Man City transfers: Nicolas Otamendi is La Liga’s finest, boasts Manuel Pellegrini August 20, 2015 He already has arguably the Premier League’s best striker in Sergio Aguero, and now Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes he has signed the leading defender in Spain in his Argentina colleague Nicolas Otamendi. Centre-back Otamendi, who also attracted attention from City’s neighbours Manchester United, yesterday completed a £32m transfer from Valencia to the Etihad [...]
Tottenham frustrated in Saido Berahino transfer bid August 18, 2015 Tottenham are set to have to splash out in excess of £20m to prise England Under-21 striker Saido Berahino from West Brom after having an £18m bid rejected yesterday. Berahino, who scored 20 goals across all competitions last season, has been identified as the man to strengthen the north London club’s goalscoring reserves, with Harry [...]
Was Tottenham’s £21m flop Roberto Soldado the worst value striker in Premier League transfer history? August 14, 2015 You could forgive Tottenham fans for being a little giddy when Spanish international and leading La Liga scorer Roberto Soldado arrived at White Hart Lane for £21m in 2013. Read more: Tottenham set to cut transfer losses on Roberto Soldado after goal-shy spell But two seasons and just seven Premier League goals later, Spurs now appear [...]
Tottenham set to cut transfer losses on Roberto Soldado after goal-shy spell August 13, 2015 Tottenham are set to cut their losses on goal-shy forward Roberto Soldado as the Spaniard moved closer to finalising a move to La Liga outfit Villarreal. Soldado has failed to live up to his billing since Spurs paid Valencia £26m for his services in August 2013. The 30-year-old has netted just seven Premier League goals [...]
Tottenham agree £12m transfer fee for Njie but made to wait for Lyon forward August 12, 2015 Tottenham have been warned that they will have to wait to sign forward Clinton Njie from Lyon, despite striking a £12m deal for the Cameroon international. The French club’s president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed the quick, versatile 21-year-old was close to a move to White Hart Lane but that Lyon wanted to land a replacement before [...]
Chelsea agree £20m Baba Rahman transfer and appeal Thibaut Courtois red card August 10, 2015 Chelsea are expected to solve their left-back conundrum this week by signing Ghana international Baba Rahman from German side Augsburg. The Premier League champions are believed to have agreed an initial fee of £14m for the 21-year-old, plus around £6m in potential add-ons. Rahman replaces Filipe Luis, who rejoined Atletico Madrid earlier this summer, and [...]
Premier League Fantasy Football: Phil Jagielka, Troy Deeney and nine bargain buy players under £7m August 4, 2015 The Premier League season is just days away and so it's time to sign up to your office's fantasy football league and prepare for nine months of desperate dithering on Friday evenings over what transfers your team needs. Read more: Premier League summer transfer window in one graph Perhaps you're already at that stage, building draft [...]
Brand Finance Football 50 2015: $1bn Manchester United top league as most valuable brand in world football June 7, 2015 Manchester United have reclaimed their status as the club with the most valuable brand in world football despite a second consecutive turbulent season bereft of silverware. Record-breaking commercial deals and the looming windfall from the Premier League’s next broadcast rights contract have lifted United back to the top of Brand Finance’s Football 50 list, published [...]
League chiefs query QPR financial recovery March 2, 2015 QUEENS Park Rangers could still face a hefty fine and demotion to the Conference for breaking the Football League’s financial fair play rules despite declaring a huge drop in losses last season. QPR said they lost just £9.8m in 2013-14, an improvement of £55.6m on the previous campaign even though they spent it in the [...]
Five things we’ve learned from Chelsea’s financial results: FFP is no big deal but Stamford Bridge is still too small November 13, 2014 Not only are Chelsea a table-topping team currently pulling away of all competitors, they are also rapidly becoming one of the Premier League’s best businesses. The current league leaders today revealed their financial results for the 2013/2014 season and they’re guaranteed to put a smug smile on fans’ faces. The west-Londoners revealed record [...]