Reports out of Spain and Brazil put the transfer fee that Barcelona paid for Neymar at a mouth-watering €72m! The transfer fee is reported to have broken down this way: €32m as a transfer fee going to Santos to then be split with the two investment funds that also part-owned the player €40m to Neymar and […]
The New England Revolution beat Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday night behind goals from Diego Fagundez and Juan Agudelo. The win gave New England (4-4-4) its first back-to-back wins of the season and sent Toronto to their fifth straight loss. New England is now 3-1-2 in its last six games. What is impressive about this […]
Valencia lifted themselves back up to fourth place in the Liga with one match to go after defeating Granada 1-0, with Real Sociedad slipping out of Spain’s final Champions League berth following their 3-3 draw against Real Madrid. Real Sociedad held the upper hand ahead of Sunday’s games but needed a win against Madrid to […]
Inter Milan have fired Andrea Stramaccioni and brought in former Napoli Coach Walter Mazzarri. Explaining the decision to hire Mazzarri, Inter President Massimo Moratti said simply: “We needed a Coach with his experience.” “Sackings are never nice,” Moratti said on the club website. “This change is due to the fact that we’ll have a tough year and I […]
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed that Rafa Benitez will become the clubs next coach. Rafa has been the hot favourite to succeed Walter Mazzarri for a few weeks now, and the Partenopei owner has revealed this afternoon that the Spanish tactician will take over for next season. “I’ve given myself a birthday gift […]
In an attempt to boost the popularity of the Europa League, Uefa has announced that the 2015 Europa League winners will qualify for the following season’s Champions League. More importantly, the Europa League winner will not take one of the designated Champions League spots that each league has, if they finish outside the Champions League […]
Recently promoted Ligue 1 side Monaco is wasting no time making its intentions known signing Porto’s midfield duo Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez for a combined €70m. Both players have agreed to five-year deals with the club. Porto said Rodriguez was valued at €45m and Moutinho at €25m, with the deal “the biggest in Portuguese […]
According to the Brazilian newspaper ‘O Globo’, Neymar last week signed a document that commits him to joining La Liga club Barcelona after the Confederations Cup, which takes place in June. The Santos player had been hoping to move to Europe after the World Cup next summer, but after gettig hammered by Bayern Munich in […]
According to reports in the British media, West Ham United have bought Andy Carroll from Liverpool for around £15m. Now West Ham have to do is agree personal terms with Carroll. Carroll had been on loan to West Ham all season, where Carrol scored seven goals in an injury riddled season. But when he was […]