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ANCELOTTI PROVES HIS POINT

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Real Madrid’s decision to appoint Carlo Ancelotti as their new head coach is proving to be the correct choice as the Italian tactician has already secured a piece of silverware. The Copa del Rey was set to be played against their rivals Barcelona and even with the absence of C.Ronaldo, Madrid still managed on overthrowing the team of Gerardo Martino as they lifted their 1st trophy in this season.

“I think we played very well, we were playing against a very strong team. We had to suffer at times but I think it is a deserved victory. We are very proud to have won this competition. More than anything; I want to congratulate the players.” Continue reading “ANCELOTTI PROVES HIS POINT”

RODWELL BACK FOR ARSENAL

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that Jack Rodwell will be in the squad for the upcoming match against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium. City could go one step closer towards winning the Premier league title this campaign if they win against Arsenal since this is one of the few tough matches they have left in the campaign. Even though they trail leaders Liverpool and Chelsea by a couple of points, they have two matches in hand. It should give them enough points to leapfrog both of the clubs in the table.

City have unarguably tough into the campaign with matches against Liverpool and Arsenal away from home. However, this is probably the right time to face Arsenal since they are coming on the back of two matches without a win. They have also suffered a 6-0 thrashing in one of these matches, which has potentially ended their title race for another campaign. They will be focusing their attention on the FA Cup in the remainder of the season, which will mean good news for city. While confirming Rodwell’s position in the squad, Pellegrini has also said that Richards has been working well with the squad.

The future of the England international is a major doubt since he is out of contract in the summer and City have been linked with Bacary Sagna.

“Jack Rodwell is in the squad. Micah Richards is staying working here. I have heard so many names through the year that I cannot continue talking about all the rumours every week,” said Pellegrini about the future of players like Rodwell and Richards. He also was speaking about the possibility of making a move for Sagna, who will be available on a free transfer. The Arsenal right back has been one of the best in the Premier league.

RODWELL SET TO MOVE BACK?

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Jack Rodwell’s spell in Manchester City has seen him struggling since he made his move to the club in August of 2012. Being able to make less than 20 appearances for City, it’s a completely different time for the player that made his way into the reserve team of Everton at the age of 15 and later broke the record for being the youngest player to represent Everton in Europe as he was only 16 years old.

The defensive midfielder has failed to secure a place in the starting lineup of Manuel Pellegrini as well as being plagued with injuries that have further left him out of action in Manchester City.

Roberto Martinez is interested in bringing back Rodwell to Everton and he even attempted on signing the midfielder during the January transfer window but failed on doing so but will once more attempt on signing him in the summer.

Everton has recently suffered defeats against Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool which has seen the team of Roberto Martinez being knocked out of the FA Cup and falling into lower spots in the Premier League but despite all of those recent negative results, Martinez believes that the squad has been improving.

“I think at the beginning of the season you get those teams who are expected to win titles because of the financial approach,” he said. “We are in a position where, because of our football club and our history, we should be expecting to win titles. It is going to be a bit of a process but I think you saw we are not far from being able to go to Arsenal and be able to get through to an FA Cup semi-final.

“Now it’s a matter of making sure the small margins get affected in our favour and we can progress without expecting to go into big places like the Emirates and be beaten. The performances are showing that we’re starting to develop that belief so the next stage is to be able to reflect it in the scoreline.” Martinez said.