Friday, January 4, 2019

Fabregas close to moving to Monaco
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is edging closer to a move to Ligue 1 side Monaco,Sports HUB Najia understands. 


The 31-year-old is entering the final six months of his Chelsea deal and is prepared to move on with playing time hard to come by this season under Maurizio Sarri.


AC Milan are also in the mix for Fabregas but are struggling to come up with the funds for a transfer fee and wages.


Manager Gennaro Gattuso expressed his frustration with the situation last week, with Financial Fair Play restrictions preventing Milan from significant investment in players.


"We have stakes. We cannot do what we want," Gattuso told DAZN. "The club has been clear. Fabregas? There are important figures involved."


At Monaco, Fabregas would link up with manager Thierry Henry, who was the Spaniard's team-mate when the pair were at Arsenal between 2003 and 2007. 


Fabregas would provide a much-needed boost for Henry, who has endured a torrid time since he took over at Monaco in October.


Henry has lost six of his nine league matches in charge at the Ligue 1 club, with Monaco sitting 19th in the table in France's top flight, four points from safety.


Despite Fabregas's desire to seek an exit for more regular playing time, Blues boss Sarri still wants the experienced Spaniard to stay put.


"It would be really a problem without Cesc," Sarri said last week. "I want him to stay, I don't know the final decision of Cesc and the club of course.


"But for me it's very important and if Cesc will go I think that we need to buy another player, and it's not easy because, technically, Cesc is a very important player."


Fabregas has made just one start in the Premier League under Sarri this season, with the Italian preferring to play the likes of N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley in central areas.

Source:goal.com

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Hazard scores his 100th Chelsea goal as Blues see of Watford
Eden Hazard struck against Watford to make it 100 goals in the Chelsea shirt.He is the Chelsea's 10th player to reach this benchmark.


Mateo Kovacic picked up a loose ball in mid field and knocked it on to the Belgian star before he rounded Ben Foster to make it 1 - 0.

Roberto Pereyra hit back almost instantly to level matters prior to the break.

In the 58th minute,Foster picked up a yellow card as he burst into Hazard with the refree pointing to the spot.The Belgian star stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way to give Chelsea the 2 - 1 win.

He joined Chelsea from Lille in 2012 and has now made 322 appearances for them across all competitions.

Of Hazard's 101 goals for the club, 79 of them have come in the Premier League, with eight having been scored in the Champions League, seven in the League Cup, five in the FA Cup and one in both the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.


Bournemouth, Newcastle and West Brom are Hazard's favourite opponents in terms the opposition he has the best goalscoring record again during his time at Stamford Bridge, with seven having arrived against each of those sides.

Hazard has now scored in three of his last four games for Chelsea.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Ola Aina could join Torino in January


Nigerian Defender Ola Aina who is currently on loan at Torino has shown impressive performances since joining them.Due to his displays since arriving in the summer,Torino are considering activating buy-option in his loan deal.He has featured for Torino 11 times and has scored once.

The buy-option which costs $9M is being considered by the Torino board.He spoke about his long-term desire to return to the Premier League but he is open to options where he gets playing time under Coach Walter Mazzarri.He moved to Torino on loan just after renewing his Chelsea contract until 2021.

Aina who has been with Chelsea for 11 years could be set to leave in January but his progress at Torin is being monitored by Chelsea's loan coach Eddie Newton.He is one of Chelsea's 40 players on loan

Sunday, November 25, 2018