To this day, it is two years since Chelsea confirmed the £49.5million signing of coveted Timo Werner. The Blues felt they were getting one of the deadliest forwards in European football. There was understandable excitement at Stamford Bridge. Marina Granovskaia said: “We are very happy that Timo Werner has chosen Chelsea. He’s a player who …
In an exclusive chat with Firstpost, the Afghanistan men’s national team coach accused former President Ashraf Ghani and the current Taliban regime of shadowing football. Anoush Dastgir speaking to Firstpost in Kolkata on Tuesday. Image credit: Sujoy Chandra Calcutta: Images of the brawl between Indian and Afghan footballers during an AFC Asian Cup qualifier group …
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Devin Bush had to go. So the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker retired to Florida for the winter, where he found solitude and solace simply by putting on a pair of shoes and jogging for miles on the beach. The long runs proved cathartic. Both for Bush and his surgically repaired left knee. The …
Everything could change at Sunderland this summer as the Black Cats look to assemble a team capable of staying in the Championship after being promoted. Alex Neil has finally brought the team back to the second division despite a half season. Now he has a full offseason to reshuffle and sort the squad in his …
Sheffield Wednesday narrowly missed out on promotion from League One back to the Championship this season and Darren Moore will have to sort the squad to his liking again this summer. The Owls already have a solid roster, with the side pushing into the top six in the second half of the season and offering …
Portsmouth failed to quite sneak into the play-off spots in the latter part of the League One season, although they were on course to be one of the teams battling for a top-six spot at the end of the season. Danny Cowley’s men never really fell out of the top half of the League Three …
League One side Oxford United have had some time to prepare for the summer after failing to secure a place in the play-off zone. Perhaps that’s to be expected given the strength of other sides, including Sheffield Wednesday, who had rebuilt their squad, and MK Dons, who thrived under the leadership of Liam Manning. Ipswich …
League One club Bolton Wanderers have already started the transfer business this summer as Ian Evatt tries to make his side a real contender for promotion. Jack Iredale has joined from Cambridge United after seamlessly progressing to the Third Division for Mark Bonner’s men and playing a huge role in guiding them to promotion to …
Houssem Aouar is being dubbed by much of the Arsenal fan base as the next Julian Draxler. A player who has reappeared more than a Granit Xhaka red card every summer since the first ties with the club in 2020. Unsurprisingly, rumors returned again in 2022 – but this time Arsenal could get the Frenchman …
After a three-year stint in English football’s second division, Barnsley return to League One for the 2022/23 season. The aftermath of Valerien Ismael’s departure to West Bromwich Albion was disastrous after the Tykes’ surprise play-off finish in 2020-21, when Markus Schopp and then Poya Asbaghi struggled to put together a winning streak. In the end, …