There have been constant rumours this summer that Ricardo Carvalho was going to be purchased by Real Madrid and be reunited with his old boss Jose Mourinho, and that Yuri Zhirkov was going to return to Rusiia with Zenit St Petersburg, but both clubs have admitted that there is no chance now of either move happening.
The Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge has been playing through the pain of an ankle injury, but feels that he is now approaching his best at last. He played a part in yesterdays Community Shield, and looked quite good for an injured player!
“It is good to get some fitness from the game, and we’ll come back in the week and try and put things right,” he said.
The Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted before the Community Shield that Chelsea were far from ready to start the Premiership season, but the makeshift team played quite well considering, but Man Uniteds defending was equal to the task.
The spokesman for the Chinese corporation that is close to taking over Liverpool Football Club has promised that they will wipe out Liverpool’s debt, and give them the ransfer funds to make them one of the biggest clubs in the world again.
Marc Ganis, a partner in Sportscorp China Ltd said today: “The key question is, what would we get from an investment in Liverpool? The answer is long-term growth, while we position the club with the biggest in global football,” he said.
The Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho admitted that he was keen on buying Ashley Cole from Chelsea, but he says that he has accepted the response from Carlo Ancelotti that Cole is not for sale.
“We thought about him because he’s a good player who I enjoyed working with. But when a coach says ‘no’ it’s no, and we have to accept that,” Mourinho said. “Carlo Ancelotti was very, very clear … he killed the story saying, no money can buy Ashley Cole,”
The Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says that the team’s aims are the same as every other season, but thinks it will be more difficult to win the title again this year, as everyone will be desperate to beat them!
He said: “The expectations remain the same.
“You know when you are going into a new campaign with Chelsea that you are under pressure to deliver.
I know that both Arsenal’s goalkeepers in todays match against Warsaw were Polish, but that doesn’t mean they had to be quite so generous to their fellow countrymen!
Lukasz Fabianski conceded three goals in the first half before Marouane Chamakh pulled one back for the Gunners, and after the break Wojneich Szczesny let in another two. Luckily Arsenals attacking form came back and they scored an incredible five in the second half.
Robbie Keane helped Tottenham to a comeback win against Fiorentina today by scoring the winner in the last minute. Spurs were 2-1 down at half-time, but Keane’s performance with both goals in the second half has certainly given Harry Redknapp food for thought ahead of next Saturdays opening League game against Hull.
Redknapp said after the game: “It was a good run out against good opposition,”
The young Chelsea striker Scott Sinclair is finding it difficult to get into the Blues first team with so many stars around, so it is no surprise that the talented youngster is being headhunted by tams from the lower divisions, and he will have to accept one if he wants first team football.
Swansea have made it clear that they would like Sinclair to join them next season. Their chairman Huw Jenkins said: “We have spoken to Chelsea about Scott,”
The Community Shield is looming just a week away, and Carlo Ancelotti is not happy at all with the fitness of his team so close to the start of the season. Luckily Chelsea’s opening League games are not against the best teams so hopefully it will give the squad time to regain their fitness, but it looks like we can only expect a training match mentality against United on Sunday.
