Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he feels “sorry” for Hull City after Alexis Sanchez scored with his hand in the Gunners 2-0 win. Sanchez put Arsenal ahead in the 34th minute at the Emirates when the ball bounced off Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic onto his wrist and into the net. Referee Mark Clattenburg allowed the […]
The World Anti‑Doping Agency has described the lack of drug testing in Spanish football during the last 11 months as “alarming” and “deeply disappointing”. The National Anti-Doping Organization of Spain (AEPSAD) was declared non-compliant in March 2016, since when no Wada-compliant testing has been conducted across the country’s various football levels, including La Liga, the […]
Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has promised to spend big again this summer in an attempt to keep trying to improve Manchester United’s squad, although has said this summer’s transfer window will not see the same “churn” of players. United have big last summer bringing in Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric […]
The highest-paid player in the Premier League is Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney – his £300,000-a-week wage being collected as he warms the Old Trafford bench. The club’s all-time top goalscorer is, of course, a loyal servant and the captain, but that has not stopped Jose Mourinho relegating Rooney to the bench this season. With Zlatan […]
If the number of replica shirts sold worldwide is an indicator of the fan support for that club, then the latest data shows what Manchester United are the biggest club in the world. The Premier League giants sold a staggering 2,850,000 in 2016, helped by the arrivals of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Real Madrid […]
As our attention turns this this summer’s transfer window, Real Madrid are being strongly linked with two former Atletico Madrid goalkeepers: Manchester United’s David de Gea and Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois. De Gea should be a Real Madrid player, but president Florentino Perez blew the chance to sign him in 2015, a decision that he is […]
It has not been a good week for Arsene Wenger. First he saw his side lose to both Watford and Chelsea, defeats that ended the Gunners title hopes, and now defender Laurent Koscielny has questioned the team selection of manager Arsene Wenger against Chelsea ‘I think we played some players in front of others and […]
We are in the midst of games, where Manchester United had an opportunity to close the top on the teams ahead of them in the table. United’s schedule included Hull, Leicester, Watford and Bournemouth, whereas Liverpool faced three of the top six in Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, If Jose Mourinho’s side were to finally climb into […]