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Premier League: Frank Lampard confirms Chelsea defender should return within 10 days

Marcos Alonso has not played since the first half beside Ajax on November 5 and is linked to a January transfer to Inter Milan. His deficiency has not enriched Chelsea.

Marcos Alonso should be back fit again for Chelsea in around 10 days Frank Lampard has confirmed. Football fans can purchase Premier League Football Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.

The Spanish defender has been out of action due to a muscular problem and he has not featured for the west London side since the 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur before Christmas.

Alonso, 29, was not in the squad for Chelsea clash with Brighton and Hove Albion on New Year’s Day, but Lampard has now revealed that the defender should not be out of action for much longer.

Fran Lampard Interview about Marcos Alonso

Speaking in an interview before the trip to the South Coast on Wednesday afternoon, Lampard said:

“Alonso is similar he will be out for a week to 10 days.

“It is the top of a gluten muscle injury. They are Alonso and Reece James in similar boat not terrible injuries but obviously, they are missing a pretty crucial time.”

Marcos Alonso has always been a scapegoat for the team’s defensive problems. Alonso is not fast. Everybody in the world and those already dead knows that. However, Chelsea does not have an overall fast team they have an intelligent one.

John Terry was famous for being slow but he was still arguably the best defender the league has ever seen. Why? Intelligence, Positioning, Picking your moments.

This is obviously not a comparison let alone equivalence between John Terry and Marcos Alonso. Rather, it is to show that the emphasis that has been placed on speed is overstated.

Jose Mourinho About Chelsea fans

Chelsea fans especially have short memories. This is why Jose Mourinho said that his biggest achievement is winning the next game because fans will not remember anything you did in the past. The same can be applied to Alonso.

Alonso did not become slow overnight. When he won the Premier League for Chelsea he was not fast.

Chelsea received a timely boost when Reece James returned to the starting line-up for the trip to Brighton and Hove Albion on Wednesday as the young defender made his fifth Premier League start of the season for the west Londoners.

After that, the west London side will take on Burnley, Newcastle United, and Arsenal in their next three Premier League games as they look to keep up their push for a top-four finish this season.

Marcos Alonso had been playing well during the period Emerson was out. It is understandable if Frank Lampard does not see the traits he is looking for in Alonso, like speed.

However, Alonso has experience that Emerson does not have. He has better communication with the backline and his opposite full-back whoever it is. He is more useful in set-pieces defensively and offensively.

He is an actual goal threat. He is a wildcard option because he can pull special moments out of thin air. Last, Marcos Alonso is a better defender than Emerson Palmieri and it is not even close.

Frank Lampard is the head coach so he obviously knows a lot more than you or me. It would be nice to know what we are missing other than Marcos Alonso in the lineup.

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Premier League: Graham Potter impressed by job Frank Lampard has done at Chelsea

Brighton head coach Graham Potter continues to be impressed by Frank Lampard ahead of doing battle with him and Chelsea on New Year’s Day.

The pair faced off last season in the Championship when they were in charge of Swansea and Derby respectively and also earlier this campaign at Stamford Bridge. Football fans from around the world can purchase Premier League Football Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.

Potter is yet to beat Lampard after Derby claimed four points last term while Chelsea edged out Brighton 2-0 in September and is full of admiration for the former England midfielder.

After replacing Maurizio Sari in July the Blues’ all-time record goalscorer has introduced a number of youngsters into the team guided them up to fourth in the Premier League as well as into the Champions League round of 16 and all while under a transfer embargo last summer.

Potter saying about Chelsea Frank Lampard

“He has done a really good job. I like him a lot. I was impressed at Derby and I’m impressed again at Chelsea,” Potter said.

“To manage the situation he has inherited in terms of the embargo and to deal with that in the positive way they have with young players and to be flexible in his approach in how to play and compete at the top end of the Premier League and go through in the Champions League he has done really well.”

Brighton will not feel intimidated ahead of facing Chelsea having enjoyed a strong December with wins over Arsenal and Bournemouth.

He said I cannot comment on any change in mentality against certain opposition from previous times because I was not here but we try to go into every game with a mentality and belief that we can get something. 

You just have to try and implement what you want to do during the game while also understanding that the opposition was not to do the same.

We just have to keep doing our best. The top six sides in this league are at a different level historically that is a fact. But you should never go onto a pitch thinking you have got no chance.

We have to understand that Chelsea will come with a good side. They are a top team who are in the Champions League so that is the challenge facing us.

Aaron Mooy role in previous games

Aaron Mooy played a key role in both victories with the Australian firmly settled at the Amex Stadium after a season-long loan move from Huddersfield in August.

Potter refused to discuss his long-term future but insisted he was merely content to know the 29-year-old is happy with the Seagulls.

As I have said before he is a loan player he is not our player the 44-year-old added. He is Huddersfield’s player.

We understand we have him for the full season so there is no stress and no pressure. The most important thing is Aaron is enjoying his football and we are happy with him.

He is improving and developing and that is the most important thing and everything else is just talk and speculation.

The Brighton boss is also unsure how busy the club will be in the winter transfer window which opens on Wednesday.

Potter Interview

Former Ostersunds manager Potter said: “As a collective, we can improve in all the areas and we need to do that but I would rather focus on the guys we have here and help them improve because I do not think they are at their maximum.

