Liverpool spend more per goal than any other Premier League club June 10, 2015 If goals and entertainment is what Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) want from their team, they won't be happy with the output from Brendan Rodgers' men last season. In terms of goals scored, Liverpool spent more than the rest of the Premier League last season – despite the fact they only had the fifth-largest [...]
Barcelona star Lionel Messi to face trial for alleged €4.1m tax fraud June 10, 2015 Four days after winning the Champions League, Barcelona star Lionel Messi was brought back down to earth as a Barcelona court ruled he must face trial for alleged tax fraud. Messi and his father Jorge are accused of evading €4.1m (£2.99m) of income tax in Spain through shell companies in Uruguay and Belize. Both men [...]
I want to take West Ham to Champions League, says Bilic June 9, 2015 WEST Ham’s new manager Slaven Bilic has been set the target of finishing in the top half of the Premier League in his first season – but the Croatian is already dreaming of Champions League qualification. The former Hammers defender was yesterday confirmed as the successor to Sam Allardyce and the man to lead the [...]
Barcelona forecast €600m income from treble-winning season June 9, 2015 Barcelona expect the income from their treble-winning season to reach €600m (£440.3m), president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed today. In a press conference, Bartomeu heralded the club's head coach Luis Enrique's triumphs in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League in his first year in the role and announced he would be extending [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling is the world’s sixth most valuable player and fourth most likely to be sold this transfer window says new study June 9, 2015 Liverpool's Raheem Sterling has been named as the sixth most valuable player in the world in a new study that also ranks him the fourth most-likely top European player to be transferred this summer. The young winger is ranked the most valuable under 21-year-old player in world football and worth more than Luis Suarez, Diego [...]
Bilic the favourite as West Ham prepare to announce new boss June 8, 2015 WEST Ham expect to appoint a new manager by tomorrow at the latest, with former Hammers defender Slaven Bilic widely considered the favourite to succeed Sam Allardyce. The club took the unusual step yesterday of confirming that an appointment was imminent, following days of intensive talks, and indicating that it would come in the next [...]
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard is worth more than Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, new study reveals June 8, 2015 Chelsea's Eden Hazard is the second most valuable footballer in the world, according to a new study. Hazard is now more valuable than Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Sergio Aguero with a valuation ranging between €135.4m (£152.1m) and €148.9m, say CIES Football Observatory, an academic research group based in Switzerland. Hazard, this season named [...]
Juventus share price falls as Italian giants suffer Champions League heartbreak at hands of Barcelona June 8, 2015 As if enough tears hadn't been shed in Turin already this weekend, Juventus' share price took a tumble as the market opened for the first time since their 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League final. Read more: Juventus share price rises after Real Madrid victory seals Champions League final place Shares in the Italian [...]
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 [...]
Watford hire Spanish coach June 5, 2015 WATFORD have confirmed the appointment of Europa League-winning former Atletico Madrid manager Quique Sanchez Flores following their promotion to the Premier League. Sanchez Flores, who has also coached Benfica, Getafe and Valencia, succeeds Slavisa Jokanovic, who could not agree a new contract with the club he led into the top flight. The 50-year-old’s playing days [...]