Thibaut Courtois set to return against Bournemouth.

Chelsea are set for a huge boost with Thibaut Courtois ready to return against Bournemouth this weekend.

Four other absentees from the Tottenham draw are expected to be ready with John Terry, Radamel Falcao and Ramires all set to recover from their respective injuries and Loic Remy back after the birth of a child for the match on Saturday.

But Courtois' return will be most pleasing for manager Jose Mourinho.

Source:Dailymail.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar on final Ballon d'Or shortlist.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar will contest the 2015 Ballon d'Or after they were named as final nominees.
Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the prize for the last seven years but both face strong competition this year from Messi's Barcelona team-mate Neymar.
Ronaldo has claimed the last two Ballon d'Or awards with Messi winning the previous four editions of the award, the first of those given when it was known as the FIFA World Player of the Year prize.
The winners will be announced at FIFA's Ballon d'Or Gala in Zurich on January 11, with four other prizes also on offer.
They are the Women's World Player of the Year, the men's and women's World Coach of the Year and the FIFA Puskas Award, given for the goal judged to be the best in the world in the past year.


Source:Skysports.

Norwich vs Arsenal & Liverpool vs Swansea starting line up.

Norwich XI: Ruddy; Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Howson, Dorrans, O'Neil, Brady; Hoolahan; Grabban.

Subs: Rudd, Martin, Mbokani, Jerome, Mulumbu, Redmond, Odjidja.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell.

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Can, Milner, Lallana, Ibe, Firmino, Benteke

Subs: Bogdan, Toure, Henderson, Sturridge, Allen, Origi, Randall.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Bartley, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Ki Sung-Yueng, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Ayew, Éder

Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Fernandez, Cork, Grimes, Montero, Gomis.

Kick off: 5:15 pm.

Tottenham vs Chelsea starting line up.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Walker, Alderweirald, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Mason, Dembele, Son, Eriksen, Kane.

Subs: Worm, Trippier, Wimmer, Onomah, Carroll, Lamela, Njie.

Chelsea XI: Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Hazard.

Subs: Amelia, Djilobodji, Baba Rahman, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Diego Costa.

Kick off:1:00 pm.

Leicester vs Manchester United starting line up.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kante, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.

Subs: De Laet, King, Schlupp, Ulloa, Dyer, Schwarzer, Inler.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, McNair, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Young, Mata, Martial, Rooney.

Subs: Depay, Romero, Fellaini, Schneiderlin, Rashford, Jackson, Andreas Pereira.

Kick off: 6:30 pm.

Man City v Southampton, Aston Villa v Watford and other 4pm EPL starting line up.

Manchester City XI: Caballero, Sagna, Demichelis, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Delph, Toure, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero.

Subs: Wright, Clichy, Fernando, Silva, Navas, Iheanacho, Bony.

Southampton XI: Stekelenburg, Yoshida, Van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, S Davis, Mane, Wanyama, Long.

Subs: K Davis, Clasie, Tadic, Martina, Juanmi, Ramirez, Caulker.

Watford XI: Gomes; Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake; Capoue, Watson; Paredes, Deeney, Abdi; Ighalo.

Subs: Arlauskis, Jurado, Guedioura, Ibarbo, Berghuis, Anya, Diamanti.

Aston Villa XI: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Clark, Richardson, Gana, Veretout, Sanchez, Gil, Ayew, Sinclair

Subs: Bunn, Okore, Bacuna, Westwood, Lescott, Traore, Gestede.

Bournemouth XI: Federici, Francis, Cook, Distin, Daniels,Ritchie, Gosling, Surman, Stanislas, Arter, King. 

Subs: Smith, MacDonald, Kermorgant, Allsop, Murray, O'Kane, Cargill.

Everton XI:Howard, Coleman, Funes Mori, Stones, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Deulofeu, Barkley, Kone, Lukaku. 

Subs: Robles, Gibson, Mirallas, Lennon, Naismith, Cleverley, Osman.

Sunderland XI: Pantilimon, Yedlin, O’Shea, Kaboul, Coates, van Aanholt, Cattermole, M’Vila, Larsson, Defoe, Fletcher.

Subs: Mannone, Borini, Johnson, Matthews, Lens, Toivonen, Watmore.

Stoke XI: Butland, Pieters, Johnson, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Whelan, Arnautovic, Adam, Shaqiri, Bojan, Walters.

Subs: Haugaard, Wilson, Cameron, Afellay, Van Ginkel, Diouf, Crouch.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, McArthur, Cabaye, Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie, Wickham.

