The top 5 most expensive teams across Europe – A list compiled from the stats taken from football-observatory.com and Optastats. The numbers mentioned below are not the market value of a team or a particular player, instead they represent the amount spent by the respective teams to assemble their current squad. The likes of Bayern Munich … Read more
French Ligue 1 Champions Paris St Germain host 2012 winner Chelsea at Paris in what promises to be an absolute blockbuster of an encounter on Wednesday night. Laurent Blanc’s team look hungrier than ever before and if memories are to be recalled the Parisians were knocked off in the quarter finals on away goals last … Read more
With the Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic departing at the end of the season, the obvious need to reinforce the defense is there for everybody to see. While it is expected that David Moyes, should he stay, will be given the money in the summer transfer window to spend on his players one of the … Read more
After two weeks filled with 32 matches eight clubs came out successfully through the round of 16 in both the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. As the last teams battled this week and all the aggregated score winners appeared, the European association released the list of drawn games for the quarterfinals starting in April. … Read more
Arsenal’s quest for a proper destroyer in the middle, someone who can be attributed as a deep lying regista, has taken quite some search in the transfer market. Arsene Wenger has done a creditable job using Matheiu Flamini, in that role, getting him for nothing last summer. While Mikel Arteta looks increasingly concerned in the … Read more
Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool have all had representatives at the Par Des Princess watching Adrien Rabiot in the previous couple months but Chelsea seem the most determined not to miss out on the Paris Saint Germain man. A bid worthy of around £8 million is what Chelsea are readying for the services of the 18-year old. Adrien … Read more
Manchester United has been mooted as a possible destination in case Edinson Cavani does decide to move again in the summer. However, here are 3 reasons why this move is a bad idea for all the parties concerned. 1. It’s simply too costly Cavani joined PSG from Napoli for €64 million last summer. That is … Read more
A couple of weeks ago Deloitte released its annual report on the 20 biggest clubs, albeit from a financial perspective. In this case big means the size of the annual turnover as opposed to the size of the membership, or fanbase for that matter. In light of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play initiative that was designed … Read more
As I write this, Arsenal are to yet to take on Bayern Munich in the last sixteen of the Champions League at the Emirates on Wednesday night. Arsenal will go into the game with French man Mathieu Flamini and Jack Wilshere to try and stop the Bavarians in the middle of the park as the Gunners are without their vice-captain … Read more
5. Hernanes (Lazio to Inter Milan) In one of the biggest deals on deadline day, Inter Milan strengthened their midfield by signing Brazilian international Hernanes from Serie A rivals Lazio. The 28-year-old penned a contract four and half year deal with the Nerazzurri, joining the San Siro outfit for an undisclosed fee. Speaking to the … Read more