Month: February 2020

Chelsea had until now avoided the chaos of no-man’s land, having been in the top four of the Premier League since September. But now, after “Chelsea enter no man's land battle for Champions League place after Man Utd loss”

This was a vindication.  A vindication for Antoine Griezmann, to his critics and those who created and published fake news comments wrongly attributed to him “Griezmann proves he can be Barcelona's No.9 as Setien era kicks into gear”

Liverpool looked to be “breaking up” when Philippe Coutinho left for Barcelona, says Diego Simeone, but the Atletico Madrid boss admits they have become “even “‘Liverpool even stronger since Coutinho left’ – Atletico Madrid boss Simeone salutes Reds’ rapid rise”

Liverpool are the best team in the world. De jure, after they won the Club World Cup in December, but de facto too, with Jurgen “Atletico Madrid are the underdogs against Liverpool… that's just how they like it”

Manchester United should cut ties with Mino Raiola and refuse to sign any players represented by the controversial agent in wake of his latest outburst “'Raiola isn't defending Pogba, he just wants his next payday' – Man Utd urged to cut ties with controversial agent”

Jurgen Klopp says he was shocked by the news of Manchester City’s two-year suspension from the Champions League and says he sympathises with coach Pep “Klopp shocked by Man City's Champions League ban”

Former Inter striker Christian Vieri believes that only Paris Saint-Germain have a strikeforce that can compete with his former club’s pairing of Lautaro Martinez and “Only PSG can compete with Inter’s Lukaku-Lautaro forward line – Vieri”

Julian Nagelsmann’s stock continues to rise at just 32 years of age and the current RB Leipzig boss concedes that he could one day head “Nagelsmann leaves Premier League door open after passing up Real Madrid opportunity”

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire says he did not intend to hurt Michy Batshuayi after he collided with the Chelsea forward during Monday night’s Premier “'I thought Batshuayi was going to fall on me' – Maguire claims no intent after kicking out at Chelsea striker”

Mino Raiola says Paul Pogba is only committed to Manchester United until after Euro 2020, when his options will be assessed again, while Ole Gunnar “'Solskjaer is out of line' – Raiola hits back and reiterates Pogba is only committed to Man Utd until end of Euro 2020”