Premier League giants Manchester United and Chelsea both recently sent scouts to watch a highly-regarded Brazilian youngster in action, according to reports. The player in question? Lorran. For those not familiar with his name, Lorran is a 17-year-old midfielder, who is currently plying his trade with Flamengo, in his home country of Brazil. The starlet generally lines out in an attack-mind...Full Story »

Chelsea are willing to listen to offers for defender Marc Cucurella ahead of a possible January transfer move, sources have told ESPN. The £62 million ($75.5m) signing from Brighton made his second appearance of the season in Wednesday's 1-0 Carabao Cup fourth-round win against his former club but is yet to play a single Premier League minute since Mauricio Pochettino became head coach i...Full Story »

Chelsea captain Reece James has been charged by the FA for an alleged incident in the tunnel after the Blues' Premier League defeat at home against Aston Villa on Saturday. James was charged by the FA on Wednesday for breaching FA Rule E3. An FA statement read: "It's alleged that the defender used improper and/or insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards a match official in the ...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is banking on their Carabao Cup win against Brighton launching their season. Nicolas Jackson struck on 50 minutes to earn the win for the Blues. Pochettino later said: "Good response from the team, I was very pleased with the performance again and now happy for the victory and important to go through in the competition and build our trust and momentum. I hope...Full Story »

Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella could get a chance to end his exile in January. The Spanish defender was not able to secure a loan to Manchester United on deadline day. With United signing Sergio Reguilon, Cucurella is stuck in the wilderness at Stamford Bridge for now. Per The Sun, Cucurella could be a loan target for Real Madrid when the transfer window reopens. The La Liga giants are se...Full Story »

Sean Dyche insists Everton cannot rush their recovery after the Toffees’ impressive Carabao Cup win at Aston Villa.James Garner and Dominic Calvert-Lewin fired the visitors into the fourth round – and a home tie with Burnley – following their 2-1 victory.Boubacar Kamara pulled a late goal back to spark a Villa rally but any comeback would have been undeserved for the awful host...Full Story »

Mauricio Pochettino hailed the character and personality of his players after watching Chelsea end a three-game winless run by beating Brighton in the Carabao Cup third round.Home supporters witnessed a victory at Stamford Bridge for just the third time since March as Nicolas Jackson’s goal proved the difference between the sides and set up a fourth-round meeting with Blackburn.Jackson str...Full Story »

Alexander Isak fired Newcastle into the Carabao Cup fourth round at the expense of Manchester City.The Sweden international struck eight minutes after the break to seal a 1-0 victory for the Magpies – their first over City in any competition in 11 attempts – in front of a crowd of 51,692 at St James Park.Their place in the draw was reward for a dogged display by a team featuring 10 c...Full Story »

Chelsea earned respite from their difficult start to the season under Mauricio Pochettino as Nicolas Jackson’s second-half goal gave them a 1-0 win against Brighton in the third round of the Carabao Cup.Roberto De Zerbi’s high-flying visitors dominated possession for much of the game but home fans witnessed their side put on an effective counter-attacking display at Stamford Bridge.C...Full Story »

Carlo Ancelotti said he hopes Xabi Alonso can coach Real Madrid "one day" after the Bayer Leverkusen boss was linked with the position following Real's 3-1 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Alonso, 41 -- who twice played for Ancelotti, including at the end of a five-year spell as a Madrid player between 2009 and 2014 -- has guided Leverkusen to second in the Bundesliga this season, lev...Full Story »

Arsenal and Chelsea are among the clubs expected to test Brentford's resolve in keeping forward Ivan Toney during the January transfer window, sources have told ESPN. The 27-year-old is currently serving an eight-month ban from football after admitting 232 breaches of the Football Association's betting rules. Toney cannot play again until Jan. 16 next year and was fined £50,000 ($60,900) ...Full Story »

Chesterfield strengthened their position at the top of the Vanarama National League with a 2-1 win at Rochdale.The league leaders got off to a flying start after they went in front after only six minutes.Armando Dobra headed home Michael Jacobs’ cross into the area, the ball bouncing off the inside of both posts before going in.Dale were level seven minutes later as George Nevett’s t...Full Story »

Casemiro scored one and provided another as Manchester United began their defence of the Carabao Cup with a straightforward victory against lifeless Crystal Palace.A lot has happened in the seven months since securing the first trophy of the Erik ten Hag era – and the Red Devils’ first silverware in six years – against Newcastle at Wembley.Casemiro opened the scoring under the ...Full Story »

TalkSPORT pundit Andy Goldstein believes that Mauricio Pochettino could be sacked if Chelsea fail to win their next two games. WHAT HAPPENED? Chelsea were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa at the weekend, recording their third defeat in six games. The Blues now sit 14th, four points ahead of 18th-placed Luton and nine behind fourth-placed Tottenham. THE BIGGER PICTURE Pochettino has already pleade...Full Story »

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has thrown down another gauntlet between himself and England international winger Jadon Sancho amid an ongoing row which sees the former Borussia Dortmund wunderkind now banned from the club’s facilities. Ten Hag and Sancho remain locked in an ongoing confrontation surrounding previous remarks from the Dutch tactician regarding the forward’s par...Full Story »

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale is willing to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal, after recently being axed as the club's number one. ·Ramsdale recently dropped from Arsenal XI·Summer signing Raya has performed well·Chelsea and Bayern Munich said to be interested WHAT HAPPENED? Following the arrival of David Raya from Brentford this summer, the England international has s...Full Story »

That's according to a recent report from talkSPORT, who claim Mauricio Pochettino is determined to sign the Northampton-born hitman. Despite being suspended for betting offences, Toney, 27, having recently teamed up with leading agency CAA Stellar, is expected to leave the Community Stadium in the January transfer window. And although the 27-year-old, who has recently been allowed to return to...Full Story »

Mauricio Pochettino said his Chelsea players need to grow up as a team after they were beaten 1-0 at Stamford Bridge by Aston Villa to fall to their third loss of the season.The game turned with the sending off of Chelsea’s Malo Gusto after 58 minutes when the score was still 0-0. His challenge on Lucas Digne was late and caught the Villa defender on the ankle, and after a pitchside VAR re...Full Story »

Chelsea went down to a third Premier League defeat of the season as Aston Villa won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge after Malo Gusto was shown a second-half red card.Villa broke away and scored through Ollie Watkins 17 minutes from the end, and though the 10 men laboured gainfully to get back into the game their goalless run in the league under Mauricio Pochettino stretched to three matches as they remai...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag praised “massively important” Jonny Evans after the defender was drafted into the starting line-up and helped Manchester United to a 1-0 victory against Burnley.The 35-year-old made his first start for the club since 2015 and, as well as helping secure a much-needed clean sheet, set up Bruno Fernandes for the only goal after having an earlier header ruled out.Evans re-si...Full Story »