Managers

Claudio Ranieri is that nice, sweet, charming uncle that we all wish we had growing up. For those of you who believe that nice guys finish last, that will come as a bit of a shock to you considering that he and his team, Leicester City, are about to win the Premier League this Sunday.

It’s not guaranteed, but if Leicester beats Manchester United on Sunday, or Tottenham loses to Chelsea on Monday, or any combination of Leicester picking up or Tottenham dropping three points occurs throughout the rest of the season, Leicester will be crowned champions. 

It's a rumour that is becoming more exasperating by the day. Will Jose Mourinho pack his bags and leave his beloved London? Will he relieve his former teacher, Louis Van Gaal, from his duties at Old Trafford, thus repeating every kung fu movie plotline ever? Well, it kind of depends who you ask. 

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he won’t treat Daniel Sturridge like an orange and squeeze every last drop of playing time out of the striker. 

According to Transfermarkt, Sturridge has missed 74 games since the beginning of the 13/14 season, an average of almost 25 games a season, making him on of the most injury prone players in the Premier League.

Chelsea’s meek title defense resulted in Jose Mourinho losing his managerial position back in December. Now, Cesc Fabregas has opened up about the reasons behind Jose Mourinho and Chelsea’s failure on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.

Jurgen Klopp was brought to Liverpool because of his reputation and history of success. At his former club, Borussia Dortmund, he had taken a team that had known failure for a long, long time and turned them into a title winner and Champions League finalist. Outside of his ability to build a team and teach it his tactical philosophy, he was known for his power of charisma. He knows how to say the right thing in the right way in order to get a reaction from people. 

Buzzer beaters and clutch shots are just part of another day’s work in the world of basketball, and yet are quite a rare commodity in the world of soccer, which makes them extra special when they happen. 

And nobody has provided the world with that kind of special more times than Jurgen Klopp in the last few years. So here are the top three nail-biters Klopp and his squads have gifted the world in recent history. 

3. Norwich City 4 – 5 Liverpool

Pep Guardiola has hopped on the banter bus after his Bayern Munich side defeated SL Benfica in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. 

Cristiano Ronaldo had previously said that he would love to play Benfica in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Ronaldo is Portuguese and Benfica is based in the capital city of Portugal, Lisbon. Clearly, playing in Lisbon for Real Madrid against Benfica would have been a glorious moment for Ronaldo. 

Guardiola, having heard of Ronaldo’s desire, jokingly apologized to Ronaldo for knocking Benfica out of the Champions League 

The FA Cup may have lost its shine in recent years, but it is still capable of throwing up some interesting plotlines, and this year is no exception. With a victory against West Ham at Upton Park, Manchester United are now set to take on Everton at Wembley on April 23rd. Both Roberto Martinez and Louis Van Gaal are walking on thin ice in their respective positions, and the FA Cup could be their only chance at success this season. 

It's sometimes difficult to tell what Silvio Berlusconi wants with AC Milan.

It seems anytime the Rossoneri gain a foothold, Berlusconi arrives right on time with a tiny rock hammer and chips it away. And thus, that familiar refrain has again been trundled out as Sinisa Mihajlovic found himself on the end of Berlusconi's perpetual restlessness.

Zinedine Zidane'sReal Madrid squad just advanced in the Champions League after it looked like all was lost, so he can maybe be forgiven if he said some outlandish sh** following the game.

From ESPNFC:

Zinedine Zidane said he was keeping a level head after Real Madrid rallied to defeat Wolfsburg in the Champions League, something he also claimed -- a little disingenuously -- to have done as a player.