Besides top football players who want to bring in the transfer window, City have managed to extend the contract of the international player Gael Clichy until 2017, he being one of the most important men of the squad.

“I am very happy to have signed a new agreement, and now look forward to next season. Things did not go the way we wanted this year, but I am convinced that we will be stronger and we will learn from this experience,” said Clichy .

“Gael is a professional in every sense of the word and I am delighted that his future is tied to our club. We need such top players and Gael fits perfectly on our strategy,” said Brian Kidd, the assistant coach of the Citizens.

Manchester City transferred Gael Clichy in 2011 from Arsenal for a fee of 7.8 million euros.

The English defender wants to extend the agreement with Manchester United, which expires this summer, following thet the official announcement to be made ​​next week. Negotiations between the two parties have reached an advanced level, and it seems to be a formality, just missing the footballer’s signature.

Even if the Red Devils defender will turn 35 in November, David Moyes, the new manager of Manchester United, wants to continue to rely on Ferdinand’s experience, player who came at Old Trafford in 2002.

Rio Ferdinand has managed this season to win his sixth Premier League title since was transferred to Manchester United, he being also one of the oldest components of the squad. He is surpassed only by the Welshman Ryan Giggs, who plays for the England champion since 1990.

Mata, along with Fernando Torres, is one of the two Spaniards who hold four of the most important trophies in world football: World Cup, Euro, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

He played in 61 matches this season for Chelsea in all competitions and managed to score 17 times and was decisive to the other 28 goals, but he is the one who thanked to his team-mates.

“I thank all my colleagues. I feel very proud to play at a team like Chelsea, with a lot of great football players. We have 25 top players any of them may be the decisive for victory,” said Juan Mata, according to British media.

“It was really special. When you’re 18 and you’re part of the team, Europa League is so great. It was a thrilling experience for me,” says Nathan Ake, the best young player of the season for Chelsea.

Nathan Ake has played two matches to Chelsea in this season Premier League. The Dutchman started in the 1-0 victory achieved away to Norwich. Has played a match in the FA Cup and two in the UEFA Europa League, against Rubin Kazan (90 minutes) and FC Basel (8 minutes).

Being one of the most talented football players in the Bundesliga, Schurrle will reach to the Stamforf Bridge for 20 million pounds. Wolfgang Holzhauser, Leverkusen’s general manager, confirmed this transfer a small retaining, while leaving a small question mark: “Andre Schurrle probably signed a contract with Chelsea. Depends if we let him go. We have received a concrete offer for him and analyze it, ” he said according to caughtoffside.com.

The German international Andre Schurrle is 22 years old and plays at Bayer Leverkusen from 2011 when he came from Mainz. He can play both striker and attacking midfielder, and is one of the most talented young players from the Bundesliga. Through his game drew the attention of the big clubs, but the Premier League giant seems to be the first team that decided to transfer him.

The Londoners started de return leg at the Stamford Bridge with a small advantage from the first clash, when they won in the last minute of the game, thanks to David Luiz. The Swiss were aware that if they really want to get a positive result and thus qualify for the final on Amsterdam ArenA, they must score goals. So they played brave in front of a London team with with the taste of Champions League.

The first 45 minutes were not deprived of opportunities, both groups having in their turn an opportunity to score. But each time, or the sure of the two goalkeepers, or the haste to completion, make the score to be egual almost an entire half. Lampard was the closest to scoring in the 9th minute when sent a shot that hit the bar.

And as in football opportunities revenge, the Swiss have dreamed nice at the half time after the goal scored by Salah, who brought the silence on Stamford Bridge.

Motivated at the break by the interim coach Rafa Benitez, the Blues have shown a different attitude in the second half. At least in the first ten minutes, in which Chelsea assaulted Basel. In just eight minutes, Torres, Moses and David Luiz, scored and solved the equation of qualification, to bewilderment of Murat Yakin’s players, who did not understand what happens to them.

Surprised by this avalanche of goals, guests not had the power to return, even for to record, because the qualification anyway it could not be. So the great opportunities had also the Londoners, and only Sommer’s saving interventions did not leave the score to grow.

Chelsea will fight for the Europa League trophy with Benfica, in the final from Amsterdam, scheduled Wednesday, May 15, on the Amsterdam ArenA.

Basel has minimal chances to move on, because it needs a victory on two goals difference, but the Swiss hope to repeat the surprise from the quarterfinals, when they gave all the calculations over the head and have eliminated Tottenham.

