It has been an unusual summer in the Spanish capital as Florentino Pérez apparently misplaced his checkbook as Real Madrid had only spent €52m on new signings this summer, more than 60% (€31.5m) of that spent on the signing Danilo from Porto. But after a full preseason to look over his squad, Rafa Benitez has […]
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Manchester United bound Pedro was the hero as Barcelona added the UEFA Super Cup to their treble win of trophies last season with a stunning 5-4 win over Sevilla. Two magnificent free-kicks from Lionel Messi plus goals from Rafinha and Luis Suarez looked to have Barça well on course to claim their fourth trophy of […]
It’s a situation that Manchester United probably never thought they would be in. Less than 72 hours away from their first Premier League game of the season, at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, and David De Gea is still a Uniyted player. The long running summer transfer saga appears to be coming to an […]
It was exactly as Manchester United feared. Sergio Ramos had no intention of ever leaving Real Madrid and the news that he has signed a new deal that will keep him at the Bernabéu until 2020 confirmed those fears. Ramos used the interest from United, as others have done also, to get more a bigger […]
We are not yet into August and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has accused Liverpool and Manchester United of trying to buy the title, of Arsenal of out-spending the Blues, and now he has called Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez fat. What will he be like in mid-season when the pressure is really on? Mourinho was […]
For all his posturing about how much he wanted to join Manchester United, at the end of the day all Sergio Ramos apparently wanted was more money from Real Madrid. And by all accounts he will get it. According to MARCA, Madrid president Florentino Pérez and club director José Ángel Sánchez met with Ramos and […]
European and Spanish champions Barcelona will “fight” to stop the best players joining the Premier League, says the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu. The Premier League’s new £5.1bn television deal will give English clubs huge financial power from the 2016-17 season. But European champions Barcelona feel they can combat the threat. “We are going to […]
According to Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, the Spanish champions are not buying new players for this summer after completing the purchases of Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan Spain defender Vidal signed for Barca last month following his transfer from Sevilla and Turkey international midfielder Turan recently joined the Catalan giants from Atletico Madrid. “We’ve made […]
Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez is “100 percent” sure Sergio Ramos will stay in the Spanish capital despite interest from Manchester United. United are willing to exchange goalkeeper David De Gea for Ramos, who is unhappy about the salary he has been offered as part of a new deal at the Bernabeu. Ramos and Madrid […]