Even with maverick manager Pep Guardiola of Bayern Munich among their ranks the German top tier still doesn't manage to take top spot, with Schalke 04's Roberto di Matteo chipping in with his FA Cup and Champions
League triumphs with Chelsea.
Not exact matches
if all the heavyweights are been linked
with Leicester city players then it's fair to say their
league triumph was no fluke after all.
Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey completed a remarkable double
triumph on Monday when he was presented
with his Danish Super
League winner's medal.
Chelsea may have waltzed comfortably to a Premier
League triumph in 2014/15 but Jose Mourinho will not have been all that impressed
with the impact, or lack thereof, at Champions
League level.
Guardiola first made a name for himself at Barcelona, winning the treble in his first season in charge and going on to enjoy even more success
with further La Liga title wins and another Champions
League triumph in 2011.
u have to be an utterly moronic corporate lacky to try to pretend that it is some kind of achievement to win it) to be a
triumph fa cup is now a second level trophy just like finishing 4th is not like winning the
league... we were told that moving in to a fancy new stadium was our path to competing
with the top European clubs while instead we have since moving in fallen consistently behind..
Among his most impressive
triumphs in his managerial career is the Champions
League title won
with Liverpool in the 2004 - 05 campaign after a stunning comeback against Ancelotti's AC Milan in the final.
The former Villarreal man is arguably in the best form of his career,
with his efforts aiding Diego Simeone's side to a domestic title
triumph last term as well as a run to the Champions
League final.
The former Chelsea boss has a great record in Europe but his UEFA cup and three Champions
League triumphs all came
with clubs outside England.
Rafael Benitez says he is proud of his time at Chelsea,
with the interim manager set to end his time at the club
with silverware, following the Blues» Europa
League triumph.
The 21 year old was a key player in Spain's recent European Under 21 Championship
triumph in Israel and is likely to leave his La Rosaleda side this summer and must now decide between a move to the Bernabeu and a move to Man City where he could reunite
with his former Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini, assuming of course that the Premier
League side are willing to match the offer made by Real Madrid.
Barcelona
triumphed over Manchester City in the first - leg of the last 16 Champions
League clash, yet Dani Alves did not leave the pitch
with a smile on his face.
The Brazil international signed a new two - year deal
with the Spanish giants, three days after their Champions
League final
triumph [BBC Sport].
Rosicky was unlucky to only be able to boast two FA Cup
triumphs for his time in England,
with the Premier
League having strengthened tenfold in his era, with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City's spending having made it incredibly difficult to land the league
League having strengthened tenfold in his era,
with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City's spending having made it incredibly difficult to land the
league league title.
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Whilst the 30 year old was relaxing in the sun his nemesis Lionel Messi was leading his side to a Copa del Rey
triumph, having already secured a La Liga title,
with a Champions
League final on the horizon to boot....
Bale netted 22 goals in his opening season at Real Madrid, helping Carlo Ancelotti's side to Copa del Rey and Champions
League triumphs, and has continued to impress during the club's superb 22 match winning streak and despite reports of any potential bust - ups
with team - mates it's unlikely president Florentino Perez would be considering offers for the player any time soon.
With eight La Liga titles, four Champions
League triumphs, three FIFA Club World Cups and many more to his name, he has been a pivotal figure in Barca's success in recent years and to see him leave at the end of the season would be a disappointment.
Still, even
with Sevilla set to play in the Champions
League after their
triumph in Europe, Bacca could be tempted by a move to a bigger club, though Liverpool's chances of signing him are described as slim after they missed out on a top four place in the Premier
League.
With Leicester's
triumph, I will not be drawn into the issue of money bags winning the
league for 2 reasons;
With another Champions
League triumph looking highly unlikely for Real this season based on current form, La Liga is their best bet of a trophy, and if the Welshman could turn on the style and bag a goal or two to defeat in - form Barcelona at the Nou Camp, it might be enough to make the world sit up and take notice — let alone the Madrid fans.
Chelsea ran out 2 - 0 winners over Arsenal on Saturday,
with Arsene Wenger also seeing Santi Cazorla dismissed, helping Jose Mourinho's side to their second victory on the trot following their midweek Champions
League triumph over Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Khedira won the Champions
League in May and then played a prominent role in Germany's World Cup
triumph over the summer and is therefore clearly a quality performer and perhaps the ideal man to balance out the heaps of midfield creativity at Arsenal
with some much needed defensive nous.
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Well one big way is to convince the mercurial magician that his talents will be rewarded
with a Premier
League winners medal and possibly even
with a Champions
League triumph as well.
After beating Chelsea on penalties in the Community Shield at Wembley, Arsenal's Premier
League campaign started
with an entertaining 4 - 3 home
triumph against Leicester City on the opening night of the season.
