Chelsea on Sunday night had a second bid for Wayne Rooney, believed to be in the region of £25 million, rejected by Manchester United. While David Moyes has continually stressed the England forward is not for sale, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, who saw an initial bid of around £20 million turned down last month, begs to differ […]
Bayern Munich have lost one pre-season match this summer, and have beaten both Manchester City and Barcelona. But you would think they had yet to win a game under Pep Guardiola with the amount of criticism the former Barcelona manager has received. Guardilola has tested several different systems out, from playing with only one holding […]
In the spirit of champions, Paris Saint-Germain come from behind to beat Bordeaux 2-1 to win the Trophee des Champions and give new manager Laurent Blanc a winning start. Despite winning Blanc will have to be worried about the slow tempo that PSG played at for most of the game. The Ligue 1 champions were […]
Summer signing Neymar and new manager Gerardo Martino got their first taste of the Camp Nou on Friday as Barcelona defeated Santos 8-0 to lift the Joan Gamper trophy. Martino named a strong side on his own home debut as the club’s new boss with the likes of Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Serio Busquets and Dani […]
Arsene Wenger has is not amused with Real Madrid’s spending this summer and has branded Gareth Bale’s proposed £105million move to the Spanish giants a “joke.” The Arsenal manager says Real Madrid’s world-record pursuit of the Tottenham makes a mockery of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations, although the cynic will say that at least Madrid […]
A huge deal by Major League Soccer as the Seattle Sounders have bought Clint Dempsey from Tottenham Hotspur for a reported $9m. That just about equals the £6m that Spurs paid for Dempsey last summer when they signed him from Fulham. NBC Sports is reporting that the Sounders have guaranteed Dempsey $32 million over the […]
Karim Benzema scored a pair of second-half goals to lead Spanish soccer power Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday night. Real Madrid was too talented for the Galaxy, as Ronaldo had multiple chances to score early in the match. A cross from DiMaria found Ronaldo in the sixth […]
Oscar and Eden Hazard scored first-half goals as Chelsea beat Inter Milan 2-0 last night in their Guinness International Champions Cup quarterfinal. Chelsea will now meet AC Milan in the semi-finals next week while Inter will play Valencia. Chelsea are undefeated under Jose Mourinho this preseason and has his side looking like title contenders this […]
Reports from Spain say that Tottenham Hotspur have agreed to sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for a mind-boggling 120 million euros. According to Marca, it is unsure whether this is an all-cash deal or whether any Real players in the deal as makeweights. Spurs manager André Villas-Boas is reported to want Fabio Coentrao, with […]