Without Demba Ba, who is not eligible to play in the European Cups once he played fro Newcastle, Rafa Benitez will rely on Fernando Torres in the attack. On the other side, the Swiss will count on the experience of Marco Streller, reached to 31 years.

Chelsea can qualify for the second consecutive year in a European Cup final, after last season won the UEFA Champions League trophy in front of Bayern Munich. Moreover, the Londoners would become the first football team in history to do the double Champions League – Europa League in two consecutive years.

Basel tries to obtain a historic victory in London, the first success from 19 games in England. Statistics say that Basel scored 7 of the 17 goals in the last quarter of an hour.

Last team that beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the European Cups is Manchester United, in April 2011.

Probable Line-ups:

Chelsea: Cech – Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand – Luiz, Ramires – Lampard, Moses, Mata – Torres; Coach: Rafael Benitez

Basel: Sommer – Degen, Park, Dragovic, Schar – Stocker, Serey Die, F. Frei, El Nenny, Salah – Streller; Coach: Murat Yakin

QPR chairman, Tony Fernandes, is not going to replace Harry Redknapp (66 years), the man who trained Tottenham between 2008 and 2012, and give him all his trust to do a good job to the team he leads.

“We had a positive conversation with Harry and it is clear that we want to continue the project that we started here. We know what we have to do, what players want. We need footballers to put the soul, to want victory for us , to be sorry when they lose.” said Fernandes.

“I need to rebuild the team and next season to be truly competitive in the Championship. It will be a big challenge for me, there are many clubs with tradition, with good players, who were in the Premier League, and QPR is only one example . We have a lot of work to do this summer, we want to go back to the first league, but it is not an easy mission to fulfill. ” said Redknapp.

With 3 fixture before the end of the season in the Premier League, Queens Park Rangers has only 25 points, 12 points behind first place that would provide escape from relegation, and this is impossible given that there are 9 points at stake.

Also, Tottenham’s top scorer received the distinction reserved for the best young player of the season and thus became the third player in Premier League history that manages this “double”. The first two were Andy Gray (1977) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2007).

Gareth Bale was the catalyst of Hotspur this season, after the 19 goals scored in 29 matches in which he took off. Andre Villas-Boas’s team is ranked 5th, two points behind Arsenal, but with one game played less.

If will finish on 4th place, Tottenham will qualify for the UEFA Champions League play-off.

As every year, the Professional Footballers Association built the dream team of the season. Thus, the champion United has the most players – four, while only Chelsea (2) and Tottenham (2) had more of a presence in this team.

The dream team of this Premier League season (4-4-2) consists of De Gea – Zabaleta, Ferdinand, Vertonghen, Baines – Mata, Bale, Carrick, Hazard – Van Persie, Suarez.

Prior to this game, United is already champion. It has 84 points (goal difference 78-35), 21 more than Arsenal, who are in third place (agg 65-35) and targets an UEFA Champions League place. The Gunners are 1 point above Chelsea and Tottenham, both with 62 points, and Wenger’s players will try to keep their current place.

In the first leg the victory was of the Red Devils. They won 2-1, thanks to Rovin Van Persie’s success from the 3rd minute and Patrice Evra in 67, while Santi Cazorla scored for the Blues in the last minute of the match (90 +5).

This will be at the same time the first Van Persie’s match at the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal’s adversary. He transferred to Manchester United last summer for about 28.5 million euros, and was a key player for Ferguson’s players.

Probable Line-ups:

Arsenal: Szczesny – Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs – Ramsey, Arteta – Wilshere – Walcott, Podolski, Cazorla;

Coach: Arsene Wenger;

Manchester: De Gea – Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Buttner – Cleverley, Jones – Welbeck, Kagawa, Nani – Chicharito;

Coach: Alex Ferguson.

Luis Suarez’s future at Liverpool is in doubt after the suspension of ten rounds in Premier League received by the Uruguayan for violent gesture made in the derby against Chelsea, when bitten Branislav Ivanovic’s arm. The 26-year-old striker is seriously considering to leave the Reds in the summer, English media reported. “He is destroyed because of the decision”, said Suarez’s family members, thing confirmed even by the South American player.

“I’m not a violent player. I regret what happened to Ivanovic, was something instinctive. I am unhappy because the verdict can blow my dream to be recognized as the best striker in the Premier League this year,” explained his disappointment Liverpool’s top scorer. “We are shocked and disappointed by the severity of the decision,” the grouping from Anfield announced after the third drastic suspension of Suarez in his career.

Seven fixtures was suspended Suarez at Ajax in 2010 for a similar gesture, and eight rounds in 2011, for the conflict with Patrice Evra.