The exodus from Malaga has begun as Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon has gone to Russia’s Rubin Kazan, while Spain international Santi Cazorla has joined England’s Arsenal. Rondon, who became the club’s highest scorer after arriving two seasons ago from Las Palmas, has signed a four-year contract, Rubin announced on their website. Malaga also confirmed the […]
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Good news for Liverpool fans today as Luis Suarez has signed a new contract with the club. Moments after signing the deal, Suarez told Liverpoolfc.com: “To sign a new contract with Liverpool is unbelievable for me because I am so happy here at both the club and also in the city. “That is important for […]
The bidding frenzy for San Paulo starlet Lucas Moura has taken another crazy turn. Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has claimed that Paris St Germain have offered Sao Paulo €45 million for the midfielder, a fee he believes is “completely illogical”. The Inter President has came to his senses and pulled his club out of […]
Speculation is increasing in Italy that Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to invest in AC Milan via the partially state-owned utility company Gazprom. Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister, told the club’s own TV station he was willing to speak to potential investors, marking a distinct change in outlook from his […]
While in Los Angeles, the Real Madrid superstar sat down with ESPN’s Frank Leboeuf to talk about ‘that’ penalty shootout against Spain at Euro 2012 as well as his candidacy for this year’s Ballon D’Or. Here are some of the excerpts from that interview: So just what happened in the penalty shootout? “People are going […]
Manchester United’s new shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet is worth an “incredible” $559 million under its seven-year shirt sponsorship agreement. Chevrolet takes over from the insurer Aon starting with the 2014-15 season. Manchester United said it will receive $70 million during the first season of the new deal. The agreement was signed July 26 and […]
Last season Jose Mourinho put all his energy into winning the Spanish ‘Supercopa’, feeing that it was important that the players get accustomed to winning. Now after winning the title last season, Mourinho is not willing t settle for anything less than repeating as champions. The Super Cup throws up an interesting match-up between Real […]
When the details about the latest version of the Glazers IPO came out earlier this week, one part that struck United fans was the plan to issue 16m shares (about £288 million) to Manchester United Senior Management under a “2012 Equity Incentive Award Plan”. It was widely assumed that United boss Sir Alex Ferguson would be included […]