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Andriy Shevchenko Returns to Milan

31 year old Andriy Shevchenko is moving back to his former club AC Milan. Read more

Wigan 0 Chelsea 1 Highlights and Goal Videos

Chelsea stamped their authority on this years Premier League and move to the top of the table. Read more

Adrian Mutu Force to Pay £13.68 Million in Damages to Chelsea

Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu has been told that he must pay former club Chelsea damages totalling £13.68 million for breach of contract. Back in 2003 Chelsea signed Mutu for the fee of £15 million only for him to be sacked a year later for testing positive for cocaine. FIFA have ruled the Romanian to pay Chelsea this fee to which Mutu describes as inhumane. He believes that he has not committed a crime that deserves such a fine.

Adrian Mutu is set to appeal against FIFA’s ruling but Chelsea believe the fine to be just for his actions. The fine is based on loss of earnings and the length of time the player had left to serve on his contract. Mutu has just rebuilt his career since the incident at Chelsea and FIFA’s recent ruling has brought the whole thing back to haunt him.

Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 0 Highlights and Goal Videos

The era of Luiz Felipe Scolari begins as Chelsea thump Portsmouth by 4 goals to nil. Read more

11/8/08 Premiership 2008 / 2009 Outright Winner

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Realistically there are now only four sides that stand a chance of claiming the Premier League title. These sides are of course Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Football in recent times is more of a business and money tends to bring success within the sport. The last team to break the Big 4 was Blackburn Rovers back in 1995 and in recent times no other side has managed to get a look in.

Arsenal

Last season the gunners dominated the first half of the season and left daylight between themselves and the rest of the field. They possessed strong fire power in front of goal in the form of Emanuel Adebayor and shear brilliance in the centre of the park with the young Cesc Fabregas. A string of bad results and injuries at the wrong time cause the London side to come off the boil eventually finishing in the third spot. This season Arsenal have seen the departures of Gilberto Silva, Alexander Hleb, Jens Lehmann and Mathieu Flamini and brought in Aaron Ramsey, Samir Nasri and Amaury Bischoff.

Chelsea

Chelsea have not been the dominant side in the last two seasons as they were when Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich took over the side. They have not seemed to be the big spenders they once were and last season their form on the pitch was a little wayward due to goings on off the pitch. Jose Maurinho was replaced by Avram Grant midway through but he was never intended long term. This season sees the era of Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari who met Chelsea strong management criteria and is the replacement for Avram Grant. Chelsea have sold Steve Sidwell, Ben Sahar, Ryan Bertrand, Slobodan Rajkovic, Claude Makelele, Khalid Boulahrouz, Tal Ben Haim and Shaun Cummings and brought in Jose Bosingwa and Deco.

Liverpool

Liverpool seemed to have drifted away from the other 3 in recent times and a rarely seen to field the same batch of players in 2 consecutive matches. Manager Rafa Benitez favors his rotation system and the team tend to rely too heavily on captain Steven Gerrard. They do however possess the wonder kid Fernando Torres. Torres had a fantastic opening season and fits well into the English Premiership game. Now that he has had a season to settle in fully expect him to be one of if not the top scorer of the season. With newly signed Spurs striker Robbie Keane to partner him expect Liverpool to challenge the rest this season. New signings include David Ngog, Emmanuel Mendy, Diego Cavalieri, Andrea Dossena, Philipp Degen and Robbie Keane and departures are Jack Hobbs, Godwin Antwi, Adam Hammill, Scott Carson, Peter Crouch, Harry Kewell, Paul Anderson, Anthony le Tallec, John Arne Riise, Besian Idrizaj, Danny Guthrie, Robbie Threlfall, David Martin and Sebastian Leto.

Manchester United

The 2 times Premier League Champions and current Champions League title holders look to improve on an already near perfect record. FIFA world player of the year Christiano Ronaldo lead his side to a stylish victory in almost every competition the contended. Ronaldo is however set to miss the first couple of months of the season following an ankle operation and his recent affairs with Spanish giants Real Madrid may have upset the balance within the team. United have seen the departures of Adam Eckersley, Gerard Pique, Tom Heaton, Chris Eagles and Danny Simpson and to date have made no big pre season signings.

Prediction For The 2008 / 2009 Premiership Winner

Soccer Engine predicts that Chelsea will be the side to topple Manchester United this season and claim the Premiership title. Chelsea is and experienced side and when Jose Maurinho took over the club coming up to four years ago the side were instilled with confidence and were an unstoppable force. Scolari will bring the same level of confidence as Maurinho. The club holds a superb undefeated home record and this season will find their feet on the road. Chelsea are currently negotiating the transfer of Robinho from Real Madrid and it is fully expected that he will be a Chelsea player by the start of the season. Robinho will add a new dimension to the Chelsea game. He plays at pace in a similar way to Manchester United and offers Chelsea something that Didier Drogba does not. Being the 2nd best side in the Premiership for the last 2 season is not something that Abramovich is used to and this year he will do everything in his power to change this. Winning the Premier League 3 years on the bounce is a tall order for United especially with the superstar starting late and it will be Chelsea that lift the trophy next may.

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Chelsea Close in on Robinho

Chelsea move even closer today in closing out a deal for Robinho with Real Madrid. Read more

Jose Mourinho & Inter Milan Want Frank Lampard

Earlier in the month Inter boss Jose Mourinho expressed his interest in being reunited with his former mid field ace Frank Lampard. Inter have put in an undisclosed bid for the England international in an attempt to take him to the San Siro. Lampard who has spent all of his career highlights at Chelsea has said that he would love to be reunited with his former boss. Lampard’s mind has gone a little wayward of late as the contract renewal that Chelsea have offered him is not what he expected. Lampard is moving into the later part of his career now and Chelsea have offered him a 4 year contract to continue but he wants longer. He is said to be unhappy with the current 4 year £150,000 a year terms available to him.Jose Mourinho has always been a player’s choice manager. When his exit from Chelsea was announced last season it caused an uproar with his players. Players like Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba made it clear they were unhappy with the decision and expressed interest in their own transfers.Newly appointed manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has said that Frank Lampard is not for sale. Maurinho has said that for the time being it is unlikely that Inter will be able to claim Lampard and that the easier move would be to wait until the player has served out his final year. Inter would have the option to buy out the remaining 12 month period if they so wanted to. It is expected that he will make his next move during the January transfer window.

Chelsea Transfer News: Robinho

Chelsea spokesman has made it clear they they are still chasing Real Madrid star Robinho. Read more

City Move in Front in the Battle for Ronaldinho

Manchester City are now favourites to in the fight for Ronaldinho according to Barcelona club president. City have always sat in 2nd place as Ronaldinho has no desire for the club. Read more

Chelsea Make Kaka Bid

Rumor has it that Chelsea have made a large bid for AC Milan star and 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year Kaka. Read more

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