Barcelona have nullified interest in rising star Samuel Umtiti by tying him down to a new five-year contract at the Nou Camp, which includes a staggering £438m release clause. Umtiti’s previous contract would have allowed the Frenchman to leave for as little as £52.5m and was attracting interest from suitors such as Manchester United. But […]
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Antoine Griezmann has ‘informed close friends’ that he intends to remain at Atletico Madrid despite being courted by La Liga champions Barcelona. Griezmann, who is away with the France squad preparing for the World Cup, has decided not to force through a move to the Nou Camp, according to ABC. Barca have long been linked […]
According to reports in England Zinedine Zidane walked away from Real Madrid after a dispute with club president Florentino Perez over their transfer targets. Zidane stunned the footballing world when he sensationally quit Madrid just days after landing an historic Champions League hat-trick. Reports in The Sun newspaper suggest that Zidane, who said he felt […]
There has been whispers for months that Real Madrid insiders were worried that Zinedine Zidane would quit at the end of the season. But when the first choice to replace him, Mauricio Pochettino, signed a new deal at Tottenham Hotspur recently those worries seemed unfounded. But Zidane shocked the football world on Thursday with the […]
On the back of Real Madrid’s third successive Champions League title, Cristiano Ronaldo has created a storm around his future with claims he could leave the Bernabeu. Following the 3-1 win against Liverpool in Kiev, Ronaldo hinted that he was thinking about a future away from Madrid despite having just claimed his fifth Champions League, […]
Gareth Bale broke Liverpool’s hearts with a stunning substitute performance crowned with a goal out of the ordinary – then effectively issued a ‘come and get me’ plea. But Liverpool were left to rue a series of extraordinary events in their 3-1 defeat that started with Mohamed Salah suffering a potential shoulder dislocation in the […]
It was a European Cup that will long live in the memories of those in attendance and the hundreds of millions who watched around the world. It will be a cup final forever linked with Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, whose two costly mistakes handed the best team in the world the Champions League. It will […]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has claimed Unai Emery was the stand-out candidate in a search that saw them interview EIGHT managers for the job. Emery has the unenviable task of replacing long-serving Frenchman Arsene Wenger, but Gazidis is confident they have the right man for the job. He told a press conference: ‘We had […]
Quite a coup for Napoli as they have hired Carlo Ancelotti to replace Maurizio Sarri, who led Napoli to two second-place and one third-place finish during his three seasons in charge, as their new manager ‘SSC Napoli is delighted to announce that an agreement has been reached with Carlo Ancelotti for him to become the […]