The Tuesday papers in the UK are all covering the story that Manchester United are willing to smash their transfer record to sign midfielder Juan Mata from Chelsea. Chelsea have an unhappy player in Mata, while David Moyes and Manchester United are desperate to sign a big name. So paying over the odds for the […]
Premier League
The interesting tweet from @giggs_boson over the weekend that shows the average number of academy players used in starting 11 this season in the top 5 leagues. Arsenal leads the Premier League with 3.9 players per game. Not a big surprise to see that Barcelona’s starting line-up this season has contained just over seven players from […]
Back in May I wrote that the transfer fee that Barcelona paid for Neymar was severely underreported and now El Mundo has came out and claimed that the total deal is worth €95m, not the €57m that Barcelona have claimed. If that is the case, they Neymar is the most expensive player in history, not […]
While The FA appears clueless about how to handle Nicolas Anelka’s “quenelle” celebration, West Brom sponsor Zoopla have announced they are ending their sponsorship with the club at the end of the season. The property website, co-owned by Jewish businessman Alex Chesterman, is the club’s main sponsor and they have announced that they will pull […]
Finally it appears that David Moyes and Manchester United have decided to tap into Sir Alex Ferguson’s rolodex and his personal relationships to fix a transfer process that is obviously not working. Despite being linked with a host of big names for 1 1/2 transfer windows now, United manager David Moyes and CEO Ed Woodward […]
Samuel Eto’o’s hat-trick helped Chelsea beat Manchester United 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday a result that left Jose Mourinho’s side within two points of leaders Arsenal. But the defeat means title-holders United are now 14 points behind the Gunners with 16 league games of the season remaining. Closing the six point gap to […]
According to reports in the Standard and Daily Mail, Manchester United have had a sensational bid for Juventus pair Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal turned down. David Moyes watched Juventus play on Sunday and United officials met with Juventus’s chief transfer negotiator after the game about a double move for Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal. Pogba is currently valued at a whopping […]
The investors on Wall Street have voted, and they dislike the direction of the Premier League champions even less the supporters do. Over the last month, the financial markets have slashed the teams value by £250m to £1.5B. Three loses in a week, an early exit from the FA Cup and doubt over whether United […]