Month: June 2013
Confederations Cup preview: Spain, Brazil and Italy favourites
Updated:The 2013 Confederations Cup kicks off this weekend in Brazil, with Italy & Spain being touted as the favourites alongside the hosts.
Read more »Will Rybolovlev’s Riches Reap Rewards for Revitalized Monaco?
Updated:While the future is filled with promise for AS Monaco now, this time a decade ago, it was very much up in the air. For much of the last couple…
Read more »Andre Schurrle becomes Mourinho’s first signing as Chelsea manager
Updated:Andre Schurrle has become the first signing of Jose Mourinho in his second spell at Chelsea after agreeing a fee around £18m with Bayern Leverkusen.
Read more »Liverpool seal £7.6m deal for Iago Aspas
Liverpool have sealed a deal thought to be in the region of £7.6m for Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas who will become their second signing of the summer.
Read more »Messi accused of tax evasion in Spain
Updated:Spanish tax authorities have accused Lionel Messi and his father to have filed fraudulent tax returns for 4 years (2006-09) totaling more than €4 million.
Read more »Navas to City – Will the gamble pay off?
After spending 10 years at Sevilla, Jesus Navas has signed a 4-year deal with Manchester City after apparently having recovered from his homesickness.
Read more »Five reasons Andre Villas-Boas won’t go to PSG
Andre Villas-Boas is being tipped to turn his back on Tottenham Hotspur and become the new manager of French giants Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth £40 million. With Carlo…
Read more »Manchester United reveal 2013 pre-season schedule
Updated:David Moyes’ maiden tour with Manchester United is only a month away now. United will play five friendlies in four countries – Thailand, Australia, Japan and China. United has also…
Read more »Report – What the salary figures mean for Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United
Updated:Manchester City have been named as the best paid team in global sport after Sportingintelligence released a Global Sports Salaries Survey. Chelsea and Manchester United also appeared on the list…
Read more »Liverpool city council spends £13m to buy Everton training ground
Updated:The Liverpool city council have given Everton a little breather in these tough financial circumstances by buying the Toffees’ Finch Farm training ground.
Read more »Five reasons Fellaini won’t be going to Arsenal
Updated:Arsenal have boasted big time about their new financial pulling power, which Ivan Gazidis says means they can compete for nearly any player they want in the transfer market. One…
Read more »Cavani may prefer England to Spain
Updated:Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester City chase Edinson Cavani but the Uruguayan hinted that he’s not sure if La Liga football suits him.
Read more »Suarez to stay or go?
Updated:Luis Suarez has today reconfirmed that he is unsettled at Liverpool, and stoked the fires in betting markets like Betfair that he could leave Anfield this summer. The Uruguayan has…
Read more »Why is Raheem Sterling putting himself under needless pressure?
Updated:Raheem Sterling has talked up Liverpool’s chances of finishing in the top four next season but the teenage winger is creating extra pressure for himself, which could affect his career….
Read more »Who will win the Premier League battle of mind games next season?
Updated:Jose Mourinho gave his first press conference as Chelsea’s new manager yesterday and his comments suggested the season ahead is going to be one based on Premier League mind games,…
Read more »Liverpool plans to become a financial super power
Ian Ayre has given a big idea over how Liverpool are going to turn themselves into one of the financial superpowers of English and European football.
Read more »A year before the 2014 World Cup: Argentina are favourites
Updated:On Wednesday, it will officially be one year before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil gets under way. Despite a number of highly impressive sides around at the moment it…
Read more »Mats Hummels to Manchester United rumours are baseless
Updated:An inside and close source to Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels claims the German defender could be tempted into a move to Manchester United.
Read more »Why Arsenal have to use their money to re-sign Fabregas
Updated:Since Gazidis has made ample funds available, Arsenal now have no excuse for failure to re-sign Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona should he become available.
Read more »Liverpool 2013-14 away kit – The ‘diamond’ era returns to Anfield
Updated:Warrior Football marked the return of the ‘diamond’ era by the launch of the new Liverpool 2013-14 away kit to reminisce the club’s kit from the 1980s.
Read more »Michael Ballack: 90 minutes of long-awaited, unthreatened triumph for German legend – ‘Ciao Capitano’
Updated:A proverbial buffet of stars – Michael Ballack’s testimonial match on Wednesday night proved to be a fitting end to a career littered with loose ends.
Read more »Why Wayne Rooney will not be joining Arsenal this summer
Updated:Arsenal’s chief executive has suggested that the club can now afford to launch a bid for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. Rooney’s future has been the subject of much speculation…
Read more »Five problems with Liverpool’s reported swoop for Carlos Tevez
Updated:If the football news and features on talkSport are to be believed, Liverpool are reportedly ready to stun the football world with an approach for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez….
Read more »Arsenal get the jump on United with a bid for Marouane Fellaini
Updated:Arsenal seem ready to compete with Manchester United for the signing of 25-year-old Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini. The Gunners are reported to have activated a £22 million release clause in…
Read more »With or without Suarez – Dodging the shadows of dependency
Updated:Luis Suarez disinterested with English press admitted that he wants to leave the club. Liverpool should sell him early and focus on rebuilding the squad.
Read more »Is this Stuart Pearce’s last chance with England?
Stuart Pearce is under massive pressure following England’s opening 1-0 defeat to Italy at the 2013 Under-21 European Championship.
Read more »Why Arsenal need Carlos Tevez to join Juventus
Updated:Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has reportedly committed to a move to Juventus, which increases Arsenal’s chances of signing Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain. Higuain was thought to be Juventus’…
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