Jose Mourinho was introduced at the Bernabeu as the new coach of Real Madrid after signing a four-year deal with the Spanish side Mourinho becomes the ninth coach at Real Madrid in the last six years. In introducing Mourinho, Real sporting director Jorge Valdano said: “It’s an honour to have with us one of the […]
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Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti and Real Madrid President Florentino Perez met in Milan on Friday and agreed on the compensation that Real will pay Inter for Jose Mourinho. Mourinho’s contract had a 16million euros release clause in it, but it appears that Real will only have to pay Inter 8million euros for the best […]
Talk about an anti-climatic press conference this evening in Madrid. Real president Florentino Perez told a news conference that Madrid has sacked Manuel Pellegrini and would be replacing him with Jose Mourinho. Note the would be part of that sentence. Mourinho is still officially the manager of Inter Milan. “I am ready to admit to […]
Lyon crushed Real Madrid’s dream of reaching the Champions League final at their Santiago Bernabeu home, as Madrid were knocked out of the Round of Sixteen for the sixth consecutive season. Lyon led 1-0 from the first leg but Real Madrid got back on levels terms when Cristiano Ronaldo scored after only six minutes. Ronaldo […]
Real Madrid has once again regained the top spot the Deloitte Football Money League, but that is only because of the continuing decline of the pound against the euro. The Deloitte Football Money League list is based on clubs’ revenue excluding transfer fees Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said: “All […]
Real Madrid were jeered off by their own fans after being dumped out of the Copa del Rey by minnows Alcorcon after only managing a 1-0 fourth round second leg win at an expectant Bernabeu. Madrid suffered one of the biggest humiliations in their history after losing the first leg 4-0, and the Spanish giants […]
It took four rounds of play but the Champions League group stages is finally heating up. If the group stages finished as they are now, then Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Liverpool would all be playing in the Europa League. Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan were five minutes away from an 9th consecutive Champions League game […]
Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini was left “very embarrassed” after seeing the most expensive team in world football lose 4-0 to a third tier village side Alcorcon in the Spanish King’s Cup. Real fielded a strong team but were 3-0 down to the Segunda Division B club by half-time in the round of 32 first […]