Subs: Speroni, Kelly, Ledley, Jedinak, Lee, Chamakh, Bamford.

Newcastle XI: Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Anita, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Perez, Cisse.

Subs: Darlow, Sterry, Lascelles, Gouffran, De Jong, Thauvin, Mitrovic.

Kick off: 4:00 pm.

Manchester City ready to make Guardiola highest paid coach if he leaves Bayern.

Manchester City are willing to make Pep Guardiola the world's best paid manager if he agrees to join next season.

The Etihad Stadium club are prepared to pay the current Bayern Munich boss above the £13.2million-a-year Jose Mourinho, which is inclusive of bonuses and sponsorship deals, earns at Chelsea to nail their long-term target.

Guardiola's future in Bavaria has come come under intense scrutiny over the past 24 hours following reports the manager has already decided to leave Bayern to join City next summer.

Bayern are not giving up hope that Guardiola, whose existing deal expires at the end of the season, will pen an extension, with talks over a new deal due to open next month.

Source:DailyMail.

Wenger ready to spend big in January.

Arsene Wenger has admitted he is prepared to spend in January in order to boost Arsenal’s title challenge.
The Gunners dropped to fourth in the Premier League table after losing 2-1 to West Brom last weekend and will look to bounce back on Sunday when they travel to Carrow Road to take on Norwich.
Details of the club's accounts released in September revealed cash reserves of close to £200m and Wenger revealed he is willing to spend in January to aid Arsenal's push for their first league title since 2004 - but only if he can get a player he feels will improve his squad.
"We are in a position where we want to do something," Wenger said at his weekly press conference. "If I find the right quality I will do something."

source: Skysports.

Manchester United vs PSV, Shakhtar vs Real Madrid and other UCL starting line up.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Rojo, Blind, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Rooney, Memphis, Martial.
Subs: Romero, McNair, Young, Fellaini, Mata, Pereira, Wilson.

PSV XI: Zoet, Arias, Bruma, Moreno, Brenet, Hendrix, Guardado, Propper, Narsingh, De Jong, Locadia.

Subs: Pasveer, Isimat, Pereiro, Schaars, Maher, Poulsen, Bergwijn.

Juventus XI: Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Sturaro, Marchisio, Pogba, Alex Sandro, Mandzukic, Dybala.

Subs: Neto, Rugani, Evra, Lemina, Cuadrado, Zaza, Morata.

Manchester City XI: Hart, Sagna, Demichelis, Otamendi, Clichy, Fernando, Toure, Fernandinho, Navas, De Bruyne, Aguero.

Subs: Caballero, Maffeo, Adarabioyo, Kolarov, Delph, Celina, Sterling.

Shakhtar XI: Pyatov, Ordets, Rakitskiy, Azevedo, Stepanenko, Fred, Bernard, Marlos, Kobin, Alex Teixeira, Gladkiy

Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Kryvtsov, Dentinho, Taison, Kovalenko, Ferreyra, Eduardo

Real Madrid XI: Casilla, Varane, Pepe, Nacho, Carvajal, Bale, Casemiro, Kovacic, Modric, Isco, Ronaldo

Arsenal vs Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel Aviv Vs Chelsea and other UCL starting line up.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Flamini, Cazorla, Campbell, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Gibbs, Chambers, Ramsey, Reine-Adelaide.

Dinamo Zagreb XI: Eduardo, Ivo Pinto, Sigali, Matel, Taravel, Antolic, Paulo Machado, Goncalo Santos, Rog, Fernandes, Pjaca.

Subs: Mikulic, Musa, Sovsic, Pavicic, Coric, Soudani.

Maccabi Tel Aviv XI: Rajkovic, Dasa, Ben Harush, Ben Haim, Carlos Garcia, Alberman, Zahavi, Rikan, Igiebor, Peretz, Ben Chaim

Subs: Lifshitz, Tibi, Azulay, Mitrovic, Vermouth, Ben Besat, Itzhaki.

Chelsea XI: Begovic, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Baba Rahman, Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Hazard, Oscar, Costa.

Subs: Blackman, Ivanovic, Zouma, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Remy.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Alves, Pique, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba, Rakitic, Sergio, Suarez, Messi, Neymar Jr, S.Roberto.

Subs: Bravo, A.Iniesta, Bartra, Munir, Adriano, Mathieu, Samper.

