Chelsea manager Antonio Conte should be keeping an eye out for another job, ex-Blues boss Ruud Gullit has claimed. Speculation has been rife about Conte’s future at the club as the club are out of contention to retain the Premier League title. The Italian has been forthcoming with comments to the press and has publicly asked the club to refute the rumours of his imminent departure. The Blues hierarchy have failed to do so, and Gullit, who won the 1997 FA Cup as Chelsea manager, believes that because of this, Conte should be broadening his options. He told SunSport: “Hearing…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Luis Enrique wants to bring his Barcelona backroom staff with him to Chelsea at the end of the season. The Spaniard is desperate to reconnect with the men that helped him win nine trophies in three years with the Blaugrana. This group includes current Celta Vigo boss Juan Carlos Unzue. The Sun has claimed Enrique has made getting his backroom staff a priority if he agrees to takeover from Antonio Conte at the end of the season. The rest of Enrique’s backroom team – scout Robert Moreno, trainer Rafael Pol and psychologist Joaquin Valdés – joined Unzue when he moved…
Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko forward, Amed Toure claims it will be very difficult for Kumasi Asante Kotoko to qualify in Brazzaville against Club Athlétique Renaissance Aiglon (CARA). Kumasi Asante Kotoko slightly urged pass CARA in the first leg of the CAF Confederations Cup courtesy a 90+3 minute penalty by Yakubu Mohammed. A packed Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday, February 11 saw referee Issah Sey award five penalties, four to the home side and one to the visitors. Kotoko missed three of their four strikes and CARA also failed to slot home theirs. Speaking to Angel FM’s Michael Ashley Darko(Samma), 2010…
Yakubu Mohammed scored a 90+3 minute penalty for Kumasi Asante Kotoko to snatch a 1:0 first leg advantage against Club Athlétique Renaissance Aiglon (CARA) in a game that Referee Issah Sey awarded five penalties. Striker Saddick Adams failed to find the back of the net from the spot with just 12 minutes showing on the clock. The disappointed supporters in Red and White witnessed two more spot kicks scared away by the Congolese Shot-stopper. Steve Pollack, head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko threw more cards forward in search of the game’s opener. It was the turn of skipper Amos Frimpong…
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has learned he faces fresh competition for Tottenham striker Harry Kane. Perez is prepared to offer €200m to Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to sign Kane – but also knows he will have to overcome stiff competition to win the striker’s signature. Manchester United were linked with Kane in Marca over the weekend – but it is Manchester City’s interest which has now reached Perez’s desk. Diario Gol says intermediaries have warned Perez that City boss Pep Guardiola is also keen on Kane and approved a massive move for the England international. Indeed, City are prepared…
Manchester City ace Kevin de Bruyne insists he’s not bothered about individual honours. City boss Pep Guardiola has declared De Bruyne could win the Ballon d’Or. But the Belgium international responded: “I do everything to win titles with the team. What happens after is an extra. “I am very pleased with the way everything is going for me. I am playing this way because the team is playing this way. “It makes it easier for me, it makes it easier for them. At the end, if you get an individual honour it is beautiful.”
Chelsea ace Eden Hazard is ready to test himself against Champions League opponents Barcelona and Lionel Messi. Chelsea and Barca meet in the round of 16. Hazard said: “It’s a great Champions League game. This season we haven’t been the same as last season, of course, and they are clearly very good, but at the end of the day it is a knock-out tie and you never know what might happen. That’s why we love football. I’m sure that we can beat them if we play together, we will see.” On Messi he had no doubts: “Barça have a player…
Andre Ayew was delighted to be part of Swansea City’s win over Burnley. It was Ayew’s first appearance since rejoining the Swans from West Ham United for a club-record fee on deadline day. “It was a great feeling to be back in a Swans shirt,” he told the club’s website. “It was good to come on and help us win the game. “It was fairly easy coming back into the team. Most of the players know the way I like to play and I felt a lot of happiness when I came back into the dressing room, which is very…
Libyan side Al Tahaddi secured a 1:0 victory against Dormaa based, Aduana Stars in a near-empty Stadium in the first leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round. Despite playing home away from home, the Libyans showed class and purpose, but were undone by missed chances and the safest gloves of goalkeeper Joseph Addo. Aduana Stars did well defensively, the pair of Paul Aidoo and Stephen Anokye Badu ensured that the goal had a good cover. The home side probed for the game’s first and found the first on the 34th minute after Mahmoud Ahmed rounded up two defenders before…