Chelsea named bottom of the league for prompt payments as big clubs let the side down September 27, 2018 Elite Premier League clubs are less likely to pay their suppliers promptly than smaller teams, according to industry data provided to City A.M. Chelsea are the slowest team to settle invoices, says business information company Dun & Bradstreet, while Tottenham and Manchester City are also in the bottom four. Brighton and Bournemouth are the [...]
Manchester City’s loss to Lyon exposed some nagging problems and should be a wake-up call September 20, 2018 The 2018-19 season has long been earmarked as Manchester City’s big push for the Champions League. Pep Guardiola has had two years and three summer transfer windows to mould a squad capable of toppling the continent’s heavyweights and the manner of last term’s runaway Premier League triumph pointed to a team ready to challenge on [...]
Invest like a Premier League football manager – are you conservative, an explorer or a pioneer? September 19, 2018 More than a month into the Premier League season, which began on 10 August, the beautiful game is continuing to surprise us. Managers are feeling the pressure to prove that their investment decisions were right during the transfer window, with both big spenders and low expenditure clubs under the spotlight. And these investment decisions [...]
Summer transfer 2015 window in five graphs – Manchester City enjoy FFP easing, Southampton come out quids in, Manchester United biggest sellers September 2, 2015 Deadline day came and went with as much talk about players' errant tweets and superclubs' tardiness as any big money moves even if the Premier League continued to increase its spending. In total clubs spent around £820m* on 158 new players this summer. But where did the money go and how was it spent? Here's [...]
Manchester United and Manchester City account for over a third of all Premier League transfer spend August 31, 2015 Manchester will be the source of a third of all Premier League transfer expenditure so far this summer, following the record-breaking deals struck for Kevin de Bruyne and Anthony Martial by City and United respectively. Read more: Van Gaal's Manchester United spending soars past £200m mark Over £247m will have been spent by the two [...]
Everton v Manchester City: Leaders can gobble up another three points from trip to Goodison August 21, 2015 ‘HUNGRY and angry,” was how Manuel Pellegrini described his players after losing out on the Premier League title last season. His comments came in the wake of the victory over Chelsea last weekend, the second time in two games that his side had gorged themselves with a 3-0 win to march to the top of [...]
Yaya Toure at the double as Manchester City sound title warning August 11, 2015 Bullish Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany insisted that his side have a point to prove this season after starting their campaign with a crushing defeat of West Brom last night. Read more: English clubs have spent over £20m on agents' fees this summer Kompany sealed City’s victory, which immediately fired Manuel Pellegrini’s charges to [...]
Raheem Sterling stars for Manchester City as Van Gaal considers future July 27, 2015 England's most expensive player Raheem Sterling continued to make his mark at new club Manchester City by netting twice in their 8-1 friendly victory over Vietnam in Hanoi last night. Read more: How Sterling compares to every other Sheikh Mansour signing Former Liverpool forward Sterling, who cost City £49m, bagged a first-half double, having [...]
Raheem Sterling targets honours after £49m Manchester City transfer July 14, 2015 England forward Raheem Sterling insists he is looking forward to challenging for titles on a consistent basis after completing his protracted £49m transfer to deposed Premier League champions Manchester City yesterday. City will pay Liverpool an initial £44m for the 20-year-old, with a further £5m due in add-ons, which makes Sterling the most expensive Englishman [...]
Manchester City: This graph shows how £49m Raheem Sterling deal compares to every other Sheikh Mansour signing July 14, 2015 Since Sheikh Mansour decided to shower his billions on Manchester City the club have attracted many of football's most renowned and desired players; Premier League winners, Champions League winners and even World Cup winners have all arrived at Eastlands yet Raheem Sterling – with less than 150 professional appearances to his name – is the [...]