Maurizio Sarri’s fate as Chelsea’s head coach will in effect be determined over the remainder of this month as the Italian seeks to convince the club’s hierarchy that he can recover some poise and still deliver Champions League qualification for next season. Sunday’s humiliating 6-0 thrashing at Manchester City, Chelsea’s worst defeat since 1991 and a loss which confirmed a drop from fourth to sixth place, has left Sarri clinging to his position only seven months into a three-year deal. The head coach will hope progress in the Europa League, starting with Thursday’s knockout tie at Malmö, earns him time, given the competition’s winners gain entry into next season’s Champions League. Yet eliminating the side who finished third in the Swedish league last season would only marginally bolster his job prospects unless a team clearly struggling to come to terms with his tactical demands can improve their performances over a daunting run of domestic fixtures. Chelsea face Manchester...
Premier League clubs have spent £922m and counting with just seven days remaining until the transfer window closes. Yet for the first time in more than a decade, they look set to be usurped from the top of the spending table by La Liga's summer spree, which has already passed the £1bn mark for the very first time. After Spain's dominance in Europe was broken last season, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have all flexed their financial muscle by pulling off three of the 10 biggest transfers of all time. That has pushed spending by Spanish top-flight clubs to £1.06bn as of midday on 1 August, and with more than a month to go until their transfer window closes, they could close in on the Premier League's record spend of £1.4bn from 2017. Eden Hazard, Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann are three of those to head to Spain but other than Arsenal and ...
Man Utd make Rebic contact 12 minutes ago 09:49 Mourinho continues pursuit of a new winger Manchester United have contacted Ante Rebic’s agent regarding a potential move for the Eintracht Frankfurt winger, reports Sport Bild . Jose Mourinho appears to be in the market for a new winger, having also been linked with Willian and Ivan Perisic, and is now targeting Rebic. The Croatia international enjoyed a positive World Cup and United are reportedly willing to pay up to £50 million ($66m) for the 24-year-old. Bayern discuss sale of Man Utd-linked Thiago 26 minutes ago 09:35 Bayern Munich have ruled out selling reported Manchester United target Thiago Alcantara during the summer transfer window. The midfielder has been linked with a big-money switch to Old Trafford in a bid to boost the Red Devils' chances of winning the Premier League this season. However, Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has rubbished speculation linking Thiago with a...
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