The Liverpool board has accepted a takeover bid from the American group New England Sports Ventures (NESV) with the sale is conditional on Premier League approval, resolution of the dispute concerning Board membership and other matters. One of those other matters is the fact that current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have launched a […]
Premier League
Manchester City today announced they lost £121m for the 12 months ending 31 May this year, up from a loss of £92.5m for the previous year. The £121m is the second largest loss in history for a Premier League team. Chelsea back in 2004-2005 set the record with a £141m loss. Man City chief executive […]
Aston Villa are expected to announce later today that Gerard Houllier has been named their new manager replacing Martin O’Neil. Houllier still needs to find an assistant manager with Gary McAllister and Dietmar Hamann, who both played under Houllier for Liverpool, have been linked with the role. He is expected to meet his new team […]
Real Madrid Wednesday announced net profit for the 2009-2010 season jumped 11.5 percent from the previous year on what it said were the highest revenues “of any sports institution in the world.” It said gross revenues for the season were 442.3 million euros, up 8.6% from the previous year. I believe this is the first […]
Real Madrid Wednesday announced net profit for the 2009-2010 season jumped 11.5 percent from the previous year on what it said were the highest revenues “of any sports institution in the world.” It said gross revenues for the season were 442.3 million euros, up 8.6% from the previous year. I believe this is the first […]
The ongoing anti-Glazer protests by a vocal minority of Manchester United fans seems to be having an effect as Manchester United have announced that they have failed to reach their target of season ticket sales this summer, On not reaching their goal, Man United’s chief executive David Gill tried to spin it like this: “I’ll […]
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo injured his ankle in his team’s opening Spanish league match and will be out for three weeks. Madrid said Monday on its web site that the Portugal international was hurt in the 0-0 draw with Mallorca on Sunday. The injury means that Ronaldo will miss Portugal’s upcoming 2012 European Championship […]
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo injured his ankle in his team’s opening Spanish league match and will be out for three weeks. Madrid said Monday on its web site that the Portugal international was hurt in the 0-0 draw with Mallorca on Sunday. The injury means that Ronaldo will miss Portugal’s upcoming 2012 European Championship […]