Man or mouse, Mourinho could make this season a Special one.
The word of Alfredo Di Stefano is not to be ridiculed amongst the followers of Real Madrid.
The word of Alfredo Di Stefano is not to be ridiculed amongst the followers of Real Madrid.
The former Chelsea manager has been under constant criticism with regards to Madrid’s negative approach to playing this season and being thumped 5-0 by Barcelona gave critics, fans and even football legends fuel to burn against him, however, in true Jose fashion – he points to 20th April 2011 where Real Madrid won their first Copa del Rey against Barcelona in 18 years to prove that there is method in his ‘madness’.
The Telegraph reports that the former Chelsea boss will make an audacious attempt to bring John Terry to the Bernabeu this summer.
Manchester United and Liverpool will duke it out for England’s U21 centre half Phil Jones.
So, if you’re in the Sheffield area next Tuesday and you see a man somersaulting, pulling his shirt over his head, doing a little dance, and generally holding the game up…that’ll be me.
It was a moment that the Chelsea faithful had been waiting for. Having started on the bench for the fifth successive game, playing second fiddle to a re-vitalised Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres was, once again, required to make another substitute appearance for the Blues and, potentially, add to his 895 minutes worth of game time without scoring a goal.
Manchester United’s semi-final opponents Schalke 04 may be this season’s surprise team in the champions league, but the German outfit undoubtedly deserve to be where they are in the competition and should not be underestimated by Sir Alex Ferguson’s side.
For me, commuting up and down the country on dull, typecast trains with about as much atmosphere and personality as Gareth Southgate can only be made bearable by the companionship of a good book.