Yaya Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk appears to be in the process of ensuring his client is sold by Manchester City next summer after a bizarre rant in which he raised questions over the coaching credentials of Pep Guardiola, who looks increasingly likely to get the job at the Etihad. Seluk apparently has not forgotten that […]
Premier League
Jurgen Klopp has warned Pep Guardiola he will need first team squad of 35 players to cope with the hectic fixture demands in England. Guardiola is expected to replace Manuel Pellegrini at the Eastlands next season as Manchester City’s manager and Klopp says the biggest change from Germany is the extra matches that the English […]
In the days before Rafa Benitez was fired as Real Madrid there was some media talk about Carlo Ancelotti returning to the Santiago Bernabéu to manage the Spanish giants. But based on what Ancelotti said over the weekend in a recent interview with Chinese broadcaster Sina Sports, there was never any chance of that as […]
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes did not hold back in his post-match assessment of the Red Devils following their last-ditch FA Cup victory over Sheffield United. Wayne Rooney’s stoppage-time penalty was enough to seal their passage through to the fourth round after Dean Hammond felled Memphis Depay in the area. However, it was another boring […]
Several of the Sunday newspapers are running with the story that Jurgen Klopp has seen enough, or maybe that should be has has not seen enough, of striker Daniel Sturridge and that he is looking to see the England striker in the January transfer window for around £25m. Sturridge has played just 106 minutes of […]
Jurgen Klopp survived his first taste of the FA Cup as his Liverpool youngsters fought back twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at Exeter. Tom Nichols and Lee Holmes had twice given Sky Bet League Two side the lead, the second goal scored direct from a corner which goalkeeper Adam Bogdan somehow allowed to sail […]
According to ‘Cadena Ser’, Spanish prosecutors have asked High Court judge José de la Mata to have Neymar charged on two counts: fraud and corruption, both related with his move to Barcelona during the summer of 2013. Prosecutors have also asked for charges to be brought against the following parties: Barça president, Josep Maria Bartomeu; […]
Winning the title was costly to Chelsea as the Blues had the highest wage bill in the Premier League last season. Something that is unsustainable in the long-run. Chelsea’s wage bill for last season increased by £25m, or 13%, to £215.6m, putting it ahead of Manchester United’s at £203m, Manchester City’s at £193.5m and Arsenal […]
On Wednesday, the CIES Football Observatory published its bi-annual list of the 100 players with the highest transfer values in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The list is calculated on an econometric model by the CIES Football Observatory research team from the analysis of over 1,500 paid transfers since 2010. The criteria used includes […]