Once again Liverpool FC and Fenway Sports Group (FSG) have sold one of their stars as midfielder Philippe Coutinho has been sold to Barcelona for a reported €120m with another €40 in potential add-ons. That transfer makes the 25-year-old Coutinho, for the moment, the second-most expensive player in world football behind Neymar. But when the […]
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They are 11 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and in the knockout stages of the Champions League – but Bayern Munich were handed another boost on Thursday as James Rodriguez confirmed he wants to stay at the club. The Colombian midfielder was brought to Bavaria on a two-year loan deal from Real […]
Barcelona have confirmed that record summer signing Ousmane Demebele has made a full recovery from the thigh injury that has kept him sidelined for almost four months. Dembele, who moved to the Nou Camp from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of £96.8million, ruptured a tendon in his left thigh during Barca’s 2-1 victory over Getafe […]
Jurgen Klopp declared himself uninterested with the latest installment of the Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona transfer saga after Liverpool began 2018 with a big three points at Burnley. New Year’s Eve had brought anger and frustration for Reds fans as Barcelona’s long and rather public pursuit of Coutinho took a fresh twist. Sportswear giants Nike, […]
It’s been a long three months for Diego Costa, but the former Chelsea forward has been formally introduced as an Atletico Madrid player. Costa is set to wear Atleti’s No 18 jersey after unveiled in front of around 25,000 fans at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday, where he revealed he waited “a long time” to […]
Zinedine Zidane will be forced into a rethink of his attacking plans after striker Karim Benzema has picked up a hamstring injury, ruling him out for two to three weeks. The French international picked up the problem early on in the Clasico defeat on December 23, and an MRI scan on Saturday confirmed the injury. […]
According to his father, Eden Hazard turned down the offer of a new deal at Chelsea in order to increase his chances of moving to Real Madrid. The Belgian forward claimed last month that ‘everyone knows the admiration I have for Real Madrid’, increasing speculation he could leave Stamford Bridge. Now Thierry Hazard, Eden’s father, […]
Real Madrid star Isco has angrily dismissed reports that he refused to continue warming up during the weekend’s el clasico against Barcelona. Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 thrashing at the Bernabeu with Luis Suarez and Aleix Vidal also finding the net, a result that all but ended the title race in Spain. A […]
Real Madrid are eight points behind Barcelona after both sides were held to draws on the weekend. Barca dropped points at home to Celta Vigo, while Madrid could only draw 0-0 with a poor Athletic Bilbao side who three days before had been knocked out of the cup by third-division opponents. It was a miserable […]