Football

England broke them. Star strikers who have failed in the Premier League

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3 years ago

March 1, 2023

Jon

England broke them. Star strikers who have failed in the Premier League

Too many Chelsea players.

“We should watch him at Stoke City,” critics of Lionel Messi have often said, looking at his success at the Barcelona star. The Argentine did not end up in the field of “potters”, but in PSG performs quite well. He is only missing the victory in the Champions League with the Parisians, and occasionally collects personal trophies. Manchester United or Chelsea are by no means Stoke City, but for many forwards they have become places where they were doomed to fail. Here it is even more probable not in clubs, but in the specifics of the English Premier League, which is not suitable for all strikers, even highly rated ones. With the arrival of Felix at Chelsea and Nunes at Liverpool, one can recall those foreign forwards whose failure in England was the most sensational of all.

Fernando Morientes (Liverpool, 2005-06)

It looked like Liverpool had made a big deal when they bought 28-year-old Morientes in his prime from Real Madrid for £6.3m in January 2005. The three-time Champions League winner showed flashes of talent at Anfield but has clearly out of shape. After scoring just 12 goals in 60 games for the Reds, Morientes returned to Spain after a year and a half, moving to Valencia.

Hernan Crespo (Chelsea, 2003-06)

If you look at the number of goals scored by the Argentine Premier League, you might think that the word “failure” is not very appropriate here. On account of his 20 goals in 49 matches. However, the former Parma, Lazio and Inter goalscorer didn’t look convincing at Stamford Bridge. In his debut season with Claudio Ranieri, he was a rotation player, and in the 2004/05 season he was completely loaned to Milan. After Crespo’s return, he is already struggling to make his way into José Mourinho’s Chelsea squad.

Radamel Falcao (Manchester United 2014-15; Chelsea 2015-16)

The Colombian showed chic at Porto and Atlético, then shone at Monaco, despite a serious injury. Manchester United has seen fit to invest 6 million pounds on Falcao’s annual loan. And few doubted the choice Manchester United. Painfully good and versatile was this scorer. But for van Gaal’s team he only scored four goals in a season. The second entry to England already took place at Chelsea. It was hard to believe that Falcao Premier League so it won’t play. But he played even worse for the Blues, scoring just one goal in all competitions. Now he’s “rolling out” his career and it might even end CSKA.

Andrij Shevchenko (Chelsea, 2006-2009)

Shevchenko was one of the world’s top footballers and goalscorers when he moved to Stamford Bridge for a British record £30.8million in 2006. In the previous season, Shevchenko scored 28 goals for Milan in all competitions. So there were no signs of failure and the closure was not. But the forward had to fit into Jose Mourinho’s scheme with great difficulty. Then there were rumors that it was not the coach who signed him, but the owner of the club, Roman Abramovich. In the 2006/07 season, the striker scored only four goals Premier Leagueand five next season. Then he returned to Milan on loan.

Adrian Mutu (Chelsea, 2003-04)

Chelsea again, Mourinho again. The start of Mutu’s career at Stamford Bridge was promising. Their combination with Damien Duff looked very decent. But gradually the Romanian’s form began to deteriorate, and with the arrival of Jose at the club, the problems worsened. The Portuguese preferred strikers of a different type. However, Mutu brought about his final downfall himself when he was caught using cocaine.

Roberto Soldado (Tottenham, 2013-15)

Spanish forwards often have problems in England. Spurs bought the 28-year-old Soldado for a record £28m. Before joining, he scored 30 goals in 48 games in one season for Valencia. Tottenham Hotspur have acquired a clear goalscorer. And he left two years later for just £7m, having scored just seven goals in 52 games. Soldado was involved in a major wave of resurgence at Tottenham, who were then spending huge money from Gareth Bale and signing seven newcomers.

Diego Forlan (Manchester United, 2002-04)

Despite an unsuccessful entry into Manchester United, Forlan has developed a reputation as a legend. Even at United, where he did very badly, the Uruguayan was remembered for two goals at Anfield. But in just 98 games for the Red Devils, Forlán scored just 17 goals. And his first goal is already in the 34th match in a row.

Alvaro Morata (Chelsea, 2017-19)

Someone will consider it an exaggeration that Morata at Chelsea can be called a failure. But he was expected more from the £60million signing from Real Madrid. As a result, Morata, who has specific properties in the implementation of moments and every two times “gets” into his club, played 46 matches for the Blues in the Premier League, scored 16 goals, and then was sent on loan to Atletico.

