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It’s no secret that the lads in the top flight of football are earning an absolute fortune, but once they have finished buying women, houses with swimming pools, pedicures for their wives’ Chihuahuas and more women, believe it or not, but they often still have enough left over for some pretty fancy cars. British used […]
On the heels of this spring’s All-German Champions League Final, more football fans are starting to tune into the Bundesliga. And not only is this season shaping up to be the most watched ever, but a lot of new faces are going to be in place. We’ve already seen an impossible array of moves (over […]
PUMA have introduced the new BVB home shirt for the 2013/14 season at a special event in Dortmund’s Westfalen Park. 80,645 yellow flowers symbolising the average home attendance of BVB were planted, covering a huge area of a thousand square metres in the shape of the new kit, to present the new design to the […]
Reports from Spain this morning claim that David Villa’s transfer from Barcelona isn’t turning out to be as simple as originally expected. Despite the club being open to offers for some time, progress with his transfer has stalled when time has come for definitive action. As yet Barcelona doesn’t have a formal offer for the […]
As you sit here as Manchester United manager, how proud do you feel? I am incredibly privileged to be given the opportunity to manage Manchester United and grateful to Sir Alex and the board for making it happen. It was a really strange situation for me. I had no idea whatsoever. I knew nothing until […]
Manchester United have been heavily linked to signing Thiago from Barcelona after the Spanish club didn’t play him in the required number of games to enforce the €90m release clause. When approached by Sky Sports today, a Barcelona source would only say: “We still have not received any formal offer for the player.” However, that […]
Isco was unveiled to the press this week after making the ÂŁ23m move to Real Madrid. Manchester City looked like favourites to sign him at one stage but the Spanish giants swooped in with an offer the young star couldn’t refuse. During Isco’s first press conference, one of the questions asked was about the name […]
Chelsea have agreed a fee for the 20-year-old Dutch midfielder Marco van Ginkel from Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem. Subject to a medical he will complete his move to the London side for a reported figure of around ÂŁ8 million.
It seems not too long ago that we were all discussing the prospect of a three pronged race to sign Montenegro’s most valued asset, Stevan Jovetic, with Arsenal, Juventus and Manchester City all being linked with the attacking midfielder come striker. However in the month that has followed this intense speculation it appears that none […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has today spoken openly about his feelings for his former club, Manchester United, claiming they will always have a place in his heart. However, after plenty of speculation linking him with a move to United, Ronaldo is keen to insist that he is very happy in Spain playing for the “best club in […]
Generally speaking, May and June are torrid months for football fans. The season is over, and depending on your team’s fortunes, you may be reliving the nightmare of that last day relegation, or that failure to get into the playoffs thanks to the missed penalty. Yes there’s Wimbledon, and yes there’s the cricket, but do […]
At a press conference with Corinthians’ director of football, Roberto de Andrade, Paulinho broke down in to tears when confirming that he would be leaving the Brazilian club. “It is difficult to talk at a moment like this,” he said. “But these were three wonderful years in my career, with achievements, and working with the […]
Manchester United have today launched their AON sponsored training kit.
Bang! Egypt ruin England’s footballing summer as the U20s, like the U21s, go home at the group stage of an international tournament without managing to win a game. It’s a damning, bleak story say the press with England looking no closer to progress at any level. You can’t argue with it. Or can you? The […]
Geoffrey Kondogbia has drawn the attention of some of Europe’s biggest clubs over recent years, particularly since being in the spotlight for France at the U-20 World Cup. He scored the opening goal in France’s 3-1 win over Ghana and was named Man of the Match. Kondogbia is a defensive midfielder and has earned caps […]
After a goalless 120 minutes which Italy had dominated in the Confederations Cup semi-final, Spain won the penalty shoot out 7-6, with some excellent spot kicks from both countries.
Leighton Baines to Manchester United 30/5/12 – Baines: “The United link is flattering. There is no harm in people talking about it because it is a great club. But I’m at a great club as well, a club that I love. The focus now is all on the tournament. There’s not much time to let […]
Carlos Tevez has ended his four-year stay at City and joined Italian champions Juventus in a deal potentially worth ÂŁ12m. Tevez has signed a three-year deal for an initial ÂŁ10m fee and will wear the number 10 shirt previously worn by Alessandro Del Piero. It was an inevitable sale of a player who had only […]
England have crashed out of another tournament and chastised in the press for doing so but what expectations were they supposed to exceed? In any age group, other than the media pressure, does anyone actually envisage an England team succeeding at a tournament? The manager Stuart Pearce has been sacked and the reasoning behind it […]
Pre-season is a strange time. All sorts of things can happen but their greater significance is unknown; your team’s new striker scoring a brace against Boreham Wood – it’s encouraging, but is he really any good? For Watford fans, the task of assessing new players has been made even more difficult by the recent flood […]