Arsene Wenger defended his transfer policy on Wednesday night — despite Arsenal’s failure to buy a senior outfield player during the summer window. Goalkeeper Petr Cech was his only capture in the window, signing in an £11million deal from Chelsea. In fact Wenger’s Arsenal were the only club in Europe’s top five leagues (Premier, La […]
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It has bene generally assumed in the media that despite screwing-up his transfer on deadline day, that Real Madrid will still sign David de Gea to a pre-contract in January and that the Manchester United goalkeeper will be playing at the Bernabéu next summer. But a lot could happen between now and then, especially when […]
Manchester United current executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has responded to Real Madrid’s 10-point plan of why they should not be blamed for de Gea debacle. It is extremely rare to see two of the biggest clubs in the world is this sort of public squabble, but the story has been all summer that Woodward felt […]
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez is getting hammered in the Spanish media for screwing up the David de Gea transfer and has responded with a 10 point PR statement where he tries and lays the blame for the del fallen apart at the feet of Manchester United. The Real Madrid statement, released on Tuesday said: […]
You cannot make this up. David de Gea will be staying at Old Trafford after the signed contracts from Manchester arrived at the LP headquarters one minute too late and the deal is off!! Start the conspiracy theories on why United sent the contracts in late! Earlier today everything seemed to be in place for […]
He has been heavily criticized for Manchester United’s lack of recent transfer activity but Ed Woodward earned his stripes Monday with the David de Gea deal. United have sold de Gea to Real Madrid for £29 million (39.6m) plus goalkeeper Keylor Navas. The deal makes all parties happy. De Gea and his agent get the […]
Monaco striker Anthony Martial has been given permission by the French Football Federation to leave international duty to complete his transfer to Manchester United. The £36 million deal ‒ which could rise to £58m with bonuses ‒ will see the 19-year-old replace Javier Hernandez after the striker joined Bayer Leverkusen in a £12m move on […]
In a move that has been rumored for almost of the summer, Manchester City have finally signed Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for around £54 million. De Bruyne was voted the best outfield player in the Bundesliga last season, told the Man City website: “I want to reach the highest level possible as a player […]
Not a big surprise to see Barcelona’s Lionel Messi be named the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez. This is the second time that Messi has won the award. Messi, speaking after the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, said: “We’re a unified squad who worked […]