After losing the Madrid derby to Atletico 1-0 on Saturday, a result that ended Real’s title hopes, Cristiano Ronaldo had no doubt who was responsible for the Spanish giants disastrous domestic season. ‘If everyone else was at my level maybe we would be top of the table.’ Reporters had suggested Ronaldo had not produced his […]
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According to Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, Real Madrid want to sell James Rodriguez this summer in order to finance future transfers. Zinedine Zidane wants to bring in his own Galacticos before Real Madrid’s transfer ban takes effect, with Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski at the top of his wish […]
Real Madrid supporters used to drape a huge banner behind the south goal at the Bernabeu to ridicule their city neighbours ahead of Madrid derbies. It read: ‘Wanted: respectable rival for a decent derby’. Atletico were on a 13-year run of never having beaten Real at the time. Those were the dark days before the […]
After a disastrous start to his reign as Valencia boss, it looks like Gary Neville has turned things around with three wins in the last week. That change of fortune has prompted the club to consider offering Neville a new two-year deal. Valencia’s president Layhoon Chan in a recent interview with AS made it clear […]
According to reports out of Italy, Inter Milan have reached a pre-contract agreement with Sevilla’s Ever Banega, whose contract expires in the summer. Banega flew into Milan recently to complete the first part of his medical and finalize terms on a new three-year deal. The free transfer signing would represent a significant coup for Inter, […]
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says he is confident of retaining all of the club’s key stars despite acknowledging that the money in the Premier League is an issue for the European champions. Bartomeu said players including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique would be able to earn more if they […]
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal need to be “much more efficient” against Barcelona after failing to score with 24 shots against Hull in the FA Cup. A combination of poor finishing and excellent goalkeeping kept the much-changed Gunners out at the Emirates. “We need to be much more efficient [against Barcelona] because one thing is for […]
The Chinese Super League continue to splash the cash around Europe with Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande the latest club to smash China’s transfer fee record after signing Atletico Madrid’s unsettled Colombian striker Jackson Martinez for €42m (£32m). The purchase broke the week-old Chinese record fee of €28m paid by Jiangsu Suning to acquire Brazilian midfielder […]
The off-the-field problems of Barcelona star Neymar took a turn for the worst on Tuesday when Brazilian authorities charged him with tax evasion and falsifying documents over a seven-year period. The federal prosecutor’s office alleged that the striker committed the crimes between 2006, when he was just a promising youngster at Brazilian football club Santos, […]