Gian Piero Gasperini has replaced Giuseppe Sannino as manager after the Palermo axe-happy President Maurizio Zamparini, fired Sannino after picking up just one point from their opening three games. “Preziosi was a President who changed a lot too, but I convinced him,” Gasperini, who was axed by Inter last season, stated at his official unveiling. […]
Marek Hamsik is convinced that his Napoli side can challenge Juventus for the Scudetto this season. “We are not lacking champions at Napoli and we are now even more convinced of our strength,” the midfielder told the Corriere dello Sport. “We can take on anybody this season. We know what we want and we are […]
Manchester United officials are trying to spin today’s financial results for the year ended June 30. But even they cannot spin away a couple of important numbers: Profit was £23m thanks to £28m tax credit. Without that, United have a £5m LOSS Total revenue fell by £10m (3.3%) to £320.3m as a result of United’s early exit […]
Demba Ba struck two goals after coming off the bench as Newcastle United came from behind twice to get a hard-earned 2-2 draw with Everton at Goodison Park. Newcastle United came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton at Goodison Park thanks to two goals from second-half substitute Demba Ba. Everton came […]
Espanyol director Joan Collet has admitted that the club are concerned by the sharp drop in season ticket sales this season. Los Periquitos have posted sales of 29,136 season tickets for 2012-13, marking a 4,064 decline on 2011-12’s numbers. “It is a difficult time and many clubs have had this problem. The high percentage of club […]
Real Madrid’s disastrous start to the league season has caused Jose Mourinho to complain of a lack of commitment and focus, accusing his players of displaying a poor attitude. A haul of just four points in four games, which has seen the club fall eight points behind Barcelona, has caused the ‘Special One’ to point […]
David Silva has agreed a new five-year contract with Manchester City that will pay him a reported £200,000-a-week. Silva has been outstanding since arriving at the Ethiad, winning a hat-trick of player of the month awards in his first season at the club and also being runner-up in last season’s Player of the Year awards […]
Juventus extended their unbeaten run to 42 Serie A matches with a 3-1 comeback victory at Genoa on a day when Napoli, Lazio and Sampdoria also made it three wins from three. The defending champions were wobbling when Ciro Immobile came back to haunt his old club with the opening goal on 18 minutes, but […]
Atlético Madrid kept up their free-scoring streak but had to survive a late scare in a 4-3 win against Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, while Real Sociedad were the only other team to win on Sunday. After scoring four in their last league outing against Athletic Club and their UEFA Super Cup victory against Chelsea, the […]