There was derby joy for Manchester City and AS Roma this weekend as they beat respective neighbours Manchester United and Lazio. Meanwhile Barcelona and Atlético Madrid extended their own perfect starts in Spain and the big money game in France between Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain ended 1-1. England It is the blue side of Manchester […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his flirtation with Manchester United and signed a new five year deal with Real Madrid that will pay him a reported €18m a year after tax, plus 50% of his image rights, making him the world’s best-paid player. Ronaldo has scored a remarkable 203 goals in 203 games since joining for […]
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the €100m man Gareth Bale will make his official Real Madrid debut in this weekend’s Liga match away against Villarreal. The former Paris Saint-Germain coach says Bale will play some part of the game but did not disclose whether or not the 24-year-old would start. “Bale will travel to Villarreal […]
Really interesting comments from Gerard Pique that Barcelona become too predictable under Tito Vilanova last season and that new coach Gerardo Martino’s tactical approach gives the team more options. “We’ve had a number of years with homegrown coaches in charge, first Pep and then Tito,” Pique told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “We occasionally tended to […]
Explosive comments by Spain coach Vicente del Bosque that Iker Casillas was dropped by Jose Mourinho last season because he attempted to ease tensions between the Spain internationals that play for Real Madrid and Barcelona. As games between Real and Barcelona intensified in bitterness, there were concerns in Spain that the relationship between Real’s Spain […]
The question of how eal Madrid could afford to spend €100m for Gareth Bake under Uefa’s financial play rules has been answered with the announcement that for the 2012-13 financial year, the Spanish side had record revenues of €520.9 million, profits of €36.9 million and a lowered declared financial debt of €90.6 million. The figures […]
Add Cristiano Ronaldo to the long list of Real Madrid players who are not happy with the sale of Mesut Ozil’s to Arsenal. Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos and Isco have all weighed in on the sale, but it is the remarks of Cristiano Ronaldo that will worry Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez the most. Ronaldo is […]
Gareth Bale was presented to Real Madrid supporters today following his world record £85.3m (100m euros) transfer from Tottenham. Bales received a tremendous reception from the more than 20,000 fans at the Bernabeu Stadium and speaking in Spanish told fans: “It is a dream to be here in Madrid. Thank you for this welcome.” Bale […]
Reports out of Spain say that Arsenal have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for between €45-50m for Mesut Özil, smashing Arsenal’s transfer record. It seems that Real Madrid accepted bids from both Arsenal and Manchester United, but the Gunners offered to pay him €2m a year more in wages! Ozil is class, with 30 […]