Two of Europe’s big names, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain picked up their first league wins of the season, while Manchester United needed two goals in the last four minutes to win at Sunderland. Elsewhere Bayern Munich flexed their muscles in Germany, thrashing Stuttgart 6-1. Here is a recap of the action across Europe this […]
Ligue 1
Two games and still without a win in the league is not the start that Paris Saint-Germain’s owners expected when they spent massively on new players this summer. On Sunday night, PSGG were held to a 0-0 draw Sunday night by Ajaccio, a performance that is already heaping pressure on PSG boss Carlo Ancelotti. Without […]
Paris Saint-Germain’ march to the Ligue 1 title, hit a speed bump on Saturday as they needed a last-minute penalty from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to Lorient. The script was that PSG would simply march through Ligue 1 this season on the way to the title, but Lorient obviously did […]
Paris Saint-Germain have beaten Inter Milan and Manchester United in the race to sign Lucas Moura from Sao Paulo for a reported fee of €45 million. The Brazilian teenager will move to the Parc des Princes in January because PSG currently has filled all their non-EU positions. It had seen that Manchester United was going […]
The French Ligue 1 football season starts on Friday but the title has already been awarded. “The question is not whether they will win the league but when,” wrote France Football magazine this week. “The question is not whether they will be champions but how often.” After spending over €250m on transfers in 12 months, […]
The bidding frenzy for San Paulo starlet Lucas Moura has taken another crazy turn. Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has claimed that Paris St Germain have offered Sao Paulo €45 million for the midfielder, a fee he believes is “completely illogical”. The Inter President has came to his senses and pulled his club out of […]
The answer to that question appears to be yes, as high-profile signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to make his Paris Saint-Germain debut against D.C. United on Saturday night. “He will start to train this afternoon,” said PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti of Ibrahimovic in a media conference call on Tuesday. “For the game on Saturday, I […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s agent Mino Raiola has been trying to defend his clients huge money move to Qatari-backed Paris Saint-Germain as the deal continues to draw criticism throughout France. New France president Francois Hollande was critical of Ibra’s transfer last week saying: “There are teams who manage to win, even in professional sport… without necessarily having very […]
Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has confirmed that the blockbuster deal between PSG and Inter Milan for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva for €65 million has finally been completed. The two clubs agreed on the deal last week and Silva agreed to personal terms with PSG last week also, but it took Ibrahimovic and his […]