It was a world record fee that Barcelona received for Neymar last summer but €222 million doesn’t get close to covering the amount the club have splashed the Brazilian fled to Paris. Nobody has spent more than Barcelona over the last 12 months. Manchester City are second at €387m, Paris Saint-Germain are third at €373m […]
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Rob Green has completed his free transfer to Chelsea and wasted no time in getting stuck in with his first training session. The 38-year-old signed a short-term deal on Thursday morning and was training alongside his new team-mates at their Cobham HQ by the afternoon. Willy Caballero welcomed him to the team as they posed […]
Antonio Valencia will miss the start of the Premier League season after picking up a suspected torn calf muscle against San Jose Earthquakes. With summer signing Diogo Dalot also recovering from injury, Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho revealed that Ashley Young has been asked to return early from holiday to deputise. Young played five games […]
Jurgen Klopp insisted Mohamed Salah has no shoulder problems as he praised the Liverpool star following his goalscoring return against Manchester City. Salah made his Liverpool comeback in Wednesday’s last-gasp 2-1 victory over City at the International Champions Cup in New Jersey. The Egypt forward’s World Cup was hampered by a shoulder injury suffered in […]
AC Milan are keen to replace Gennaro Gattuso with former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte in a major overhaul this summer. The seven-time European Champions are under new ownership and have already sacked two of their biggest names behind the scenes in a huge summer shake-up. Sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli and chief executive Marco Fassone were […]
Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he is under pressure to secure Liverpool’s first trophy in seven years and is braced to deal with the expectation. Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owners, have shown their ambition this summer. They have backed Klopp’s judgment in the transfer market and four players have arrived for a combined £175million. The […]
It did not even take 24 hours. On Sunday afternoon, Mesut Ozil retired from the German national team via a damning letter that accused Germany’s soccer federation, the DFB, of “racism and disrespect.” On Monday morning, before the allegations could be given proper time and thought, the German soccer establishment battled back. “He’s been playing […]
Real Madrid have re-affirmed to Gareth Bale and his representatives that he will play a pivotal role for them next season. Bale, a target for Manchester United, will be given the chance to take centre stage following Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Juventus. Ronaldo moved from Madrid for £100m earlier in July, which clears the way […]
Juventus and AC Milan have begun talks over a possible swap deal involving Leonardo Bonucci and Gonzalo Higuain according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. AC Milan are keen on acquiring the services of Argentinian forward Higuain, whose future at Juve is in doubt following the high-profile signing of Cristiano Ronaldo. The newspaper is reporting that […]