Manchester United are set to sign a world record five-year £300m kit deal with Nike that will more than triple the annual amount they receive under their current contract. It is almost double the current most lucrative deal, Real Madrid’s £31m-a-year tie-up with adidas. United have also reportedly been granted sales rights for their kits, […]
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Fernando Torres scored a 90th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-1 and moved into second place above Liverpool on goal difference in the Premier League. It was a very up an down game for Torres. He missed an absolute sitter early in the first half but then he left Clichy for dead with a […]
Ten-man Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 1-0 while Liverpool maintained their hold on second place as Luis Suárez hit a hat-trick as Liverpool were too good for West Brom. It was a mixed 20 minutes for Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta as he scored a penalty to put Arsenal 1-0 at Palace before he was sent off for […]
The David Moyes era is not off to a good start as Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton. United’s teenage winger Adnan Januzaj celebrated his new five-year contract by creating the game’s opening goal in the 26th minute with a superb through ball for Wayne Rooney. Rooney’s shot was […]
Chelsea have reportedly told Atletico Madrid that on-loan goalkeeper and Barcelona target Thibaut Courtois is available next summer at a price of €24m (£21m). Courtois has been on loan to the La Liga side for three years and has developed into one of the best young goalkeepers in the world. AS Sport is reporting that […]
Fascinating interview in the Daily Mail of Jose Mourinho. In it, Mourinho talks about what he has done to get John Terry back playing well on a consistent basis. ‘He’s recovering his self-esteem. In the last few years he was not playing a lot, he had problems on the pitch, he had problems outside the […]
Love this story. Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has hit out at the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations saying that it doesn’t let small teams compete. Speaking at the Leaders in Football conference last month Buck said: “The problem we have identified with Financial Fair Play is that it goes a long way to preserving […]
Oh the irony of the comments from Wayne Rooney about how the arrival of Robin van Persie at Manchester United in August last year had fueled his desire to leave Old Trafford. Talking publicly for the first time since he tried to orchestrate a move to Chelsea this summer, Rooney said that he wanted to […]
Struggling Sunderland have hired Gus Poyet with the responsibility of securing their Premier League survival, announcing that they have appointed him as manager on a two-year contract. Poyet who previously worked at second-tier Brighton and Hove Albion, succeeds Paolo Di Canio, whose seven-month tenure left the north-east club at the foot of the table. Di […]