Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claims he chose not to sign Radamel Falcao or Angel di Maria last summer because their huge salaries would’ve ’caused an explosion’ at Chelsea. In new book The Key to Mendes, Mourinho said he didn’t want either player, cited the effect of their wages on his dressing room ‘I can’t have […]
When Toronto FC went all in last summer and signed Michael Bradley, Gilberto, Julio Cesar and Jermain Defoe I expected the move to send them into the MLS Cup. But it all went wrong in Toronto and once again one of the best supported teams in Major League Soccer failed to reach the playoffs. Most […]
With less than two weeks left in the January transfer window, there has been a noticeable lack of transfer talk emanating from Old Trafford. It appears that the deafening silence from Manchester United Executive Vice Chairman Ed Woodward is not due to his incompetence this time, but instead is because the payers on Louis van […]
Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre says that club owners Fenway Sports Group are not considering selling the club and the development of Anfield is proof of their long term vision for the club. The Boston based owners are following a similar path with Anfield as the did with the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park. When […]
The Mirror has a story of Manchester United’s possible new kit for the 2014-15 season. But what caught my eye in the article was the size of United’s massive kit del that they sighed with Adidas last summer. The 10-year deal is worth £750 million as is the richest kit manufacturing deal in world football […]
In a statement that will have all the big clubs in Europe reaching for their checkbook, Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola says that the France international could leave Juventus in the not too distant future. Pogba recently signed a new deal with the Serie A champions until June 2019, but his representative has stressed that […]
After seeing his client dropped/rested against Southampton at the weekend, Radamel Falcao’s agent Jorge Mendes admits the striker’s Manchester United future is uncertain amid reports that the Monaco striker could move to Serie A side Juventus at the end of the season. Falcao has scored just three Premier League goals while on loan at United […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Real Madrid fans to get behind Gareth Bale after the Wales international has came under fire in Spain for being “greedy”. Bale was jeered by some Madrid supporters at the Bernabeu at the weekend when, instead of laying up what could have been a tap-in for Ronaldo inside him, he opted […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world for the third time, beating Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer. Ronaldo had previously won in 2008 and 2013. The Real Madrid striker was simply brilliant in 2014, leading La Liga in goals scored (31), the Champions League (17) and winning […]