It looks like Chelsea have some more shopping left to do this summer. Despite spending over £66m on Eden and Thorgan Hazard, Oscar and Marko Marin, the European Champions are not finished yet according to Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said: “We are still looking to strengthen in one or two areas. Speaking after Chelsea’s […]
Manchester United have surpassed Barcelona’s £125m world record shirt sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation by striking a seven-year shirt agreement with Chevrolet worth in excess of £25m-a-year. United, whose current £20m-a-year shirt deal with the American insurance giant Aon still has two seasons left to run, will begin their partnership with Chevrolet at the […]
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has confirmed that Milan have made an offer for Montpellier centre-back Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. The Montpellier captain played 32 matches in his side’s successful capture of the Ligue 1 title. Partnering either Hilton or Garry Bocaly, he helped ensure that the French side had the best defensive record in the league […]
Atletico Madrid’s new signing Emre Belozoglu believes his side have the potential to push Real Madrid and Barcelona all the way in the 2012/13 La Liga campaign. Diego Simeone’s men finished fifth last season, 44 points behind their city rivals in first, but they did win 12 consecutive European games on their way to a […]
Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has once again called for change in the distribution of money from television rights in La Liga Currently Real Madrid and Barcelona receive nearly 135million euros each per season from TV income, while the other La Liga clubs like Sevilla receive 31million euros. Del Nido led a similar campaign […]
Udinese forward Antonio Di Natale has spoken of his belief that the Udine side can challenge for the Serie A title despite the sale this summer of midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah and right-back Mauricio Isla to Serie A champions Juventus. While Udinese fans were upset with the sales, Di Natale believes that the squad of players still at […]
Juventus have cooled their interest in signing Arsenal skipper Robin van Persie, despite at one stage appeared favourites to secure the Dutchman’s signature. As the transfer saga surrounding 28-year-old Van Persie took another twist, Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta said: “Talk of our real interest in him seems excessive to me.” Arsenal are believed to want […]
It’s the story that will not go away. Despite being cleared in court of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in a match against QPR last season, Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged by the Football Association of having used “abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour” in the 23 October match. The statement on the FA […]