According to figures released by French soccer’s licensing authority, the DNCG, Paris Saint-Germain reported a loss of €5.5m for the 2011-12. Considering that since the Qatar Investment Authority in 2011 bought PSG in 2011 that they have spent more money on players than any other team in Europe, a loss of only €5.5m seems unusually […]
Premier League
In his Friday press conference, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reacted to widespread reports in Thursday’s newspapers that Wayne Rooney would be sold by United in the summer after being dropped for the Real Madrid game. “He’ll be here next year,” Ferguson said. “You can have my word on that.” “There is no issue […]
Barcelona have confirmed that they will be using the Qatar Airways logo on the front of their shirts, breaking a 113 year tradition of having no corporate sponsors there. In a lucrative €35.4 million per year deal, club president Sandro Rosell said the airline will replace charity Qatar Foundation as its shirt sponsor from 1st […]
Tottenham Hotspur have one leg in the Europa League quarter-finals after an impressive 3-0 dismantling of Inter Milan at White Hart Lane tonight. Gareth Bale with his 21st of the season, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Jan Vertonghen were all on target in a one-sided match. It was not a good night for Spurs’ London rivals Chelsea, […]
We had none of last night’s drama in the Champions League as both Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain progressed as expected into the quarter-finals. In Turin, Juventus beat an outclassed Celtic side 2-0 on the night and 5-0 on aggregate. Any hopes that the thousands of Celtic fans in the stadium had of a miracle comeback […]
The big surprise in the United line-up last night against Real Madrid was that United’s talisman Wayne Rooney was not in the starting XI. When was the last time Rooney was dropped for a big game? Asked about it before the match SAF seemed to imply that Rooney was not fit saying: “Wayne Rooney needs a […]
Borussia Dortmund booked their place in the Champions League’s quarter-finals for the first time in 15 years with a convincing 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Having drawn 2-2 in Ukraine three weeks ago in the first leg, Borussia go through 5-2 on aggregate as goals by Felipe Santana, Mario Goetze and Jakub ‘Kuba’ Blaszczykowski capped […]
A horrendous decision by Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir to send Nani off for a second-half foul on Alvaro Arbeloa allowed Real Madrid to beat 10-man United 2-1 on the night. United were leading 1-0 on the night (2-1 on aggregate) thanks to a Sergio Ramos own goal, but the sending off completely turned the game […]