Football Previews

Filipe Luis’ move from Spanish La Liga champions Atletico Madrid to English side Chelsea is almost concluded after the clubs finally agreed on a 20-million pound transfer fee. The 28-year-old Brazil international was banished from Atletico’s first team to train with the reserves after he expressed a desire to follow former Brazil compatriot Diego Costa to Stamford Bridge. Diego Simeone’s ...

Former Barcelona great Johan Cruyff has criticized the Catalan giants for signing Luis Suarez, another player that he feels will make the Spanish La Liga side betray the football style seen during the tenors of managers Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola. The Dutchman hit out at Barcelona for what he termed as a misguided decision to seek the signature of ...

Monaco is set to demand 115 million euros from Real Madrid or Manchester United if any of the two clubs will keep on wanting to sign the French Ligue 1 side’s star James Rodrigez this summer. According to the Spanish sports newspaper Marca, Real Madrid have opened talks with Monaco over a possible transfer move to the Bernabeu for the ...

Liverpool have just parted ways with Luis Suarez for a reported £75 million. At the end of the 2012-2013 season, Tottenham parted ways with Gareth Bale for about £80 million. Spurs then went on a spending spree bringing in no fewer than six players to fill the void left by Bale. These players were not well integrated or well suited ...

Germany’s World Cup starlet Toni Kroos has confirmed that he is set to join the 10-time European champions Real Madrid, but his agent played down talk of any agreement between Kroos and the Spanish giants. The 24-year old Bayern Munich midfielder has had an excellent campaign with Germany in Brazil, culminating in the lifting of the World Cup title for ...

Have you ever wondered how it feels like to feature in the British Open? Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri almost missed the opportunity to feature in this year’s competition because he did not at first know he had made it for the tournament! The New York Times reports that the World Number 85 barely found out that he was playing in ...

Finally, some good news for Liverpool fans who were greatly disappointed by their star striker Luiz Suarez’s switch from Anfield to Camp Nou which was confirmed last week. Belgium’s World Cup ace Divock Origi is reportedly following in the footsteps of Serbia’s Lazar Markovic for a medical at the Merseyside club, according to Sky Italia’s transfer guru Gianluca di-Marzio. The ...

Whether a football season or not in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach outside the iconic Maracana Stadium is meant to be fun, but last Saturday evening it wasn’t. A mammoth crowd – following the 2014 World Cup’s third-place play-off between the Netherlands and Brazil – witnessed the Dutch add to the hosts’ humiliation with a 3-0 beating to raise ...

Uruguay international Luis Suarez has been handed the Number 9 shirt at Barcelona following his 88-million-euro summer switch from Anfield. His transfer move from Liverpool – which had been a subject of rumors and speculation – was finally confirmed on Friday. Suarez is familiar with this number; but only at international level with Uruguay. Barcelona becomes the first place where ...

Germany, perennial World Cup semi-finalist have won their first World Cup title in twenty four years with a 1-0 win over Argentina. This is the first time a unified German team has win the World Cup having won their previous tiles as West Germany in 1990. The match went to extra time after neither team was able to break the ...

Under the guidance of manager Diego Simeone, Atlético Madrid have not only threatened to intervene in the La Liga duopoly but have arguably broken the grip that Real Madrid and Barcelona have on the league. Over the past three seasons Atlético have finished in fifth, third and first place. This shows a gradual progression and building of the team. This ...

Though new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has had a good World Cup with the Netherlands squad, there is yet one player who might embarrass him at the Maracana Final on Sunday even though the Dutch left the tournament on Saturday after clinching the bronze medal: Toni Kroos. If there is a player who contributed most the nexus for ...

Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria has indicated his readiness to snub advances from Manchester United citing his intent to play Champions League football in the coming season. In the past few weeks, speculation has been rife over Di Maria’s potential transfer move to Old Trafford, especially after the Spanish giants had indicated to be preparing a move for James ...

Though it may sound like one of the most improbable transfer tales of the summer, reports from both Spain’s El Mundo Deportivo and England’s Daily Star have indicated that Danny Welbeck could be on the verge of signing for 2013–2014 European Champions Real Madrid. With striker Alvaro Morata and winger Angel Di Maria rumoured to be on their way out ...

Argentina’s World Cup captain Lionel Messi has declared he would give up all his personal records if only it would help Argentina lift the World Cup this year. Argentina meet Germany in the final on Sunday at the iconic Maracana – Messi – whose side reached the final courtesy of a 4-2 post-match penalty win over the Dutch on Wednesday ...