Wilfried Bony has long been linked with the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and even Everton. But finally, after too many transfer stories, the Ivorian striker moved to Laudrup’s Swansea, for a reported fee of 12M euros, that could rise to 15M euros in bonuses. A lot of people have questioned this move. Was he
After having battled their way to a second place finish last year, changes seemed almost inevitable at Napoli. The sale of Cavani was a blow, but the money has been invested wisely, meaning Napoli have a deep squad with a very real chance of winning Serie A. Cavani was Mr. Napoli for all three of
In the month of August in 2008, the Abu Dhabi United Group took ownership of Manchester City Football Club, buying out then owner Thaksin Shinawatra. Though signing a Brazilian - Robinho - was their landmark moment, few people could’ve foreseen that the signing of a £34m-rated Brazilian midfielder who was born in Londrina, Paraná would
After securing the signature of YAYA Sanogo, the Gunners’ faithful were expecting the club to add more quality to the squad, in a bid to challenge for title honors next season. And recently, they were heavily with a mega move for Madrid’s front-man Higuain. But unfortunately, the striker opted for a transfer to Italian out-fit
On the face of it, the decision to finally sell Stefan Jovetic to Manchester City was a risky and potentially backward step for Fiorentina. However, with some very shrewd and wise investments, the sale could springboard the Florence based club back into European football’s elite club category. At this same time last year, Fiorentina were
AC Milan have undergone something of a regression since their last league title back in 2011, falling fifteen points behind champions Juventus last season as the Rossoneri finished third. This is perhaps owing to the recent financial structural problems in Italian football and the emergence of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations causing a sea of
Another Brazilian midfielder is heading east to ply his trade in the Premier League, and the tactical implications of Paulinho’s North London arrival could be indicative of a stark change in Andre Villas Boas’ Tottenham Hotspur tactics. Villas Boas’ time in England has seen him predominately switch between a 4-2-3-1 and a 4-3-3, the former
If there was surprise at the dubious timing of Bayern Munich’s announcement that Mario Gotze, still representing their Champions League final opponents Borussia Dortmund, was to join them at the end of the season, the blame should be put at the door of Manchester City. That is according to Bayern’s Chief Executive Karl Heinz Rummenigge
Football enthusiasts around the world would have to concur that this is often the toughest time as a fan. This is merely due to the fact there is no any football action and they have to scavenge for transfer stories and rumors linked to their respective clubs. However, as the clock runs down to the
After a very hit and miss six years in West London, Florent Malouda is heading to pastures new at Turkish club Trabzonspor. Here’s a look back at his largely mixed fortunes at Stamford Bridge. Malouda joined the Blues in July 2007 after having enjoyed four impressive seasons at Olympique Lyonnais, in which he won Ligue
1) Review of Last Season It can be said that the 2012-2013 Premier League season was shaped by two key moments for Southampton. The first was on a cold mid-November afternoon in West London. A match dubbed ‘El Sackico’ between Saints and fellow strugglers QPR, resulted in only the second win of the season
When Roberto Mancini’s arguably successful reign as Manchester City manager came to an end on the 13th May 2013 after a relatively unsuccessful season, it came as a surprise to many. After giving the Manchester based team their first Premier League title in 44 years and an FA Cup to be proudly placed in there
Borussia Dortmund recently secured the signing of St-Etienne striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The reported Newcastle and Anzhi Makhachkala target signs for the German giants until 2018. The Gabon born hit man found himself a new lease of life with the Ligue 1 side, after failing to assert himself within the AC Milan squad. After a successful
On Monday, the long-awaited departure of Edinson Cavani from Napoli occurred as he was unveiled as the fourth most expensive player of all time with a move to Paris Saint Germain. The Qatari project at the French champions continuing apace with the Uruguayan’s £55 million transfer. It was also just another day in the summer
Last week, Chelsea completed a move for 40 year old goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, interestingly on a one year deal. Obviously due to his age, Schwarzer has taken this move as a means of getting one last “hoorah” from his career, after Fulham signed highly rated Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from AS Roma. Of course it
For many Atletico Madrid fans, replacing Radamel Falcao this summer was paramount. The Colombian had left the Spanish capital for Monaco with a scoring record of 70 goals in 90 games and the concern was that Atletico would struggle to find somebody to replicate El Tigre’s brilliance, despite the €45 million he was sold for.
Carlo Ancelotti’s arrival at Real Madrid to takeover from Jose Mourinho is appearing to be more than a simple managerial change. Mourinho’s future became untenable at the Bernabeu despite delivering a league title in his second year, threatening mutiny as he clashed repeatedly, and in one instance even alienated, star players. His departure in favour
An off season that started with the possibility of Massimo Moratti of selling the club after 18 years in the presidency was always going to be an exciting one for Inter Milan. As it was, Moratti accepted sponsorship from Germany’s Deutsche Bank, a major worldwide financial corporation, and did what he seems to do best,
How does £100,000-a-week sound to you? Like a dream? Like you’ve won the lottery? I bet it does. To the likes of Luis Suarez and Theo Walcott, this is a reality and something that happens every single week as part of their job! Lucky so and so’s! This interactive infographic compiled by Clear Debt shows you the
The Roberto Martinez era has suddenly burst into life at Everton with the completion of 3 transfers in 2 days, though the identity of the three imports won’t have exactly sent pulses racing in accordance with his bold ambition to return the club to the Champions League. Sticking to the cliche “better the devil you
It promised to be a frantic first summer in charge of Sunderland for Paulo Di Canio and it is rather safe to assume the charismatic Italian wouldn’t have it any other way. Tasked with easing a wage bill that had been allowed to swell to 82% of their annual turnover under Steve Bruce and Martin
After causing so much trouble last autumn, the departure of Igor Denisov from 3 time Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg has been something which has looked ever more likely, but just as the situation looked to have blown over, the Russian national team captain has shocked the whole of Russia by making the move to
With financial problems hitting what seems like almost every Spanish top flight club - except of course, the top two - La Liga has been losing more and more talented players to foreign leagues due to their clubs having to sell them on the cheap to fix debt. Therefore, it has been a welcome change
There was something surprising about Paulinho’s Monday night press conference in which he confirmed he was leaving Corinthians to join Spurs, in that the North London club were unrivalled in their bid to sign the Brazilian midfielder. There has been mentions of Real Madrid in media circles whilst the player himself admitted Inter Milan were
It comes as a great statement of intent from Spurs, after Franco Baldini was hired as Technical Director by request of Andre Villas Boas to help attract the bigger names, that David Villa is being intensely linked with a move to White Hart Lane. The Barcelona forward, who has 12 months left on his current