Forbes has released its list of the most profitable football club in the world for last season and the list is dominated by Premier League clubs, who occupied 5 of the 10 places. Manchester United might be struggling on the field, but they dominate off it. During the 2014/2015 season, using June 2015 exchange rates, […]
Real Madrid
The draw for the Champions League semi-final takes place on Friday and there are no shortage of storylines amongst the four semi-finalists: Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City and Real Madrid. For example could we have anther Madrid derby? Atletico knocked Real out of the Champions League last year, but they have been incapable of […]
Cristiano Ronaldo wrote more history for himself on Tuesday night as his hat-trick gave Real Madrid a 3-0 victory over Wolfsburg, sending Los Blancos to the Champions League semifinals. After last week’s lackluster performance in Germany, few gave Zinedine Zidane’s much hope at the Santiago Bernabéu to overturn their two goal deficit. I am not […]
For several years now Cristiano Ronaldo has been linked with a move back to Manchester United. His name is still chanted at every away game and there are some United fans who are convinced that if Sir Alex Ferguson had not retired that Ronaldo would have returned to United in the summer of 2013. With […]
A memorable win in the Clasico last weekend has Real Madrid fans dreaming of a record 11th Champions League trophy. Something that would restore pride to what has been a miserable season for Madridista’s. But on Wednesday night in Germany, Real Madrid reverted to form and they were throughly beaten 2-0 by Wolfsburg at the […]
This was always going to be a crucial summer for Real Madrid with their impending one-year transfer ban looming on the horizon. But instead of focusing on who the Spanish giants will bring in, Madrid president Florentino Perez is faced with a potential unprecedented exodus as Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, James Rodriguez and Isco all […]
Barcelona lead Real Madrid by 12 points in La Liga and defeated their rivals 4-0 earlier in the season ‒ and now the Spanish giants have broken their record by going 35 games unbeaten. Luis Enrique’s side set a new Spanish record after securing a 5-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano on Thursday night. The victory, […]
Blockbuster news out of Spain that Real Madrid superstars Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo both told club president Florentino Perez after their 1-0 defeat to city rivals Atletico Madrid that they wanted to leave at the end of the season. The defeat in the Madrid derby left Real 12 points behind leaders Barcelona in third […]
After losing the Madrid derby to Atletico 1-0 on Saturday, a result that ended Real’s title hopes, Cristiano Ronaldo had no doubt who was responsible for the Spanish giants disastrous domestic season. ‘If everyone else was at my level maybe we would be top of the table.’ Reporters had suggested Ronaldo had not produced his […]