Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his flirtation with Manchester United and signed a new five year deal with Real Madrid that will pay him a reported €18m a year after tax, plus 50% of his image rights, making him the world’s best-paid player. Ronaldo has scored a remarkable 203 goals in 203 games since joining for […]
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the €100m man Gareth Bale will make his official Real Madrid debut in this weekend’s Liga match away against Villarreal. The former Paris Saint-Germain coach says Bale will play some part of the game but did not disclose whether or not the 24-year-old would start. “Bale will travel to Villarreal […]
You would think that winning back to back titles would give Juventus coach Antonio Conte some sort of job security. But instead there have been rumours surrounding the Juve coach for months that he will replaced. In response to the latest round of rumours, Bianconeri general director Giuseppe Marotta has had to make a public […]
Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group say that they are set to finance a new £150m revamp of Anfield and that rebuilding is only being held up by property acquisitions, planning processes and other issues. Although John Henry refused to speculate on the exact date a planning application will be put in, he said Fenway are […]
Shinji Kagawa is asking the same question that many Manchester United fans are asking: Why isn’t he playing? Kagawa has yet to play this season and was not even named on the bench for the defeat to Liverpool as David Moyes publicly said he preferred Nani over Kagawa. And after scoring for Japan against Ghana, […]
Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper has published the wages of the top players in Serie A, and the financial issues that are griping the country are reflected in the wages paid to the country’s top stars. Only 12 players across the country earn in excess of €4m per year (note that is a net […]
Really interesting comments from Gerard Pique that Barcelona become too predictable under Tito Vilanova last season and that new coach Gerardo Martino’s tactical approach gives the team more options. “We’ve had a number of years with homegrown coaches in charge, first Pep and then Tito,” Pique told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “We occasionally tended to […]
Brazil are in Boston for tomorrow nights match against Portugal at Gillette Stadium and tonight’s practice was open to the media. I just could not turn down the opportunity to see the Samba Boys up close so I headed down to Gillette for the show. And it was worth. I have watched Manchester United and […]