England international forward Raheem Sterling has admitted he is absolutely delighted after putting pen to paper on a five-year deal with Manchester City.
The deal, for a fee that could rise to £49 million, makes Sterling the most expensive English footballer in history.
Sterling, who joined Liverpool from Queens Park Rangers for an initial fee of £600,000 in 2010, has been the subject of exit rumours all summer long, and the player is relieved the saga is finally over.
“It’s a good feeling and this is really happy time for me and my family,” Sterling told the club s official website. “I’m just glad it’s all over and done with and I can’t wait to get on the training field.
“The thing that excites me the most is the world cla…
Chelsea suffered losses of £23.1million and a drop in turnover for the financial year ending June 30 2015.
The Premier League champions announced their financial results for the year on Monday, confirming the loss on revenues of £314.3m for the year.
Turnover fell from £319.8m to £314.3m, a reduction the club attributes to their Champions League performance in the 2014-15 season.
Chelsea were knocked out in the last 16 by Paris Saint-Germain in the previous campaign, having reached the semi-finals in 2013-14.
A club statement read: After relevant adjustments the club is comfortably within the allowable limits of Financial Fair Play. Chelsea has complied with FFP criteria throughout its monitoring periods which began with the 2011-12 season.
Dennis Bergkamp has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant manager s job at Swansea City.
The former Arsenal forward has been linked with the position following the sacking of Garry Monk.
Swansea parted company with Monk on Wednesday following a run of just one win in 11 Premier League matches, a streak that has left the Welsh club only one point above the relegation zone.
Bergkamp has served as an assistant with Ajax since 2011, but is not interested in taking the step up at this point in his coaching career.
He told Voetbal International: I currently have no ambition to become a head coach. There s a job to do at Ajax and I see my role here in the next few years.
Former Everton, Manchester United and Real Sociedad boss David Moyes …
Crystal Palace are ready to sell striker Christian Benteke this summer according to the Mail Online.
The Belgium international signed from Liverpool in a club record deal back in the summer of 2016 and scored fifteen league goals in his first campaign with the Eagles while he also chipped in with two in the FA Cup.
However, he has struggled to reach those heights this season, netting just twice in twenty-seven league outings form that saw him dropped to the bench for the side’s 3-2 win over rivals Brighton and Hove Albion at the weekend.
Prior to his move to Selhurst Park the twenty-seven year old spent a season at Liverpool where he also struggled to recapture the form he showed at Aston Villa.
In three campaigns with Villa he scored forty-nine go…
Antoine Griezmann believes he is back to his best at Atletico Madrid after enduring a complicated start to the season.
Linked with a blockbuster transfer to Premier League side Manchester United that failed to materialise, the France international endured a rocky beginning to the 2017-18 campaign.
He was sent off in Atletico s LaLiga opener against Girona before enduring an eight-game run without a goal, his longest dry spell for the club since arriving from Real Sociedad in July 2014.
However, Griezmann who is rumoured to be Barcelona s top transfer target has been in sensational scoring form in 2018, finding the net 12 times in LaLiga while also bagging three more in his side s Europa League campaign.
I had a complicated start [to the season] for sev…
Manchester United are in the early stages of planning an Old Trafford expansion, while they will play their first game with safe standing against Wolves next month.
United have played at their home ground for 111 years, with the venue already capable of hosting 73,000 fans on a matchday.
Initial meetings have taken place to further modernise the home of the Red Devils, but United s chief operating officer (COO) Colette Roche insisted the plans are still in their infancy.
These meetings have produced exciting potential ideas, although it s important to note that we re still at an early stage and it s premature to talk about timetables, Roche told a meeting of United s fans forum.
While Roche assured no decision as to budget nor size of expansion had been …
In a tough battle to get a result at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Sunday evening, Juventus edged out AS Roma by a single goal, courtesy of a luckily deflected header by Rodrigo Bentancur which hit Moise Kean before finding its way into the net in the 16th minute. It was an interesting duel between very good teams, marked by a highly controversial moment in which referee Daniele Orsato may have unintentionally helped the home team hold onto their lead, but little can be said against the way the Old Lady kept their heads to make it all the way through.
This was the fourth Serie A win in a row for Juventus, who are now seventh with 14 points, the same tally as Lazio and Atalanta in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Roma remain fourth for the time being with 15, but they ve m…
FC Steaua Bucuresti defender Vlad Chiriches is reportedly attracting interest from Chelsea, Real Madrid and Zenit St Petersburg, .
Chiriches, who has previously been linked with Italian giants Internazionale Milano, is currently valued at €15 million.
The 23-year-old centre-back started his youth career at Ardealul Cluj before joining Portuguese Primeira Liga side S.L. Benfica in 2007.
After 12 months in Lisbon, Chiriches returned to Romania, signing a deal with lower league club FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș.
In 2009, Chiriches helped International earn promotion to Liga I. One year later, he joined CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
Finally, in 2012, the Romania international defender joined current club Steaua Bucuresti, his third…
Tito Vilanova has admitted it was not easy to leave Barcelona after stepping down as manager due to illness.
Vilanova, who was diagnosed with cancer for a second time in December 2012, resigned on Friday after learning that he needed further treatment to deal with a relapse in his condition.
The 44-year-old took charge at the Camp Nou in June 2012, succeeding Pep Guardiola, but his tenure was overshadowed by his health issues, with assistant Jordi Roura mangaing the team for much of last season.
Vilanova spent five years with the Catalan club, joining in 2008 as Guardiola s assistant after the pair had enjoyed great success with the Barcelona B team.
In an open letter to supporters on the club s official website, Vilanova said: After five marvellous years as part…
I have made no arrangement with the club about that. I will just wait and see what happens.
The former Ajax and Atletico Madrid man has been a regular fixture in Everton s squad since joining in 2009 and has spent much of his time alongside Phil Jagielka.
Both were signed by David Moyes and the England international says the Scot has done wonders for his growth as a player.
David Moyes gave me a chance to play at a higher level, coached me to a better level and helped my game progress, Jagielka said.
Over the last six years he has taken me from possibly being a Premier League defender to playing some games for England. But I would also like to think I put myself on the line for him as well.
That is why we did so well as a club during the time he was there.
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