of the Uefa probe after a New York Times report claimed they will be suspended for a year.

Their statement said: “Manchester City FC is fully cooperating in good faith with the CFCB IC’s (Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body Investigatory Chamber) ongoing investigation.

“In doing so the club is reliant on both the CFCB IC’s independence and commitment to due process; and on Uefa’s commitment of the 7th of March that it ‘…will make no further comment on the matter while the investigation is ongoing’.

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