Roma XI: Szczesny, Rudiger, Digne, Maicon, Manolas, Nainggolan, Pjanic, Keita, Dzeko, Falque, Florenzi

Subs: De Sanctis, Castan, Torosidis, De Rossi, Vainqueur, Ucan, Iturbe.


Kick off: 8:45 pm.

Aaron Ramsey back in Arsenal training.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is back in training ahead of their Champions League clash at home to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
Ramsey has not played since the 2-0 Group F victory over Bayern Munich on October 20 because of a hamstring injury.
Francis Coquelin and Mikel Arteta are both out of the game at the Emirates, however, after picking up injuries in Saturday's defeat at West Brom.

Source:Skysports.

West Brom vs Arsenal, Chelsea vs Norwich and other 4pm Epl starting line up.

West Brom XI: Myhill, Dawson, Evans, Olsson, Brunt, Morrison, Fletcher, Yacob, McClean, Sessegnon, Rondon.
Subs: Lindegaard, Chester, Gardner, McManaman, Lambert, Anichebe, Berahino.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Gibbs, Giroud.
Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Debuchy, Arteta, Flamini, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell.

Newcastle XI: Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote, Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez.
Subs: Cisse, De Jong, Gouffran, Lascelles, Thauvin, Woodman, Sterry.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kante, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Ulloa, Vardy.
Subs: De Laet, King, Schlupp, Okazaki, Dyer, Schwarzer, Inler.

Chelsea XI: Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Kenedy, Fabregas, Matic, Pedro, Willian, Hazard, Costa.
Subs: Ramires, Oscar, Traore, Remy, Cahill, Blackman, Azpilicueta.

Norwich XI: Ruddy, Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson, Redmond, O'Neil, Mulumbu, Brady, Howson, Mbokani.
Subs: Whittaker, Jerome, Rudd, Hoolahan, Dorrans, Lafferty, Odjidja-Ofoe.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Bartley, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Britton, Ayew, Shelvey, Routledge, Eder.
Subs: Gomis, Montero, Rangel, Sigurdsson, Cork, Tremmel, Fernandez.

Bournemouth XI: Federici, Cook, Francis, Distin, Daniels, Ritchie, Surman, Gosling, Stanislas, Arter, King.
Subs: Smith, MacDonald, Kermorgant, Allsop, Murray, O'Kane, Cargill.

Everton XI: Howard, Coleman, Stones, Funes Mori, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Deulofeu, Barkley, Kone, Lukaku.
Subs: Robles, Gibson, Mirallas, Lennon, Naismith, Cleverley, Osman.

Aston Villa XI: Guzan, Hutton, Clark, Richards, Richardson, Westwood, Gana, Veretout, Gil, Ayew, Grealish.
Subs: Bacuna, Sinclair, Lescott, Sanchez, N'Zogbia, Bunn, Gestede.

Kick off: 4:00 pm.

Watford vs Manchester United starting line up.

Watford XI: Gomes, Nyom, Cathcart, Britos, Anya, Capoue, Watson, Abdi, Jurado, Deeney, Ighalo

Subs: Arlauskis, Oulare, Paredes, Ake, Guedioura, Ibarbo, Diamanti.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Young, Jones, Smalling, Blind, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Herrera, Lingard, Memphis

Subs: Romero, Rojo, McNair, Darmian, Goss, Pereira, Rashford.

Kick off: 1:45 pm.

Rooney and Martial set to miss Watford game.

Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial will miss Manchester United's game at Watford, Louis van Gaal has revealed.
The United captain is ill and out of the trip to Vicarage Road along with Martial and Michael Carrick, who were injured playing for their countries during the international break.
Martial left Wembley on crutches after damaging his foot during France's midweek defeat to England, while Carrick suffered an ankle injury in Spain on Friday night.
Rooney played and scored against France, but Van Gaal said: "Wayne Rooney was ill after the international break. I only saw him the day after he played then he was at home yesterday, so I think he can't play."
Marouane Fellaini remains out, as does Antonio Valencia, who had surgery on his injured foot earlier this month and is a long-term absentee.

Source:Skysports.

Thibaut Courtois back in Chelsea training.

Thibaut Courtois has handed Chelsea a much-needed boost by returning to first-team training as he closes in on a comeback from the knee surgery.

Courtois, 23, has not played for the Barclays Premier League champions since their home defeat by Crystal Palace on August 29 after damaging his medial ligaments at their Cobham base.

But on Thursday he was able to complete a session with the rest of Jose Mourinho's squad as part of his ongoing rehabilitation with a view to returning to playing in the coming weeks.

Source: Dailymail.