With news emerging that Chelsea is prepared to make Shakhtar Donetsk forward Alex Teixeira the first signing of the Guus Hiddink era (Part II) for a reported £30 Million, the Blues are once again relying on owner Roman Abramovich’s checkbook to build a winning squad once the transfer window opens in January. Like any other major club, Chelsea has had its successes and failures in the transfer market.
What, you're mad about out choice of Kolo Toure as The18's 2015 Player of The Year?
Relax. There is no need to be upset.
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Why did we pick Kolo Toure, Liverpool's aging Ivorian defender, to be our player of the year?
Well, for one, this:
Let’s get this out of the way: there was absolutely nothing Tim Howard could do about this second goal from Stoke City’s Xherdan Shaqiri on Monday. The ball over the top is sublime and Shaqiri’s first touch is even more sensational, lobbing the ball over Howard and into the top corner with zero hesitancy.
Is there a prettier goal than a rabona goal? The answer is no. The skillful move is one of beauty and nonchalantness. The pros make it look so easy but it isn't. Laurent Koscielny was just fooling around in Arsenal training at the Emirates and saw the camera was on him. What does a baller do when the lights are on him? He performs obviously. After a series of little tricks, Koscielny rips a rabona into the upper 90 from about 15-18 feet like it's nothing.
Lionel Messi. Luis Suarez. Neymar Jr. Cristiano Ronaldo. Per Mertesacker.
These are the names of some soccer players, but not just any soccer players. These are the names of some soccer players who are capable of the extraordinary.
Some might be confused as to why we would include a German center back with the best strikers in the world, but those people haven't seen his wonder strike against Bournemouth.
How do you win a title with a centre-forward who is widely regarded as not world-class, a revolving door in midfield because of a perpetual vicious cycle of injuries and rehabilitation, a rookie full-back and a squad so shallow that every manager in the world can name the starting XI? You buy Mesut Ozil and let him get on with it; at least, that seems to be the Arsene Wenger approach.
If you want to know how to watch a live stream of Manchester United vs. Chesea online and on mobile, you’ve come to the right place.
England is known for it’s rough-and-tumble, all-action playing style. The Premier League is no stranger, for better or for worse, to crunching tackles and fierce 50/50 challenges.
While officials in the EPL have been working to cutdown on the horror tackles, from behind and/or with the studs showing, that result in terrible injuries, there’s no denying that soccer is an inherently physical game and will remain so for the forseeable future.
There are three things that are certain in this world. Death, taxes and that Mesut Ozil will register an assist whenever he steps on the pitch. In Monday's 2-1 victory over Manchester City, Ozil chalked up assists on both Gunner goals bringing his total for the 2015 EPL campaign to 15! The next highest assist total in the league is 7, which is held by Everton's Gerard Deulofeu. Now that we gave props to Ozil's ridiculous assist numbers, we go onto the real discussion of this Amazing Goals post. Which goal was better between Theo Walcott's and Yaya Toure's?
Louis van Gaal may be sacked by Manchester United this season, and the sacking of Louis van Gaal may come sooner rather than later, but the sacking of Louis van Gaal has not already happened. Tell that to BBC reporter Trevor Sinclair, who reported LVG's sacking on Twitter.
Or did he?