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Saif Alrubie in court over message sent to Marina GranovskaiaCase related to payment he said he was owed for role in transferA top football agent has been acquitted of sending an intimidating email message to former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia – the so-called “right hand” of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.The agent, Saif Alrubie,...
Brazilian, 39, was hero of club’s 2021 Champions League winSilva joined in 2020 from PSG and has made 151 appearancesThiago Silva, Chelsea’s veteran defender, has announced that this season will be his last at Stamford Bridge.The 39-year-old Brazilian, a mainstay of the Blues team that lifted the Champions League in 2021, revealed the news on social...
Club are in the Coppa Italia final, the Europa League semis and battling for Champions League football in a remarkable seasonWhat was the precise moment that Gian Piero Gasperini allowed himself to start believing? Was it at Anfield, watching Mario Pasalic casually side-foot home the goal that put Atalanta 3-0 ahead against Liverpool? Or during the...
Kulusevski and Van de Ven lament easy goals concededArsenal ‘much more disciplined’ in 3-2 defeat, Swede says Tottenham’s players have highlighted the mentality of Arsenal as the difference between the clubs. Dejan Kulusevski and Micky van de Ven poured out their frustrations after Sunday’s 3-2 home defeat in the derby, lamenting the softness of the...
Arsenal keeper gifted goal to Spurs that inspired late barrageRaya pleased with his response that ensured side took the winIt was the kind of mistake, so aberrant and out of keeping with everything before it, that can derail an entire season’s work. David Raya’s blunder at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was hardly on the scale of a Steven Gerrard slip but,...
Thousands of jubilant Internazionale fans took to the streets around San Siro Stadium to celebrate the club's historic 20th Serie A title with the players. The newly-crowned champions paraded through hoards of fans after a straightforward 2-0 win over 10-man Torino Continue reading...