Mauricio Pochettino has dismissed speculation he was offered £15 million a year to leave Tottenham and take charge of Real Madrid. Pochettino has long been touted as a future Madrid manager and speculation over his Spurs future has been rife since last month’s sacking of Julen Lopetegui. Reports suggested Madrid offered Pochettino a blockbuster deal […]
Premier League
Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s season will be viewed as a failure if they do not win the Premier League title this season. Liverpool have taken 27 points from a possible 33 in the league, and if they beat Fulham this weekend they will have their best goal difference and points total at this stage of […]
Liverpool may soon be up for sale after owner John W Henry ‘quietly signaled’ he is willing to relinquish control of the Anfield club. According to the New York Post, Henry and Fenway Sports Group (FSG) are currently ‘running a passive sales process’ for Liverpool. In short, the paper report that he is entertaining offers […]
Manchester City and Paris St-Germain “are cheating and should be sanctioned”, according to La Liga following financial conduct allegations. German news magazine Der Spiegel says City and PSG overvalued sponsorship deals to help meet Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. And it says that in 2014 the clubs negotiated with Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who […]
Pep Guardiola has defended Manchester City in light of allegations the club breached financial fair play regulations and said they have to “accept it” if people claim they only win because of because of their spending power. German magazine Der Spiegel released a number of stories based on so-called Football Leaks data alleging City had […]
Leonardo Jardim is under consideration by Real Madrid to be their next permanent first team coach. Jardim won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title with Monaco and also guided them to that season’s Champions League semifinals, but was relieved of his duties last month after a poor start to the 2018-19 campaign. Madrid are still looking […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said the quality of the Premier League is “overrated” but that very few can handle the pace required to succeed in English football’s top flight. Ibrahimovic spent 19 months at Manchester United between 2016 and 2018, scoring 29 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions. Previous to that, he had played in […]
Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Ajax, Bayern Münich, Manchester City and Juventus could all book their UEFA Champions League round of 16 places with two games to spare on matchday four while ten other clubs are fighting to keep their hopes alive. Group A: Monaco (1 point) v Club Brugge (1), Atlético Madrid […]
Jose Mourinho has publicly taken his players to task over what he called a ‘disaster’ of a first half in Manchester United’s narrow 2-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday. An opening goal from Callum Wilson was well deserved for the Cherries, who dominated the lacklustre Red Devils for a full 45 minutes, albeit with Anthony […]