Juventus have confirmed that their top summer signing, Sami Khedira, will be out for ‘approximately two months’ with a thigh injury. Khedira is expected to a miss six or seven league matches, including big games against Roma and Napoli, plus a pair of Champions League group stage games. The German international joined the Serie A […]
The New England Revolution beat Toronto FC 3-1 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night in front of 21,362 happy fans. Charlie Davies with two goals and Lee Nguyen from the penalty spot scored the New England goals, who now have a three match unbeaten run going. I had been looking forward to see Toronto’s dynamic […]
While negotiating over the transfer of Angel Di Maria with Manchester United, Paris Saint Germain are reported to have also asked about the availability of midfielder Michael Carrick. PSG boss Laurent Blanc is a big admirer of Carrick and was hoping to lure the midfielder to the Parc des Princes as he looked to strengthen […]
According to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, Christian Benteke will prove to be a money well spent. Liverpool used a big chunk of their Raheem Sterling money to sign the 24-year-old Benteke from Aston Villa for £32.5 million. The Belgium international scored 42 goals in 89 top-flight matches for Villa and Rodgers is confident he will […]
It has been a terrific preseason for Paris Saint-Germain, and they continued their success form from their USA preseason tour into the French Trophee des Champions, where they beat Lyon 2-0 in Montreal on Saturday. Two early goals by Serge Aurier and Edinson Cavani put Paris in control of the traditional season-opening contest and left […]
German Cup winners Wolfsburg upset Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich on penalties to win their first domestic Super Cup at the Volkswagen Arena. Arjen Robben’s second-half strike from close range looked to have secured victory for Bayern, but substitute Nicklas (Lord) Bendtner, who scored just one goal in 18 league appearances for Die Wolfe last season, […]
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits that he has a goalkeeping problem on his hands after an unconvincing David de Gea performance against PSG on Wednesday. De Geal was brilliant against Barcelona at the weekend, but he was equally as bad in Chicago where van Gaal hauled his goalkeeper off at half-time. At fault […]
It was exactly as Manchester United feared. Sergio Ramos had no intention of ever leaving Real Madrid and the news that he has signed a new deal that will keep him at the Bernabéu until 2020 confirmed those fears. Ramos used the interest from United, as others have done also, to get more a bigger […]
We are not yet into August and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has accused Liverpool and Manchester United of trying to buy the title, of Arsenal of out-spending the Blues, and now he has called Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez fat. What will he be like in mid-season when the pressure is really on? Mourinho was […]