Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has resigned as the truth about Neymar’s summer transfer from Santos comes out. Rosell resigned a day after a judge agreed to hear a lawsuit accusing him of allegedly hiding the true cost to acquire Neymar. Barcelona and Rosell had maintained that they paid “just” €57 million to sign Neymar from […]
Premier League
Round four of the FA Cup has gone to form with all the favorites winning, although last season’s runner-ups Manchester City needed to come from two goals down to beat Watford 4-2. Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick in the last half hour as City escaped what would have been a Cup upset by coming from […]
Manchester United have had a bid, believed to be in the region of £37m, accepted by Chelsea for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata. The 25-year-old will have a medical on Thursday before completing a move to the Premier League champions where he is expected to sign a four-and-a-half year deal at Old Trafford. After being very […]
Manchester United losing in the Capital One semi-final to Sunderland was not the only cup upset this week, and several of Europe’s big names got bounced from their respective domestic competitions. Coupe de France In was a night up upsets in France as PSG, Toulouse and Bordeaux were all knocked out of the Cup. The […]
Gary Neville is not convinced that Juan Mata would be the right fit for Manchester United. Tuesday’s newspapers are linking David Moyes with a £37million bid for the out-of-favour Chelsea player, who was left on the bench for the Blues’ 3-1 victory over the champions at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Neville insists United, who sit […]
The Tuesday papers in the UK are all covering the story that Manchester United are willing to smash their transfer record to sign midfielder Juan Mata from Chelsea. Chelsea have an unhappy player in Mata, while David Moyes and Manchester United are desperate to sign a big name. So paying over the odds for the […]
The interesting tweet from @giggs_boson over the weekend that shows the average number of academy players used in starting 11 this season in the top 5 leagues. Arsenal leads the Premier League with 3.9 players per game. Not a big surprise to see that Barcelona’s starting line-up this season has contained just over seven players from […]
Back in May I wrote that the transfer fee that Barcelona paid for Neymar was severely underreported and now El Mundo has came out and claimed that the total deal is worth €95m, not the €57m that Barcelona have claimed. If that is the case, they Neymar is the most expensive player in history, not […]
While The FA appears clueless about how to handle Nicolas Anelka’s “quenelle” celebration, West Brom sponsor Zoopla have announced they are ending their sponsorship with the club at the end of the season. The property website, co-owned by Jewish businessman Alex Chesterman, is the club’s main sponsor and they have announced that they will pull […]