Antonio Conte got the better of Jurgen Klopp in the small hours of the morning as Chelsea ran out 1-0 winners in this International Champions Cup encounter. The game will be more remembered though for Cesc Fabregas’ red card. The Spanish international took a wild lunge at Liverpool’s new Estonian …

Celtic will go into the second leg of their Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round tie with the slight advantage thanks to a late Leigh Griffiths equaliser against FC Astana. The Kazkahstan side took an early lead and were on top for large moments of the game, for Brendan Rodgers it …

It’s been quite a busy day not just here at home but in Europe also as managers look to capture new signings before the season starts in the next couple of weeks. With John Stones almost Manchester City bound – which you can read more about here http://realfootballman.com/football/stones-stick-everton/ that has …

The F.A. announced today that clubs who make the Quarter Final stage onwards will be permitted to use a 4th substitute if the game goes to Extra Time. After a trial of the new rule was introduced in this Summer’s Copa America it will now be finding it’s way to …

Ronald Koeman has gone on record and said that if John Stones is to leave Goodison Park this Summer then he won’t be leaving for any less than £50m. That price will scare off many potential suitors and is £10m more than Jose Mourinho bid when in charge of Chelsea …

Celtic came away from Kazakhstan with an all important away goal thanks to Leigh Griffiths late equaliser. In what Brendan Rodgers third competitive game in charge he found his side going behind once again in European action thanks to Yuri Logvinenko’s header after 19 minutes. FC Astana set out to …

These two former Eastern European powerhouses played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League 3rd Round Qualifying tie last night. Josef Sural opened the scoring for Czech side Sparta Prague but they were pegged back 15 minutes from time when Nicursor Stanciu’s fantastic free kick …

Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk have got one foot in the final play off round after a comfortable 2-0 win over Swiss side Young Boys Brazilian Bernard opened the scoring on 27 minutes and Yehven Seleznyov made sure of the win with a late second half finish. Here is all you …

Anderlecht were twice pegged back by last season’s Russian Premier League runners up FC Rostov last night as their Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round tie ended in a 2-2 draw. The Belgians got off to a perfect start when Sofianne Hanni got them off the mark after just 3 minutes …

Ajax had to come from behind to salvage a draw last night in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round tie against PAOK Salonika That was due to Djalma Campos’ stunning first half opener which gave the Greek side somewhat of a shock lead and more importantly a vital away goal …