Big win for Harry Redknapp and Queens Park Rangers as they Qhave signed striker Loic Remy from Marseille for a club record £8m fee. The 26-year-old striker, who has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal, was expected to join Newcastle United, but Redknapp convinced him to move to the Premier League’s bottom club. with “I’m delighted to […]
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Big news from Germany today as Bayern Munich have announced that former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will take over as their manager at the end of the season. Guardiola, who has signed a three-year contract to 2016, will replace current Bayern boss Jupp Heynckes, who will retire. “We are very pleased that we have managed […]
Controversial comments today from Javier Tebas, vice-president of the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP). Tebas believes that games last season in Spain;s top league were fixed, and has admitted that authorities are working to catch those involved. Racing Santander boss Alvaro Cervera and Granada President Quique Pina claimed last year that Real Zaragoza’s escape from […]
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has piled the pressure on Jose Mourinho by taunting the Special One that if Barcelona was 18 points behind Real Madrid, he would be sacked. When asked if the title race was over, Vilanova told reporters: “No, but if the situation was the other way around, I woudn’t be here to […]
This weekend marked the half way point of the 2012-13 La Liga season and nobody would have envisioned a scenario at the start of the season that Real Madrid would be 18 points behind bitter rivals Barcelona. “Incredible” was how Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova described his side’s record points haul for the opening 19 games […]
Manchester United maintained their seven point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating rivals Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford, before Manchester City won at Arsenal for the first time since 1975. United dominate the first half and it was no surprise when Robin van Persie but the leaders ahead, turning in Patrice […]
Clear signs that the Rafa Benitez era at Chelsea will be a very short one as the Daily Express is reporting that Chelsea are set to make Pep Guardiola the highest paid manager in the world. Guardiola turn down three offers from Abramovich last summer after leaving the Nou Camp for a year’s sabbatical and […]
Despite the AC Milan President Silvio Berlusconi referring to him as “a bad apple,” it’s reported Manchester City are prepared to accept a €30m(£25m) offer from the Rossoneri for Mario Balotelli. The 22-year-old would fit the club’s strategy of focusing on youth and is much admired by Rossoneri Vice-President Adriano Galliani. Man City manager Roberto […]
Real Madrid’s defensive woes took another hit on Thursday when defender Sergio Ramos was banned for five games. Ramos was found guilt of verbally abusing referee Miguel Angel Ayza Gomez during Madrid’s 4-0 Copa del Rey win over Celta Vigo at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. Ramos will now miss his team’s Primera Division […]