Villas-Boas wants trio stay
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insists that despite speculation linking Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, and Salomon Kalou away from the club, he is keen on holding on to all his strikers when negotiations over their future commence in January. The current deals of the three players will expire next summer and although there will be no...
Torres looking like his old self
Andrew McCarten believes that El Nino is back!
AVB claims first win as Blues reach summit
Chelsea came from behind to beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and join Aston Villa, Liverpool, and Newcastle United atop the Barclays Premier League standings. Goals from Nicolas Anelka and first-half substitute Florent Malouda, who replaced Salomon Kalou, were enough to turn the tables on the Baggies, who had taken an early lead...
Premier League striker not interested in move to Liverpool
Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka is not interested in a potential return to Liverpool. The French striker has been heavily linked with a move back to Anfield in recent days following the news that Chelsea are keen to sign Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. It is reported that Liverpool would want to sign Anelka as part of any...
Deja Vu & Other Famous French Things
Have we seen this movie before? The one where a French International who plies his trade a one of the world's top clubs is rumored to join MLS for a stateside farewell tour? Oh wait this flick is different though because it's the player's brother not t...
Nicolas Anelka’s French Door Swung Open
Memories are short in football, but none more so than those in the Les Bleus camp. Despite everything seemingly going fine and dandy under Laurent Blanc at the moment – four straight victories – at least one man in the camp just can’t seem to quit Nicolas Anelka, their World Cup pariah (one of ‘em,...
Blues striker: “It has just been special”
Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka has stated that he is enjoying the most consistent goal-scoring spell of his career and in the light of such stability, he is hoping to secure a long-term future at Stamford Bridge. The Frenchman, who found himself amidst a major controversy during his nation’s horrendous World Cup campaign in South Africa...
Of French Moles & Big Francs
France had a number of big problems in their camp during the World Cup, paramount among them the post-Anelka fallout which was soon followed by France falling out of the World Cup.
It was reported to L’Equipe by a mysterious rat that Anelka had told coach Raymond Domenech to do unpleasant things, which one doesn’t do...
How Will The Premiership’s French Continigent Recover?
The World Cup in 2010 will go down in history for a few things. Vuvuzela’s, The first World Cup in Africa, England’s abysmal showing, Germany’s bright future, Netherlands awful tactics and the Spanish proving they are the best side in the world. Yet one other event for me outshone them all. The French camps implosion...
Domenech: “It’s done and dusted”
French manager Raymond Domenech insists that the controversy surrounding Nicolas Anelka is “done and dusted” after the Chelsea striker has been sent home. Domenech believes the matter was not as big as the media reported on, and he insists that moving forward it will not impact an already disappointing French national team.
Domenech went one step...
