Football Blog (Page 32)

[ad_1] 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 WorldRead More →

[ad_1] 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 playRead More →

[ad_1] 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 aRead More →

[ad_1] 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 forRead More →

[ad_1] 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’sRead More →

[ad_1] 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 latestRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has said that the decision to hire Frank Lampard as caretaker manager was to give the club a ‘clear and stable plan for the remainder of the season’. The Blues confirmed the appointment of Lampard as their new caretaker manager, taking over from Bruno Saltor, on Thursday afternoon. In a statement on the club’s official website announcing the appointment, co-controlling owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said: “We are delighted to welcome Frank back to Stamford Bridge. Frank is a Premier League Hall of Famer and a legend at this club. As we continue our thorough and exhaustive process for aRead More →

[ad_1] 90min is the home of the PFA Vertu Motors Fans’ Player of the Month Award for the 2022/23 season. Each month, you can vote for your favourite players across five divisions of English football, for the chance to win incredible prizes, including the opportunity to present the award to the winning player. Your League One nominees for March are… George Wood/GettyImages Appearances: 6Goals: 2Assists: 1 Barnsley were brilliant in March and Devante Cole played his part with two goals and an assist. Cole’s first goal of the month arrived in their 3-1 win over Portsmouth, before playing a huge role in the massive derby winRead More →

[ad_1] Xavi Hernandez has admitted that Barcelona’s thumping 4-0 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday evening is ‘difficult to digest’. Barcelona had gone into Wednesday’s Clasico with a 1-0 lead, having won the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi final at the Santiago Bernabeu. But they were well beaten at Camp Nou thanks in large part to a hat-trick from Karim Benzema. Speaking after the game, Xavi admitted that the defeat was hard to take: “It’s difficult to digest. “We were doing well, but we lost order after the second goal, maybe [it was down to] maturity, we have a lot of veryRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has revealed he didn’t want to take any risks with Luke Shaw after he was substituted in the first half of their 1-0 win against Brentford on Wednesday evening. The Red Devils won their first Premier League game since February with a narrow victory against the high-flying Bees, with Marcus Rashford scoring the winner midway through the first half. Shortly after his decisive strike, Shaw was seen hobbling and touching his hamstring on the touchline and was swiftly replaced by Tyrell Malacia at left-back. Speaking at a post-match press conference, Ten Hag stated this quick reaction was toRead More →