(GSM) Carlo Ancelotti believes Tottenham will be challenging for the Premier League title next season. Ancelotti is preparing his Chelsea team for a trip to White Hart Lane.
Spurs are looking for a top-four finish and Ancelotti realizes that Spurs motivation to reserve a Champions League spot could harm Chelsea s bid to increase their title chances.
And Ancelotti, realizing Spurs current position and their potential strength, has tipped them to mount a serious challenge for the Premier League crown next season.
Harry Redknapp is doing a very good job at Tottenham, said the Italian.
He did a very good job winning the FA Cup in 2008 at Portsmouth.
Tottenham haven t played with continuity, but have played football with very good quality.
Young Argentine forward Gabriel Hauche has finally completed his switch from Argentinos Juniors to Racing Club de Avellaneda. The transfer was delayed due to problems over payments to agents, but is now a done deal. Racing have paid Argentinos $3m for Hauche s services and the player has signed a four year contract with his new club.
Nicknamed the Demon , Hauche started off his career with Temperley. He turned in a number of eye catching performances and was snapped up by Argentinos in 2006. He made over a 100 appearances for the club and was part of their side that lost the 2008 Copa Sudamericana semifinals to Estudiantes.
The transfer reunites Hauche with Racing coach Claudio Vivas, who managed Argentinos Juniors before resigning in May 2009 after overseeing six succe…
Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique refused to offer any assurances over his future at the LaLiga champions beyond the 2016-17 campaign.
LaLiga-winning boss Luis Enrique is out of contract at the end of the season and the Spaniard appears no closer to signing an extension.
Luis Enrique has guided Barca to LaLiga and Copa del Rey doubles in each of his two seasons in charge, as well as the 2014-15 Champions League, and while the 46-year-old is happy at Camp Nou, there is a lot to consider before he recommits.
I have no doubt that I m at the best team, with the best club, with the best players, in my house and with my family, winning things and being very involved, Luis Enrique told Barca TV.
But there is also one thing about this job that is very hard, it …
Nathaniel Clyne has become Liverpool s sixth close-season signing after joining from Southampton for an undisclosed fee.
The England international full-back has penned a long-term contract at Anfield and joins the likes of Roberto Firmino, Danny Ings and James Milner in making the move to Merseyside.
After completing his switch, Clyne revealed that Liverpool s history was a big factor in his decision.
I m delighted and it s a dream move for me to come here and play for such a big club with all of its history. I can t wait to get started, the 24-year-old told the club s official website.,
As soon as Liverpool showed their interest in me, I was happy and just wanted the deal to go through.
The gaffer has shown a lot of interest in me and this…
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This Liverpool team has already made history, but the remaining part of the 2019/20 season in the Premier League will see them looking to see their names in several more chapters. Next stop Brighton and Hove Albion and their Amex Stadium in the 34th round of the campaign.
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Graham Potter s side hasn t looked all that well this season and there were moments when it looked not unlikely that they play in the Championship next term, but they ve managed to get their act together; just in time, it seems. At the moment, Brighton sit in 15th place with 36 points to their name, nine more than Aston Villa and Bournemouth who are currently in the relegation zone, together with Norwich City with 21. West Ham United and Wat…
Arsenal are open to selling Bernd Leno in the January transfer window, according to . The Gunners signed Aaron Ramsdale from Sheffield United in the summer transfer window and are now open to letting Leno leave as early as January.
Ramsdale have started Arsenal’s last two Premier League matches. The Gunners have won both of them and have kept clean sheets as well. The 23-year-old goalkeeper also kept a clean sheet in the Gunners’ win against West Bromwich Albion last month.
Leno is out of contract at Arsenal in the summer of 2023. The North London club will sell the Germany international goalkeeper next summer and are reportedly willing to listen to offers fo him in January.
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Brazil coach Dunga said on Thursday that the pressure on perennial favourites Brazil to deliver a sixth World Cup was normal but unfair.
Addressing reporters at a news conference at team headquarters in Randburg, north of Johannesburg, Dunga said that the pressure is normal. We have to play to win this is the Brazilian mentality. All that has gone before is to be left in the past, said Dunga.
Since taking over the job in 2006 he has won the 2007 Copa America and the 2009 Confederations Cup as well as guided the auriverde to top spot in the qualifiers for South Africa.
Dunga, a winner as a player in 1994, noted that Brazil always have to deliver given their history and warned he was well aware that the press knives were always on the point of being sharpened in r…
Former Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura may have made his last international appearance for Japan, while up-and-coming CSKA Moscow player Keisuke Honda led Japan s attack at the World Cup.
By scoring two goals and setting up another in leading the Blue Samurai to the verge of reaching the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, Honda has shown them the way to go ahead of Brazil 2014.
I m through, 32-year-old Nakamura told reporters, when asked if he would play for his country again, after Japan lost to Paraguay 5-3 on penalties in a last-16 round game.
On Thursday, his words were published in a sports daily reading: I have decided that my international career is over.
Nakamura, the key playmaker in Japan s qualifying campaign, was used only once in J…
Former Valencia stalwart Vicente Rodriguez has returned to the Liga side in a technical role, the club have confirmed.
Vicente joined Valencia from neighbours Levante in 2000 and went on to make over 300 appearances for the club during an 11-year stint, winning two Liga titles, the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the Copa del Rey.
The former winger retired from football in 2013 after spending two years in England with Brighton Hove Albion, and the 34-year-old has now joined the technical staff at Valencia run by new sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch, claiming he is happy to be back home .
I really want to begin working and help where I can, Vicente said. I played here for 11 years and now I get the chance to help in this aspect, it s a real joy.
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Laurent Blanc has no concerns over the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic even though his star striker has failed to score for Paris Saint-Germa
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Ibrahimovic has been PSG s attacking inspiration since arriving from Milan in 2012, leading the club to three successive Ligue 1 titles and scoring 106 goals in 129 appearances in all competitions before the start of this campaign.
The Sweden captain has not scored in four games in 2015-16, though, and missed a glorious chance in PSG s 1-1 draw with Reims on Saturday.
But, speaking on Monday, coach Blanc said: Ibrahimovic is not in the best possible form. He is finding it more difficult to score goals than usual [this season].
It happened last year too, but I think he will recover…