Gareth Bale has revealed he consoled Loris Karius after his mistakes in last season’s Champions League final Bale started the game in Kiev as a substitute but ended it as the match winner. His two goals, both memorable for entirely different reasons, gave Real Madrid a 3-1 victory over Liverpool to win their third successive […]

8 years ago

Juventus maintained their 100% start to the new Serie A season on Sunday in a game that will be remembered for Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his first goals for the club Ronaldo scored two second half goals against Sassuolo, helping the Italian champions to a 2-1 victory. Sassuolo scored their only goal of the game in […]

8 years ago

Finally, it’s happened Cristiano Ronaldo has his first goal in a Juventus shirt since completing his move to Turin from Real Madrid in the summer. Having failed to score in his first three outings for his new club, his first goal as a Juve player came early in the second half of their Serie A […]

8 years ago

David Beckham is eyeing an ambitious move to bring Lionel Messi to his new Miami Major League Soccer team Inter Miami are due to play their first season in MLS in 2020, and it’s now emerged that Beckham, who heads the club’s ownership group, wants to bring Messi to the club. The Times report that […]

8 years ago

Typical of the man Zlatan Ibrahimovic turns 37 years old next month. He may well be in the twilight of a playing career that’s seen him play for some of the biggest clubs in world football, but even now, he’s capable of moments of utter brilliance. We were reminded of this in small hours of […]

8 years ago

7.45 kick-offs have been something of a tradition in the Champions League over the last couple of decades As of this season, however, they’re a thing of the past. UEFA have implemented two different start times for games in the 2018/19 competition, making it easier for football fans to watch more televised matches than ever […]

8 years ago

Preparation is everything. Jose Mourinho knows this all too well, which is exactly why he turned up for his Friday morning press conference armed with a bunch of facts about Marcus Rashford. Rashford scored both of England’s goals over the international break – one in the defeat to Spain at Wembley; the other in the […]

8 years ago

Kevin De Bruyne isn’t for sale, but there is a release clause in his Manchester City contract De Bruyne, who joined City from Wolfsburg in 2015, signed a six-year deal at The Etihad in January. Although the Belgian clearly has plans to stay put in Manchester for years to come, his manager has revealed that […]

8 years ago

Once one of the most feared strikers in world football, George Weah hung up his boots 15 years ago. Since then, he’s opted against going down some of the more traditional career paths of other former professional footballers, deciding to embark on a journey into politics. He appears to be doing pretty well at it […]

8 years ago

Remember that a few weeks ago when people were saying £50m for Richarlison was a lot of money? Starting to feel like a very long time ago, isn’t it? Since completing his move from Watford to Everton, Richarlison has been impressive. The 21-year-old scored twice on his debut in the 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers […]

8 years ago

And there we were, naively thinking we were done with writing about soon-to-be released football kits for another year… We were wrong. Very wrong. Barcelona may well have unveiled the kits they’ll be wearing over the course of the 2018/19 campaign (if they’ve not officially done so, we’ve already seen the leaked designs splashed all […]

8 years ago

Both Manchester clubs are thought to be interested in signing the Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves is, if you believe what you read, a wanted man. Having played a key role in Wolves promotion to the Premier League last season, the Portuguese midfielder has made an impressive start to life in the English top flight. Due […]

8 years ago

Salvador Cabanas has claimed a deal had been agreed for him to join Manchester United before he was shot in the head Cabanas, a former Paraguayan international, spent weeks in intensive care after the shooting, which took place in a Mexico City nightclub in January 2010. The 38-year-old, a winner of the South American footballer […]

8 years ago

Not bad for a year’s work

8 years ago

“Because of this muscle disease I’m unable to speak. I have a new device that speaks for me.”

8 years ago

William Gomis left Saint-Etienne, the club at which he’d spent the last five years, in the summer. The circumstances of his death are to be confirmed.

