Former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas believes the club are unrecognisable from the side he represented, due to manager Mikel Arteta s impact.
A last-gasp Eddie Nketiah winner against Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on Sunday handed the Gunners a 3-2 victory, maintaining a five-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Now considered to be the favourites for the title, Arsenal have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence under Arteta, who has made wholesale changes at the club.
Fabregas has revealed that a recent trip to London Colney showed everything had changed since his days at Arsenal, including an image at the entrance that highlights Arsenal s 19-year wait for Premier League glory.
I was lucky enough to be at the training grou…
Harry Kane faces a race to be fit for Tottenham s clash with Manchester City in the EFL Cup final after missing training on Tuesday.
The striker looks certain not to be involved in Wednesday s Premier League home match against Southampton after suffering an ankle injury in last Friday s 2-2 draw with Everton.
Caretaker head coach Ryan Mason, who took over from the sacked Jose Mourinho on Monday, could offer no guarantee the England captain would be ready for Sunday s Wembley trip.
Mason said in a news conference: I m not sure currently. He didn t train today. It s one of those cases of taking it day by day. We re still not sure about the weekend just yet.
What we do now is Harry s working extremely hard to get over this injury.
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Two sides who have their sights set on breaking into the European spots this weekend, Roma will welcome Monza to the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday lunchtime.
Starting with the hosts, while Roma might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign in the midst of a public struggle, Jose Mourinho’s men certainly claimed a much-welcomed boost prior to October’s international break. Last seen heading into the fortnight interval with a stellar 4-1 romp away at Cagliari, the one-time Manchester United boss has seen his side win each of their previous three appearances across all formats. Skyrocketing their way up the table and still dreaming of the chance to mount a genuine top-four charge this time around, the Italian heavyweights will be desperate t…
Rennes coach Bruno Genesio has not played down reports suggesting a move for Barcelona s Samuel Umtiti, adding the star is a high-level player .
The Ligue 1 outfit have been linked for a move for the France international, who endured a torrid 2021-22 campaign at Camp Nou rocked by injury.
A Europa League qualifying finish for Rennes has left Genesio seeking sports guarantees in regard to his transfer aims, and the World Cup winner whom he previously coached at Lyon would fit the bill.
Sam is a player I know perfectly well, he stated. I trained him as a youth player and then in the Lyon first team. That creates a bond.
You all know his history, his qualities [and] the setbacks he had last year. But he is still a high-level player, and we are interested …
Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona in the summer of 2022, according to . It has been reported by the Spanish news outlet that De Jong is unhappy at Barcelona, and that PSG are planning to make a move for the 24-year-old midfielder.
De Jong has been on the books of Barcelona since 2019 when he joined from Ajax. The Netherlands international midfielder has not been at his best and has failed to show the kind of form that he did at Ajax. Players such as Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi have left Barcelona, who recently sacked Ronald Koeman as their manager.
PSG signed a number of players in the summer transfer window, including Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos. De Jong would make Mauricio Pochettino’s side a better and stronger team in …
Argentina star Lionel Messi will not play at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, national team head coach Gerardo Martino has confirmed.
Barcelona forward Messi, who is being widely tipped to win a fifth Ballon d Or crown on Monday, will focus on the Copa America in June before getting a break ahead of the 2016-17 season, rather than turn out in Brazil at the Games which take place in August.
Messi was part of the Argentina team that won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008, but Martino does not feel it would be wise to select him as one of the country s three over-23 players later this year.
Exposing Leo by using him in another competition after all the football he has played would be overkill, in my opinion, the former Barcelona boss told Clarin.
It …
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has backed David Alaba to become a club legend at the Allianz Arena over the next decade.
The Austria international joined Bayern from Austria Vienna in 2008 at the tender age of 16 and has since developed into a key figure at the reigning Bundesliga champions, making close to 200 appearances in all competitions.
Alaba featured mainly at left-back in the early stages of his career, but has also played in midfield and as a centre-back in recent seasons and Guardiola is a keen admirer of the 23-year-old s versatility.
Recent reports suggested the Spanish coach could try to take Alaba with him to Manchester City at the end of the season, but Guardiola believes the defender s future lies at Bayern.
Alaba will enter the his…
Luis Enrique had no plan B and Spain suffered a premature World Cup exit as a consequence, according to Iago Aspas.
Veteran striker Aspas missed out on the squad for Qatar 2022 but has been recalled by Luis Enrique s successor, Luis de la Fuente, for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Norway and Scotland.
The 35-year-old Celta Vigo player was powerless to prevent Spain losing to Morocco on penalties after a goalless stalemate at the last-16 stage of the World Cup.
I was wishing Spain to score, Aspas said on Thursday, looking back at that game.
With Luis Enrique we had a very defined game style. For me, who in future could become a coach, we did not have plan B, and when plan A was stuck there wasn t plan B or other types of footballers to try to revert that s…
Roberto Martinez believes Everton and Watford s progress to the FA Cup semi-finals might have hindered their respective Premier League form.
Martinez s men travel to Vicarage Road on Saturday having lost their past three league matches – a run punctuated by the stirring FA Cup quarter-final win over Chelsea last month.
Everton failed to find the net in subsequent losses to Arsenal and Manchester United, increasing murmurings of discontent from their fanbase as a season that promised so much ahead of the opening-day draw with Saturday s opponents continues to be dogged by frustrating inconsistency.
They re in a similar situation. If you look at each team that has got through to the FA Cup semi-finals, they haven t won a game in the league since, Martinez told a…
Thomas Tuchel does not intend to give in to Cesar Azpilicueta s demand for a cut-price exit to Barcelona.
Azpilicueta has reportedly asked to leave Stamford Bridge for Barca, who have already signed Andreas Christensen after his Blues contract expired.
It has been suggested that a £55million move for Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde could pave the way for the Spaniard to leave for Camp Nou.
However, Tuchel is standing firm and does not want to let Azpilicueta leave on the cheap, saying he was maybe a little bit annoyed by Barca s pursuit of the player.
It s a tough question because I m not sure if I want to give Azpi what he wants, said Tuchel, as quoted by Standard Sport.
At some point it is about what we want. I just made the compari…