While the title race has been decided, there is still the matter of a Champions League spot, two Europa League berths and two relegation places are to be claimed or avoided in what promises to be a nerve-wracking finale to the La Liga season on Sunday. Here are some of the stories to follow Sunday […]
Barcelona
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has turned down an incredible £12million-a-year package from Chelsea as he remains determined to take a year off from coaching. The news that Guardiola is not coming to Stamford Bridge has to increase the likelihood that interim boss Roberto Di Matteo will be give the job on an permanent basis at […]
Real Madrid won the Spanish league title for the first time in four years, and a record 32nd time overall, after winning 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Gonzalo Higuain smashed home a superb 16th-minute opener after Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier missed horribly from the penalty spot. But Ronaldo recovered to beautifully create a second […]
Pep Guardiola is expected to announce tomorrow whether he will sign a new contract at Barcelona or quit the Nou Camp. Reports in Barcelona this morning claimed that the Barcelona boss had already held a meeting with club president Sandro Rosell, at which he outlined his future plans. He will convey that message to the […]
Manchester United have been named the most valuable football club in the world for the eight consecutive year by Forbes. United are also ranked as the most valuable team in any sport, worth $2.24billion (£1.4bn), $385million more than baseball’s New York Yankees and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. Arsenal are fourth on the list, worth 1.29billion […]
Barcelona’s game with Real Madrid at Camp Nou has been brought forward by a day to 21 April. El Clásico, which will take place between the two legs of the Champions League semi-finals, has been moved from Sunday to Saturday. Barcelona travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the first leg of their last-four […]
AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic will surely be fined and suspended for his comments after today’s Champions League quarter-final saying that he was left feeling “disgusted” after Barcelona scored from two first-half penalties. Ibrahimovic echoed comments last season by former Inter Milan and current Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in feeling that Barcelona’s European success has […]
Barcelona and Bayern Munich swept into the Champions League semifinals as Lionel Messi became the competition’s most prolific scorer in a single season. Messi scored two first-half penalty kicks and Andres Iniesta added another goal after the break to give Barcelona a 3-1 victory over AC Milan following a 0-0 draw in Italy. Messi’s 14th […]
AC Milan held Barcelona to an 0-0 draw at the San Siro, to leave their Champions League quarter-final tie delicately balanced heading back to the Nou Camp next week. The last time Barcelona failed to score in the Champions League was in the 0-0 draw with Rubin Kazan in November 2009. Both teams had their […]