Chelsea favorites but Arsenal COULD spring a surprise.   Another London derby looms between two rivals whose recent meetings have been very eventful. While Chelsea had a rude awakening with an opening day 3-2 loss to league minnows Burnley, they have bounced back, winning three matches in a row while winning their Champions League opening day fixture. However, they would face...

Having seen Real Madrid win another Champions League in a row, it is fair to say that the obstacles that stood in their way were by far few and poor in stopping them from achieving such feat. Fortunately, fate has thrown more formidable opponents to make this season’s edition one to remember. We examine those who have returned after...

Barcelona ought to be in crisis. What is happening? Just fresh off a terrible summer of contractual lies, disappointments and scatter gun approach to transfers, motion of “vote of no confidence”, chants of #BartomeuDismision; Barca’s on pitch performance has been nothing but encouraging with a few improvements needed . Led by a false 9 Messi, the Catalan outfit has scored...

Few things in life can make a grown man cry, and the UEFA Champions league anthem has proven over time to be one them. And who can blame those who succumb to tears. The emotions felt when you step onto the field for your favorite team under the bright lights in a packed stadium as the sonorous tune of...

Chelsea's shock opening day defeat by Burnley had football fans speaking massively of the supposed unrest at the club. The players were unhappy and the manager wanted to leave blah blah. Three wins on a bounce, coupled with the deadline acquisition of Davide Zappacosta, Danny Drinkwater and the return from injury of Hazard, has banned talk of crisis at...

WEST HAM IN: M. Arnautovic (Stoke City €22.30 M), J. Hernandez (Bayer 04 Leverkusen €17.80M), S. Haksabanovic (Halmstads BK €3.0M), Joe Hart (Man City Loan), P. Zabaleta (Man City Free Transfer) OUT: H. Nordtveit (TSG Hoffenheim €8.0 M), A. Fletcher (Middlesbrough €7.3 M), D. Randolph (Middlesbrough €5.60M), S. Feghouli (Galatasaray €4.25 M. Free transfer s. Hendrie (Southend United), R. Spiegel (Boavista Porto FC)....

BURNLEY IN: C. Wood (Leeds €16.4M), J. Cork (Swansea €9.1 M), N. Wells (Huddersfield €5.40 M), J. Walters (Stoke City €2.30 M), P. Bardsley (Stoke City €840k), C. Taylor (Leeds Free transfer), A. Legzdins (Birmingham Undisclosed). OUT: M. Keane (Everton €28.5M), A. Gray (Watford €20.4M), T. Darikwa (Nottingham Forest Undisclosed). Free Transfers: G. Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday), M. Kightly (Southend United), R. Hennings (Fortuna...

Part 2 of our roundup of the summer transfers in the Premier League takes a look at the teams that finished 6th to tenth last season. You can read part 1 here. MANCHESTER UNITED IN: R. Lukaku (Everton €84.4M), N. Matic (Chelsea €44.7M), V. Lindelöf (Benfica €35M) OUT: A. Januzaj (Real Sociedad €8.5M), G.Varela (Peñarol Undisclosed), W. Rooney (Everton Free transfer). Loans – C. Borthwick-Jackson...

We take a look at the business done by each Premier League team this summer from defending champions, Chelsea to new boys Huddersfield Town. CHELSEA IN: Á. Morata (Real Madrid-€62M), T. Bakayoko (Monaco €40M), D. Drinkwater (Leicester City €37.9M), A. Rüdiger (AS Roma €35M), D. Zappacosta (Torino FC €28M), W. Caballero (Manchester City Free transfer) OUT: N. Matic (Man Utd €44.7M), N. Aké, A.Begovic...

Juventus’ most high profile piece of transfer market business was the signing of Fiorentina’s Italian sensation Federico Bernadeshi for €40m which was shrouded in controversy with the Fiorentina faithful labelling him a traitor, making his return to the Artemio Franchi an unmissable fixture. They also secured the signing of PSG’s experienced midfielder Blaise Matuidi in a €20m deal. Arsenal’s...