Thomas Tuchel joked Todd Boehly can watch Chelsea games from home in Los Angeles next season after the Blues once again failed to win in front of their incoming new owner.
Boehly was present at Stamford Bridge on Thursday for the Blues disappointing 1-1 draw with Leicester City in their penultimate Premier League game of a mixed campaign.
The American billionaire, alongside Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss, is reportedly close to finalising a £4.25billion takeover from Roman Abramovich.
But he has yet to see the Blues win up close, having also been in attendance for defeats to Real Madrid, Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as draws with Wolves and now Leicester.
While Chelsea have struggled to perform in front of Boehly so far, Tuchel hopes …
Villarreal might turn to Inter s Andrea Ranocchia to solve their defensive problems, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
The 30-year-old centre-back has been linked with a possible departure from Giuseppe Meazza for a long while now. He joined Inter from Genoa in January 2011, and he has made a total of 188 appearances for the Nerazzuri since then. However, he has hardly played under manager Luciano Spalletti, who currently prefers the duo of Stefan de Vrij and Milan Škriniar in the heart of defence.
A number of clubs have been credited with interest in Ranocchia, but at the moment it seems the most serious competition Villarreal would face for his signature would come from Sassuolo, who are also in strong need of defensive reinforcements.
The Spanish club are c…
New D.C. United coach Wayne Rooney hailed Luis Suarez as incredible but insists he will only sign players who are hungry .
Manchester United and England great Rooney left Derby County in June, having overseen a difficult period for the club during his first job as a manager.
Everton were previously linked with their former academy product, but the 36-year-old opted to return to old club D.C. in MLS, where he played in 2018 and 2019.
D.C have been linked with a plethora of potential signings after their big-name appointment, with former Liverpool and Barcelona forward Suarez among those.
Suarez is a free agent after ending a two-season stay at Atletico Madrid, where he won the LaLiga title in the 2020-21 campaign, and reportedly wants to build-up his fit…
Striker Christian Benteke has signed for D.C. United from Crystal Palace as he joins up with Wayne Rooney in MLS.
The 31-year-old has penned a two-and-a-half-year deal in the United States capital as he leaves the Premier League after 280 appearances in which he scored 86 goals.
He arrived in England 10 years ago, joining Aston Villa from Belgian side Genk before going on to score 42 times in 89 Premier League appearances for the Midlands club.
His prolific spell there earned him a big-money move to Liverpool, but he could only manage nine league goals for the Reds before making a switch to Palace in 2016.
Although he scored 15 top-flight goals in his first campaign at Selhurst Park, the Belgium international never quite recaptured his Aston Villa form a…
LaLiga president Javier Tebas believes compromises must be made regarding El Clasico kick-off times to cater for viewers in Asia and the United States.
Since Tebas appointment in April 2013, LaLiga fixtures have been staggered in an attempt to maximise viewing figures across the globe.
The decision to stage matches on Mondays led to protests from supporters, forcing the Spanish Football Federation (SFF) to intervene earlier this year and scrap games taking place on that day.
And Tebas suffered another blow when the clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona was moved from Saturday October 26 to Wednesday December 18, with kick-off scheduled for 8pm CET.
That means viewers in Asia staying up into the early hours of the morning on a midweek day, but Tebas ins…
Wolverhampton Wanderers have reached full agreement over the proposed transfer of Matheus Nunes from Sporting Lisbon, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The deal with the Portuguese club was reached on Sunday, with the fee set at €50 million with add-ons, and now the player has agreed personal terms with Wolves as well. All that remains for him is to undergo the medical, which has already been scheduled, and sign the paperwork.
There were plenty of reports crediting Premier League clubs with interest in the 23-year-old, but Wolves obviously acted as the most determined one and the in-demand midfielder is now set to join Bruno Lage s ranks.
Nunes joined Sporting s Under-23 side in 2019 and earned first-team promotion a year later. He scored eight goals and produced …
Ivan Perisic has returned to Inter with desire and enthusiasm, coach Antonio Conte said amid transfer talk about the attacker.
Perisic is back with the Serie A giants after spending 2019-20 on loan at Bayern Munich, where he won the Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.
The Croatia international, who arrived at Inter from Wolfsburg in 2015, has again been linked with a move amid reported interest from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.
But, ahead of Inter s Serie A opener against Fiorentina on Saturday, Conte said Perisic had returned with a renewed determination.
I am happy for Ivan, because in the end he had an incredible experience with Bayern Munich, a winning one, in which he won three trophies, he told a news conference.
Now…
“I know about the situation and what we agreed on,” Flick told Kicker. “But I also have very clear ideas, I have to say that too. These are things that move me. We just have a look at what will come in the future.”
Those are the words of Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick, or should we say interim head coach. Many are questioning whether or not he’s going to take the job on a full time basis, if only to bring the club a bit more stability throughout the course of the next few months.
They’re going well in Europe but will struggle to hold onto their Bundesliga crown which, as you can probably imagine, is going to hit quite hard as and when it happens.
There’s a rebuilding project going on at the club right now and the sooner people realis…
Manchester United are interested in signing Tammy Abraham from AS Roma in the summer transfer window, . The report has claimed that the former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners are on the hunt for a new striker in the summer of 2023, and that they have identified Abraham as a potential target.
Abraham has been on the books of AS Roma since 2021 and has done well for the Italian club so far in his career. The 25-year-old striker has made 19 starts and six substitute appearances in Serie A so far this season, scoring six goals and providing three assists in the process. The former Chelsea striker has also made five starts and two substitute appearances in the UEFA Europa League so far this campaign, scoring one goal in the process.
Manchester United are thi…
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Christophe Galtier has found support after being accused of making racist comments about players during his time as Nice boss.
The allegations came in an e-mail allegedly sent by former Nice football director Julien Fournier at the end of last season.
According to The Athletic, the email s recipient was Dave Brailsford, director of sport at INEOS, the company that owns Nice.
The contents of the email were first reported on Tuesday evening, with Galtier alleged to have told Fournier – in Fournier s words – that the club could not have so many blacks and Muslims in the team .
Fournier and Galtier both left Nice after the end of last season, with Galtier cherry-picked to be coach of champions PSG.
Galtier s lawyer, …