Well it did not take Zlatan Ibrahimovic long to show his displeasure at Paris Saint-Germain’s activity this summer. PSG replaced Carlo Ancelotti with Laurent Blanc 18 days ago and then went and spent £53m to sign Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani away from Napoli. Two moves that Ibra apparently disagrees with. The 31-year-old former Ajax, Juventus, […]
Premier League
The American invasion of the Premier League continues with the news that the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has bought Fulham from Mohamed Al Fayed for between £150m and £200m depending on the source. Khan’s takeover of Fulham means that almost a third of Premier League clubs; Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Sunderland and […]
Chelsea and Manchester United are both in Thailand at the moment, the club’s hotels virtually around the corner from each other. But the big top of conversation with both managers today was a player who is back in England injured. At about the same time that Rooney was landing in London, after being sent home […]
One of the fascinating things that Guillem Balague wrote about in his fascinating biography of Pep Guardiola called “Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning” was the politics at Barcelona. In the background, the club was split between those who supported current Barca president Sandro Rosell and those that supported former president Joan Laporta. Guardiola, and […]
Some fascinating insight into the numbers behind the transfer of Neymar from Santos to Barcelona have been leaked to ‘Globo Radio’ According to the minutes of a Santos board meeting from 18 June, Barcelona paid €17 million to buy Neymar. However, Santos received just €9.35 million of that, with the rest being divided between two […]
According to Turkish football agent Ceylan Caliskan, Jose Mourinho personally called Didier Drogba to see if he would be interested in returning to Chelsea this summer. “Mourinho called Drogba and told him he would like to see him back at Chelsea,” Caliskan told Sporx. “Drogba and Mourinho have a great relationship, they both respect each […]
Manchester City’s new manager Manuel Pellegrini was introduced to the media today and he promised City fans a more attacking brand of football, trophies and found time to take a shot at former manager Roberto Mancini. Expectations are high at City that they can reclaim their Premier League title after finishing 11 points behind champions […]
Paris Saint-Germain have announced that Leonardo will resign from his role as sporting director at the Ligue 1 champions once the summer transfer window closes in September. French TV channel beIN Sport, which shares its president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, with the club, broke the news before official confirmation quickly followed via PSG’s official website that Leonardo, […]
Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale finds himself in a very select group as he is part of the 10-man shortlist for the 2012/13 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Bale was brilliant for Spurs last season, scoring 21 goals in 33 Premier League appearances on his way to being named the Barclays Player of the […]