Sourav Mahanty has covered teams like Chelsea, Celtic, Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSG and more over a career that has now lasted a decade. His work has been featured on Sports Illustrated, Athlon Sports, SB Nation, FanSided, The Sportster and aggregated through Bleacher Report and NewsNow. Outside of football, he is also interested in basketball, cricket and professional wrestling.
Chelsea will be looking to strengthen their roster this summer. But the first thing that has happened is that their squad has been weakened further. That is because Marc Cucurella has already completed a move to Real Madrid. Cucurella was a regular starter for Chelsea, at least for the past two-and-a-half years. Also, he is […]
Marc Cucurella’s move to Real Madrid might be a bigger blow to Chelsea than most are giving it credit for. Yes, €60 million is a big transfer package for someone who is going to turn 28 years of age soon. But that is thinking like a ‘selling club’ not one which is competing for trophies. […]
Trevoh Chalobah has been called into England’s World Cup squad after Tino Livramento was ruled out through injury.
Italy do have a history of producing elite defenders. So, it is not hard to see why Chelsea might be eyeing Serie A players to strengthen their defence. In fact, it looks like they have the Italian top flight’s best defender on their radar. Xabi Alonso played with wing-backs at Bayer Leverkusen. Towards the end […]
Chelsea were not the worst traditional ‘Big Six’ team in the Premier League last season because of Tottenham Hotspur’s 17th-place finish. But it does look like Spurs are keen to change that. And with the type of players they are being linked with, they might be a lot more serious than the Blues. Tottenham Hotspur […]
Real Madrid have already made the signing of Marc Cucurella official. The deal was done at a rapid face, faster than anybody could have anticipated. It is hard to imagine that even a couple of days back, it had looked like the Spaniard would either join FC Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, or potentially stay on […]
Over the past four years, it should have become very clear to BlueCo that filling up the squad with youngsters is not the way to go when it comes to building a successful team. And if the Chelsea owners had not learned their lesson by now, they have been provided another reminder today. Chelsea have […]
Tottenham Hotspur finished 17th last season, narrowly avoiding relegation in a race that dragged on to the final game of the campaign. That means that Spurs will be looking to strengthen their roster as much as possible this summer. They have already agreed to bring in Marcos Senesi and have personal terms in place with […]
The World Cup is now in full swing and the tournament is already starting to give the wider footballing audience a look at some talents they might not have known much about. One of them is an 18-year-old Moroccan midfielder who dominated the middle of the park against Brazil. And it looks like Chelsea are […]
When Brazil kicked off their World Cup campaign, the last person you would have expected to control the game was an 18-year-old Moroccan midfielder. Yet, that is exactly what happened. And it is someone whom Chelsea were prepared to sign for a €45 million transfer fee. The move did not happen. And if things continue […]
Atletico Madrid or FC Barcelona? Somehow, the answer turned out to be Real Madrid. La Masia graduate Marc Cucurella, who has been linked with a return to Barca all summer, will instead be donning the Royal White jersey of Real Madrid. In return, Chelsea will get a €60 million transfer package. And now, they must […]
The big moves are now starting to happen. And the first one will come as bad news for Xabi Alonso, who has been handed a blow even before officially arriving as Chelsea manager. He is set to lose one of his best players to Real Madrid. For a while, it was expected that some senior […]
