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Simply looking to put the cherry on what has been a history-making campaign, Newcastle will make the trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon when they meet Chelsea.
Chelsea
Starting with the hosts, putting in another woeful performance at Old Trafford in midweek as they slumped to an infamous 4-1 defeat against Manchester United, Chelsea have endured a public nightmare this season. Already accepting that they will have to settle for a remarkable bottom-half finish and with no European adventure penciled in for next year, Frank Lampard’s downbeat squad can not wait to see the back of the 2022/23 campaign. Coming under a huge amount of scrutiny and failing to find any kind of stability since they welcomed Lampard back to Stamford…
Mauricio Pochettino has suggested Paris Saint-Germain s defeat against Nice came down to misfortune more than anything else, after Andy Delort struck late to sink the Ligue 1 leaders.
The title frontrunners came up short against Christophe Galtier s hosts at Allianz Riviera thanks to the Algerian striker s late finish.
With the suspended Kylian Mbappe s absence leaving Les Parisiens short in attack, they have now lost consecutive league games on the road for the first time since April 2019.
Pochettino admitted that his side had not done enough to claim victory, but maintained Nice had not earned their three points either, chalking it up as something of a sporting incident.
We thought it was going to end in a draw because neither of them had done enou…
Martin Odegaard could return to Real Madrid at the end of the season, according to .
Real signed the midfielder from Norwegian side Stromsgodset in January 2015 for a reported fee of €3 million, but the youngster hasn t yet been given a proper chance to impress at Los Blancos. Having played most of his games for their Castilla team, he joined SC Heerenven on loan in January 2017, and since then he also had temporary spells with Vitesse Arnhem. He returned to Madrid at the end of last season and left on temporary basis to play for Real Sociedad this term.
The agreement, which will see Sociedad pay his wages of €2 million for the season, is such that it could be extended for a further year, but Real Madrid have the option of recalling him in the summer of 2020 should …
Prediction: Tottenham Hotspur to win 2-1
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Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur will face each other in the UEFA Champions League this week. The Group D match will be held at Deutsche Bank Park and is scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time on Tuesday.
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Eintracht Frankfurt are playing in the UEFA Champions League this season after winning the UEFA Europa League in 2021-22. The German club beat former Scottish Premiership champions Rangers in the final and have got the chance to play in Europe’s premier club competition this campaign.
Frankfurt are third in UEFA Champions League Group D at the moment with three points from two matches. They are level on points with second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and …
Julio Baptista has announced his retirement at the age of 37, declaring his intention to begin a new life after his playing career.
The former Brazil international started out at Sao Paulo before heading to Spain, where he played for Sevilla – scoring 20 goals in the 2003-04 LaLiga season – and Real Madrid.
Baptista helped Arsenal win the League Cup during a loan stint in 2006-07, including an astonishing four-goal haul against Liverpool in a 6-3 quarter-final win at Anfield.
There were also spells with Roma and Malaga, as well as a return to his homeland with Cruzeiro in 2013, prior to joining Orlando City in MLS.
Last at CFR Cluj, Baptista made just two appearances for the Romanian club in 2018 and, via Twitter, confirmed on Thursday he is ha…
Hector Bellerin has attempted to call time on crazy rumours linking him with a move away from Arsenal as he prepares for Unai Emery s first season in charge.
Bellerin, 23, joined the Gunners in 2011 as a teenager having come through Barcelona s famed La Masia academy.
After a loan spell at Watford he broke into the Arsene Wenger s first team in 2014, making 20 Premier League appearances as a 19-year-old.
He has persistently been linked with a return to Barca in subsequent years, and the arrival of Stephan Lichtsteiner earlier in the transfer window has led to further speculation involving Juventus and Manchester United.
However, speaking to reporters in Singapore at the launch of Arsenal s third kit on Friday, the Spain international looked to end the tra…
Jordan Henderson joked that he is ready to put a call in to Steven Gerrard as Liverpool eye a favour from Aston Villa on the final day of the Premier League season.
After coming from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 in their penultimate fixture of the campaign, Jurgen Klopp s side remain in with a shout of clinching the title on Sunday.
But, for that to happen, they must first win their Anfield clash with Wolves and then hope that Manchester City drop points at home to Villa.
Pep Guardiola s men came out on top in a similarly tight race in 2018-19, and Henderson says he is ready to call on his former Anfield teammate Steven Gerrard now the manager of Villa as he looks for a different outcome.
He told Sky Sports: It s hard. We ve had this before when they pl…
Sergio Romero still feels he is living the dream at Manchester United despite acknowledging frustration over being a permanent back-up.
Romero, 32, joined United from Sampdoria in 2015, allowing him to link up once again with his former AZ coach Louis van Gaal.
Although the Dutchman did not last at United, Romero has continued to be a valuable asset to the club, with predecessor Jose Mourinho and his successor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer keeping him on as the back-up to David de Gea.
Throughout Romero s time at United he has had to contend with being second choice, though under Mourinho the Argentina international featured prominently in the victorious Europa League campaign of 2016-17, even playing the final.
Although he has not played a Premier League game sin…
Atletico Madrid failed to capitalise on LaLiga s top three all dropping points on Saturday, as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to in-form Espanyol.
Diego Simeone s men were looking to make the most of third-place Sevilla losing and Barcelona and Real Madrid drawing in El Clasico, but they could not get the better of Espanyol s stubborn defence and ultimately had goalkeeper Jan Oblak to thank following a couple of essential saves.
The two sides played out a turgid first half in which the only real goal-scoring opportunity fell to the visitors, with Oblak thwarting Gerard Moreno just before the break.
Atletico initially failed to produce much of an improvement after the restart and were again indebted to Oblak just before the hour mark, as he kept former A…
Mauricio Pochettino hailed Arsenal boss Unai Emery after Tottenham were drawn against their north-London rivals in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
A double from Son Heung-min and a late effort from Fernando Llorente secured Tottenham s passage to the last eight on Wednesday, as they saw off West Ham at London Stadium.
Tottenham s reward is a trip to Emirates Stadium in the week commencing December 17, and Pochettino, who faced Emery during his days as Espanyol boss, did not hold back in praising the Gunners manager despite the bitter rivalry between the two clubs.
I have great respect for him and his coaching staff, Pochettino, whose side will also take on Arsenal in the league on December 2, told a news conference.
It will be a good game. Unai Emery is a…