Manchester City have acknowledged the Premier League charges facing them risk having a “material impact” on the club, as they posted a league-record revenue figure of over £700million.
City earned £712.8m in the year ending June 30, an increase of almost £100m compared to the previous year and far outstripping the £648.4m Premier League record set by Manchester United when their most recent results were announced last month.
City’s run to the Champions League final – where they beat Inter Milan 1-0 in June – contributed to total broadcast revenue of £341.4m, including £113.85m just from UEFA.
However, the club’s annual report mentioned the 115 charges issued against them by the Premier League in February under the ‘Risks and Uncertainties’ s…
Chelsea defender David Luiz is set to join London rivals Arsenal.
The 32-year-old Brazilian centre-back will leave Stamford Bridge for the Emirates Stadium, boosting head coach Unai Emery’s backline options.
Omnisport understands a deal worth around £8million has been agreed between the clubs for a player who has enjoyed two spells at Chelsea either side of a two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain.
David Luiz first joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2011, before departing for Paris three years later. He returned to west London in 2016 and won the Premier League title in his first year back at the club.
He was a regular for the Blues last season but the appointment of former team-mate Frank Lampard as Chelsea’s new manager has signalled change.
The…
Arjen Robben and Rafinha have each agreed new one-year contracts with Bayern Munich.
The 34-year-old winger and 32-year-old full-back, whose deals were due to expire this year, have committed to the club for the 2018-19 season.
We are delighted that we will be extending these deals by another year, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic told Bayern s official website.
Both Arjen Robben and Rafinha play important roles in our plans for the coming season.
Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic: Both and play important roles in our plans for the coming season.
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN)
The news comes four days after Franck Ribery also agreed to a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the Allianz Arena until June 20…
Bernardo Silva has little desire for Manchester City to face a Champions League showdown with his international team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Silva contributed to a glut of goals as City thumped Schalke 7-0 in the last 16 on Tuesday, rounding off a 10-2 win that stands as the second-largest aggregate victory in Champions League history.
But there was drama elsewhere on the same night as Ronaldo netted a hat-trick in Juventus 3-0 triumph over Atletico Madrid, the Italian team overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit to progress.
Ronaldo is a five-time winner of Europe s premier club competition and now the driving force as Serie A giants Juve try to claim their first continental triumph for 23 years.
The Champions League is the remaining major honour on City s…
Klopp loses Fabinho for Leicester trip but backs under-fire Alisson: ´Everybody knows how good he is
Jurgen Klopp promised Alisson has the full support of Liverpool s dressing room as he backed the goalkeeper to bounce back from his Manchester City nightmare.
The Reds boss also revealed that Fabinho has suffered an injury blow, ruling the midfielder turned stand-in centre-back out of Saturday s trip to Leicester City.
In his tale of two Brazilians, Klopp said he had taken Alisson aside this week to check on the shot-stopper after his error-plagued performance in Sunday s 4-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola s men at Anfield.
Two poor clearances with his feet presented City with chances from which they ruthlessly capitalised, and now Liverpool are 10 points adrift in the Premier League title race, the champions hopes of a successful defence seemingly in tatters.
Marcus Rashford admits it would have been a dream to play with Paul Scholes at Manchester United.
Forward Rashford revealed his admiration for the club legend who retired in May 2013 when the duo appeared together on an episode of United s official podcast.
Scholes played in 718 games for the Red Devils after coming through the club s academy system, transforming from goalscoring midfielder to deep-lying playmaker in the final stages of his outstanding career.
His passing abilities would be ideal these days to pick out the runs of Rashford, who had scored 19 goals in all competitions this season before suffering a back injury.
It would have been a dream to play with someone like that, Rashford said during UTD Podcast. The biggest thing for me is ran…
Cristiano Ronaldo s 900th career goal sealed a 2-1 win for Portugal over Croatia in the Nations League, with Roberto Martinez hailing the historic moment .
The 39-year-old scored the landmark goal in the 34th minute, and it eventually proved to be the winner; Diogo Dalot opened the scoring but then handed Croatia a lifeline with an own goal just before the break.
Ronaldo s close-range strike was his 131st for Portugal in 213 appearances, with both of those records for any male player on the international stage.
Martinez showed his faith by keeping Ronaldo in his squad despite an underwhelming Euro 2024 campaign in which he failed to score and was delighted to see the forward hit his latest milestone.
It s a historic moment. 900 goals is incredible, Marti…
Ivan Rakitic has rejoined Sevilla from Barcelona after six years at Camp Nou.
The Croatia midfielder has signed a four-year deal with Julen Lopetegui s side.
According to Sport, Barca will receive a maximum fee of €8m for the player depending, on whether Sevilla qualify for the Europa League or Champions League over the next two seasons.
New Barca head coach Ronald Koeman is said to have made it clear to Rakitic, who made 42 appearances in all competitions last season, that he would not be in his plans for 2020-21.
Negotiations stepped up on Monday, with Rakitic undergoing a medical after a fee was agreed between the clubs.
Rakitic was a fan favourite at Sevilla and captained them to Europa League glory in 2013-14 before signing for Barcelona.
Liverpool will win the Premier League and match the Arsenal Invincibles as there are no teams good enough to stop them, according to Robert Pires.
Jurgen Klopp s side are 19 points clear at the top of the table after winning 23 and drawing one of their 24 top-flight matches.
The Reds have not lost a league match in more than 12 months and look destined to win a first league title in 30 years, while they could also match Arsenal’s feat of going the entire league season unbeaten in 2003-04.
Pires, a key part of Arsene Wenger s fabled side during that astonishing campaign, sees no reason Liverpool cannot surpass their achievement as he believes the quality in the Premier League is not as high.
When asked if Liverpool could go unbeaten for the season, Pires…
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Looking to extend on their European charge this weekend, Reims will welcome Nantes to the Stade Auguste-Delaune on Sunday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, although Reims might have eventually fallen short in their bid to book a top-half finish last season, Will Still’s side are enjoying a history-making flurry this time around. Although Les Rouges might have watched their Coupe de France adventure come to an abrupt end last week following penalties heartbreak at the hands of second-tier outfit Sochaux, the former Beerschot boss should still find the mood in his camp at a continued high. Making a real Ligue 1 statement on January 13th as they stormed their way to a famous 3-1 romp away at Monaco, Reims find themselves sat in the…