Belgian star Eden Hazard, who was dropped by Jose Mourinho for Chelsea’s recent win over Aston Villa, has toldBlues teammates he wants to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid at the end of the season. L’Equipe reported that the 24-year-old winger has also told his family that he wants to leave Stamford Bridge,having become disillusioned with […]
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Belgium: World's best team or Euro 2016 dark horse?
For the first time in its history, Belgium will be the No. 1 ranked team in the world when FIFA’s rankings are released in early November. So what expectations should be placed on this countryof 11 million people for Euro 2016, a nation that has played soccer for over 110 years without winning a major […]
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Kompany Out at Least Two Weeks
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss the Premier League games against West Ham United and Sunderland and is questionable for the game against Tottenham on Sept. 26, theclub reported Friday. The Belgium international suffered the injury — his 10th calf injury in the last three seasons — during Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the […]
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Courtois to Miss Three Months
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho on Friday confirmed that goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will be out of action for at least three months with a knee injury. The23-year-old Belgium international damaged his medial ligaments during a practice session on Wednesday. “It is a big blow, it is not easy to have the best goalkeeper in the world […]
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Euro 2016: Danger for the Dutch
The Netherlands, one of international soccer’s traditional powers, is in real danger of failing to qualify for Euro 2016 following a 1-0 loss to tiny Iceland, the surprise leader in Group A,on Thursday night in Amsterdam. In fact, had it not been for Valerijs Sabala’s last-gasp equalizer for Latvia against fourth-place Turkey, the Dutch would […]
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O'Neill moves on to last-place Belgian club
The deal by which Shane O’Neill left MLS for Cypriot club Apollon Limassol a month ago has indeed turned to be merely a stepping stone. On Sunday O’Neil left the U.S.U-23 training camp in Manchester and took a plane to Belgium, where he has officially joined Belgian club Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz and signed a two-year contract. […]
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LVG: "Wait and See" on Man United in UCL
How far can Manchester United go in this season’s UEFA Champions League? “We have to wait and see,” coach Louis van Gaal said after his team eased into the UCL group stagewith a 4-0 win against Club Brugge in Belgium on Wednesday, and a 7-1 aggregate win over two games. Speaking ahead of Thursday’s group […]
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LVG: Fellaini Will Play Striker This Season
Speaking ahead of the second-leg of Manchester United’s UEFA Champions League playoff against Club Brugge, coach Louis van Gaal said that 6-foot-4 Marouane Fellaini will beexclusively used in attacking positions this season, as United has “other players” in the center of midfield. Fellaini scored the third goal in stoppage time in United 3-1 win againstBrugge in […]
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Man City, Wolfsburg Agree De Bruyne Fee
German newspaper Bild on Friday reported that Manchester City and Wolfsburg agreed to a price of 70 million-euros ($79.6 million) for midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgiuminternational scored 10 goals and added 20 assists last season en route to lifting the Bundesliga’s Player of the Year award. According to the report, De Bruyne has been […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“I think that if you believe anything you read today in papers or websites, you’re a dope. Well, most things, you’d have to be pretty stupid to believe. My guess is that Gyasi is going to be playingwith us.” — LA Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena shooting down reports of Gyasi Zardesheading […]