Author: Timothy Aiyeku

Timothy Aiyeku is a Mass Communication graduate from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He is a sports, everything football analyst.

Eden Hazard has praised teammate and French Midfielder N’Golo Kante’s influence in the current Chelsea team. The Frenchman who joined the Stamford Bridge side after winning the English Premier League title with Leicester City has been a fantastic asset to the club. Hazard made this claim while noting the importance of other players in the Chelsea team. The Belgium star has been pointed to as the reason for Chelsea’s ‘perfect’ outing in the English Premier League so far this season but he thinks there are others who should take the glory for their hard work. According to Hazard France had…

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Liverpool and Manchester City have both been accused of having a hand in the frustrations suffered by Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho. Mourinho already gave a sign even before the season was started after claiming it would be a difficult season for his side. This is after the Portuguese manager was denied his key targets, Harry Maguire and Toby Alderweireld in the summer transfer market, a development that had resulted in a rift with the club’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. Mourinho had blamed the United chief for not doing enough to strengthen the team having known the recruitment and activities…

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has refused to accept all talks of title challenge by his side as he thinks it is too early to do that. Klopp’s side are tipped to challenge Manchester City for the title ahead of their Sunday clash at Anfield but he doesn’t want to get himself distracted by that. Both Liverpool and Manchester City are yet to be beaten this season but there are suggestions that one will have to make way for the other after Sunday game. Klopp said there are many games left to be played and he will be more interested in…

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Chelsea boss, Maurizio Sarri has since moved on but he claims to have had a hand in his former side’s triumph over Liverpool at the Champions League encounter within the week. Napoli had to wait until the dying minute to confirm their victory over the Jurgen Klopp side and it was the most painful one to experience. Sarri who was speaking to journalists said he had a hand in Liverpool’s fall and had perfected it days before. The Italian side at played out a 1-1 draw against the Reds at the weekend. Sarri’s side stressed out Liverpool in the encounter…

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The 2017/2018 Premier League season proves to be a very challenging one especially with the close competition between Liverpool and Manchester City. As a way of not missing out of the challenge, the Reds are reported to be preparing a bid for Brazilian international and Porto’s star player, Alex Tella who has a close of £35 million tied to him. This is coming after Jurgen Klopp’s defence was questioned by pundits following the display at Naples against Napoli in the Champions League encounter. Klopp has made used of new signing Andrew Robertson from Hull City to play the left back…

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Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri took the risk to welcome the signing of new goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Club and pay has huge as £71 million for the player. His display with good saves in Chelsea’s 1-0 win against MOL Vidi at the Stamford Bridge will not be forgotten in a hurry and the club fans have been grateful to the young goalkeeper with their praises. There is no doubt Kepa is enjoying life in London and he is adapting to the processes of the league and tradition which are new to him. More to the positives about Kepa, he…

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Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has challenged manager Maurizio Sarri that he and some of the players can also be useful to the team. This is coming after Chelsea secured a narrow 1-0 win at the Stamford Bridge against MOI Vidi in the Europa game on Thursday night. According to the former Arsenal player, he should also be considered for selection by the Italian manager in the Premier League. Chelsea have recorded two wins in the Europa League after their first win against PAOK Salonika in Greece and the former Barcelona player stated that the performance of those that executed the…

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month award for October. He is expected to battle Arsenal’s Unai Emery, Wolves’ Nuno Espirito Santo and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola for the award. Within the month under review, the Red boss recorded 3 wins against Leicester City, Tottenham and Southampton before a draw at the Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, Arsenal manager, Emery saw victories in all of his four games under review without a defeat or a draw in the month under review. Meanwhile, Guardiola who is also a strong contender for the award has gone…

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The season so far looks like a two team race with Liverpool and Manchester City proving as the titans of the English Premier League. Sunday will then have the clash of the titans as both will meet at Anfield to settle the scores of who seats on the top of the league table. Both teams have the same points as it stands but the Manchester club has the advantage of sitting on top because of the many goals they have scored, more than the Merseyside team. The game is more of the rivalry between manager Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp…

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Chelsea boss has played down concerns over the tears by striker Alvaro Morata after he handed his side the winning goal in Europa League game against Vidi at the Stamford Bridge. The Spanish striker had scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute and he had an emotional celebration with teammate William on Thursday night. In his reaction, the manager said he had no idea on why the player cried after winning and played down any negatives from the Spanish man’s tears. Sarri went ahead to note that if the player wishes to cry each time he…

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Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri has tabled his orders to club owner Roman Abramovich ahead of the January Transfer window. Sarri who joined the Stamford Bridge in the summer has quickly settled down with his impact already being felt at the club. He has gone unbeaten this season and his side are currently 3rd on the Premier League log table. The former Napoli manager is keen to make more impact and has hinted that he has his eyes on the Europa League trophy hence, he wants to equip his squad for the challenge with reports that he has tabled his shopping…

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Chelsea defender Toni Rudiger has revealed that new manager Maurizio Sarri has no guts to relegate Belgium player Eden Hazard to the bench like other players. The London club could not fly past their Europa League visitors on Thursday until the intervention of the star player having started from the bench to help with the win. In reaction to the 70th minutes win by a lone goal from Alvaro Morata, the defender stated heaped praise on the Belgium star and stated that the Italian manager cannot afford to place him on the bench. According to him, no player except Hazard…

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