Gonzalo Higuain (Chelsea 2019)

Chelsea definitely enters the leaders of this type of assessment. Did it seem like you could “spoil” Higuain? But England did not suit him at all. Although the man scored double-digit goals in La Liga with Real Madrid for five consecutive seasons, then moved to Napoli, where he scored 36 goals in one season, then moved to Juventus, and there too the Argentine has marked by the heart. But at Chelsea, Higuain spent only half of the season, scoring five goals in 14 games and not very impressive. Then he could have ended up at Arsenal, but together he didn’t grow.

Claudio Pizarro (Chelsea, 2007-09)

Chelsea is on the agenda again. The Londoners seemed to be doing great when they signed a striker for free who scored a hundred goals for Bayern and was considered one of the best goalscorers in the Bundesliga. But everything immediately went wrong. He missed a penalty on his FA Super Cup debut against Manchester United before scoring just two goals in 21 appearances for Chelsea.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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Krylia Sovetov paid RT-Capital 535 million rubles

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December 30, 2025

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Krylia Sovetov paid RT-Capital 535 million rubles

Samara football club “Wings of the Soviets” paid 535 million rubles to Rostec subsidiary “RT-Capital”. This was reported by the club’s press service.

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Krylya Sovetov Dmitry Yakovlev told reporters that the club plans to repay the debt of 555 million rubles by the end of 2025. He added that it is planned to fully close the debt with RT-Capital by the end of January – beginning of February.

On December 1, enforcement proceedings were initiated to collect a debt of more than 928 million rubles from Krylya Sovetov in favor of RT-Capital. Previously, the decision to collect the debt was made by the Moscow Arbitration Court, then the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal confirmed this decision. The football club has borrowed funds for financial support, but has not met its debt repayment obligations since 2016.

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Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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Ivlev said that Dinamo is ready to change the limit for foreign players

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December 30, 2025

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Ivlev said that Dinamo is ready to change the limit for foreign players

Dynamo Moscow is ready to change the limit for foreign players in the Russian football championship. The president of the Dynamo board of directors said this in an interview. Alexander Ivlev.

Ministry of Sports RF proposes to tighten the limit for foreign players by 2028 according to the “10 foreign players in the application, 5 in the field” scheme.

“I can say that Dynamo is ready for these changes. We have wonderful young people who have grown up in the club. And a good core of players at the level of the Russian national team. I think most teams RPL (Mir – Russian Premier League – known source) will be ready for this too. We hope that this will have a positive effect on the quality of play of Russian players,” Ivlev said.

“I believe that foreign footballers have already become part of the ecosystem of Russian football. Those sparks of Latin American and African football that we see performed by the masters in our league, of course, give an additional effect in terms of beauty of football, artistry and all this is also passed on to our players. Therefore, we absolutely cannot refuse these opportunities,” Ivlev added.

According to the current limit, clubs RPL can include 13 foreign players in the application and release 8 foreign players on the pitch. In September, the Russian Football Federation said the current limit allowed young players’ playing time to be increased to 18% for the first time.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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Ivlev said that at a Dynamo match his daughters proposed

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3 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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Ivlev said that at a Dynamo match his daughters proposed

Daughters of the chairman of the board of directors of the Moscow Dynamo football club Alessandra Ivleva They proposed in one of the matches of the Russian championship. Ivlev talked about this in an interview.

Ivlev headed the Dynamo board of directors on October 6.

“I also have many memorable matches related both to the club and to my family. For example, my daughters brought Igor Semshov and Kevin Kuranyi to the field, which was very pleasant for me. I also remember the match with a personal theme, when my youngest daughter received a proposal from her future husband during the Dynamo – Spartak match. It was in our Dynamo stadium. So “Dynamo” is part of my family’s history,” Ivlev said.

He also told how the story of supporting Dynamo began. “I really, really love football. The first time I went to a match was in 1974. My father was a member of the Dynamo club, he even gave me his membership card, the membership fees were glued there. So, he took me to football for the first time. This is the Dynamo – Torpedo match at the old Dynamo stadium. To be honest, I rarely felt such emotions in childhood,” Ivlev noted. — Come, you see a large number of worried people, looking at 22 people on the field. To a guy, these are guys who run and hit the ball. I have already seen this at the level of children’s football in the yard. And here he is as an adult, really, when the fans in the stands scream. In fact, I was very impressed at that moment. From then on, when my father went to games, he always took me with him. Then I started going to the games too. When I started working in business, I often went on trips and went with my friends to watch games in other cities. And in Moscow I have been trying to go to all the home games for 18 years.”

“I played matches at Khimki Arena. I attended almost every match, even when Dynamo was relegated to the National Football League (FNL). Now at the stadium you can often see me in the stands, in the Platinum zone and on the floor, where there are many children’s activities and entertainment, and my granddaughter and I do face painting for her, all kinds of Dynamo symbols on her cheeks. The whole family comes with me and has supported the club for a long time,” added the interlocutor.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.