Manchester City hopeful sealing £57m deal for Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte January 25, 2018 Runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City are closing in on a club-record £57m deal for French defender Aymeric Laporte from La Liga outfit Athletic Bilbao. An agreement for the 23-year-old centre-half is yet to be finalised although City boss Pep Guardiola is hopeful of completing the transfer before the close of the window on Wednesday. [...]
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino rebukes Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger January 25, 2018 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has stoked the rivalry with Arsenal by rebuking opposite number Arsene Wenger for appearing to suggest Spurs get too much praise. Pochettino said Wenger had “made a mistake” in making unflattering comments on the performances of other clubs, adding that he should only “talk for himself and for Arsenal”. In remarks [...]
Chris Tremlett: Whitewash Australia and England will feel they have long-term psychological edge over their rivals January 24, 2018 If England can win the two remaining one-dayers and whitewash Australia in their own backyard then they will believe they have the psychological edge over their rivals. Never before have Australia suffered a 5-0 defeat in a bilateral one-day series on home soil and it would be deeply embarrassing for them, but the message it [...]
World’s richest clubs 2018: West Ham climb to 17th as Manchester United top Deloitte Football Money League January 23, 2018 West Ham have been named the 17th richest club in the world after their move to the London Stadium helped them to climb the latest edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League. The Hammers jumped four places in the annual list, published today, after they increased revenue last season to £183.3m (€213.3m). The club’s rise in [...]
World’s richest clubs 2018: Tottenham Hotspur climb to 11th as Manchester United top Deloitte Football Money League January 23, 2018 Tottenham’s growing financial strength has seen them become the 11th richest club in the world, according to the latest edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League. Spurs moved up one place in the annual list, published today, after they increased revenue last season by £96.4m to £305.6m (€355.6m). The north Londoners benefited from their highest ever [...]
World’s richest clubs 2018: Chelsea stay ahead of Liverpool in eight place as Manchester United top Deloitte Football Money League January 23, 2018 Chelsea have held on to their place in the top 10 of the world’s richest clubs, according to the latest edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League. The Blues remain eighth in the annual list, which is published today, after they increased revenue last season by £33.2m to £367.8m (€428.0m). Their earnings were boosted by winning [...]
World’s richest clubs 2018: Arsenal overtake Paris Saint-Germain to take sixth place as Manchester United top Deloitte Football Money League January 23, 2018 Arsenal have overtaken Paris Saint-Germain as the sixth richest club in the world, according to the latest edition of Deloitte’s Football Money League. The Gunners’ revenue for last season of £419.0m (€487.6m) made them the third highest-placed English team in the annual list, published today, behind only Manchester United and Manchester City. The north Londoners [...]
World’s richest football clubs 2018: Manchester United hold off Real Madrid and Barcelona in Deloitte Football Money League January 23, 2018 Manchester United have retained their billing as the world’s richest club after they pipped European champions Real Madrid to first place in Deloitte’s Football Money League. United, who benefited from winning the Europa League and lucrative new Premier League broadcast contracts, outstripped Real and Barcelona last season despite the fall in value of the pound. [...]
Should Everton signing Theo Walcott be considered Arsenal’s first Emirates Stadium-era great? January 19, 2018 In a poll to rank Arsenal’s 50 greatest ever players conducted by the club a decade ago, 12 of the top 20 slots were filled by forwards, wingers or attacking midfielders. From Thierry Henry at No1 to Ray Parlour at No19, supporters’ embrace of the adventurous was demonstrated in many of the names cherished most [...]
Sam Allardyce’s Everton close to finalising £20m deal for Arsenal forward January 16, 2018 Arsenal misfit Theo Walcott is expected to complete a £20m move to Everton this week after undergoing a medical at the Merseyside club’s Finch Farm training base. Walcott’s 12-year stay at the Gunners appears to be at an end, while Everton look to have beaten off competition from the 28-year-old’s former club Southampton for his [...]