Chelsea have finally agreed a deal with Anderlecht to sign 18-year-old Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku. Lulalu has been called a mini version of Chelsea star Didier Drogba and if Lulalu can approach the performances of Drogba for Chelsea then this is a great signing for the Blues. Lukaku needs to agree personal terms with Chelsea, […]
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara into his 22-man squad for next Wednesday’s friendly against Italy in Bari. Thiago has been impressing fans on two continents with his play this summer and he has some Barcelona fans asking Cesc Who? Thiago helped Spain’s Under-21 team win the European championship last […]
Italy have been drawn against Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta in their 2014 World Cup Qualifying draw. While it is not the easiest of draws it could have been a lot worse as Italy avoided both France and Russia. Regardless, it will be a major shock if Italy does not head to Brazil […]
Real Madrid continued its impressive pre-seaon with its six victories out of six preseason games as they thrashed Chinese side Guangzhou 7-1. Just six minutes after the kick-off, Sami Khedira sent the stadium wild when he opened the scoring as he headed home a fantastic cross from Karim Benzema. It was his first goal in […]
Pep Guardiola is not unhappy with the work his team has been putting in during the pre-season, but is well aware that the first official games are on the horizon and last night’s defeat against Chivas was a backward step. Guardiola showed confidence in his players though and in their ability to overcome the shortage […]
In front of another record setting crowd, Barcelona was stunned as Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara beat Barca 4-1. It all started great for Barca when David Villa scored in the third minute. Gerard Pique sent a long pass to an open Villa, who fired a shot past Chivas goalkeeper Luis Michel. Barça continued to […]
Roma’s impressive offseason continues with the news that they have signed Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Ajax for €6.3m Stekelenburg is new Roma coach Luis Enrique’s sixth offseason signing, following Bojan Krkic, Gabriel Heinze and others. Capped 40 times by the Netherlands, Stekelenburg made his debut with Ajax in 2002 and went on to play […]
Jose Mourinho says that Real Madrid are not in talks to sign Emmanuel Adebayor, despite the Togo international’s presence in the crowd as Real beat Leicester in a pre-season friendly. Asked if he was looking to seal a permanent deal for Adebayor, Mourinho said: “No. He is here because he is our friend and he […]