Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has criticised the timing of Spain’s friendly against Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The encounter takes place in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just over a week before the first leg of their Super Cup clash against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on August 22. It is a long and needless trip […]
Premier League
Real Madrid manager José Mourinho said in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel SIC that the nickname he was known by in English football, the “Special One”, should be changed to the “Only One”, after having won the English, Italian and Spanish leagues. “In England I was referred to as the Special One”. Things […]
Mayhem continues to reign at Racing Santander as coach Juan Carlos Unzue and Director of Football Manolo Saiz look set to be axed from the club. Unzue and Saiz both signed contracts with the Racing club earlier this summer on June 22, with Saiz agreeing to stay at the club in his Director of Football […]
The next 18 days will be some of the most important ones in the history of Athletic Bilbao. In the midst of transfer requests and contract extension rejections from striker, Fernando Llorente and centre-back, Fernando Amorebieta, it is being reported that Athletic are also willing to listen to transfer offers for Spanish international, Javi Martinez, […]
Paris Saint-Germain’ march to the Ligue 1 title, hit a speed bump on Saturday as they needed a last-minute penalty from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to Lorient. The script was that PSG would simply march through Ligue 1 this season on the way to the title, but Lorient obviously did […]
Lucas Moura had agreed to sign for Manchester United before Paris Saint-Germain made a late bid, according to his agent. PSG confirmed this week that Lucas ad become the club’s latest acquisition and would make the switch from Sao Paulo in January, leading Sir Alex Ferguson to vent his frustration on Wednesday. “When somebody’s paying […]
The Luka Modric transfer saga continues to drag on for a second summer in a row. The problem for Modric is that his preferred destination, Real Madrid insist that they will not pay more than £30m for the creative midfielder, while Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy wants closer to £40m. The two sides are miles apart […]
Juventus coach Antonio Conte has been banned for 10 months for failing to report alleged match-fixing involving Siena when he managed them in the 2010-11 Serie B season. Conte had a plea bargain deal rejected by the Italian federation (FIGC) earlier this month, a proposal which would have seen him serve a three-month suspension and […]
Barcelona’s Dani Alves has wasted no time in reacting to José Mourinho’s apology for his actions during his infamous touchline clash with Tito Vilanova. “He took his time to say sorry. I think he showed the right attitude, but I wouldn’t have waited so long”, the Brazilian told the club’s official media. The ‘azulgrana’ full-back […]