Former Manchester United chairman, and current United director, David Gill has been appointed chairman of UEFA’s extremely influential Club Licensing Committee. The Club Licensing Committee essentially decides which clubs are entitled to licences to play Champions League and Europa League football. This will become increasingly important as UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules shape the landscape […]
Premier League
After weeks of expectation, Manchester City have finally officially announced Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager, as City’s impressive summer continues. “I am delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity,” said Pellegrini, who will begin his new job on 24 June. “The club has a clear vision for success both on and off the pitch […]
The French League today released the 2013-14 fixture list, and they did champions Paris Saint-Germain no favors, as they will kick off the new season away to Montpellier on August 9. In each of the last three Ligue 1 seasons, the title holder has failed to win their first match, and PSG will be looking […]
Really interesting stats from whoscored.com comparing Xavi’s 2011/12 season versus last season. And the comparison does not make good reading. While Xavi maintained the highest pass success rate in Europe last season with an unbelievable 94.8% accuracy, his average rating per match dropped from 7.76 to 7.16; a fall of 0.6, the highest in the […]
It appears that one of the world’s greatest all-time footballers, Zinedine Zidane, does not have the necessary coaching qualification to take over from Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid. The former France international has been working on getting his Uefa pro badge, but according to AS he has yet to complete the 390-hour course and therefore […]
The consensus in the English media is that Premier League champions Manchester United have lacked a world class midfielder for several years now. That is despite United reaching three Champions League Finals and winning four Premier League titles in the last six years. The focus this summer on who will fill the gap in the […]
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is really bullish about Liverpool’s future and things that their transfer dealings have allowed them to close the gap on Arsenal and a top four position. In just over a year Rodgers has overhauled the Anfield squad, dramatically reducing the wage bill by axing some of the overpaid dead wood he […]
Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than €4m (£3.4m). The Barcelona star and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns for 2007-09, officials say. The Spanish tax authorities accuse Messi and his father of using companies in Belize and Uruguay to sell […]
According to a new report from Sporting Intelligence, Manchester City are the best paid team in the world. Their average first-team pay is higher than anyone in the NBA, NFL or MLB. The average first-team wages at Man City are £5.2m per year, or £100,764 per week. That tops baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers whose stars […]