Barcelona’s Lionel Messi created history today as he was awarded the FIFA Ballon d’Or for a fourth consecutive time. Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or comfortably, polling 41.60% of the votes, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo on 23.68% and Andrés Iniesta on 10.91%. The Barca magician, became the first player ever to have won the World […]
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Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric admits he has found life at the Bernabeu “challenging” since leaving Tottenham in the summer. The Croatian playmaker completed a €35million move to the La Liga champions after spending four years at White Hart Lane, but he has struggled to break into the Real Madrid line-up. Jose Mourinho recently criticised […]
The rumours of Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United will not die, and the Sun has come up with an interesting scenario where Ronaldo could return to Old Trafford in a £60 million deal. In addition to the cash, Nani and goalkeeper David de Gea would move in the opposite direction to […]
It looks like Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Real Madrid this summer, creating an opening in their line-up for a left footed player. And if today’s Marca is any indication, the courting of Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale to replace Ronaldo has begun. The Daily Mail is reporting that Real are putting together a £33m offer (€40m) […]
The results of an online survey by Marca.com are pretty clear, The Real Madrid fans have had enough of Jose Mourinho and they want him fired. Benching Casillas for the Málaga game on Saturday was the last straw for the Madridista. A question by over the weekend “Should Real Madrid sack Mourinho?” was answered by […]
Any faint hope that Real Madrid fans of retaining the La Liga title ended today as they lost 3-2 at Malaga. The defeat, combined with Barcelona’s early 3-1 win at Valladolid, means that Jose Mourinho’s side will enter the Christmas break an unbelievable 16 points behind Barca. For some strange reason, Mourinho dropped/rested Iker Casillas […]
There have been rumours for it for a while now, that Cristiano Ronaldo and José Mourinho would be heading to Paris Saint Germanin this summer. And in an interview in Marca, Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Paris Saint Germain owner Sheikh Nasser Al Khelaifi’s right-hand man, confirmed the French club’s interest in signing the Portuguese duo. […]
You knew that Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez could not let Jose Mourinho’s surrender of its La Liga title go unchallenged. So no surprise to hear Perez respond on Monday at a charity event saying: “One of Madrid’s sporting principles is to never give up, no matter how difficult the challenge. One should never give […]
While Usain Bolt may be the fastest man in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo did something overt the weekend that I am not sure Bolt could equal. In the match against Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo covered 96 metres in only 10 seconds. Although that is some way off Bolt’s world record, keep in mind that Ronaldo was […]