Pep Guardiola has defended Manchester City in light of allegations the club breached financial fair play regulations and said they have to “accept it” if people claim they only win because of because of their spending power. German magazine Der Spiegel released a number of stories based on so-called Football Leaks data alleging City had […]
Leonardo Jardim is under consideration by Real Madrid to be their next permanent first team coach. Jardim won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title with Monaco and also guided them to that season’s Champions League semifinals, but was relieved of his duties last month after a poor start to the 2018-19 campaign. Madrid are still looking […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said the quality of the Premier League is “overrated” but that very few can handle the pace required to succeed in English football’s top flight. Ibrahimovic spent 19 months at Manchester United between 2016 and 2018, scoring 29 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions. Previous to that, he had played in […]
Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Ajax, Bayern Münich, Manchester City and Juventus could all book their UEFA Champions League round of 16 places with two games to spare on matchday four while ten other clubs are fighting to keep their hopes alive. Group A: Monaco (1 point) v Club Brugge (1), Atlético Madrid […]
Jose Mourinho has publicly taken his players to task over what he called a ‘disaster’ of a first half in Manchester United’s narrow 2-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday. An opening goal from Callum Wilson was well deserved for the Cherries, who dominated the lacklustre Red Devils for a full 45 minutes, albeit with Anthony […]
According to recently acquired emails from Football Leaks, 16 of Europe’s biggest clubs, including Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich have been negotiating to form a Super League. This idea had been floated in the open before, but according to the trans-national investigation resulting from hacked emails obtained by Der Spiegel, there […]
According to hacked emails acquired by Football Leaks, UEFA helped Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City cover up massive Financial Fair Play violations in the form of inflated sponsorship deals. The latest edition of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) expose as a result of leaked documentation makes remarkable allegations. “European football association UEFA arranged secret settlements […]
La Liga are launching a campaign hoping to show that American fans are behind its plan to host a regular-season game in the United States. The league and its US partners on Thursday began asking fans to sign an online petition to show their support for the planned Barcelona-Girona game near Miami in January. ‘In […]
Real Madrid have sacked Julen Lopetegui as manager after just four and a half months in charge at the Bernabeu. Madrid blew up Spain’s World Cup dreams to hire the the Spaniard to succeeded Zinedine Zidane in June but the crushing 5-1 loss to Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday was their fifth loss in […]