One of the other big transfer stories of the summer is the long-running rumour of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid. This story has been percolating for a year now. After going quiet earlier this summer, Marca and Real Madrid have really started to turn up the pressure on Spurs to sell the Premier League’s Player […]
The Cesc Fabregas to United deal is either dead in the water or still on depending on who you read this morning. New Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino was officially introduced as their manager today, and one of his first statements was that Cesc is going nowhere: ‘Man United want Cesc? If the club rejected two offers, […]
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has told Arsenal their £40,000,001 bid for Luis Suarez is nowhere near the player’s value. Suarez will be allowed to hold talks with the Gunners after the offer, made on Tuesday, triggered a clause in his contract. Liverpool, though, maintain that the clause does not oblige them to sell the 26-year-old […]
New coaches but same result as Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 2-0 tonight in one of the high profile friendlies of the summer. Philipp Lahm opened the scoring in the 14th minute, and despite dominating for much of the game, Bayern had to wait until the 87th minute before Mario Mandzukic added a second. The result […]
Liverpool owner John Henry has taken to Twitter to tell Arsenal what he thought of their £40,000,001 bid for Luis Suarez. What do you think they’re smoking over there at Emirates? — John W. Henry (@John_W_Henry) July 24, 2013 Succinct and too the point. Liverpool want a lot more than £40m for their best […]
Despite reports from Spain saying that Gareth Bale has agreed personal terms on a six-year contract with Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur boss André Villas-Boas insists that his star player is not for sale. Speaking at a press conference before the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong today AVB said: “On Gareth I want to repeat what […]
Barcelona finance director Javier Faus gave a press conference this morning to set out the club’s economic situation at the end of the season, which saw Barcelona make a €32 million net profit, despite losing over €8m on the sale of David Villa. Barca’s top line numbers were impressive, as revenue increased by €21 million […]
Barcelona have officially announced the hiring of Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino as their new coach. A statement on the club’s web site said: FC Barcelona has reached an agreement to sign Gerardo Martino as the new first team manager for the next two seasons. The agreement is still pending the drafting and signing of his contract. […]