The quality of MLS signings has increased exponentially year after year. Perhaps the best example are the players that recently joined the league ahead of the 2020 season that begins next week. Several top players mostly coming from Liga MX have decided to make the jump to MLS. Therefore, teams in the league have been forced to pay big amounts of cash in order to get them.
If we take a look at the league s Top 5 most expensive signings heading into the 2020 MLS season, which players have made the cut?
Yimmi Chará Portland Timbers
The Colombian winger was one of the most electrifying wingers in the CONMEBOL only two years ago, as he used to play at a high level for both Junior Barranquilla and Atletico Mineiro. However, he lost his starting role in the Brazilian side, …
Pep Guardiola reaffirmed that Manchester City s glorious moments will always belong to them, asking if it was the club s fault Steven Gerrard slipped in the 2013-14 season.
City have been accused of over 100 breaches of the Premier League s financial rules between the seasons of 2009-10 and 2017-18.
Speculation has been rife as to the level of punishment the champions might receive should they be found guilty, including points deductions, relegation or the stripping of the titles they won during that time period, including two under Guardiola.
Yet Guardiola has insisted the moments cannot be taken away from City or their fans regardless of the punishment, if indeed there is one, with the manager sarcastically asking the press if it was his club s fault that Live…
Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland has been rewarded for his stunning exploits, named the 2020 Golden Boy recipient.
The prize, presented by Italian newspaper Tuttosport and won by Joao Felix last year, is given to the best player aged 21 or under from a top-tier league in Europe.
And Norway international Haaland – the leading contender – graced Saturday s front page of Tuttosport, beating the likes of Dortmund team-mate Jadon Sancho, Bayern Munich s Alphonso Davies, Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood and Barcelona sensation Ansu Fati to the award.
Haaland scored 44 goals across all competitions in 2019-20 – 16 of those coming in 18 appearances after a mid-season move from Austrian champions Salzburg to Bundesliga outfit Borussia Dortmund.
Ancelotti blasts calendar demands on Real Madrid stars and says players are football´s forgotten men
Carlo Ancelotti accused football s authorities of punishing players by packing the calendar with too many games as the Real Madrid boss faces a hectic finish to the season.
Victims of their own success, Madrid have a Copa del Rey final against Osasuna coming up in May, plus two legs of a Champions League semi-final against Manchester City, while also vying to finish as high as possible in LaLiga.
They will play on every weekend and in every midweek through to the start of June, which leaves Ancelotti with a tough task to keep his players fit and healthy.
He is eager not to suggest any weakness in his ranks, stressing Madrid would be able to recover between games, but it is far from a satisfactory situation for the veteran Italian coach.
He said: The sched…
Italy and Germany have been the two best teams at Euro 2016 so far, the World Cup s all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose believes.
The two nations face off in Saturday s quarter-final in what is a repeat of the 2012 semi-final, which Italy won 2-1 thanks to a Mario Balotelli brace.
Germany have not beaten Italy in eight attempts at major international tournaments, although they won 4-1 against the Azzurri in a March friendly.
Klose, who retired from international football after Germany won the 2014 World Cup, said his country has a good chance of winning the title if they beat Italy.
I don t see a clear favourite, but I m really excited to see the game played out, Klose told the DFB website.
I watched the friendly back in March with my f…
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is optimistic Scott Parker will be fit for Euro 2012 following the latest treatment on his Achilles injury.
Parker, who missed Spurs’ win over Fulham last weekend, has had an injection in a bid to resolve the problem.
With Roy Hodgson set to name his provisional squad for the tournament on Wednesday, Redknapp remains hopeful the midfielder will be fit enough for the finals, but conceded that he is likely to miss out if the problem persists.
He (Parker) has had an injection and hopefully that will do the trick, Redknapp told Sky Sports News.
It should settle it down, it might be seven or eight days and then he could be okay to start training again and playing.
I just hope he is going to be okay for the Euros …
Tottenham start the 2018-19 Premier League season in the same way they began 2017-18, with a trip to Newcastle United.
Mauricio Pochettino s side head to St. James Park on the weekend of August 11 before hosting Fulham a week later, a game that will be held at Wembley, their home throughout last season.
It means Spurs will play their first ever Premier League match at their new White Hart Lane stadium on September 15, against Jurgen Klopp s Liverpool.
They visit Manchester United on the third weekend of the campaign, with a trip to champions Manchester City coming on October 27, before they face London rivals Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Arsenal consecutively between November 10 and December 1.
They are due to meet City, West Ham and Everton in a potent…
Referees at Euro 2008 will have the power to discipline a player for faking injury after a match with the use of video evidence if the original incident went unnoticed.
Simulations aimed at deceiving the referee will be punished by a yellow card for anti-sporting behaviour, UEFA emphasised at a seminar for the dozen men in black officiating at Euro 2008.
Those which aren t picked up by the referee during the game can be sanctioned later by the disciplinary authorities, European football s governing body added.
UEFA has reminded Euro 2008 referees that any actions using excessive force, including the illegal use of arms or elbows must be dealt with by a red card.
Players must feel secure, UEFA stressed.
UEFA is also putting the accent on resp…
China will host a revamped Club World Cup in 2021, FIFA has announced.
The game s governing body made the announcement following a meeting in Shanghai on Thursday.
Although its prestige has often paled against other trophy targets for European sides, a redesigned Club World Cup will expand to 24 teams following the final two iterations of the existing seven-team format in Qatar in 2019 and 2020.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has strongly opposed the move, which is seen by some as an attempt to position the competition as a rival to Europe s Champions League.
Ceferin last year described FIFA as behaving strangely , but Gianni Infantino, president of the global body, pressed ahead with rolling out plans for the new-look tournament.
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England put their Greece setback to one side and returned to winning ways in their Nations League campaign after easing past Finland 3-1 in Helsinki on Sunday.
Lee Carsley s men were stunned by a 2-1 defeat at home to Greece on Thursday but responded well three days later as Jack Grealish fired England into the lead in the first half.
Trent Alexander Arnold s stunning free-kick 16 minutes from time was followed up by Declan Rice s close-range effort to make sure of victory, with Arttu Hoskonen netting a late consolation for the hosts.
Angel Gomes neat flick released Grealish into the box after 18 minutes, with the Manchester City midfielder netting his fourth international goal, and second under Carsley, by sliding low into the bottom-right corner.
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