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Italian international and Brazilian born Jorginho has officially joined manager Maurizio Sarri in moving from Napoli to Chelsea.
Both the midfielder and the manager were unveiled Saturday by the club, and the Jorginho deal reportedly has Manchester City fuming. Jorginho signed a five-year contract with Chelsea worth about €60 million where he will wear the no.5 shirt.
City are reportedly furious about this deal, to the point that they will not do business with Napoli again.
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Although it has certainly taken a very long time, Chelsea FC are now close to completing the deal that will replace manager Antonio Conte with Maurizio Sarri. Stamford Bridge is also closing in on a deal that will transfer Italy international and Napoli playmaker Jorginho to the Blues.
This according to Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis, who made these revelations at a news conference introducing Carlo Ancelotti as the new boss of the Serie A side.
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Manchester City continue to spend big and acquire big name players in the summer transfer window. In signing Riyad Mahrez, the 2015-16 PFA Player of the Year during Leicester City’s shocking Premier League title winning campaign, City broke the club’s transfer fee record.
This is the club’s first signing of the summer, but it’s certainly a big and bold addition. The 27-year-old winger moves to the Etihad for £60 million, and thus ends a transfer saga that has been going on since January.
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Tottenham Hotspur have not lost in the calendar year of 2018, and the last team to beat them was….yep, you guessed it, Manchester City. Spurs welcome the Premier League Champions in waiting to Wembley Stadium tomorrow night looking to avenge their disastrous 4-1 loss at their house the last time the two sides met.
It’s an all time series that is about as evenly matched as anyone could expect- Spurs have won 60, City have taken 59. The two clubs have also battled to 35 draws. City had the chance to clinch the title last weekend, but failed, as they lost the Manchester Derby 3-2. They now need two more wins to hoist the trophy.
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After having just vanquished Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad, and 5-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp deemed his opponent the best team in the world at the moment.
Hyperbole to be sure, yes, but for much of the season, sports writers all over the world were hyping up City as one of the best teams in not just English, but also European history. Some even put City on the same pedestal as Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1998-99 team, the first English side to win a treble.
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This once seemingly invincible 2017-18 Manchester City side has now conceded six goals (three apiece) in their last two matches; both of which were losses. The Citizens host Liverpool tomorrow night in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie. City is down 3-0, and if they concede another goal tomorrow, they will a whopping five to then survive and advance to the Champions League semifinals.
City blew a 2-0 second half lead on Saturday in the Manchester derby, and United’s 3-2 win denied their Premier League title celebration for at least another week.
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UEFA announced that it has opened disciplinary proceedings against Liverpool Football Club due to the attack made on the Manchester City team bus by Reds supporters yesterday. As the motor coach arrived at Anfield ahead of last night’s Champions League quarterfinal game, fans threw smoke bombs, flares, bottles, cans and other objects at the coach, and thankfully, no one on the bus was injured.
However, a window was smashed, and smoke entered the bus. It was rendered unusable, and the team had to find another way home from the game. Liverpool FC quickly issued a statement strongly condemning the hooliganism, and gave an apology to Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City are having a season for the ages this year, breaking multiple records for points accumulated all along the way. In 2017-18, the Sky Blues have consistently put in dominant performances that make their campaign historical in the truest sense of the word.
City are on track to set the highest points tally in Premier League history, score the most goals in a single season and have the biggest winning margin at the top of the table in history.
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