Barcelona Star Linked With Premier League Move, But Is It A Good Idea?















With Manchester United’s season well and truly buried following their 2-0 away loss to Greek side Olympiakos in the Champions League on Wednesday night, re-building for next season is already in full flow for manager David Moyes.
Arsenal are enjoying a great run this season, which has been one of the best in recent years.
Chelsea fans better have their tissues at the ready for tonight’s Champions league clash against Turkish giants Galatasaray. Not because of nerves, or even excitement from the return of the Champions League. It’s another return that has been on the minds of Chelsea fans alike since the results of the draw last December. It is the return of the living legend himself, Didier Drogba.
David Moyes' Manchester United suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of Greek Champions Olympiakos. The Greek outfit put the reds to the sword which has added even more pressure on Moyes, who is the first Manchester United manager to lose to Olympiakos in European competition.
Hands up, who gives Arsenal a chance of getting a result tonight against Bayern Munich? I'm unsure, but I think anything could happen in the Champions League. Bayern have such a strong squad that they are rightly the favourites, and are the current holders of the competition. But how should they line up tonight in north London?
For those of you who have indulged in Football Manager over the years will, I'm sure, be giving your own views as to how Manchester City should be going about tackling Barcelona tonight. They will be in a bout with some of the biggest players on the planet and will need to stay disciplined in order to take any hope to the Nou Camp in the second leg. With that in mind, should Manuel Pellegrini set his side up to hit the La Liga giants on the break, or should they go all out attack and hope they can find a way through?
Playing for a club with a stature such as Real Madrid's means that there are great expectations on the players as a result.
All four English teams have made it to the latter stages of the Champions League with Manchester United and Chelsea topping their groups whilst Manchester City and Arsenal finished runners ups in theirs.
Over the last couple of weeks we have seen Chelsea have a few blips at the back. First they conceded three goals at Sunderland but were able to run out 4-3 winners, and then a matter of days later they lost 3-2 away at Stoke which is unlike any team that Jose Mourinho has ever managed - the Portuguese boss is renowned for his tight, counter-attacking football.
Chelsea completed their Champions League group games by beating Steaua Bucherest at Stamford Bridge to win their group. Here are five things we learned from the tie.
Arsenal had a late scare in Italy last night as Napoli almost snatched their place in the next stage of the Champions League. The Italians won the game 2-0 - a result which saw Borussia Dortmund win the group, and Mikel Arteta picked up two yellow cards to further hinder the Gunners. On the back of the result, here are three players who I feel Arsene Wenger should bench ahead of Saturday's tie with Manchester City. Before you slate me, read my reasons why and read take off any rose-tinted specs before reading.
Despite the fact Chelsea sit top of their Champions League group going into their last tie of the stage, against bottom of the table Steaua Bucherest, I expect a good showing from the underdogs as they have some players potentially capable of hurting Chelsea. Here are three of them.
Although Arsenal are already through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, Arsene Wenger will be hoping that his side can finish it in style with a win over Napoli, who are fighting with Borussia Dortmund for the other place. Here are three players who Arsenal need to stop tonight in order to get anything from the tie.
This summer started as one of frustration for Arsenal. Their desperation for a striker saw them fail with a bid for Liverpool's Luis Suarez and were supposedly interested in Argentine goal-getter, who was at Real Madrid at the time, Gonzalo Higuain. While the former stayed at his club, the latter opted for a move to Napoli where he has scored 10 goals in his opening 17 games, and he has the chance to show Arsene Wenger what he is missing out on when the Gunners travel to Italy for their Champions League clash. But how do they stop him?