Bruno Fernandes scored an opening-day hat-trick as Manchester United swept Leeds aside with a devastating second-half display. The Portugal midfielder opened the scoring on the half-hour mark at a packed Old Trafford, but Luke Ayling’s thunderous strike drew Leeds level early in the second half. Mason Greenwood restored the hosts’ lead with a crisp finish […]
New season, same old Arsenal! Shaky at the back, toothless going forward, this all felt very familiar as Mikel Arteta’s men were soundly beaten 2-0 by Brentford. With games against Chelsea and Manchester City coming up this already looks like a long season ahead for the Gunners. Afterwards Mikel Arteta cut a frustrated figure in […]
The Lionel Messi era in Barcelona has officially came to an end as Messi bid farewell to Barca fans in a teary press conference on Sunday. On Friday, Barcelona President Joan Laporta had announced the club could not re-sign their greatest player due to the deep financial issues that the club had. Messi has became […]
Premier League champions Manchester City has broken the British transfer record by completing the signing of Jack Grealish for £100m from Aston Villa. The England international has signed a six-year contract and is expected to make his debut in the Community Shield clash with Leicester City at Wembley. “I am incredibly happy to have joined […]
I have written a lot over the last two years about Lionel Messi’s fractured relationship with FC Barcelona and the possibility of him leaving the club this summer on a free transfer. But still, when the news broke today that Messi was leaving Barcelona, it was a shock, and headline news around the world. Some […]
Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona will see their wage bill slashed for the coming season as clubs continue to struggle financially post-COVID. Unlike in other leagues, in Spain, how much a team can pay in wages is determined by the league and not by the individual clubs. As a result, Barcelona’s salary cap for […]
Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of the month when his contract expires. The veteran defender has spent over 16 years at Real Madrid winning 22 titles along the way. During his farewell press conference, Ramos revealed he had actually tried to accept a […]
Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen was “gone” before he was resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest, the team’s doctor Morten Boesen said in a news conference on Sunday. Eriksen was taken to a hospital in Copenhagen on Saturday after he collapsed on the pitch during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland. “He was gone, and we […]
Inter Miami CF co-owner Jorge Mas says he is “optimistic” about bringing Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to play in Major League Soccer some time. Messi is out of contract with Barca at the end of the month and has previously expressed a desire to play in the United States in the final years of his […]