Saturday, January 27, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Érik Lamela: ‘My brother is in a wheelchair … you realise what is important’
Érik Lamela felt his blood run cold. The call came in December 2016 and it was one of those that everyone dreads. The Tottenham Hotspur winger’s younger brother, Axel, had banged his head in a swimming pool in their native Argentina and the damage would be grave. Axel was paralysed.
“For a few months, he couldn’t move anything,” Lamela says. “Right now, he is getting some movement back and working day by day to return to a normal life. The doctors say that he may be able to walk again but it all depends on how the rehab goes. It’s going to be a slow process and we just need a lot of patience. He is wheelchair-bound.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 25, 2018
Jack Wilshere: I've never wanted to leave Arsenal
Jack Wilshere has admitted he also envisaged a return to Arsenal.
The Englishman spent last season on loan at Bournemouth but has recently reestablished himself in Arsene Wenger's side.
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Dortmund boss wants 'clarity' over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang future
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
The verdict: who has done better out of the Sánchez-Mkhitaryan deal?
The swap deal which saw Alexis Sánchez join Manchester United and Henrikh Mkhitaryan move to Arsenal was finally confirmed on Monday after weeks of negotiations. The Chile forward has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at Old Trafford worth an estimated £350,000 a week, while Mkhitaryan is now contracted to Arsenal until 2021 having left United only 18 months after joining from Borussia Dortmund for £27m.
Both José Mourinho and Arsène Wenger appear happy with their new acquisitions but which manager has got the better end of the deal and will both players be successful at their new clubs? Our writers give their verdict on one of the most significant transfers in recent years.
Continue reading...Monday, January 22, 2018
Tributes after 'national hero' Armfield dies aged 82
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Chelsea’s Plan B of target man and crosses may prove no plan at all | Sean Ingle
How times change. At the dawn of the Premier League the news that Chelsea wanted a rugged English striker to hurl himself at crosses, preferably after smashing through a centre-half in the brusque style of Kerry Dixon or Mick Harford, would barely have caused a ripple. Yet when it emerged last week that they were lining up a £20m bid for Andy Carroll – and then started making eyes at Peter Crouch – their fans were entitled to check their calendars to make sure it was not 1 April.
Much of this, of course, was down to the incongruity of Chelsea chasing after a 29-year-old who, according to Physioroom.com, had eight injuries last season – and then, when he inevitably knackered his ankle (again), doubling down on Crouch, who has scored only 10 league goals in the last two and a half seasons and turns 37 next week.
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