Clear signs that the Rafa Benitez era at Chelsea will be a very short one as the Daily Express is reporting that Chelsea are set to make Pep Guardiola the highest paid manager in the world. Guardiola turn down three offers from Abramovich last summer after leaving the Nou Camp for a year’s sabbatical and […]
Neymar is the best player in the world who is not playing in Europe and that will not be changing anytime soo. Speaking in Montevideo after receiving the El Pais newspaper’s award for South American player of the year for the second straight year Neymar was quoted as saying: “it is not yet the time” […]
Despite the AC Milan President Silvio Berlusconi referring to him as “a bad apple,” it’s reported Manchester City are prepared to accept a €30m(£25m) offer from the Rossoneri for Mario Balotelli. The 22-year-old would fit the club’s strategy of focusing on youth and is much admired by Rossoneri Vice-President Adriano Galliani. Man City manager Roberto […]
Real Madrid’s defensive woes took another hit on Thursday when defender Sergio Ramos was banned for five games. Ramos was found guilt of verbally abusing referee Miguel Angel Ayza Gomez during Madrid’s 4-0 Copa del Rey win over Celta Vigo at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. Ramos will now miss his team’s Primera Division […]
Galatasaray has given Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder a deadline of 24 hours to decide if he wants to accept or reject the club’s transfer offer. “Sneijder will give us a response inside 24 hours, but in 99 percent of these cases the transfer negotiations are already done,” Galatasaray director Bulent Tulun told Turkish radio […]
Major League Soccer has released its 2013 schedule and it has a new wrinkle this season: Rivalry Week. Eight of the nine matches in Week 3 (March 16 weekend) will pit regional rivals against one another, with the NBC Sports Group on board to air three live matches that weekend showcasing some of the league’s […]
Back in November, Chelsea announced, to great fanfare, a profit of £1.4 million for last year. The first time the club has finished in the black in the Roman Abramovich era. Well today Chelsea released the actual details behind the numbers and they are not as good as what Chelsea were trumpeting. The £1.4m profit […]
According to Spanish newspaper Sport.es, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has set his sights on a fascinating move to bring in Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets. Perez has to stand for reelection as Madrid President and one of the common tactics in any election campaign is to make big promises in order to get elected. And […]
The Iker Casillas saga at Real Madrid does not seem to be ending anytime soon, despite the Spain and Madrid captain back in goal for Real Madrid in tonight’s Copa del Rey cup tie with Celta and Saturday’s league clash with Osasuna. Reports out of Spain say that when Antonio Adán’s suspension is over, Jose […]