Surprising what a difference a couple of weeks can make eh? Because it seems like only five minutes ago Scolari was laughing off the idea of being under pressure and yet here we are with the press suggesting his latest conference has seen him showing signs of feeling the strain. He still seems fairly relaxed [...]

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      The press don’t give in easily do they? I mean, how many times do Chelsea have to say they won’t be venturing into January’s transfer market before the penny drops? It clearly hasn’t dropped yet though, because the links just keep on coming. We’ve already heard this week how Andrei Arshavin fancies [...]

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It seems like Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien have been out forever already, which is probably because Essien’s been out for the past 3 months and Carvalho’s barely seen the pitch this season either. Unfortunately, despite Carvalho initially being pencilled in for tomorrow’s game against Everton, it’s looking very unlikely that he’ll figure, with Scolari [...]

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So, Inter Milan have drawn Manchester United in the Champions League, in a game that sees Jose Mourinho up against Sir Alex Ferguson again. I’ve already pointed out how much publicity this will generate and in true Mourinho style, Jose has been giving his opinion on just about everything from the minute the draw was [...]

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First we had reports of Alex asking Chelsea to let him go in January, followed by the inevitable denials from inside Chelsea, then we had ‘quotes’ from the central defender suggesting Abramovich himself would sanction his transfer. Now though, it seems as if the player will be staying at Stamford Bridge after all because according [...]

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