8 years ago

Fear not, transfer-hungry football fans… Yes, the summer window may have long since closed, but speculation about Manchester United eyeing some silly money move for a player they probably won’t actually sign is never ever too far away. The latest example of this comes from CalcioMercato, who suggest Jose Mourinho is eyeing a move for […]

8 years ago

The German winger will not be involved in City’s game against Newcastle in Saturday evening Pep Guardiola has reportedly left Leroy Sane out of Manchester City’s squad for their game against Newcastle United over concerns about the player’s attitude. Goal claim that sources have told them the City manager has been unhappy with Sane recently and […]

8 years ago

These past few weeks haven’t been the best of times for Jose Mourinho Having spent the days leading up to the start of the season making his feelings known about the lack of transfer activity at Manchester United, Mourinho has watched his side make a far from convincing start to the new campaign. An opening […]

8 years ago

Hell hath no fury like a Portuguese super-agent scorned. Luka Modric, not Cristiano Ronaldo, was named UEFA’s Player of the Year on Thursday – a decision which clearly didn’t go down well with the Juventus star’s agent, Jorge Mendes. Ronaldo scored 15 goals as Real Madrid won the Champions League for the third year on […]

8 years ago

Although Liverpool will fancy their chances against anyone in this season’s Champions League, the draw for its group stage probably could’ve been kinder to them Liverpool were assigned to pot three for the draw in Monaco and ended up in the same group as Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade. Most will expect them […]

8 years ago

It’s almost as if whoever was in charge of the seating plan at Thursday’s Champions League draw knew exactly what they were doing… Assuming you’ve not been lying under a rock for the last three months, you’ll know all about what happened between Mo Salah and Sergio Ramos during last May’s Champions League final. With […]

8 years ago

Jose Mourinho, you may have heard, is not having the best of times lately The Manchester United manager saw his side lose 3-0 to Tottenham at Old Trafford on Monday night, eight days after their 3-2 defeat away to Brighton. With his team already six points off the top of the Premier League, some reports […]

8 years ago

Jürgen Klopp’s men will be in pot three for Thursday’s Champions League draw Liverpool are facing a potential group of death in the Champions League group stage draw. Despite reaching the final of last season’s competition, the Reds’ position in pot three was confirmed on Wednesday night by Benfica’s comfortable 4-1 second-leg qualifier win over […]

8 years ago

Real Madrid have themselves a new striker… sort of It’s been confirmed that the European champions have re-signed Mariano from Lyon, just 14 months after he departed the Bernabeu for France. The Spanish giants have activated a buy-back option and will reportedly shell out just €22m for the 25-year-old as they still owned 35% of the […]

8 years ago

Not for the first time this year, a goalkeeping howler has implications for Liverpool in the Champions League With the Champions League draw to be conducted on Thursday, the last of the qualifiers were settled on Wednesday evening. Many supporters of Liverpool, last season’s beaten finalists, will have had an eye on one of the […]

8 years ago

A man in demand Not for the first time since he arrived in England, Ruben Neves is being linked with a move away from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Having played a key role in the Midlands club’s promotion back to the Premier League last season, the Portugal international signed an improved contract at Molineux in the summer […]

8 years ago

This wasn’t something we saw coming Despite the early promise he showed in his Manchester United career, it seemed Anthony Martial’s days at Old Trafford were numbered earlier this summer. The French forward has struggled to put together a run of regular games since Jose Mourinho’s arrival in 2016 and has been inconsistent when he […]

8 years ago

To be honest, Manchester City don’t strike us as the kind of club that might need to cash in on one of their star players any time soon This said, they might be forced to make a difficult decision over Raheem Sterling in the next 12 months… at least according to a report, that is. […]

8 years ago

The world of football in 2018 is a strange place at times. This is one of those times… AS Roma, as you’ll know by now, came mighty close to signing Brazilian winger Malcom earlier this summer. A fee was agreed with Bordeaux for the player, who was expected to take a flight to Rome to […]

8 years ago

What. A. Hit. Stoke won 2-0 on Tuesday night as they knocked Huddersfield Town out of the Carabao Cup at the bet365 Stadium. Both of the home side’s goals were memorable for entirely different reasons, too. Their opener came courtesy of Saido Berahino – a man who had not scored a goal in 48 games […]

8 years ago

913 days Nine hundred and thirteen days. That’s how long Saido Berahino had gone since his last goal – West Brom’s third in a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in February 2016. But on Tuesday night, the 25-year-old finally ended his goal drought, bringing to an end a run of 48 matches without finding the […]

8 years ago

Barca’s third and final new kit for 2018/19 is expected to be released in the next few days. Barcelona have a bit of a history for turning their players out in, erm, eye-catching changed kits. Their partnership with Nike has seen them wear just about every colour going over the last couple of decades. With […]

8 years ago

Chelsea deny reports that the Abramovich era could soon be over at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have rubbished a report in The Sunday Times  which claimed Roman Abramovich had put Chelsea up for sale, 15 years after the Russian billionaire bought the club. The report claimed that an asking price of over £2bn has been set – […]