“I’m not sitting here thinking we have got the most out of this group of players so there is no desperate need to do anything.”

I really enjoy working with the players I enjoy what we are trying to do and as I have indicated before we are not perfect and there is no guarantee with results but I am happy with their daily approach and work and happy for it to continue.

Potter will be familiar with Chelsea’s Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount from last season when his Swansea City team played Frank Lampard’s former club Derby County in the Championship.

The pair have featured heavily for Lampard’s side, this term and the Albion Head Coach says their input in the first half of the season has not surprised him.

I really liked them when we played against them with Swansea last season, Potter added. “Credit has to go to Frank Lampard for integrating them into the group. Chelsea wants to push on in the league and progress in Europe and that is not easy. They have done a great job.

The Championship is a different level of competition but you could see that they could use their attributes in the Premier League.

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Premier League: Manchester United blow as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave Scott McTominay injury update

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given an update on Scott McTominaay’s knee injury confessing that the midfielder might be out of action for up to a month.

McTominay left Old Trafford on sticks after Manchester United’s overwhelming 4-1 victory over Newcastle with Solskjaer confirming the problem was knee-related. Football fans can book Premier League Football Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.

Supporters feared that the 23-year-old could be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines but his manager has allayed those fears and confirmed that it will be weeks rather than months.

Red Devils have suffered a blow with midfielder Scott McTominay reportedly set to be out for up to eight weeks.

McTominay, who has been one of Manchester United’s most consistent players this season sustained a knee injury in the Red Devils’ win over Newcastle on Boxing Day.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had hoped McTominay’s injury would not sideline him for more than four weeks.

Manchester United Medical Staff report

However, Manchester United’s medical staff has said the 23-year-old could be out for up to eight weeks after scans confirmed injured knee ligaments according to the Daily Mail.

That would rule the Scotland international out of Man Utd’s two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final against Manchester City as well as the visit to Anfield to face runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool on January 19.

Nemanja Matic stood in for his club-mate in Man Utd’s win at Burnley on Saturday and McTominay’s injury could offer him a chance to impress, with the Serb having been linked with a move away from Old Trafford after limited playing time under Solskjaer.

Paul Pogba was also missing from Manchester United’s midfield on Saturday after complaining of a reaction to a foot injury that had kept him out for three months before the Newcastle game. Solskjaer will hope the 26-year-old is fit for the New Year’s Day visit to Arsenal.

Solskjaer Saying about Manchester United central midfielder

Solskjaer said: “I would not expect him to be back in the next couple of weeks. I do not think we will see him.

“He has proven before that if you give him three weeks he is back in two. So, I do not know.

It might be three or four weeks. We have just got to find a way through it.”

Man Utd has received some good news, though, after Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola said the World Cup winner would not leave Man Utd in January.

Yet speaking on Monday, Raiola said: I do not think it is fair on the boys at all, he said. I do not think it is fair to be expected to perform at the top of your level both mentally and physically 48 hours after you have played.

Two games in three days are possible just once in a while but not when it is as tight as this. But I’m captivated with everybody in the dressing room and the way they have all looked after themselves.

That is why they could stay at home last night. There was no fact of residing in a hotel because I trust them.

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Premier League: Jadon Sancho keen on speaking to Manchester United as Dortmund accept England star will leave this summer

Manchester United are self-confident of beating Premier League competitors Liverpool and Chelsea to the winger’s sign but face competition from all of their main national rivals as well as Spanish monsters Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho is interested in speaking to Manchester United about a mega-money return to the Premier League. Football fans from around the world can purchase Premier League Football Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.

BBC Report

While Dortmund has previously knocked back all methodologies for the England international their bearing is possible to have changed following the procurement of Haaland according to the BBC. Dortmund landed Norway international Haaland for a comparative snip at £17.1m and beat Manchester United and Juventus to his signature.

He said after completing a move: “There was a feeling right from the start that I wanted to switch to this club, go this route, and play football in this incredible Dortmund atmosphere in front of more than 80,000 spectators. I’m already burning for it.”

The England international swapped England for Germany in 2017 when he left Manchester City for Bundesliga giants Dortmund.  The city did all they could to convince Sancho to stay but the lure of first-team football was too much to turn down for the London-born winger and he has thrived in Germany ever since.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer identified Sancho as a priority target early in his reign as interim boss at Old Trafford but Man Utd’s failure to qualify for the Champions League this season ended their hopes of signing him last summer.

However, the Times claim that Sancho is keen on a return to the Premier League at the end of the season and wants to speak to Man Utd about their interest. Dortmund for their part accepts that Sancho’s time to leave is approaching and he will have just two years left on his deal at the end of the season.

Bundesliga Sancho winger huge profit

The Bundesliga club value Sancho at over £100m and they stand to make a huge profit on the winger. Real Madrid and Barcelona are both admirers of Sancho and the winger is intrigued by a move to Spain but a return to the Premier League appears more likely.

Dortmund announced the signing of Norwegian sensation Erling Haaland on Sunday after beating Manchester United to the teenager’s signature. The Red Devils were unwilling to meet the demands of Haaland’s agent after they insisted that a £42.5m buyout clause must be inserted in the striker’s deal.

Solskjaer is desperate to add more firepower to his squad and could turn to Lyon’s Moussa Dembele in January to bolster his frontline.

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