Interesting piece in today’s Daily Mail about Manchester United’s kit deal with Nike, which is coming up for renewal in 2015. Back in 2002, United signed a 13-year deal with Nike worth £303 million, plus a profit share on retail sales. Even without any profits, that translates to around £23 million a season. The deal […]
Serie A
Juventus were made to come from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw – their third UEFA Champions League tie running – as FC Nordsjaelland’s first ever goal in the competition left them scrambling in Denmark. Mikkel Beckmann’s excellent free-kick gave the hosts a shock lead five minutes into the second half, and Nordsjaelland held out for […]
Despite being heavily linked with a big money move to England, Roma General Manager Franco Baldini says the club “have no financial need to sell” Daniele De Rossi. Baldini also backed manager Zdenek Zeman’s decision to drop the midfielder before the international break. Zeman left both De Rossi and striker Pablo Osvaldo out of the […]
AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani has decided that the Milan players need a week-long training camp to get their season back on track. After losing to Lazio on Saturday, their fourth defeat in the opening eight games of the season, Galliani went old school on the players and confined them to the Milanello training […]
Lionel Messi made headlines once again as he scored a club record 15th Liga hat-trick for Barcelona in a thrilling 5-4 win against Deportivo La Coruña. Meanwhile, Chelsea shone in England, Paris Saint-Germain went top in France and Bayern Munich set a Bundesliga record. Spain Lionel Messi is almost a one-man team as his 21st […]
Antonio Cassano and Rodrigo Palacio struck the goals as Inter Milan kept themselves close to the Serie A summit with a fourth consecutive league win, beating Catania 2-0. The victory cemented Andrea Stramaccioni’s side in fourth spot, four points behind leaders Juventus, who earned a decisive 2-0 success against second-placed Napoli on Saturday. Cassano headed […]
More misery for AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri as he saw his side lose 3-2 to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico today. The win leaves Milan a massive 15 points behind leader Juventus and 11 points behind Lazio who occupy that third and final Champions League spot. The defeat was Milan’s fifth defeat in eight […]
In the big battle at the top of Serie A, leaders Juventus beat second-placed Napoli with two goals in two minutes from Martín Cáceres and Paul Pogba. With the international break , anticipation had been building for two weeks for this contest between the top two sides in Serie A. They had recently played in last term’s […]