According to a report in the British tabloid The Daily Mail, Premier League money-men Manchester City are confident of signing Samuel Eto’o from Barcelona. Indeed, it is claimed that the Citizens are of the opinion that a deal is close to completion. Having signed Gareth Barry from Aston Villa for €13.7 million (£12m) on Tuesday, […]
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has revealed he will “work to bring Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo” to the Bernabeu. Madrid are currently in negotiations to sign Kaka, while they have long been linked with a move for the Portugal international. There continues to be speculation that they already have a deal in place for Ronaldo […]
Brazilian playmaker Kaka has signed for Real Madrid from AC Milan in a £56 million deal, according to Spanish radio station Cadena Ser. The report flies in the face of several earlier statements from the player that he would not leave Milan, claiming that newly-installed Real president Florentino Perez reportedly sealed the deal with Milan […]
Diego Forlán scored his 32nd Liga goal of the season during Club Atlético de Madrid’s 3-0 win over UD Almería on Saturday to claim the ESM Golden Shoe as Europe’s top goalscorer as well as Spain’s Pichichi award for the second time. The 30-year-old’s 50th-minute strike took his tally for the season to 32 in […]
Josep Guardiola came in for some early-season criticism as his FC Barcelona side picked up just one point from their opening fixtures against newly promoted Numancia CF and Real Racing Club. There are only plaudits now, though, after the coach, in his first term in charge of a senior club, led Barcelona to an unprecedented […]
Villarreal general manager Jose Manuel Llaneza has claimed an agreement is in place for Manuel Pellegrini to go to Real Madrid. Pellegrini announced earlier he had not been contacted by new Real president Florentino Perez about taking charge at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, Llaneza has now stated Pellegrini is set to leave his post and replace […]
Real Madrid have confirmed that Florentino Perez has returned as club president. Perez, who held the post for six highly eventful years from 2000 to 2006, will be sworn in today. The 62-year-old businessman will take over from Vicente Boluda, who has been in the post since Ramon Calderon stepped down in January in the wake […]
Carlo Ancelotti will become manager of Chelsea on July 1st after signing a three-year contract with the English club. The 49-year-old ended an eight-year spell at AC Milan yesterday, a 2-0 victory at ACF Fiorentina clinching third spot in Serie A and a berth in next season’s UEFA Champions League. Ancelotti replaces temporary coach Guus […]
Real Betis were relegated from the Primera Division on Sunday night as the race to remain in the top flight went to the wire. Betis started the day two places outside the bottom three but a 1-1 draw against Real Valladolid proved not enough as both Osasuna and Sporting Gijon won to pull clear. Osasuna’s […]