Author: Godson

Chelsea legend, Chris Sutton, has hit out at striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, saying the former Arsenal captain looks disinterested.

Sutton also insisted that Chelsea manager Graham Potter may never play Aubameyang for the Blues again.

He said this after Chelsea suffered a 1-0 Premier League defeat to Manchester City on Thursday night at Stamford Bridge.

Aubameyang made a bright start to his Chelsea career but has now gone ten games without a goal and looks like a shadow of the striker who tore up the Premier League at his peak with Arsenal.

“Aubameyang looked like he did not want to be here this evening. He’s not the only one. Cucurella, they have spent an absolute fortune on him and he looks well, well short for a Chelsea team that wants to win trophies,” Sutton told the BBC.

“I wonder whether Graham Potter is thinking, how can I play Aubameyang again in a Chelsea jersey after how woeful he was.

“I’m always wary of criticising players for lack of effort or poor body language, but Aubameyang absolutely epitomised that – I thought he was woeful and hopeless and didn’t give anywhere near enough.

“He looked disinterested and I suspect Graham Potter will be thinking, blimey, he’s never going to play in a Chelsea jersey again under me.”

Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher, has ripped into Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga after the Blues’ Premier League 1-0 loss to Manchester City on Thursday night.

Manchester City defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, thanks to Riyad Mahrez’s goal.

Arrizabalaga was timid in his efforts to prevent Jack Grealish’s cross, which trickled past him into Mahrez’s path during the encounter, and Carragher was not pleased with the Spanish international.

Speaking after the match, Carragher told Sky Sports when he questioned Kepa’s goalkeeping for the goal, “Can the goalkeeper do more? I think he can.

“I am pretty certain he could have done more. Man City have deserved that off the second-half performance.”

Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Jamie O’Hara has named three major problems with the current Chelsea team under their manager, Graham Potter this season.

O’Hara believes problems with the current Chelsea squad is that they ‘look soft, weak and are unable to hurt teams.’

He said this while criticizing Chelsea’s performance against Manchester City on Thursday night, with Potter’s side left languishing in 10th place on the Premier League table after the 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea lost at home against Pep Guardiola’s side following winger Riyad Mahrez’s second-half goal.

“I think that they [Chelsea] look soft, they look weak, and I think that they don’t hurt you,” O’Hara told talkSPORT.

“They are pragmatic, and this is not the Chelsea of old that I used to watch when they’d turn up and be horrible and hard to beat, don’t concede and have monsters in the team scoring goals.

“I look at this Chelsea team and think that I fancy playing against them.

“It’s one of the most successful football teams in the last 20 years, and they are sat 10th in the table,” he added.

Premier League club, Fulham have announced they have triggered the option in Tosin Adarabioyo’s contract.

Adarabioyo is now contracted to the London club until June 2024.

The 25-year-old played a key role in the Cottagers promotion to the Premier League last season.

The centre-back joined Fulham from Manchester City in 2020 and has been an integral part of the team since then.

Adarabioyo, who has represented England at youth level but is still eligible to play for Nigeria, has been linked with a move to other Premier League clubs.

The defender has made 90 appearances for Fulham with three goals and two assists to his name.

Cameroon Football has uncovered another age fraud as 11 further Under-17 players have failed age tests, bringing the total number up to 32.

The African nation’s Under-17 team are preparing for the UNIFACC tournament – contested by the Under-17 sides of Central African Football Federations’ Union countries.

Samuel Eto’o – who is president of the country’s governing body, Fecafoot called for all players selected for their youth side to undergo MRI tests to determine players’ age in an attempt to deal with the rising problem of age fraud in the country.

21 members of their Under-17 squad were disqualified earlier this week after failing the tests in a setback to Eto’o’s attempts to eradicate the problem in the Central African country.

After the original 21 members of the squad were removed, 11 new players that were called up as replacements have also failed tests, according to BBC Sport Africa.

The tests are used to determine a player’s age by scanning their wrists and measuring bone growth.

In a statement, Fecafoot said Eto’o had given ‘strict instructions’ for the tests to take place ‘in order to put an end to the tampering with civil status records which have, in the past, tarnished the image of Cameroon football.’

They added: ‘Fecafoot urges all actors, in particular educators, to ensure that the ages by category are respected.’

Former head coach of Portugal, Fernando Santos could be set to continue his career in the Middle East.

Santos was sacked by the former European champions after a quarter-final exit at the 2022 World Cup.

And according to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, the 68-year-old has received a few offers which he’s considering.

Romano tweeted: “Former Portugal head coach Fernando Santos, considering options for his next move.

“European & Chinese clubs have approached Santos but the most likely next destination is now Middle East.”

Santos famously dropped Cristiano Ronaldo for their last two fixtures in Qatar.

Ronaldo this week joined Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia as a free agent.