Premier League transfer window summer 2015: Every single signing and club transfer spend in one graph August 7, 2015 Who is the most expensive signing of the summer transfer window? When were clubs busiest in the market? And which club has spent the most money? Click through our interactive graph above which displays every transfer so far this summer for the answers to all your queries. [custom id="53"] Last summer the Premier League managed [...]
Premier League clubs spend over £200m more than European rivals heading into new season August 7, 2015 The Premier League returns for what could be its highest spending season to date with over £500m already spent Read more: Click here to see every Premier League summer transfer signing in one graph A ball has yet to be kicked in anger, but already "the best league in the world" has flexed its muscles, having [...]
West Ham’s Olympic Stadium bargain is another example of the public sector’s poor planning hitting the taxpayer August 7, 2015 If it wasn’t so costly, it would almost be funny. One, a prototypical English big man up front with a tendency to not be nearly as good in the air as he should be. The second, a £700m gleaming structure in the heart of the new jewel of East London, Queen Elizabeth Park. [...]
KPMG: Barcelona can reach €1bn turnover by 2021 August 7, 2015 Ahead of his successful re-election last month, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed his ambitious plans to make the European champions the first football club to generate €1bn in turnover by the 2021 season. Read more: Barcelona forecast €600m income from treble-winning season Yet according to KPMG's football advisory arm, such a statement wasn't just an [...]
Premier League betting tips: New boys Bournemouth to show Aston Villa Howe it is done August 7, 2015 It's never going to be an easy ride for a team playing in their first ever Premier League season. Read more: Bournemouth set for £130m League windfall But when new boys Bournemouth host Aston Villa tomorrow, there is a good chance they'll get off to a flyer. In midfielder Fabian Delph, defender Ron [...]
Rodgers to be red-faced again as Liverpool return to Britannia August 7, 2015 OPENING day results tend to be the hardest to predict. New signings are still being bedded in, managers don’t know their best sides, and summer tournaments mean that not all players have had the same level of training. A surprise result is never far away and sometimes it is better to look for these than [...]
Premier League betting tips: Manchester United to see off Tottenham in Old Trafford opener August 7, 2015 Stick or twist? That’s the quandary for every Premier League club during the summer transfer window and, while it remains open for a few weeks, Tottenham, traditionally one of the most active in the annual high-stakes gamble, have been unusually conservative. Read more: Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be perfect next buy for Manchester United [...]
Premier League betting tips: Magic man Mourinho to cast his spell again for Chelsea August 7, 2015 There is little doubt that this season’s Premier League, on paper at least, looks the most open in recent memory. Read more: Are Arsenal ready to win the Premier League? Realistically, there are four teams that can win it – last year’s champions Chelsea, Manchester rivals City and United, and Arsenal. Although [...]
Premier League preview: Arsenal now ready to reclaim title, Chelsea to prioritise Europe and Manchester United neeed a striker August 7, 2015 For the first time in more than a decade it feels like the conditions are right and the ingredients in place for Arsene Wenger to add to his three Premier League titles. Read more: Jose swipe as Arsenal land the first blow Retaining the FA Cup and improving on their league position last [...]
Europa League: Bilic bullish as Hammers eliminated August 7, 2015 ASTRA GIURGIU 2 WEST HAM UNITED 1 ASTRA WIN 4-3 ON AGGREGATE WEST Ham manager Slaven Bilic insists he remains confident of a strong Premier League campaign despite crashing out of Europe last night to unheralded Romanian side Astra Giurgiu. A second-string Hammers team paid the price for letting another lead slip as two goals [...]