Stunning headlines in Real Madrid’s unofficial mouthpiece Marca today that Gareth Bale’s representatives have been in talks with the Spanish giants to take the initial steps in the process to renew the Welshman’s contract. Since arriving in Madrid from Spurs, Bale has been linked with a return to the Premier League, with Chelsea and Manchester […]
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According to media reports Liverpool have made a £24.5m offer for Shakhtar Donetsk forward Alex Teixeira. The prolific 26-year-old Brazilian had been targeted by Chelsea with Shakhtar willing to sell, but it looks like Liverpool have jumped ahead of their Premier League rivals. Teixeira has scored 22 goals in 15 league games this season, as […]
According to reports out of England and Spain, Real Madrid have quoted Manchester United a price £60m for 24-year-old Colombian star James Rodriguez – or Hamez to those of a Spanish persuasion. At first glance this is a deal that United should not need to think twice about accepting. Rodriguez was the star of the […]
Fascinating comments by former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers over the weekend on the Reds failed transfer policy, admitting for the first time that he never had the last word on transfers. Liverpool have wasted over £100m over the last two summer on bad buys, and Rodgers firmly laid the blame for that at the foot […]
The news that Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been hit with the same transfer ban that Barcelona served in 2015 leads to the question. Is this a Spanish problem or are other teams throughout Europe engaging in the same practice in the way they bring in kids from around the world to […]
As expected Real Madrid have joined their city rivals Atletico in appealing FIFA’s transfer ban. Real issued a statement today that said in full: The full statement read: Real Madrid CF has received the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of FIFA, dated July 23, 2015, by which sanctions are imposing a ban on signing two […]
There have been rumors for months now that FIFA was going to hand Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid with the same penalty that they gave Spanish rivals Barcelona- a two window transfer ban. Today FIFA confirmed those rumors as being true with the announcement that the two Madrid sides have been hit with a transfer […]
Five weeks ago after United had been knocked out of the Champions League, Ed Woodward sat down with his favorite reporters and said that he was happy with the job that Louis van Gaal was doing. The story that was spun was that domestic glory was more important that European trophies and with United only […]