Новости за 17.04.2024

Thomas Muller was over the moon with Joshua Kimmich’s Champions League goal against Arsenal as the German star has put the Bundesliga club on the brink of the semi-finals.  The game has been a very even affair with the Gunners controlling most of the first half. However, Bayern have started the second 45 the better […]

Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and who else but Kevin De Bruyne was the Johnny on the spot for Man City again to equalise in their Champions League match against Real Madrid. The hosts huffed and puffed against Los Blancos without ever really threatening them but then as the ball bounced around in the […]

Although there are still a handful of games to be played in the 2023/24 Championship season, the Leeds board and first-team management wouldn’t be doing their jobs properly if they hadn’t already started planning for the 2024/25 campaign. How much they’re able to spend in the transfer market this summer will largely depend on whether […]

Arsenal have fallen behind in their Champions League quarter-final clash with Bayern Munich as Joshua Kimmich has put the Bundesliga club ahead in Germany.  The game has been a very even affair with the Gunners controlling most of the first half. However, Bayern have started the second 45 the better of the two teams and […]

Manchester United are looking to replace Aaron Wan-Bissaka this summer with Barcelona star Jules Kounde reportedly on their three man shortlist. United paid Crystal Palace £50m for Wan-Bissaka in July 2019 and the full-back has played 182 games in all competitions and won the League Cup with the Red Devils. The 26-year-old is very good defensively […]

Liverpool face a massive task on Thursday as they look to overturn a 3-0 deficit in their Europa League quarter-final tie with Atalanta and Jurgen Klopp has urged his players to remember that historic night against Barcelona in 2019.  The Reds were hammered 3-0 by a Lionel Messi-inspired Barca team at the Camp Nou in […]

It takes a special kind of idiot to go into the lion’s den and ruffle a few feathers but IShowSpeed has form in that regard, and he didn’t disappoint at the Etihad Stadium, celebrating Real Madrid’s opening goal whilst sitting alongside Man City fans. It isn’t clear how the YouTuber always seems to get tickets […]

Manchester United are willing to use Mason Greenwood as part of a deal to sign Juventus defender Gleison Bremer, according to reports. Greenwood who is currently on loan at Spanish side Getafe was suspended by United in January 2022 over allegations relating to a young woman after videos and images emerged online. The England international has made […]

Jorginho’s agent, Joao Santos, has claimed that the 32-year-old would like to return to Italy amid reports linking him with a move to Fiorentina and Juventus. The midfielder spent the early part of his career in Serie A having come through the Hellas Verona academy. The Italy international spent four years with the senior team […]

Man City were doing everything but score in the first half of their Champions League quarter-final second-leg, with Erling Haaland coming closest to seeing the hosts get back in the game. Real Madrid had taken the lead through an early Rodrygo goal and City were finding it difficult to get back on level terms. The […]

First blood in the Champions League quarter-final second-leg went the way of Real Madrid, despite Ederson’s heroics in the Man City goal. The returning Kyle Walker had played Vinicius Junior onside as Los Blancos broke, and when the ball found its way to Rodrygo it looked to be a certain goal. The Brazilian fluffed his […]

Rio Ferdinand insisted that Jadon Sancho would not have seen his spot in the Champions League semi finals coming. The England international started both legs of the quarter final against Atletico Madrid and played a key role as the German’s got the better of their Spanish counterparts. Dortmund were trailing 2-1 heading into the second […]

With Xabi Alonso’s unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen heading to the London Stadium and a Europa League quarter-final second-leg date with West Ham, David Moyes side have a mountain to climb if they want to turn around the two-goal first-leg deficit. The Hammers have to come out and attack from the first whistle, and whilst that’s not […]

Liverpool travel to Bergamo on Thursday to play Atalanta in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie and Jamie Carragher has admitted that he has changed his stance on the Reds campaign in Europe.  The Premier League club were hammered last week by the Serie A club and are on the brink of […]

David Moyes hopes Bayer Leverkusen’s players are still drunk following their title celebrations when West Ham take on the newly crowned Bundesliga champions in the Europa League on Thursday night. Leverkusen won the German title for the first time in their history last weekend and celebrated wildly with manager Xabi Alonso getting covered in beer […]

It’s not often you’re mobbed by fans of your fiercest rivals but that’s exactly what happened to one former Man United player when he pitched up at Man City’s Etihad Stadium ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second-leg against Real Madrid. Rio Ferdinand is working at the game for TNT Sports but as he tried […]

Bayer Leverkusen were crowned Bundesliga champions at the weekend and their success will attract interest from several clubs in their players with Man City target Florian Wirtz topping the list. The German star has been sensational this season for Xabi Alonso’s side across the 41 games he has featured in. Wirtz has contributed 17 goals […]

Man City have prepared a special greeting for Real Madrid when they walk out of the tunnel on Wednesday night. Locked at 3-3 and with everything on the line in the quarter-final second-leg, the hosts have decided to up the ante by placing the Champions League trophy on the pitch directly in front of where […]

The impact that Jude Bellingham has made at Real Madrid isn’t in question, and Rio Ferdinand couldn’t help but laud the youngster in a pre-match discussion with Laura Woods on TNT Sports. The former Man United defender even expressed the surprise of Fabio Cannavaro when talking about just how well the England international has integrated […]

Lille boss Paulo Fonseca believes youngster Leny Yoro has learned from his mistake in the first-leg and it ready for revenge in the next game. Watkins opener came after a naivety from the 18-year-old as the Villans managed to secure a 2-1 win at Villa Park last week. Yoro is highly rated at his club […]

With an hour left until Man City take on Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final, the hosts team bus arrived in a sea of blue smoke. It’s a wonder that the driver could see his way through all of the supporters that had descended on that part of the Etihad […]

This article was originally published on the Daily Briefing, a subscription service. If you would like to receive Charles Watts’ exclusive transfer columns via email ahead of publication on caughtoffside.com, please sign-up for the service here: thedailybriefing.io. Villa defeat is disastrous but a result at Bayern can change the narrative Sunday was a disaster for Arsenal, especially […]

Pep Guardiola has the luxury of heading into the second leg of Man City’s Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid with no injury concerns whatsoever. The current European champions are well placed to secure an unprecedented double treble, and if they dispatch serial Champions League winners Real, Guardiola and Co. will surely fancy their chances […]

With only four games to go of their Championship season, Leicester City still look odds on to claim one of the top two automatic promotion spots. The Foxes were way out in front at the top of the table at one stage, but as the 2023/24 season has progressed, they’ve been slowly reeled in. They […]

Former Premier League ace, Tim Sherwood, doesn’t mince his words when it comes to his punditry. Captain of the Blackburn side that won the Premier League title back in 1995, Sherwood clearly has a bit of backbone and if his demeanour now mirrors that from when he was a player, one can understand why he […]