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AN UNCOMMON OPPONENT Our summer adversaries, so far, have all been familiar and we’ll come up against each of Leeds United, West Ham United, Bournemouth and Everton on at least another two occasions between now and May. The same cannot be said for Fiorentina. A quarter of a century has passed since the Serie A…

Manchester City are battling with Chelsea to sign 15-year-old Leicester City prospect Jeremy Monga, reports have revealed. Monga features regularly for both Leicester’s Under-18 and Under-21 sides and was an unused substitute on the senior side’s bench for the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United early in February, having regularly trained with Ruud van Nistelrooy’s…

Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers has urged her side to bounce back from last weekend’s loss to Liverpool in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup. An own goal from goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar was enough to send Liverpool through to the semi-finals after a tight battle at Meadow Park. Arsenal, currently ten points behind Chelsea at…

Sevilla’s Chidera Ejuke scored the only goal of the game, early in the second half, to send them above Real Sociedad in the table, into 10th spot. Alguacil made a startling eight changes to the XI on duty last week, with only Nayef Aguerd, Igor Zubeldia and Benat Turrientes retaining their place in the side….

Chelsea are not expected to pursue a new goalkeeper this summer despite ongoing struggles with Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen, a report has claimed. Sanchez has been dropped to the bench after a series of high-profile mistakes, but summer signing Jorgensen has not fared much better in his place. A mistake in the defeat to…

After breathing a big sigh of relief on Thursday night, Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur make the short trip across the capital for their next Premier League outing. The success of Spurs’ campaign centres around their progression in Europe. That’s been the case since they lost at Villa Park in the FA Cup fourth round. Their…