Football Blog (Page 187)

[ad_1] Attacking midfielders are the highest grade are like gold dust in modern football. While systems around Europe are starting to phase out the need for a classical attacking ten, there is still the need for creative midfielders to pull strings, whip in free kicks and score the odd banger from distance. Here are the best 25 attacking midfielders in the world. De Ketelaere entertains crowds with AC Milan / Marco Canoniero/GettyImages Despite the recent Scudetto win, AC Milan still needed a new attacking midfielder to provide consistent displays. They got their target in Charles De Ketelaere, who Belgian enjoyed a breakout campaign with ClubRead More →

[ad_1] Mauricio Pochettino has criticised PSG’s transfer policy, saying they sign too many players that ‘need to be number one;. Pochettino spent a season and a half in charge of the French club and, while he won the league title in his final season, his time there was somewhat disappointing on the whole. He failed to bring the side Champions League glory, with the Parisians being knocked out by Manchester City and Real Madrid during his time in charge, and was dismissed at the end of his first full campaign at the helm. Discussing his time there, he has accused the club of signing tooRead More →

[ad_1] Ivan Toney has confessed he’s disappointed not to be going to the World Cup with England, but insists it won’t affect his performances at club level. Toney, who has 10 goals in 14 Premier League matches this season, looked to be in with a good chance of being on the plane to Qatar after being in the England squad for the September matches as well as the provisional World Cup selection. However, Gareth Southgate ultimately opted to leave him at home, taking Newcastle’s Callum Wilson instead of the Brentford striker. In response to his surprise omission, which Brentford boss Thomas Frank admitted he couldRead More →

[ad_1] 90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Manchester United are prepared to reignite their interest in Ajax defender Jurrien Timber when the January transfer window opens and could make space for him by offloading Harry Maguire. (Rudy Galetti) Palmeiras have rejected a bid from Paris Saint-Germain for teenage striker Endrick, who would prefer to join Chelsea. The Blues have confirmed they are ready to trigger his €60m release clause. (ESPN Brazil) Chelsea‘s talks with Mason Mount over a contract renewal have hit a wall and club officials are now looking for possible replacements, with Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini and Villarreal’sRead More →

[ad_1] Mikel Arteta praised the ‘maturity’ of his Arsenal players as they cruised to a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers and extended their lead at the top of the Premier League. With Manchester City suffering a surprise home defeat to Brentford in the lunchtime kick-off, the onus was on Arsenal to get a positive result at Wolves and underline their title credentials. It took a while to break the deadlock, but two second-half strikes from captain Martin Odegaard were enough to snatch the win for Arteta’s side and extend their lead at the summit of the table to five points going into the World CupRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United spent around eight months recruiting the club’s first ever dedicated head of women’s football to ensure that they appointed the right person for such a crucial position. A decision to hire former FA and UEFA staffer Polly Bancroft, who was doing an outstanding job as Brighton general manager, came during the summer. Following a notice period with the Seagulls, she finally started work at United in the second half of October. It has been a vital and overdue step for United in the women’s football sphere. The club has been criticised in the past for lacking specialised knowledge, operating only with aRead More →

[ad_1] Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka had to be substituted just 15 minutes into their clash with Wolves on Saturday evening, sparking fears with the World Cup around the corner. The Switzerland international has enjoyed an exceptional start to the season and become one of Arsenal’s key players as they sit top of the Premier League, but didn’t look at his best in the opening stages. Mikel Arteta called on Mohamed Elneny and Fabio Vieira to begin warming up mere minutes into the match, but Xhaka continued for as long as he could. He was substituted after 15 minutes though and replaced by Vieira, looking unwellRead More →

[ad_1] Tunisia head to their sixth FIFA World Cup finals this winter, making it two tournaments in a row after also qualifying for the 2018 tournament to end a previous 12-year absence from the global stage. The Eagles of Carthage are the third-highest ranked African side in the competition this year, standing 30th in the world overall behind Senegal (18th) and Morocco (22nd). But their World Cup record up to now, despite being regular qualifiers from 1998 to 2006, isn’t great. In 15 games at this level, they have won only twice – against Mexico way back in their first ever World Cup outing inRead More →

[ad_1] Cristiano Ronaldo has not travelled with the Manchester United squad to London for Sunday’s game against Fulham. The 38-year-old missed out in their midweek Carabao Cup victory over Aston Villa due to illness and manager Erik ten Hag said ahead of the game that he was unsure if Ronaldo would recover in time for the weekend. Ronaldo has turned out 16 times in all competitions for United this season, despite having previously fallen out with Ten Hag, but looks to have played his final game for the club before they break for the World Cup. Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News reports thatRead More →

[ad_1] James Maddison had to be replaced just 24 minutes into Leicester’s Premier League clash with West Ham on Saturday, potentially putting his World Cup place in jeopardy only three days before England are due to fly out to Qatar. Maddison opened the scoring for the Foxes in east London, continuing the excellent run of form that saw him recently earn his first international call-up since 2019 when Gareth Southgate named his final 26-player squad for the World Cup. But midway through the first half against West Ham, a suspected hamstring injury forced him out of the game, with Dennis Praet coming on in hisRead More →