Let’s move aside from the nerve-wrecking European actions, thrilling Premier League fixtures this weekend and focus on the first silverware battle of the season, the League Cup final. Two gritty and prodigious clubs from London collide in the competition which was founded in 1960. Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea take on the invigorated Tottenham Hotspurs at Wembley…

Heat Swiveling Around Captains Before Kickoff Steven Gerrard as well as Vincent Kompany are undeniably one of the finest stars at their positions in their era. Gerrard, labelled as Captain Fantastic isn’t having the liveliest of season for The Reds, forlornly announcing his departure from Merseyside at the end of the campaign, taxing injuries and…

Drop Robin Van Persie The Black Cats are fairly lucky as the former Arsenal finisher is surely out with an ankle injury ahead of their tricky visit to Old Trafford. Robin Van Persie has scored six goals in just five Premier League home games playing against Gus Poyet’s side for Arsenal as well as Manchester…

Drop Ross Barkley One of the brightest future prospects of England yet is clearly a little shorn of self-belief. The Evertonian is somewhat facing a rough campaign so far, being labelled with enormous price tag, he has been hit with injuries. Additionally, since returning from the medical room, he hasn’t lifted the Everton midfield with…

Drop Luke Shaw Questions once again have cracked out, is the 19-year old actually worth 30 million pounds? The former Southampton left-back is struggling to core to impress Louis Van Gaal, despite string of medical concerns. Shaw was highly involved when Manchester United took the lead at the Liberty Stadium, his attacking presence along the…

Drop Tim Howard After a dominant performance in the Europa League, The Toffees collapsed into the inconsistent category with an uninspiring 2-2 draw against Leicester City last weekend. The big American returned between the posts but could not do much as his lackluster defenders left too much space for opponents to enter the penalty box….

There are plenty of grapevines stating that Manchester United will not renew any contracts for the 10 players whose deals expire in 2016 until the end of the summer. It would be heart-stamping news for those players as everyone knew that their place is not secured, especially under the Louis Van Gaal region. The Red…

Not So Magical By Messi Barcelona clinched a crucial 2-1 victory over Manchester City away from home and the hero of the night was former Premier League terrifying finisher, Luis Suarez who bagged both goals. The only letdown for the visitors was their inspiring striker, Lionel Messi missed the spot kick and failed to convert…

Spurs Favourite to Ease Van Gaal’s Defensive Woes? Manchester United are somewhat pivoting around in terms of defensive assuredness. Their recent defeat against Swansea City got the Dutchman resuming his scouting task. According to The Mirror, the Manchester club is keeping an eye of Tottenham Hotspur’s right back, Kyle Walker who returned lately after missing…

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois It was once again a tight call, as Hugo Lloris was also greatly impactful against West Ham United and the rejuvenated Mignolet guarding his 10th clean sheet of the season. The Belgian superstar was absolutely busy when The Clarets visited Stamford Bridge. Courtois had a long battle with Burnley forward, Ashley Barnes…