Manchester City today announced they lost £121m for the 12 months ending 31 May this year, up from a loss of £92.5m for the previous year. The £121m is the second largest loss in history for a Premier League team. Chelsea back in 2004-2005 set the record with a £141m loss. Man City chief executive […]
U.S. men’s national team head coach Bob Bradley has included Schalke 04 midfielder Jermaine Jones, Aston Villa defender Eric Lichaj and FC Dallas winger Brek Shea in his 20 man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Poland (Oct. 9th in Chicago) and Colombia (Oct. 12 in Chester, Pa.). With the fixture dates falling during the […]
Stunning news from Italy as the Italian Players’ Association (AIC) have announced that the players in Italy’s top flight will go on strike on the weekend of September 25-26. The biggest game that would be affected by the strike is Roma v Inter Milan on the 25th. A statement issued by AIC said: “The AIC, […]
Stunning news from Italy as the Italian Players’ Association (AIC) have announced that the players in Italy’s top flight will go on strike on the weekend of September 25-26. A statement issued by AIC said: “The AIC, in complete agreement with all the Serie A clubs, have decided that these teams will not go out […]
In a move that surprised no one Portugal have fired coach Carlos Queiroz. Queiroz has recently been handed a six-month ban for allegedly insulting anti-doping agents before this year’s World Cup. A Portuguese Football federation statement read: “Given the recent events, and after reviewing the current situation concerning the national coach, the directorate of the […]
Aston Villa are expected to announce later today that Gerard Houllier has been named their new manager replacing Martin O’Neil. Houllier still needs to find an assistant manager with Gary McAllister and Dietmar Hamann, who both played under Houllier for Liverpool, have been linked with the role. He is expected to meet his new team […]
Real Madrid Wednesday announced net profit for the 2009-2010 season jumped 11.5 percent from the previous year on what it said were the highest revenues “of any sports institution in the world.” It said gross revenues for the season were 442.3 million euros, up 8.6% from the previous year. I believe this is the first […]
Real Madrid Wednesday announced net profit for the 2009-2010 season jumped 11.5 percent from the previous year on what it said were the highest revenues “of any sports institution in the world.” It said gross revenues for the season were 442.3 million euros, up 8.6% from the previous year. I believe this is the first […]