Real Madrid
There are multiple reports in Italy that Chelsea are set to pay Juventus €100m for defender Daniele Rugani and striker Gonzalo Higuain, in essence covering Juve’s cost to sign Cristiano Ronaldo! Chelsea are finally getting set to announce that Maurizio Sarri is replacing Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge and Sarri has an excellent relationship with […]
Well Florentino Pérez has gotten his wish. Despite winning the Champions League in four of the past five seasons, Real struggled domestically, finishing 17 points behind champions Barcelona last season. Perez has already gotten rid of manager Zinedine Zidane, replacing him with former Spain boss Julen Lopetegui. Next on his wish list was to move […]
Even though the story had been bubbling ever since Portugal got knocked out of the World Cup, few people felt that it would happen. That Cristiano Ronaldo would actually leave Real Madrid. But the Ballon d’Or holder is doing just that, as Juventus will pay Real Madrid €112m for the 33-year-old Ronaldo. In a statement […]
Curiously, Real Madrid have made an official statement denying Spanish state television reports they have offered Paris Saint-Germain €300m for Neymar. The statement on the TVE report read: ‘Given the information issued tonight by TVE on a supposed offer from Real Madrid for Neymar, Real Madrid state that this information is outright false. Real Madrid […]
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to pay a €18.8m fine after pleading guilty to four separate tax offences. According to El Mundo, Ronaldo also accepted a two-year prison sentence with the Public Prosecutors’ Office in Madrid. The newspaper explains this is pending approval from Agencia Tributaria, Spain’s revenue service, which initially levelled the […]
There was no lull in the mud-slinging between the Spanish national team and Real Madrid as the club’s president Florentino Perez labelled the decision to sack Julen Lopetegui ‘absurd’. Spain kick-off their World Cup on Friday against Portugal but there was no amnesty, with Perez defending his club’s decision to poach the national team boss […]
The hunt for a new manager at Real Madrid continues after Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said that he turned down an offer to replace Zinedine Zidane at the Champions League winners because he had already committed to the Italian champions. Real appointed former Spain manager Julen Lopetegui on Tuesday, but Allegri had been among the […]
Sadio Mane was close to joining Real Madrid before Zinedine Zidane resigned as manager – but the deal could still be revived this summer, according to reports in France. The Liverpool striker is reported to have been the first major signing lined up by Real Madrid on the back of them winning a third successive […]