Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than €4m (£3.4m). The Barcelona star and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns for 2007-09, officials say. The Spanish tax authorities accuse Messi and his father of using companies in Belize and Uruguay to sell […]
According to a new report from Sporting Intelligence, Manchester City are the best paid team in the world. Their average first-team pay is higher than anyone in the NBA, NFL or MLB. The average first-team wages at Man City are £5.2m per year, or £100,764 per week. That tops baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers whose stars […]
The Independent newspaper are reporting that Monaco are ready to make a world record €100m (£85m) bid for Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo has just two years left on his contract at Madrid and has made it known that is not happy at the Santiago Bernabeu. Monaco are owned by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, and […]
The New Enland Revolution drew 0-0 with D.C. United tonight in front of 14,163 fans at Gillette. This was the perfect trap game for New England. They came into the game flying high after putting five past the LA Galaxy last weekend. Expectations were high that New England would extend its winning streak against the MLS’s […]
Brad Evans rescued Jurgen Klinsmann and the United States from another deflating World Cup qualifier on the road. It looked like the US had thrown away two valuable points in the 89th minute Jermaine Beckford was left unmarked to score from six yards out from Rodolph Austin’s 40-yard free kick. The ball travelled a long […]
Really surprising comments from Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis on Thursday that Arsenal have the financial capability to compete with the biggest clubs in the world on wages. Gazidis was asked directly by the press about Wayne, and whether Arsenal could afford to buy a £20m-plus star on wages of over £200,000-a-week. “Of course we […]
AS Roma Sporting director Franco Baldini has left the club by mutual consent, the Serie A side has announced. A statement from Roma, citing the club’s American president James Pallotta, said: “We thank Franco Baldini for his service to AS Roma over the past two seasons. He played an important role in the launch of […]