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Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard was quick to praise former boss Graham Potter following his surprise return to Stamford Bridge. Potter was given his marching orders by the Blues last weekend after they dropped to 11th in the Premier League table, compounding a rather miserable first season under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital’s ownership. Bruno Saltor was initially drafted in as the interim manager, but 90min revealed earlier this week he wanted to stick by Potter and so Lampard was sought as a short-term replacement. The former England midfielder gave a press conference on Thursday, speaking glowingly of Potter. READ MORE ON FRANK LAMPARD’S RETURNRead More →

Paris Saint-Germain head to Nice on Saturday evening looking to bounce back from two consecutive Ligue 1 defeats and ignore dizzying off-pitch drama. The futures of both Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi have been freshly scrutinised in the past few weeks, with the Champions League exit to Bayern Munich and losses to Rennes to Lyon not helping matters. Manager Christophe Galtier recently lamented “we’re dropping points match after match. It’s a difficult league to win”. He’s not expected to be at Parc des Princes next season either and his comments have rattled PSG fans with only nine league games remaining. Messi’s time at PSG looksRead More →

Frank Lampard has insisted he will gladly help the Chelsea board and key decision-makers if they need advice about anything regarding the club. The Blues’ all-time record scorer has returned to the club for his second stint as manager, this time in a caretaker capacity until the end of the season. Bruno Saltor had initially been placed in caretaker charge following Graham Potter’s sacking, but 90min reported earlier this week he wanted to remain faithful to the ex-Brighton boss and so Lampard was pursued as a short-term replacement. The decision to re-hire Lampard after cutting ties with a project manager like Potter so quickly hasRead More →

The top forwards in Fantasy Premier League to target for FPL Gameweek 30. Credit: 90min.comRead More →

Barcelona have handed a debut to the son of Camp Nou legend Ronaldinho. Joao Mendes, named after Ronaldinho’s late father, was born in 2005 during a relationship with Brazilian dancer Janaina Mendes. The young talent had previously been at Cruzeiro in Brazil, but arrived in Spain for a Barcelona trial at the start of 2023. At that time, Barça president Joan Laporta was said to be personally overseeing the possibility of offering Joao a contract. Laporta was of course the president who signed Ronaldinho very soon after taking office for his first term at Camp way back in 2003. Before that, the Brazilian World CupRead More →

Former Chelsea youth player Izzy Brown has announced his premature retirement from professional football at the age of just 26 as a result of injury. Brown became the second youngest player in Premier League history when he made his debut for West Brom aged 16 years and 117 days in May 2013. He soon joined Chelsea and won two FA Youth Cups with the Blues, as well as the UEFA Youth League. His first-team debut at Chelsea came in May 2015, before embarking on seven loans away from the club, starting with a stint at Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem. Brown went on to play extensivelyRead More →

90min rounds up the latest Arsenal transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Mikel Arteta is close to persuading Marco Asensio to turn his back on Real Madrid and sign for Arsenal on a free transfer this summer. The Spaniard’s contract expires at the end of the season. (Nacional) Another player who could swap the Santiago Bernabeu for the Emirates Stadium is Brahim Diaz, whose loan at AC Milan ends this summer. (Sport Mediaset) West Ham United captain Declan Rice remains the Gunners’ top midfield target ahead of next season. (Football.London) Up front, Arsenal are monitoring Dominic Calvert-Lewin and are exploring whether a cut-priceRead More →

Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez is set to make a return to the field against the Houston Dynamo on Saturday, after spending the entire 2023 Major League Soccer season on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.  The Mexican figure picked up the strain in a preseason training session with the Galaxy, ruling him out for the first six weeks of the campaign. But head coach Greg Vanney revealed he’s now expected to feature for the Western Conference giants against the Dynamo, after recovering accordingly.  “He’s ready to go to Houston. Now it’s just [about] building up his match minutes, 11-v-11, and covering territory, repetition. Playing for fiveRead More →

Frank Lampard is getting another crack at things as the Chelsea head coach after being drafted in to try and clear up Graham Potter’s mess as best he can until the end of the season. There is no suggestion that Chelsea want to rehire Lampard on a permanent basis but he has got nine Premier League games and a Champions League quarter-final tie against Real Madrid coming his way and were he to succeed, a permanent appointment can’t be 100% ruled out. That being said, the search for another coach is certainly still ongoing. For now, though, the focus is on Lampard so let’s takeRead More →

Tottenham have begun life after Antonio Conte the way that it ended under the Italian – humiliating themselves in unprecedented fashion against Premier League strugglers. Spurs near enough soiled themselves in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Everton, failing to make their one-man and one-goal advantage count, losing Lucas Moura to a red card and simply watching on as Michael Keane scored a last-minute screamer. Interim boss Cristian Stellini stuck to a back-three formation even when Tottenham were playing against ten men and was made to pay the price. 90min‘s Sean Walsh and Jude Summerfield discussed Spurs’ eternal bond to such a system on the latest editionRead More →