Manchester United announced record revenues for the second quarter of the 2013-14 financial year, thanks to large increases in the amounts they have earned from broadcasting and commercial deals. United’s on the pitch woes have not impacted the clubs ability to make money as United announced that revenue for the last three months of 2013 […]
Fascinating comments from former Inter president Massimo Moratti about Erik Thohir and a long-rumored buyback clause that he has. I wrote back in November that Moratti has inserted a buyback clause in the sale to Thohir. That article was based on a piece in La Gazzetta dello Sport and I wrote: During the negotiations, Morratti […]
Chelsea missed the chance to ensure they would stay ahead of English Premier League title rivals Arsenal at the end of the midweek fixtures as Victor Anichebe’s late goal saw West Brom hold them to a 1-1 draw at The Hawthorns. Branislav Ivanovic had given Chelsea the lead in first-half stoppage him, when he got […]
After a weekend of upheaval at both ends of the Premier League table, Arsenal will be among the teams bidding to return to winning ways in the mid-week fixture programme. Arsene Wenger’s side went into the weekend as leaders, but a chastening 5-1 defeat at Liverpool cost them top spot and raised serious doubts about […]
A tantalizing piece in the French newspapers Le Parisien that David Beckham has approached Paris St. Germain owners to help with funding for his new MLS expansion team, which is expected to begin play in 2017 Beckham finished his career at PSG, and is reported to be on very good terms with the teams owners, Qatar […]
Nothing like a bit of Major League Soccer aggro to get the day going! With the opening of the 2014 MLS season less than a month away, Eastern Conference rivals the Philadelphia Union and Toronto FC are already exchanging handbags. It appears that Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz is not amused with TFC’s spending spree […]
Former Manchester United assistant and current Fulham coach Rene Meulensteen must have been stunned at United’s tactics on Sunday. Meulensteen had obviously scouted United and the inclusion of 6ft 7in centre-back Dan Burn in the side gave an indication about what United’s tactics would be. And he was not surprised in how United played. “When […]
I am hearing rumblings coming out of Italy that Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has signed a two-year contract with Serie A’s Inter Milan. Vidic, who is out of contract at United at the end of the season, announced last week that he would be leaving Old Trafford at the end of the season. Vidic’s […]