Nevertheless, he has played his part in one of the most successful teams for generations and
with four La Liga titles, and two Champions
League triumphs on his CV, he will be a wanted man.
The more recent years have seen increased investment in the team,
with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech coming in, while three FA Cup
triumphs and a top two finish in the
League for the first time in over a decade, has constituted into small steps of improvement again.
However, the
triumph came at a cost,
with Massimiliano Allegri admitting after the match that the World Cup - winning midfielder was a doubt for Juve's midweek Champions
League clash
with Borussia Monchengladbach.
After what has been our most enduring
league campaign, has somehow become respectable
with our cup
triumph, and now the manager is using that display as proof that he is still the correct person to lead this club into next season.
Evidently on both occasions he failed,
with Kante going on to play an instrumental role in Leicester's
triumph last season while he looks as though he's set to make it back - to - back Premier
League titles this season at Stamford Bridge.
However, PSG's Ligue 1 and Coupe de la Ligue
triumphs last season combined
with a run to the Champions
League quarter - finals saw Blanc offered a new contract until June 2016.
You can tell that the confidence is returning to those concerned
with Arsenal Football Club, and although it could hardly have been any worse for us Gooners going into the last international break, the turnaround on the pitch has been remarkable, but I am not sure that it has been quite good enough to get us dreaming of a Premier
League title
triumph just yet.
The Portuguese goalkeeper won 31 trophies in his career (26
with Porto and 5
with Barcelona)-- the highlight being the Champions
League triumph in 2004.
Amongst those are Luis Enrique, who coached Barcelona to the treble in 2015, Guardiola, who led Barcelona to two Champions
League triumphs amongst a plethora of other trophies, and Juan Antonio Pizzi, who won the 2016 Copa America
with Chile.
A first
League Cup
triumph in 1987 thanks to champagne Charlie, the Cup double in 93, and the second double winning Final against Newcastle that provided Arsene
with his first experience of the national stadium.
Should the Gunners
triumph, he would be the oldest coach to win the competition, and the second oldest coach to win any UEFA competition (though Jupp Heynckes would move him back down into third place if he ends up winning this season's UEFA Champions
League with Bayern).
However, although the Foxes incredibly secured a first - ever Premier
League title, Inler had to make do
with a bit - part role in their
triumph, which meant he slipped out of Vladimir Petkovic's squad entirely.
When asked to name his most memorable moments working
with Wenger, it felt telling that Ivan Gazidis mentioned the FA Cup
triumphs — three of them, in 2014, 2015, and 2017 — and hesitated before adding a Champions
League victory over Barcelona.
As the post-war fifties turned into the swinging sixties, Molineux was awash
with league triumphs and success.
No goals have yet to be conceded in the Copa del Rey (having only played L'Hospitalet once
with the second leg on Thursday), neither during their recent World Club Cup
triumph and just 4 have been let in in the Champions
League; AC Milan scoring all of them.
But, according to Onda Cero journalist Alfredo Martinez - who flew back from Berlin
with Barcelona after their Champions
League triumph over Juventus — Gundogan will not be moving to the Nou Camp any time soon.
Perhaps a squad that won the
league title last season, and owns three Champions League triumphs, has lacked edge in the campaign's early stages but is sharpening with a major prize in
league title last season, and owns three Champions
League triumphs, has lacked edge in the campaign's early stages but is sharpening with a major prize in
League triumphs, has lacked edge in the campaign's early stages but is sharpening
with a major prize in sight.
When asked about Juventus completing the double double, the first time in Italian history that a club has won the double
with the
League and Coppa
triumphs in two consecutive seasons, Allegri had this to say -
The two clubs have been drawn together six times in the Champions
League era and five in the knockout stage,
with Barcelona advancing three times and Chelsea
triumphing twice.
Gareth Bale was left on the bench despite scoring
with his first touch as a substitute against Al Jazira on Wednesday to book Madrid's place in the final, as Zinedine Zidane kept faith
with the same side that started Real's Champions
League final
triumph over Juventus back in June.
It was thrilling match from start till the very end and even though it was the French team that managed to come out on top
with the victory as they secured their ticket into the quarter - finals of the Champions
League, this
triumph came at a cost as Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a red card and he will not be able to perform in the upcoming quarter - finals match of PSG against Barcelona.
The club legend has also brought some consistency to the fore, and Liverpool, hopefully
with Steven Gerrard in toe, will arrive at The Hawthorns not only targeting their fourteenth consecutive
triumph over the Baggies (All competitions) but also their third on the spin in the
league.
Undoubtedly, he's one of the greatest managers in recent history
with League titles in Spain, Italy, Portugal and of course England, as well as 3 champions league tri
League titles in Spain, Italy, Portugal and of course England, as well as 3 champions
league tri
league triumphs.
Mario Gomez had a pivotal hand in BJK's
triumph,
with the German forward's 26 goals also earning him the
league's top scorer award.