Mauricio Pochettino believes his Chelsea players have learned to “understand each other” after what he called the hardest week of his Stamford Bridge tenure.
The extra-time defeat to Liverpool in last Sunday’s Carabao Cup final denied his young side, who are 11th in the Premier League, the chance to lift silverware in what has so far been a trying season.
They were then given a scare by Championship side Leeds on Wednesday, requiring a last-minute goal from Conor Gallagher to win through to the FA Cup quarter-finals having fallen behind early and then been pegged back to 2-2 in the second half.
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Liverpool have confirmed the signing of defender Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig.
The centre-back signs a long-term deal to move to Anfield after the Premier League club triggered his release clause, reportedly set at £36million.
Konate, who is currently away with the France squad at the European Under-21 Championship, will add further depth at a position where the Reds were beset by injuries during the 2020-21 season.
Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip were long-term absentees for Jurgen Klopp, who leaned on the inexperienced pairing of Nathaniel Phillips and Rhys Williams during the run-in as Liverpool finished strongly to secure a top-four place.
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Leeds United are considering a move for Arsenal youth player Chuks Aneke, .
The 20 year old has spent the majority of his career so far out on loan, first in brief spells with Stevenage and Preston North End, and then with Crewe Alexandra, for whom he made eighty-two appearances in two stints across the past two seasons.
His one and only appearance for the Gunners came as a stoppage time substitute in a 3-1 League Cup victory over Shrewsbury Town in September 2011, and after failing to agree a new deal with the North London club, he looks set to leave on a free transfer this summer.
Crewe are also interested in securing the striker’s services on a permanent basis, though Leeds’ track record of developing young talent may work in their favour.
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Brazilian lower league club Tanabi have signed up former Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas, who survived being shot in the head in 2010.
Cabanas, now 33, was set to appear for his South American homeland at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, before tragedy befell him as he was nearly killed in a Mexico City bar in January that year.
Having previously returned to play for Paraguayan club 12 de Octubre in 2012, Cabanas recently announced his retirement.
But the Brazilian fourth-tier club Tanabi have revealed they have signed Cabanas on a three-match deal to be deployed over a three-month period.
Cabanas will be unveiled on April 1 and debut for the club five days later.
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Mario Gotze has been linked with a return to Borussia Dortmund, but a section of supporters left the club s hierarchy in doubt as to their thoughts on a potential move with an unflattering banner in Saturday s 3-2 win over Werder Bremen.
Gotze, who came through Dortmund s youth academy, controversially joined rivals Bayern Munich in 2013 after the Bavarian club triggered a reported €37million release clause.
The Germany international was a key figure in his first two seasons at Bayern, but injury has hampered his form in 2015-16 and he has made just three appearances since the start of October for the Bundesliga champions.
Reports have linked World Cup winner Gotze with a move to Real Madrid, Milan and Liverpool in the close-season, but Dortmund chief executi…
Liverpool have joined the race to sign Burnley centre back Michael Keane, according to the Mirror.
Reds’ boss Jurgen Klopp has made the England international his top target as he looks to strengthen his defence ahead of next season.
Manchester United have also expressed an interest in re-signing the twenty-four year old while Everton and Tottenham Hotspur are also monitoring the situation.
Keane moved to Turf Moor initially on loan in the summer of 2014 and has since racked up one hundred and eight appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring seven goals while he helped them secure promotion to the top flight last season.
His performances this season have seen him become recognised at senior international level with the defender making hi…
Players looking to exercise some criminal creativity are in luck, as Deep Silver and Volition Entertainment have pulled back the curtain on the suite of customization options for the re-imagined Saints Row.
Players will be able to express their creativity through virtually every aspect of the game, from the main character and their lackeys to the cars, guns, and hideouts the Saints will be using throughout the game Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The character creation suite offers a full set of options from changing the shape of individual body parts–every individual body part, as the trailer implies–to outfits (or lack thereof), face paint, tattoos, and more.
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Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri admitted he did some damage at the start of the season, but the Serie A giants are heading in the right direction after beating Roma.
Moise Kean earned the credit for Juve s winning goal in Sunday s 1-0 win at home to Roma as Rodrigo Bentancur s first-half header deflected off his forehead and in, while Wojciech Szczesny saved Jordan Veretout s penalty.
Juve have now won four consecutive Serie A matches and six in a row across all competitions, though they started the 2021-22 campaign without a win in three league fixtures – losing back-to-back matches after drawing their opener.
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Barcelona boss Xavi believes his side answered their critics with their emphatic 3-0 win over Villarreal in LaLiga, stating that they had to react after their mixed recent form.
The Blaugrana ran rampant in a seven-minute stretch just after the half-hour mark, as Robert Lewandowski seized a quickfire double and Ansu Fati added a third at Camp Nou.
Victory means Barca trail league leaders Real Madrid by three points after defeat in El Clasico over the weekend, but also snaps a two-game winless streak to get them back on top.
With just one win in their previous four before Thursday s win, Xavi acknowledged his side needed to answer their critics, and was delighted that they did so in such impressive fashion.
We played a great game, he stated. It was our tu…
Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Sao Paolo starlet Lucas Piazon but will have to wait nine months to welcome him to Stamford Bridge.
Piazon, 17, cannot complete his transfer to the English Premier League until his 18th birthday, but Chelsea are confident the attacking midfielder will sign a long-term deal once he arrives in January. The player has signed a pre-contract agreement and is expected to join us in January 2012 on a long-term deal, a statement said on Chelsea s website.Piazon has yet to play for Sao Paolo but has been in terrific form at the South American Under-17 Championships with Brazil s youth team.He first came to attention at the Under-15 Championships in 2009, where he finished on top of the goal-scorers table with 10 strikes for Brazil.Reports suggest Chels…