In the spirit of champions, Paris Saint-Germain come from behind to beat Bordeaux 2-1 to win the Trophee des Champions and give new manager Laurent Blanc a winning start. Despite winning Blanc will have to be worried about the slow tempo that PSG played at for most of the game. The Ligue 1 champions were […]
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Despite spending around €200m this summer in the transfer market, Monaco boss Claudio Ranieri is still looking to improve his side. “The market is not really finished yet,” Ranieri told BeIN Sport. “I’ll wait for after the next preparatory match and then I will talk to the president and sporting director.” Monaco are tipped by […]
Barcelona are notorious for the way they target and tap up players on opposing teams. For two years all Cesc Fabregas and Arsenal heard from the Camp Nou were comments from Barcelona players and officials about how much they wanted the Arsenal captain to come and join them. And they eventually got their man. This […]
What Financial Fair Play rules? That seems to be the response that Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco and Manchester City are giving to the impending FFP regulations as all three sides continues to spend heavily in this transfer window. On Thursday, Manchester City agreed to buy a Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic for £25.8 m and Sevilla’s […]
For the second time this summer, a top striker has spurned the Premier League for the riches of Ligue 1. First it was Falco choosing Monaco over Chelsea and now Edinson Cavani had chosen Paris Saint-Germain over Chelsea and Manchester City. The French side paid a Ligue 1 record of €64m for the Napoli striker […]
Napoli’s president Aurelio De Laurentiis believes that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will leave Paris Saint-Germain after refusing to play alongside Paris-bound Edinson Cavani. The 31-year-old only arrived at the club from AC Milan last summer, but with Cavani believed to be close to joining PSG from Napoli in a €60 million deal, the Napoli chief claims Ibrahimovic […]
Well it did not take Zlatan Ibrahimovic long to show his displeasure at Paris Saint-Germain’s activity this summer. PSG replaced Carlo Ancelotti with Laurent Blanc 18 days ago and then went and spent £53m to sign Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani away from Napoli. Two moves that Ibra apparently disagrees with. The 31-year-old former Ajax, Juventus, […]
Paris Saint-Germain have announced that Leonardo will resign from his role as sporting director at the Ligue 1 champions once the summer transfer window closes in September. French TV channel beIN Sport, which shares its president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, with the club, broke the news before official confirmation quickly followed via PSG’s official website that Leonardo, […]
Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale finds himself in a very select group as he is part of the 10-man shortlist for the 2012/13 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Bale was brilliant for Spurs last season, scoring 21 goals in 33 Premier League appearances on his way to being named the Barclays Player of the […]