Insensitive And Senseless, Were Chelsea Wrong To Dispose Legendary Petr Cech For Thibaut Courtois?

By Ewah Chika. 

When Petr Cech was sold to Arsenal for £10 million in the summer of 2015, Chelsea fans were upset though not for the sale of the legend rather due to the fact Chelsea were strengthening bitter rivals Arsenal with Cech's sale. Fast forward to two months  and it was clear from the opening season game against Swansea that Courtois was miles behind the former Rennes goalkeeper at the Bridge. 

It is now even clearer that Chelsea were wrong to have traded their club legend for an insensitive and less passionate Belgian who has been sent off thrice since the sale of Cech in 2015. 

FIFA Rejects Bojan Krkic's Serbia International Switch Request.

By Ewah Chika.

Stoke City's Bojan Krkic has seen his application to quit Spain and continue his international football career with Serbia ultimately turned down by FIFA according to the Mirror.

The former Roma attacker  has a Serbia father but grew up in Catalonia before going on to break into Barcelona's first team in 2007 under Frank Rjikaard at 17 years 19 days breaking Lionel Messi's record at the time.  The attacker was highly rated at the time with fans predicting he was going to be  Lionel Messi's longterm attacking partner.

Louis Van Gaal In Talks With Werder Bremen.

By Ewah Chika.

Former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal is presently in talks with Werder Bremen to replace sacked coach Viktor Skrypnyk according to Hamburg Abendblatt.

Van Gaal had earlier said in 2014 after taking over in Manchester United that the club will be his last as he was going to retire at the expiration of his three years contract but it seems his sacking by the North West club has left a bitter taste and experience in his memory that he has decided to give coaching another shot.

Carlo Ancelotti Reveals The Enormous Pressure Coaches Face In Real Madrid .

By Ewah Chika.

Carlo Ancelotti has revealed it is easier to work with Franz Beckenbauer who is Bayern Munich's president when compared with Real Madrid's Florentino Perez.

The former Real Madrid coach also believes the press and media in Madrid make it difficult for any manager as they often criticise and scrutinise every of the coach's decisions especially when it doesn't go according to plans.

Manchester City Facing FIFA Ban For Minor Exploitation.

By Ewah Chika.

Velez Sarsfield has revealed they have lodged a formal complaint to FIFA after Manchester City attempted to sign an under-aged Argentine schoolboy by name Benjamin Garre from them.

Velez claim City had breached FIFA's regulation when trying to sign the youngster at 15 which is prohibited by FIFA as it represents minor transfers. This is coming at a time FIFA made it almost extremely difficult for European clubs to sign players outside the European Union and who are under 18 so as to tackle or discourage the exploitation of minors.

Revealed: PSG Tried To Sign Diego Costa On Transfer Deadline Day.

By Ewah Chika.

Just as Chelsea were desperate to sign a centre-back on transfer deadline day, it has been revealed that PSG were also desperate to sign Chelsea's Diego Costa who appeared eager to quit the London Club for former club Atletico Madrid in the same summer.

Chelsea coach , Antonio Conte was forced to move for PSG's David Luiz who only left Chelsea for PSG in the summer of 2014 for £50 million after Conte failed in his bid to sign first choice defenders Kalidou Koulibaly -Napoli and Leonardo Bonucci - Juventus.

"Jose Mourinho Was Desperate For The Liverpool Job In 2004"- Danny Murphy.

By Ewah Chika.

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has revealed that current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho while in Porto was desperate to succeed Gerard Houllier as Liverpool manager before the appointment of Rafa Benitez from Valencia in 2004.

Mario Balotelli's Rich Form For Nice Continues To Silence Jamie Carragher And His Einstein Critics .

By Ewah Chika.

By Ewah Chika.

Four goals in two league games is a sort of rich form any striker will dream to be associated with and that is the reason controversial Italian forward Mario Balotelli is suddenly the new bride in football, after his Man of the Match display have ensured Nice presently top the French Ligue 1 with 14 points ahead of heavy spenders PSG who are second and on 11 points, after beating Principality club Monaco 4-0 at the Allianz Riviera on Wednesday night.

Swansea Target Ryan Giggs As Francesco Guidolin's Replacement As Pressure Continues To Mount On The Italian.

By Ewah Chika.

Three losses in five games isn't an exceptional result for a coach and that is exactly where Francesco Guidolin of Swansea has found himself considering the club's poor run of form.

Swansea have only been able to beat newly promoted Burnley on the opening day. This has led to many media outlets reporting  that club chairman Huw Jenkins is targeting Ryan Giggs formerly of Manchester United as Guidolin's replacement

Southampton To Swoop For Unsettled PSG Creative Playmaker In January .

By Ewah Chika.

Southampton are already targeting Paris Saint Germain unsettled attacker Hatem Ben Arfa according to Foot-Sur7.

Ben Arfa was signed on a free transfer this summer  after shinning in Nice last season scoring 17 goals in 34 league games for Les Aiglons who finished 4th under were the present Southampton manager Claude Puel.

Stephane Sessegnon On Verge Of Montepellier Move.

By Ewah Chika.

Former West Brom attacking midfielder Stephane Sessegnon is close to a free transfer to French club Montepellier according to Mercato 365. Sessegnon is billed to return to France after soending eight years in England with the likes of Sunderland and West Bromich Albion scoring 25 goals and providing 25 assists in 166 league games in total from both clubs .

Manchester City Ready To Move Yaya Toure To A Premier League Rival In January.

By Ewah Chika.

Manchester City are so desperate to move on  star midfielder Yaya Toure in January that they won't mind selling him to a Premier League rival according to the Dailymail. Toure who earns an excess of £220,000 per week has been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Pep Guardiola unless he apologises to the Club, fellow players and the manager after Toure's agent Dimitri Seluk attacked the

Is UEFA's Guaranteed 16 Slots In The Champions League For Top Four Leagues Fair Or Anti-Football?

By Ewah Chika. 

UEFA Champions League and Europa League Football seems to be growing every year judging from both sporting and financial aspect with an expected increase in revenue from £2 billion this season to £2.5 billion next season. This might have necessitated the now infamous reforms by UEFA after guaranteeing Champions League Group stage places to the top four leagues which are expected to be Spain, England, Germany and Italy starting from 2018. 

Although this looks like fair and decisive decision, considering these leagues account for more than 80% of the revenue UEFA makes from the Champions League due to their large TV markets with Spain and England the main contributors. UEFA did not just stop there as those clubs with historic success in European Competitions will also be rewarded financially due to it's new point formula which gives them an undue advantage over smaller clubs from lesser leagues. 

Though this new reform can be said to be fair as clubs from small leagues have continued to falter in the Champions League year in year out with the exception of Sharkar Donesk,

Is The £17 Million Signing Of Lucas Perez By Arsenal Expensive Or A Bargain?

By Ewah Chika. 

After trying severally albeit unsuccessfully to sign Leicester City's Jamie Vardy (29) in the summer, Arsene Wenger elected to sign Deportivo La Coruna's Lucas Perez who bagged 17 goals in La Liga last season for the Galician club that struggled to escape relegation. Arsenal on their part, struggled all through last season to keep pace with Leicester City in what looked like their best chance of winning the Premier League which has eluded them for the past 12 years. 

Is The Signing Of Mattieu Flamini A Hit Or Miss For Crystal Palace?

By Ewah Chika.

Crystal Palace is presently in the second half of the table after a not so convincing start to the season which has seen them lose twice and win just once (against Middlesbrough) in four games this season. The South London club had moved quickly to sign Christian Benteke from Liverpool for over £27 million in a bid to solve their goal scoring problem