Real Madrid s salary cap spending limits for the 2021-22 season is seven times greater than financially stricken Barcelona s, LaLiga has announced.
Los Blancos have seen their limit boosted by €270million, with Barca s reduced by €280m.
Carlo Ancelotti s side will be capped at just over €739m, but Barca can spend only €97m – with six clubs able to splash more than them.
Reigning champions Atletico Madrid have also been hit, with their limit reduced by €81m from last term, resulting in Diego Simeone s men allowed to spend €171m for the next campaign – the third-highest ceiling in the division.
LaLiga corporate director Jose Guerra suggested to ESPN that Madrid s limit, which is over €500m more than any other LaLiga team, would have left r…
Sweden have extended the contract of coach Erik Hamren, despite their failure to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Hamren s side were eliminated from the World Cup as they slipped to a 4-2 aggregate defeat against a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Portugal in their play-off showdown last month.
There had been speculation that the 56-year-old who took charge in September 2010 would leave his post as a result of their exit from the tournament, although the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) had mooted the possibility of extending his deal.
And the governing body have shown faith in Hamren, with the two parties agreeing to an extension that will see him retain his position until 2016.
I m really charged up and eager to make it to the UEFA (European) Championship in 2…
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott admits he was reduced to tears by Fabio Capello s decision to drop him from England s World Cup squad.
Walcott had been confident he would go to South Africa with England after being named in the provisional 30-man group, but he was surprisingly axed from Capello s final party.
The 21-year-old was playing golf with a friend and his cousin when Capello called to give him the news which left him crying tears of frustration.
I had the day off so I was on the golf course and I got the phone call, Walcott told The Sun.
He just said, I m sorry. I m not going to bring you to South Africa, but I ll see you in 2012 for the Euros.
I didn t know what to say at all. He said, have a good break and good luck. I ll see you soon. …
Teddy Sheringham is not concerned Mason Greenwood is merely playing a supporting role to Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United, believing it is better to play out of position than watch from the sidelines.
Greenwood broke into the United team as a winger but has long been considered their future at centre-forward.
The 19-year-old started in that position against Leeds United on the opening day of the Premier League season and scored in a 5-1 win.
However, five of his subsequent six starts in all competitions have seen Greenwood stationed on the right wing, while he also occupied the flank after coming off the bench in the EFL Cup defeat to West Ham.
Greenwood has not added to his tally of three goals this term since Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford.
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The list of clubs interested in signing Joachim Andersen from Sampdoria is getting longer by the day.
The 22-year-old Danish centre-back has enjoyed a steady progress in the Serie A ever since joining Sampdoria from FC Twente in 2017 and his fine performances in Italy have not gone unnoticed.
The towering defender went from making only 7 Serie A appearances in his debut season to all five starts during the current campaign, not missing a single minute of action thus far.
The Under-21 Denmark international’s appearances have caught the eye of AS Monaco and Inter Milan, whereas the latest reports coming from the Italian media are claiming that Bundesliga heavyweights Borussia Dortmund have also took notice of Andersen’s emerging presence.
Andersen move…
According to , PSV Eindhoven s Hirving Lozano would cost any club interested in his services €60million.
Mexico played a very good World Cup this year in Russia, and interest has been understandably sparked in Lozano as their arguably best performer in the tournament. The 22-year-old has been impressive for his club in the Eredivisie this season, and the Catalan outlet believe he is destined for bigger things .
Having spent four seasons at Mexican top-flight club Pachuca, he moved to Eindhoven in 2017 and so far he made 44 appearances and scored 26 goals in their shirt in all competitions. He has mostly been deployed on the left wing, but he is quite capable of performing well as a centre-forward as well.
Lozano, who scored his national team s winning goal aga…
While hurt and disappointed after a Champions League semi-final berth was snatched away at the death, Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini was in an upbeat mood, highlighting the fact that club president Antonio Percassi always targets 40 points to secure Serie A safety each season.
Atalanta have been the Cinderella story of Italian and European football this term, breaking records during their third-place finish in Serie A and memorable run to the Champions League quarter-finals.
Gasperini s Atalanta – competing in their first Champions League last-eight fixture – were moments away from an historic semi-final on Wednesday, however, Ligue 1 powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain completed a stunning turnaround to prevail 2-1 in Lisbon.
Mario Pasalic s first-half …
Juventus are in an interesting situation with their goalkeepers for some time now. Gianluigi Buffon had left the club in the summer of 2018 to join Paris Saint-Germain, perperinbut then he decided to return for one last year in Turin. Then he stated that he is still not ready for retirement and in the meantime we had Mattia Perin who was occasionally in goal for Juventus.
But then in the midst of all that, we also had Wojciech Szczesny becoming Juventus number one goalkeeper and now his stay at the club could be prolonged. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus are set to offer the Poland international a new contract at the Allianz Stadium.
This new deal should tie up the 29-year-old goalkeeper for the next five years as he would be signing a contract until 30 June…
Bayern Munich have signed Serdar Tasci from Spartak Moscow on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent come June.
The Bundesliga leaders were in the market for defensive reinforcements after losing Jerome Boateng to injury, with the Germany international potentially out of action for three months due to an adductor problem.
Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated at the weekend they were unlikely to bring in a new defender, but an apparent change of heart has resulted in Tasci s arrival at the Allianz Arena.
We are delighted that we got the opportunity to sign a player like Serdar for Bayern, sporting director Matthias Sammer told the club s official website.
He is capable of moving us forward with his…
Gareth Bale has been named as Wales player of the year for a record fifth time.
The Real Madrid star has collected the award in five of the last six years, with the anomaly coming in 2012 when Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen took the prize.
Bale s has excelled during qualification for Euro 2016, scoring six goals to bring Wales to the brink of reaching their first major international tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
Chris Coleman s team need a point from their remaining Group B matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina and minnows Andorra to be sure of a spot in France next June.
Bale swept the board at the Football Association of Wales ceremony in Cardiff, also triumphing in the fans and players player-of-the-year categories.
Look at the last year …