Bastian Schweinsteiger s presentation at Chicago Fire saw the former Manchester United midfielder have to deal with a baffling line of questioning.
The ex-Germany international was bizarrely asked by an American journalist whether he could win the World Cup with the MLS club.
A journalist asked the 2014 World Cup winner: With your addition to this team is it a fair expectation to see a clear pathway towards a World Cup competition coming out of Chicago?
Schweinsteiger understandably appeared a little confused and asked for clarification from head coach Veljko Paunovic, who suggested the reporter had meant the Club World Cup.
The reporter tried again, saying: Let me rephrase. Do you expect that now you are here, Bastian, that the World Cup goal for Chi…
Sheffield Wednesday have completed a 28-day loan signing for Chelsea s Sam Hutchinson,.
The 24 year old spent the first half of the season at Dutch Eredivise side Vitesse Arnhem with a number of his Blues teammates, while he played nine games for Nottingham Forest during the 2012/13 campaign.
Hutchinson came through the youth system at Chelsea, beginning his time with the club at the age of seven, making just six first team appearances in that time though he was forced to retire through injury aged 21 in 2010.
However, following a remarkable recovery he made his comeback as a substitute in a 6-1 win over Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge in April 2012.
The defender becomes the second new arrival at Hillsborough this week, after Gary Gardner sec…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has revealed how he has fallen in love with Roma after extending his contract with the Serie A club, meaning he will once again work with Jose Mourinho.
Having already spent a season on loan at the Giallorossi, Mkhitaryan joined on a permanent basis a year ago and was a regular during the 2020-21 campaign under Paulo Fonseca.
The Armenia international scored 15 goals and provided 11 assists as he made 46 appearances in all competitions, including a run to the Europa League semi-finals that came to an emphatic halt against one of his former teams in Manchester United.
His new deal will see the 32-year-old stay for a further season after embracing life in Rome.
Over the last two years at Roma I ve fallen in love, both with the club and t…
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The 2020/21 season is yet to begin in Europe s top five leagues, but in Russia, the top tier clubs have already gone through five matchdays each. It s not really surprising, given that the league consists of only 16 teams, that they managed to end 2019/20 in time despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The absence of their teams in the final stages of the European competitions further enabled them to prepare to start this campaign on time as well.
On the sixth matchday, Zenit St Petersburg will travel to Moscow to take on Lokomotiv at the RZD Arena.
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Having finished second to Zenit in the previous campaign, which takes them directly into the group stages of the Champions League, Lokomotiv now sit in fift…
What the papers say
Arsenal are closing in on signing West Ham captain Declan Rice and are expected to pay more than £100m for the 24-year-old England midfielder, the Guardian reports. The move will make Rice the most expensive player in the Gunners’ history.
The same paper says Pep Guardiola is firmly minded to leave Manchester City in two years when his contract expires. The 52-year-old manager will reportedly end his tenure in summer 2025 after nine years at the helm of the treble winners.
Elsewhere, the Evening Standard says Chelsea are planning to step up their pursuit of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana after his impressive display in the Champions League Final. The Italian club is understood to want at least £50million for the 27-year-old Cameroon internati…
In what was rightfully billed as a crucial battle in this season’s Champions League chase, Tottenham made a major statement as they stormed their way to a stunning 4-0 romp away at Aston Villa.
While Villa might have opened Sunday’s showdown holding a five-point buffer in the top-four chase, it was Spurs who produced a remarkable second-half performance in the Midlands.
Although chances might have come at a real premium throughout the first-half as both sides entered the interval goalless, Tottenham came flying out of the traps when returning from the break.
As James Maddison and Brenan Johnson notched a quickfire brace just eight minuets after the break, things quickly unraveled for Villa as Scotland international John McGinn was shown a straight red card f…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said a move to re-sign Didier Drogba is on the cards, as he looks to bolster his squad.
Drogba spent eight years at Stamford Bridge, famously scoring the equaliser for the Londoners in the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich and tucking away the decisive penalty in the shoot-out.
The Ivorian, 36, has a strong affinity with Chelsea fans given his clutch goals in Munich, and also his hand in helping them to three Premier League titles.
And the Portuguese tactician Mourinho said he was looming on bringing the Galatasaray striker back to England.
We think about it, Mourinho said of Drogba.
We want to win matches and win titles and Didier is one of the best strikers in Europe.
He is still …
Alan Hutton admits he is surprised to be back in the Aston Villa first-team fold after two seasons in the wilderness under Paul Lambert.
Alex McLeish brought Hutton to Villa Park from Tottenham in 2011, but he fell out of favour when Lambert arrived the following year and is yet to make an appearance under the former Norwich City boss.
Time in the reserves, along with loan moves to Nottingham Forest, Mallorca and Bolton Wanderers are the only club action Hutton has seen since May 2012, with Matt Lowton being preferred at right-back.
However, after five appearances in Villa s pre-season campaign, Hutton is in line to start against Stoke City on 16 August when the new Premier League season starts, and he hopes to seize his chance.
Hopefully this is like a …
Mohamed Salah was the star of the show with a hat-trick as Liverpool thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 away from home to go top of the Premier League for at least a few hours.
Jurgen Klopp said pre-game that Manchester City would feel no added pressure for their trip to Chelsea if the Reds were to briefly go above them, but the champions now have to prove his point, as Salah led a rout at the Vitality Stadium.
There was more than a hint of fortune about Liverpool s first-half opener, as Salah netted from close range despite appearing to be offside.
The Egypt star was decisive again just after the restart, singlehandedly taking the game to the Bournemouth defence and finding the net, before a Steve Cook own goal and Salah s third rounded things off in the latter stages…
Harry Kane reportedly informed Tottenham of his desire to leave the club in the final week of the 2020-21 season.
The England international has since been linked with Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United.
Tottenham are desperate to retain their talisman, let alone allow him to join a rival English club.
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Harry Kane is willing to move abroad for his next challenge as Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain circle for his signature, according to 90min.
The report claims Kane is unimpressed with Tottenham s search for a new manager to replace Jose Mourinho and the England international has been linked to Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United.
PSG, who are in the market …