I think he shouldn't be in the field. There hasn't been any updates regarding his health but he was found Covid positive last week and the quarantine rules are more than that so I think he wouldn't be there unless I am missing on some update quarantine rules.



Well I don't think its gonna effect them much. Last night Arsenal did great without coach on the field. As long as there is a way to send message to players and initiation is ensured I don't think it would be much hard. Yeah they have tough fixture I am more than sure Reds are gonna put themselves 100% irrespective of whether their coach is there or not.

Arsenal tried well and they were really pressing Manchester City in the starting. They were almost dominating them in first 20-30 minutes. Another goal for Arsenal would have been great and would have created much more pressure on City. I really hoped that City would drop some points there but now they have drifted further leaving quite some gap between them and Liverpool and Chelsea.

It's a tough game and honestly both are performing not as expected especially Chelsea and with current situation I also think Liverpool has the edge here but you can't rule out the Champions league winners here. It would be a tough and thrilling contest. Two best sides of the PL clashing at the start of the New Year is just perfect. Manchester City are onna comfortable seat with quite some lead on the table but today's game is crucial as we will get to know who has the chances of getting to Manchester City on the table.

Out of all of them only Real Madrid is the one who is not having any kind of issues right now. Sevilla is doing good but it should not be tough task. Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad have been surprised by underdogs this season so it's still possible for Valencia. And rest is Barcelona who are having issues also so I would say yeah they have games against big teams but yeah they are a good team and I don't want to say that they would go out and surprise them all against these teams but I also don't think they wouldn't put out a flop show in these upcoming fixtures.

100 million or it could be more or it could be even free.. depends upon the situation and how the club value those players. Real Madrid earlier offered PSG around 180m Euro for Mbappe but PSG declined so that gives off the sign that club value Mbappe much more than money. They need his services for the club's future. Not sure about Haaland but earlier when asked about transfer, contract and interest from other clubs Haaland answered that he would respect the contract he has with Dortmund for now but now it's possible that his stance might be different.

Mbappe at PSG is a bit of not clear state. His contract is about to end and it's not like PSG has made a move in this situation but Mbappe has refused those contract extensions. We could only know about that in summer transfer window so let's see what happens there as well.

As a Gunners fan so proud of the way they played today. In the starting 20-30 minutes they were the one dominating and lots of close attempts giving the scare to Manchester City. If I compare the game they played against City couple of months ago and today's game I would say Arsenal has improved a lot. Don't mind the loss today but I really applaud the effort they put today.

Well I wouldn't say it as an odd transfer but maybe they could have got someone better but let's see maybe Xavi has some plans. Also Barca is not broke ..like I thought, they just spent around 55m Euros to bring in Ferran Torres so I wouldn't say broke. Yeah the money situation still might be there so maybe they are focusing on economical transfer and save it for a massive one?

It will be tough for Arsenal. City have a good squad and they have to keep them at bay today. Arsenal defence so far has been wonderful and whats now today stands is the toughest test for them. I would say it could go either way but it would be an interesting contest between these two sides.

Not sure what is happening inside Arsenal with Aubameyang but without him Arsenal are getting results. Arteta has made it clear that he will continue to be out of the squad and it seems like it is very likely going towards Arsenal exit for Aubameyang. With Aubameyang out of the squad it was obvious that Lacazette would be the one to start so yeah turned out well for Laca. Last I heard that he wouldn't be training with the first team until the international matches so let's see what next update comes after then about the situation.

Yeah manager is important but hahay only wanted to point out how strong Bayern Munich right now is. In Bundesliga table they are 9 points above the second placed team Dortmund and Dortmund are also not performing that great either so I would say not a real contender for them in the title race. Bayern are definitely strong and it seems hard to see Bayern blowing out this lead despite the squad they have. Yeah it is possible they might blow if they get issues of their own but chances are slim.

That's an interesting news. Along with that last week I saw Azpilicueta also being linked to Barcelona as the rumours said the Spanish international has already agreed for the move to Spanish giant for the summer transfer move. Seems like the solid defence of Chelsea is going to breakdown next season. Chelsea really needs to do something about this if it is true.

They still have Smith Rowe and right now Arteta already is having difficulty giving them regular play time so why add another player to that list and make that worse? Also Coutinho is a big name (well not that big name) but still some player so I really don't think midfielder is what they need.

Yeah they do need a striker and Vlahovic really could be a great signing.

Arsenal has Odeegard , why do they need Phillipe Coutinho? Also there is Smith-Rowe who can also play in centre midfield so not sure if Coutinho is what Arsenal needs right now. There are lot of players in midfield for Arsenal so anything that is linking a midfielder to Arsenal seems quite hard to believe.

Besides Coutinho is 29 and Arteta is building a team for the future so that's one also why I think Coutinho is not in Arteta's plans.

Fernandes is suspended so Ronaldo will be there with Cavani in attack so seems like a very good change to me. And I honestly think they should make Ronaldo-Cavani paired up much more often. We have seen in past how well they have linked up and scored some good goals under Ole. Hope this change bring in some change in their performance.

The losses and series of unexpected draws have made them low in spirit. It's not working out for them and they are again giving their opponents lot of space for opponent to make a move and try in some shots. Their defensive midfielders are performing poor and attack is not working.


Well yeah United are the favourites and honestly I also want them to make a move forward in the table but the atmosphere inside the dressing room is not just right. Well let's see how they do today.

Conte wants Kane for his plans with Spurs so I am sure he is not gonna move until his contract ends out. Interesting that Mbappe to stay at PSG is at 1.01 odds. There are many reports about tension between him and the PSG board about the contract extension and rumours about Real Madrid and Mbappe talks so I would say should have inclined towards Real Madrid or rather 50-50 b/w stay at PSG and move to Madrid. Well I also find something off here..I would love to see about the site from where you are checking this odds.

United are out of form and honestly Burnley have some surprising scorers and have made me lost my bets earlier in quite some matches. Burnley are in relegation zone and so were Newcastle but Newcastle managed to get a draw against United so I am not gonna undermine Burnley here. If United were to win, then they have to get their usual scorers like Ronaldo and Fernandes to be back in scoring form.

That would be a top transfer for Real Madrid. The timing of Rudiger's situation with Chelsea has fallen off perfectly for Real Madrid. I think Chelsea has gone very late with providing Rudiger a good contract extension. It's gonna be a tough job for them to find another centre back who is as strong like Rudiger. They do have some young centre backs but that's gonna take lot of time and experience to become like Rudiger.

Yeah City are on total control and Kelechi Iheanacho almost had City on the surprise and turn him into a super sub. No one would have thought that after 4-0 , Leicester will go towards comeback but City still had the game in control.

In another game , Arsenal took their game against Arsenal really well. They completely thrashed Norwich with 5-0 scoreline.

Guess I got caught up in that. Totally forgot that games are getting postponed and just bet the freebet I had on Blackburn Rovers to win against Hull and just now got to know that they had their game postponed. I had the same game in my multibet and the other games are on so that one survives.

Well lesson learnt now ...