Author: Atrayo Bhattacharya

Leicester City and Manchester City will lock horns in the 2021 FA Community Shield on Saturday. As is the norm in England, a brand new season of football will start with a FA Community Shield game today, where the defending FA Cup winners will clash with the reigning Premier League champions. Manchester City have made it to this tournament by winning the 2020/21 Premier League. They earned 86 points from 38 matches in the English top-flight last season, 12 more than their nearest opponent, rivals Manchester United. Pep Guardiola’s men broke quite a few records last season, as they embarked on an 82-day long…

Manchester City boss has confirmed the club’s interest in Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane after completing the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. The Spanish tactician has confirmed that City are planning to launch a transfer for the England skipper who led the Three Lions at the Euros 2020. The Cityzens have broken the British record to sign former Villa star Grealish for £100million. The expenses could go higher with their new pursuit to sign Kane as a replacement for their record goalscorer Sergio Aguero who left the club to join Barcelona in June. https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1423375213115416577 The Spurs marksman will not come at a…

The Red Devils finished as runners up last season as Manchester City won the title. But since then, United have made some great signings and are looking like one of the title contenders. Their manager is confident that the team will contend for the Premier League title this season. With the arrivals of Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane at Old Trafford, United are a much better team this time around. They will look to bridge the gap between reigning champions, City. Therefore the Norwegian tactician does not see any reason why United cannot challenge for the Premier League title. “I’d rather be an optimist…

Juventus are attempting to sign Manuel Locatelli from Sassuolo. However, if an agreement couldn’t be reached with either the club or the player, the Bianconeri will turn their attention to AS Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni. After a two-year sabbatical, during which Juventus lost their status as the champions of Italy, Massimiliano Allegri is back as the manager of the Bianconeri. The Italian took over the post from Andrea Pirlo, under whom Juve lost their first title race in almost a decade. With Allegri back at the helm, however, the rebuild begins. First on the agenda is a midfielder and rumours suggest that that midfielder will…

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel remains tight-lipped on Romelu Lukaku’s transfer as he said that a lot of players want to join the club. The German tactician did not speak on the transfer as he seems to keep his cards close to his chest. Several reports have suggested that the Blues are pursuing the Inter Milan marksman on top priority in this transfer window. But Chelsea have already seen their last offer rejected, therefore they will have to cough up more money to land him at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea recently drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly. After the game, Tuchel spoke about…

Former Germany and Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack’s son Emilio has passed away in a quad bike accident. The 18-year-old reportedly passed away on 5th of. According to the Portuguese media outlet A Bola, the accident happened in Troia, south of Lisbon, near Ballack’s house. The firefighters who were present at the scene of the accident revealed that the accident happened when the quad flipped on the victim and crushed him. “The accident happened at the family home. The quad rider wasn’t on a public road and his was the only vehicle involved. The quad was on an uneven piece of…

Danish midfielder has returned to Internazionale Suning Training Centre for a meeting with the club officials. Eriksen, who spearheaded the Denmark side at the European Championships, collapsed at the football pitch in his nation’s opener at the Euros 2020 against Finland. It was a shocking turn of events when Eriksen simply fell down on the ground while the game was going on. The referee immediately stopped play, and after a lot of prayers and great effort from the medical staff, the 29-year-old was resuscitated before he was taken to the hospital.  Credit: AFP The incident meant that Eriksen had to…

Former Chelsea centre-back Frank Leboeuf feels that Kounde is a warrior and has every trait needed to succeed in the Premier League. The 22-year-old may not be the tallest centre back in Europe, but he is extremely physical and can win both ground and aerial duels against any forward. He is also very agile and can sense danger with exceptional game reading skills and has shown maturity way beyond his years and will be a huge addition to this Chelsea side. The Blues are looking to strengthen in a couple of areas ahead of this season as they look to…

Olivier Giroud starts his AC Milan campaign with a bang. The French forward scored four minutes into his Milan debut against OGC Nice. The forward signed a two-year deal with Rossoneri following his €2 million move from Chelsea this summer. AC Milan boss Stefan Pioli did not wait much and handed the experienced Frenchman a debut against Nice in a preseason friendly. He earned his manager’s trust in only four minutes as he scored his first goal for the Rossoneri and will hope to continue the same way heading into a new Serie A season. Pioli needed to react after Amine Gouiri’s goal from the penalty…

Former Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick has started his role as German national team head coach, and he has already assured that veterans Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels will be considered for selection. The new Die Mannschaft boss has cleared that there won’t be any age criteria to select players during his reign. The experienced duo was excluded from the national team after the team’s horrible group stage exit at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Joachim Low, who was the head coach at that time, thought of focusing more on younger players, overlooking the experienced stars. But ultimately, Low had to lower…