Real Madrid vice-president Fernando Fernández Tapias told journalists in La Coruña on Thursday that he expected Gareth Bale to have joined the club by now and has accused Tottenham of dragging their feet over the deal. Asked if he thought that Bale will sign for Madrid, Fernández-Tapias said: “There are problems, but I think it […]
Premier League
The Mirror’s Ian Ladyman is reporting that Manchester United will invite Wayne Rooney for contract talks later thus year. Despite Rooney’s attempts this summer to force a move to Chelsea this summer, Ladyman writes that United will open the door to talks about a new deal for the England star if the fuss of the […]
A massive boost for Inter Milan in the era of Financial Fair Play as they have signed a new 10-year agreement with Nike that will pay the club roughly net €200m. “Inter and Nike have renewed their sponsorship agreement for a further 10 years, a deal that will take the companies’ partnership past the 25-year […]
The first meeting of the season between Premier League contenders failed to live up to the hype as Manchester United and Chelsea played out a scoreless draw at Old Trafford. Both team’s lineups contained surprises. David Moyes started Wayne Rooney, who has been the subject of two Chelsea bids this summer, while Jose Mourinho played […]
Cardiff City pulled off the first major upset of the Premier League season as they beat Manchester City 3-2. Fraizer Campbell was the match-winner, scoring twice in the last 11 minutes to give Malky Mackay’s men victory after Aron Gunnarsson had cancelled out Edin Dzeko’s fine 52nd-minute opener for Manchester City. It was Cardiff’s first […]
Lukas Podolski scored two goals as Arsenal picked their first league win of the season, while Liverpool have won their first two games for the first time in five years. Arsene Wenger’s side were heavily criticized after last weekends home by Aston Villa, but a 3-0 win in midweek against Fenerbahce gave them some momentum […]
Shocking comments in the Daily Mail from Jack Wilshere who has branded Arsene Wenger’s critics ‘ridiculous’ and warned he would have to reconsider his future at Arsenal if Wenger was no longer the Arsenal manager. ‘I want to win things with Arsenal and I want to be there in the future but if the boss […]
Absolutely gobsmacked at Arsene Wenger’s comments today about possible incoming transfers. The Arsenal boss was asked about whether the Luis Suarez transfer is dead, and according to The Guardian this was his response: “Yes. There is absolutely no chance of that.” Wenger continued that he remained in the market for a midfielder. “Quality-wise we don’t […]