Athletic Bilbao President Josu Urrutia has reiterated that he will only be selling Javi Martinez and Fernando Llorente at their buy-out clauses. The duo are the subject of persistent speculation about imminent departures from the club this summer. Llorente, with a €35m buyout clause, has failed to agree to a new contract, whilst Bayern Munich […]
Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao scored a hat trick Monday as his team thrashed Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in the teams’ first meeting since the Europa League final last season. Falcao scored twice in the 3-0 victory in Romania in May and could have scored more at the Vicente Calderon as Bilbao continued to struggle without […]
According to reports in the Spanish media on Tuesday, Kaka’s wife says that the former World Footballer of the Year is set to return to Brazil, Caroline Celico told Brazilian magazine RG that she and her husband had no plans to move anywhere else. “We are planning the return to Sao Paulo with all the family,” […]
Bojan Krkic has left Roma and confirmed to journalists “it’s all official, I am going to Milan.” The Spaniard has been in advanced negotiations to complete the loan switch for this season and that looks to be completed this evening. “It’s all official, I am going to Milan,” he told journalists as he was entering […]
It’s not the Champions League Final tonight, but for Francesco Guidolin and Udinese, the return leg in the play-off round of the Champions League against Sporting Braga may as well be. That was made perfectly clear by a comment the coach made half way through his press conference: “This is the most important game I’ve […]
Oliver Kay at The Times has tweeted that Theo Walcott has turned down Arsenal’s latest contract offer. I believe his source was someone in Theo’s camp. If the story is true then Arsenal will be selling Walcott in the the next 72 hours. As with Nasri and van Persie, Arsenal will not let Walcott walk […]
It has taken all summer, but Tottenham Hotspur have finally agreed to sell Luka Modric to Real Madrid for a fee in the region of €35 million, plus another €7m in various add-ons. Considering that is what Madrid offered for Modric two months ago, you have to wonder what Daniel Levy’s strategy was here, and what impact it has had on Spurs slow […]
AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has called for patience after admitting that an era had come to an end at San Siro. Milan waved goodbye to a host of veterans over the summer, before then selling Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Paris Saint-Germain. Fans were left further frustrated on Sunday when the club began […]