Inter almost managed to throw away a 3-0 first leg lead, but in front of a nervy San Siro crowd, Inter hung on to beat the Hajduk Split 3-2 on aggregate to stay alive in the Europa League. Inter started off well when 17-year-old Ibrahima Mbaye completed a give-and-go with Wesley Sneijder to burst to […]
AS Roma have told Manchester City that they will need to pay over £100m if they want to sign midfielder Daniele de Rossi. De Rossi has been strongly linked with a move to Man City for the last twelve months, and Roma’s sporting director Walter Sabatini has confirmed that the club would be willing to […]
I am amazed that Barcelona officials are still keeping up the appearances that they are not really that interested in Brazilian superstar Neymay. Just this week Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova insisted that he has never spoken about trying to sign the Santos striker. “I’ve never spoken about signing Neymar,” he was quoted as saying by […]
Jose Mourinho has conceded he was wrong to poke Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova in the eye last season. The incident happened during a touchline altercation in the Spanish Supercopa last season. Vilanova was then-assistant coach to Pep Guardiola and the confrontation happened in a tie which Los Merengues went on to lose 5-4 on aggregate. […]
Paris Saint-Germain have beaten Inter Milan and Manchester United in the race to sign Lucas Moura from Sao Paulo for a reported fee of €45 million. The Brazilian teenager will move to the Parc des Princes in January because PSG currently has filled all their non-EU positions. It had seen that Manchester United was going […]
The French Ligue 1 football season starts on Friday but the title has already been awarded. “The question is not whether they will win the league but when,” wrote France Football magazine this week. “The question is not whether they will be champions but how often.” After spending over €250m on transfers in 12 months, […]
Arsenal have officially confirmed the signing of Spain international Santi Cazorla from Malaga. Transfer fee is expected to be around £16.5million. Cazorla says he is excited about the prospect of playing for Arsenal after being given a series of glowing recommendations from two former Arsenal players. “I have spoken to Robert Pires because he played […]
The transfer market is almost at a standstill across Europe, but nowhere is the economic crisis being felt more than in Spain where big money transfers were a common occurrence. Not this summer where the biggest transfer has been the €14m that Barcelona paid for Jordi Alba, one the revelations of Euro 2012. Clubs now […]
The exodus from Malaga has begun as Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon has gone to Russia’s Rubin Kazan, while Spain international Santi Cazorla has joined England’s Arsenal. Rondon, who became the club’s highest scorer after arriving two seasons ago from Las Palmas, has signed a four-year contract, Rubin announced on their website. Malaga also confirmed the […]