David De Gea’s contract negotiations with Manchester United just took as bad turn as hi agent Jorge Mendes refused to commit the United goalkeeper to United beyond his current contract, which runs out in 18 months. “David is amazing, he’s brilliant,” Mendes told Marca, when asked if he could envision the 24-year-old donning a Real […]
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Barcelona have been forced to defend club-record signing Luis Suarez after the former Liverpool man put on another disappointing performance against Atletico Madrid in the Coppa del Rey on Wednesday night. Barca’s record £75mm summer signing from Liverpool has looked a shadow of the player who terrorized Premier League defense the last two season and […]
Deloitte have released their 2014 Football Money League standings and while Real Madrid maintain their hold on first place, Manchester United have leapfrogged Bayern Munich and Barcelona and moved into second place after their revenues rose to £433.2m from £363.2m. United’s rise is down to its rapid commercial growth, and with more deals announced this […]
According to Spanish newspaper AS, La Liga champions Atletico Madrid are close to agreeing a sale of a 20% stake in the club to Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin. Atleti president Enrique Cerezo has flown out to Beijing to meet with chief executive Miguel Angel Gil, who is already there working on negotiations with Wang over […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Real Madrid fans to get behind Gareth Bale after the Wales international has came under fire in Spain for being “greedy”. Bale was jeered by some Madrid supporters at the Bernabeu at the weekend when, instead of laying up what could have been a tap-in for Ronaldo inside him, he opted […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world for the third time, beating Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer. Ronaldo had previously won in 2008 and 2013. The Real Madrid striker was simply brilliant in 2014, leading La Liga in goals scored (31), the Champions League (17) and winning […]
Manchester City and Chelsea have been linked with a blockbuster move for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in the summer, but according to one football finance expert, only one club in Europe can afford Messi under Financial Fair Play and that is Manchester United. Note. Real Madrid can also afford Messi, but the four-time World Player […]
The Lionel Messi will he stay or leave saga threatens to destroy the rest of Barcelona’s season will news breaking on a daily basis about is relationship with the club. On the morning that the news broke that Chelsea had spoken to Messi’s father (and agent) about a possible move this summer, former Barcelona assistant […]
According to Catalan radio station RAC 1, Chelsea have been in touch with Lionel Messi’s dad to sound him out about a possible move to London in the summer. The exact words used on the airwaves were that the club owned by Roman Abramovich approached the star’s father, Jorge, “to raise the option of playing […]