Rafa Benitez today announced that he will leave Napoli at the end of the season after two disappointing years in charge. Benitez is expected to be unveiled as the new coach of Real Madrid next week after the Spanish giants fired Carlo Ancelotti on Monday. Madrid-born Benitez spoke in a press conference alongside Napoli president […]
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Sometimes you have to wonder why successful businessmen can continue to make the same mistake over and over when they run a football team. Despite winning the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has fired Carlo Ancelotti less than 12 months ago he delivered the long awaited ‘LA […]
Interesting little piece in the Spanish newspaper Marca on Thursday that Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has met with club president Florentino Pérez to find out what the club’s intentions are for next season. Mentioned in the newspaper that since Ronaldo arrived at the Bernebeu in 2008 he has scored 223 goals, an average of […]
Juventus will face Barcelona in the Champions League final after Alvaro Morata came back to haunt his former club with the precious away goal in a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday to progress 3-2 on aggregate. With Juventus leading 2-1 from the first leg, Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half penalty had […]
The biggest transfer story this summer will be Juventus star Paul Pogba, who has been linked to the biggest clubs in Europe. According to Spanish publication AS, Juventus are preparing for Pogba’s departure this summer and have stuck a €100 million price tag to his head. The report goes on to say that the Italian […]
Two former Manchester United stars got the headlines as Juventus beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 76th goal of his Champions League career to nudge ahead of Lionel Messi in the all-time standings but it was his former teammate Carlos Tevez who scored the […]
Luis Suárez scored his first hat-trick for Barcelona as they thrashed Cordoba 8-0 away from home, while Real Madrid kept pace in the title race courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo treble at Sevilla. For 41 minutes there was no sign that Barca were going score eight goals. Brave defending by Cordoba took them within minutes […]
First is was Barcelona who were punished for illegal transfer dealings and not it looks like their bitter rivals, Real Madrid could be facing the same punishment. A report by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser that Carlo Ancelotti’s team were to be handed a year-long transfer ban similar to that Barcelona find themselves under this […]