Wesley Fofana took a huge step in his Premier League career by signing for Chelsea this week.It's been a rocky ride for the 21-year-old since he broke his leg in pre-season for Leicester City last year, taking the long road back to recovery having enjoyed a stunning debut campaign in England.However, not only has Fofana fought his way back from injury in 2022, but he's managed to keep his stock so high that Chelsea were willing to pay one of the biggest ever transfer fees for a centre-half to snap him up this summer.

Since joining Liverpool in 2011, Jordan Henderson has overcome many obstacles on his climb to the top of English football. Over the last 11 years, Liverpool's captain fantastic has established himself as an integral cog and leader in the Reds' midfield, guiding the Merseyside club to European glory in 2019 and the side to their first Premier League title in 2020. But his journey has been nothing short of inspiring. Throughout his career, the 33-year-old has encountered many different obstacles, from a snub from Manchester United early in his career to a serious knee ligament injury during the 2015/16 season. Yet one of the greatest stories from Henderson's journey came in his first two years at Liverpool.

Leicester City flew out of the blocks against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night.With the Foxes having made a slow start to the Premier League season, they had a chance to build on their cup success of the 2020/21 campaign as they made the notoriously difficult trip to Anfield.However, it's no secret that Jurgen Klopp doesn't tend to pile his resources into the Carabao Cup and FA Cup quite in the same way that he does with the Premier League and Champions League.

Manchester United appear to be in the hunt for an interim manager in the wake of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's sacking on Sunday. As much as the Red Devils would love to be able to snap up a world-class coach halfway through the season, it looks more likely that the club will have to park their long-term plans until the summer.Besides, reported targets such as Brendan Rodgers, Mauricio Pochettino, Luis Enrique and Erik ten Hag are already under contact with Leicester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Spain and Ajax.

Manchester United players and staff were ‘in tears’ following Saturday’s 4-1 defeat away at Watford.This is according to the Manchester Evening News [MEN], who understand that emotions were running high at Vicarage Road after the final whistle.The report adds that many United players felt the Watford match was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s final game in charge of the club.Solskjaer was booed by United’s travelling supporters while attempting to apologise for another shambolic team performance.The Norwegian coach, who initially took charge of the Red Devils on a temporary basis after Jose Mourinho was sacked in December 2018, is expected to be relieved of his duties on Sunday.An emergency board meeting was called on Saturday evening and, according to Duncan Castles of The Sunday Times, concluded with co-chairman Joel Glazer deciding the time has come for the beleaguered Solskjaer to be replaced as manager.Darren Fletcher is expected to be placed in temporary charge of the team for Tuesday night’s Champions League clash against Villarreal.

Mesut Ozil is one of the most technically gifted footballers to ever grace the Premier League.Say what you like about the way in which his Arsenal career came to an end, there can be no denying that the German had the ability to flip a game on its head like few others have in England.Any opposition team from top four contenders to relegation candidates would know that they were in for 90 minutes of pure footballing terror if Ozil was at the top of his game.