8 years ago

Forget what you heard. It seems Manchester United, despite what was widely reported over the course of the summer, were not that keen on signing Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham after all. United were linked with several central defenders ahead of the new season, with the Belgium international most frequently linked with a move to Old […]

8 years ago

It’s all over (for now, at least) After all the internet hype and all the Twitter trash talk, KSI and Logan Paul – a couple of YouTubers most people over the age of 15 probably don’t know a great deal about – had their fight. Taking place in front of 18,000 in the Manchester Arena […]

8 years ago

There’s not been much in the way of good news for Manchester United supporters lately, so why start now? Despite Jose Mourinho saying that David De Gea was close to signing a new deal at Old Trafford, it’s now being reported that this isn’t the case at all. Writing in the Daily Record, Duncan Castles […]

8 years ago

Ah, never change, Cristiano. Cristiano Ronaldo’s wait for a first Juventus goal will go on into a third game. Unable to get on the scoresheet on his debut away at Chievo last week, the Portugal captain drew another blank in his first home game for the Italian champions. Miralem Pjanic had given Juve a first-half […]

8 years ago

With the new season up and running, there’s not much in the way of leaked football kit news to go around these days. But fear not, football kit enthusiasts, we’re not completely done on this front just yet. Hot on the heels of the new Juventus away shirt’s official release and more speculation about Paris […]

8 years ago

Not bad. Be warned, if you have a tendency to spend too much of your hard-earned money on football shirts, steer clear of Paris Saint-Germain for the foreseeable future. A couple of weeks ago, we had plenty of nice things to say about their recently released all-white away offering. The shirt itself is lovely, as is the detail […]

8 years ago

All is not well at Manchester United While most of the talk has been about Jose Mourinho since United fell to their first defeat of the season against Brighton on Sunday, headlines about Paul Pogba are never too far away. The midfielder is believed to be unhappy with his relationship with Mourinho and has been […]

8 years ago

Jose’s going nowhere. Not for now, at least… Jose Mourinho has received the full backing of the Manchester United board, the BBC reports. United fell to their first defeat of the new season at Brighton on Sunday as defensive errors and a lack of creativity in attack contributed to  a 3-2 loss. This, following Mourinho’s […]

8 years ago

After 20 minutes of Arsenal’s trip to Stamford Bridge, things weren’t looking too great for Unai Emery. Goals from Pedro and Alvaro Morata had given Chelsea a two-goal lead, the second goal coming seconds after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had missed a sitter from deep inside the home side’s penalty area. By half-time, things were considerably better […]

8 years ago

One of Jose Mourinho’s three preferred central defender targets, this summer, not everyone is convinced about Harry Maguire. Maguire arrived from Hull City to Leicester last summer but saw his valuation rise from £15m to £50m after one season and a decent World Cup. The Manchester City boss is not buying into the hype, it […]

8 years ago

It seems initiation songs are all the rage amongst professional footballers these days Be it a move to a new club, or perhaps just a promotion from the youth team, it seems nobody is safe… not even some of the finest players to have ever taken to a football field. Already this summer, we’ve seen […]

8 years ago

Florentino Perez might yet bring in a Ronaldo replacement this summer Real Madrid, you might have heard, sold Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. Although many expected them to replace him with (at least) one of Kylian Mbappe or Neymar, the European champions were quick to kill off any such speculation last month with the release of […]

8 years ago

“He’s working well, he’s playing well, he does it for the fans and the team, and that’s what I want” Despite talk of moves to Barcelona and Juventus last week, Paul Pogba remains a Manchester United player. Reports claimed the French midfielder was unhappy with life at United, particularly his allegedly strained relationship with Jose […]

8 years ago

This won’t go down well at the Bernabeu Atletico Madrid got the better of Real Madrid in the European Super Cup on Wednesday night. With the two teams level at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, extra time goals from Saul and Koke saw Diego Simeone’s side claim victory – partly making up for […]

8 years ago

Wayne Rooney’s found a bit of form for his new club Days on from his late, late last-ditch tackle and assist helped D.C. United to a last gasp victory over Orlando City, Rooney found himself amongst the goals again on Wednesday night. The former Manchester United and Everton striker scored twice in their 4-1 victory […]

8 years ago

Well, this certainly has escalated quickly, hasn’t it? Petr Cech is not happy. Not happy at all. The Arsenal goalkeeper shipped two goals in their Premier League opener against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, Unai Emery’s new side failing to find a goal of their own. Cech was a surprise starter in the game following […]

8 years ago