Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri is encouraging Riyad Mahrez to remains with the Foxes because of the increased spotlight that will be on him. Ranieri has said that if Mahrez were to move to a bigger club that he would have to play second fiddle to other stars. (REPORT)
Lyon has rejected a bid of $38 million from Arsenal for striker Alexandre Lacazette. The 25-year-old has netted 63 goals in three seasons with the Ligue 1 squad. (REPORT)
First-half goals from Paulo Dybala and Mehdi Benatia lifted Juventus to a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in an International Champions Cup match in Melbourne, Australia. (REPORT)
Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker could miss up to five months after suffering a knee injury during the team’s friendly against French side Lens on Friday. (REPORT)
Mamadou Sakho has reportedly been sent back to England by Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp in order to continue receiving treatment on his Achilles injury. (REPORT)
Corinthians sporting director Edu Ferreira has confirmed that there is a deal in place to send Alexandre Pato to Villareal. (REPORT)
MONDAY REWIND
SBI takes a look at why the Seattle Sounders should consider replacing head coach Sigi Schmid. (REPORT)
U.S. midfielder Gedion Zelalem headlines Arsenal’s roster traveling to face the MLS All-Stars on Thursday. (REPORT)
Sacha Kljestan’s 12 assists this season has propelled the New York Red Bulls attack, and his most recent performance against New York City FC again proved his value. (REPORT)
“Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri is encouraging Riyad Mahrez to remains with the Foxes because of the increased spotlight that will be on him. Ranieri has said that if Mahrez were to move to a bigger club that he would have to play second fiddle to other stars”
THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS
Anyone catch any of Juventus-Spurs? If so, how did Carter-Vickers and Yedlin look?
I only saw the highlights, but the first Juve goal was not his fault. On the second his partner got caught with the ball and stolen from him. CCV had a chance to stop the 2 v 1 and got unlucky with his slide tackle. Got the ball nicely, but it hit the knee of the offensive player and rebounded straight back in the attackers path for a simple 2 v 0 goal.
Here’s a decent write up of how they played. NBC sports gave CCV a 6 and Yedlin an 8.
http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/07/26/how-did-usmnt-duo-yedlin-carter-vickers-fare-in-tottenhams-icc-opener/?
Yedlin played left back? Has Pochettino lost his mind, since Yedlin has played LB coming up this will cause DeAndre such mental strife he will probably not be able handle remembering whether to connect simple back passes to his teammates or to the other team. What is this two-bit YMCA U9 coach thinking?
On the other hand if DeAndre can play left back who do we put at RB thus freeing FJ to play forward?