Tottenham 3-0 Borussia Dortmund: Son Heung-min and Jan Vertonghen lead perfect second-half performance for Spurs February 13, 2019 As the Tottenham fans funnelled into the depths of Wembley at half-time last night there would have been nerves. Spurs had fashioned just one opening in the first 45 minutes as they continually ran up against the yellow wall of Borussia Dortmund. The passes weren’t sticking up front, the midfield were struggling to penetrate and [...]
Chelsea face a season-defining fortnight starting with a Europa League trip to Malmo, but they are yet to win away in 2019 February 13, 2019 On the back of Chelsea’s worst defeat in Premier League history, Maurizio Sarri faces a battle to galvanise his side for a season-defining fortnight. The Blues meet Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round on Monday night, Manchester City, who humiliated them 6-0 last weekend, in the EFL Cup final a week on Sunday, [...]
Italian football club Juventus enlist Morgan Stanley to help in €175m bonds sale February 13, 2019 Italian footballing giants Juventus have ramped up their efforts to raise money after paying €100m to buy Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo last summer, issuing bonds to investors. The club originally planned to offer €150m (£131.4m) worth of bonds maturing in around five years at a 3.5 per cent yield, but City PM understands this has increased to €175m. Read more: [...]
Manchester United 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain: Ruthless French champions hand Ole Gunnar Solksjaer his first setback February 12, 2019 This was billed as the perfect time to play Paris Saint-Germain. No Neymar. No Edinson Cavani. No Thomas Meunier. A half-fit Marco Verratti. Defenders playing in midfield. A dip in form. A manager speaking openly about implementing “Plan D”. But despite all the positivity of the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era and the away wins over [...]
Trevor Steven: Goalscoring genius Sergio Aguero is my leading striker of the Premier League era February 12, 2019 Ian Rush got it right this week when he said that we have Sergio Aguero to thank for reminding us what it means to be an old-fashioned centre-forward. Rarely do you see Aguero on the flanks or even outside of the width of the penalty area. He is too focused on scoring goals; that is [...]
Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain: French champions face crunch time in the Champions League amid difficult spell February 11, 2019 It’s crunch time for Paris Saint-Germain. With the Champions League knock-out stage about to begin February is the month which traditionally makes or breaks the French club’s season. When PSG were drawn against Manchester United in the last 16 on 17 December they might have been quietly pleased with their lot. But the sacking of [...]
Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faces decisive period in bid to prove he’s more than a managerial super-sub February 11, 2019 Timely interventions were his calling card as a player, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the manager has lived up to his old super-sub billing at Manchester United. Since replacing Jose Mourinho mid-season, Solskjaer has overseen an almost flawless spell utterly at odds with the joyless months of foreboding that [...]
Never mind the Big Six, it’s all about the Premier League’s Big Three as Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham underline gulf in quality February 10, 2019 We all know about the Big Six, the Premier League’s half a dozen richest clubs who monopolise the top places in the table, effectively creating a two-tier division of haves and have-nots. It’s plain to see in the current rankings, with the biggest gap between positions anywhere in the top flight being the 12 points [...]
Liverpool post record revenues as pre-tax profits hit £125m February 8, 2019 Liverpool Football Club made a pre-tax profit of £125m after posting record revenues for the financial year ending 31 May 2018. The club saw revenue increase to an all-time high of £455m, with pre-tax profits growing by more than 300 per cent from £40m to £125m, according to the club's accounts. Liverpool's turnover increased by [...]
Norwich City v Ipswich Town: Rivals meet in East Anglian derby amid backdrop of contrasting fortunes February 7, 2019 It’s not often that a derby comes around with two sides in such opposing circumstances as Norwich City and Ipswich Town. The East Anglian derby arrives on Sunday with Norwich flying high at the top of the Championship, boasting one league defeat in four months. Local rivals Ipswich, meanwhile, are 23 places and 39 points [...]
