It has been widely reported in Spain and Brazil that last season Barcelona reached an agreement to buy Neymar from Santos for €40 million. The Barcelona financial reports for last season show that they have already paid Santos at least €10 million for the Brazilian superstar. The agreement is structured so that Neymar could continue […]
It has been a miserable first half to the season for AC Milan, who where thrashed 4-2 by Roma yesterday. Despite qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages, the Rossoneri will begin the new year in seventh place, nine points behind second place Lazio, and a massive 17 points behind leaders Juventus. After the match, […]
Any faint hope that Real Madrid fans of retaining the La Liga title ended today as they lost 3-2 at Malaga. The defeat, combined with Barcelona’s early 3-1 win at Valladolid, means that Jose Mourinho’s side will enter the Christmas break an unbelievable 16 points behind Barca. For some strange reason, Mourinho dropped/rested Iker Casillas […]
Juventus coach Antonio Conte expressed pride in his team’s achievement after they set a new Italian league record of 94 points in a calendar year with a 3-1 win over Cagliari on Friday. Victory means Juventus have still dropped just eight points so far this season in their pursuit of a successful title defence and […]
It has been a little more difficult that many fans expected, but Paris Saint-Germain will ente the Ligue 1 winter break as league leaders after beating 10-man Brest on Friday, for their fourth successive win. PSG are three points ahead of Lyon and Marseille, but their superior goal difference of 24, compared to 13 and […]
I feel that I am living in some alternate universe these days. How else can you explain Arsenal agreeing to new deals with the likes of Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain? As if that was not crazy enough I see this quote from Arsene Wenger: “We have gone through a period where we had restricted […]
Shocking news out of Spain where Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova has stepped down with immediate effect after suffering a tumour relapse. Vilanova underwent a successful operation to remove a tumour found on his parotid gland, the largest of the human salivary glands, last November when he was Pep Guardiola’s number two. But the 44-year-old, who […]
Napoli’s hope of catching Serie A leaders Juventus have been dealt a blow with the news that the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) have docked them two points after defenders Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava were handed six-month bans for failing to report match-fixing. Former Azzurri goalkeeper Matteo Gianello has been banned for 39 months for […]