Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte believes he should be allowed on the touchline against Wolves after being charged by the FA for his behaviour against Chelsea.
The charge came after he was involved in multiple incidents with Chelsea counterpart Thomas Tuchel during and after a thrilling 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
An altercation after the final whistle led to both Tuchel and Conte receiving red cards, and the subsequent FA charges mean it is unclear whether both will be allowed on the sidelines for their respective Premier League fixtures this upcoming weekend.
Conte though believes he should be allowed in the dugout against Wolves, though, telling reporters during his pre-match press conference: I hope so. It s right, it s right to stay in my plac…
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Victor Valdes holds no hard feelings toward Louis van Gaal or Manchester United after being frozen out of the club last season.
Valdes arrived at United on a free transfer in 2015 but after just two Premier League appearances, the three-time Champions League winner was quickly banished from the senior team having been accused of refusing to play for the Under-21 side.
Given a lifeline by Aitor Karanka at newly-promoted Middlesbrough, Valdes is enjoying his football again, however the 34-year-old insisted he is still a fan of former United and Barca boss Van Gaal.
I feel like a professional footballer again after all those hard days in Manchester, Valdes told Sky Sports.
It s difficult to explain, but it was hard being alone. So…
On Saturday lunchtime, Crystal Palace suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Liverpool. In fairness, the Reds were rather fortunate to escape Selhurst Park with the win, as Jurgen Klopp’s side needed an 84th-minute winner from Egyptian star Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool were not in the game the first half. However, they got the bit between the teeth in the second half to grab the win. It all could have been so different had former Liverpool striker Christian Benteke converted two good opportunities for the Eagles after Sadio Mane had scored an equaliser in the second half. The misses summed up the strikers season, though, as he never looked like scoring with either effort.
Benteke has enjoyed mixed fortunes
The Belgium international striker looked such a threat at times durin…
Dunga has offered hope to players not included in his first Brazil squad by insisting that no one is guaranteed a spot in the team.
The 50-year-old returned for a second stint as Brazil head coach last month after Luiz Felipe Scolari tendered his resignation following the humiliating 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany at Brazil s home World Cup in July.
Dunga named a 22-man party for next month s friendly fixtures with Colombia and Ecuador last week, with only 10 players retained from the World Cup squad.
However, Dunga has offered an olive branch and stated it is up to those that were excluded to prove they deserve to be called up.
From the list you can see that there are more options for the national team, he said.
The players that were in the W…
Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a new five-year contract at Chelsea.
The defender arrived at Stamford Bridge from French club Marseille in 2012 and has since made 95 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring his only goal against Arsenal in last season s League Cup.
Azpilicueta kept long-serving left-back Ashley Cole out of the Chelsea first team for much of last term and now has a firm grip on the position following the Englishman s departure for Roma during the close-season.
Part of the Chelsea side that lifted the UEFA Europa League trophy in 2012-13, Azpilicueta went on to win the club s Players Player of the Year award last season.
Having made two appearances for Spain at the World Cup earlier this year, he is currently part of Vicente del B…
Roberto Mancini was reportedly on the verge of joining Monaco at the end of last season before signing a new deal with Manchester City.
The 47-year-old Italian manager is understood to have met with Monaco many times over a period of almost three months to discuss the possibility of joining the second-tier French club before committing himself to Manchester City following their triumph in the English Premier League.
The Guardian has reported that all terms of the contract had been agreed to between Monaco and Mancini, which meant the French club were supremely confident they had recruited the Italian.
After Manchester City lost 1-0 away to Arsenal to drop eight points behind Manchester United in the title race, Mancini reportedly met with representatives of Mona…
QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar revealed he held talks with Arsenal before deciding on a move to Loftus Road.
Cesar won five consecutive Serie A titles with Inter Milan from 2005 to 2010 and also won the Champions League in 2010 under Jose Mourinho.
He left the club in the summer, citing the location of QPR as the main reason for joining the club.
I accepted this proposal because I wanted to live in London, he told The People.
I have an amazing way of life here and I m giving my family a great opportunity to grow up culturally.
I talked with Arsenal in the last transfer window, and they were really happy about me playing for them, but at the last minute I moved to QPR.
Cesar has arguably been his side s star player so far this season with…
The Palestinian national football team will travel to Iraq this week for a friendly, the first international match staged in the war-torn country since 2003, officials said on Sunday.
The match comes in a political and sports context, and is an expression of the Palestinian commitment to breaking the siege of Iraq and to celebrating with Iraqis the departure of American forces from Iraqi cities, Jibril Rajub, head of the Palestinian football association told reporters in Ramallah.
The two teams will meet on Friday in the northern city of Arbil in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq and hope to schedule a second match in Baghdad, Rajub said.
The Asian Football Confederation and FIFA, football s world governing body, have given their approval for the Arbil matc…
Kalidou Koulibaly acknowledges his debut campaign at Chelsea has not gone to plan, but the Senegal international remains committed to spending many years with the Blues.
Koulibaly left Napoli for Stamford Bridge in a £33.8million (€40m) deal last July, as part of a huge spending spree sanctioned in Chelsea s first transfer window under the Todd Boehly regime.
However, Chelsea have endured a dire first campaign since their change of owner, sitting 11th in the Premier League table after sacking two bosses in Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter.
Caretaker manager Frank Lampard oversaw a 1-0 defeat to Wolves in his first game at the helm on Saturday, leaving the London side 17 points adrift of the Champions League places.
While Koulibaly admits he has not perf…
Liverpool opened up a 13-point advantage at the top of the Premier League as Roberto Firmino scored twice in a 4-0 victory at Leicester City.
The Reds showed no sign of fatigue after winning the Club World Cup in Qatar last weekend, with their nearest challengers Leicester overwhelmed at the King Power Stadium.
Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers saw his side fall behind to Firmino s first-half header before Jurgen Klopp s men scored three times in seven second-half minutes.
Substitute James Milner made it 2-0 from the penalty spot before Trent Alexander-Arnold teed up Firmino for his second and then finished the scoring himself as Liverpool moved closer to a long-awaited title.
A magnificent performance from the leaders
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