Transfers 2019
Is Griezmann really worth all the fuss for Barcelona?
Barcelona may well kick off the new season with Neymar and Antoine Griezmann up front alongside Lionel Messi in a remodelled front three, but the indications from Catalonia are that they can only afford one of them this summer and, if they had to choose, then the priority would be re-signing Neymar. The Brazilian might be seen in some quarters as damaged goods but he still has plenty of allies in the Barca dressing room, including the captain Messi. Neymar has a proven track record at Barca, having won the 2015 Champions League, and would be welcomed back even if the complexity of the deal is epic in its scale. New developments at Paris Saint-Germain since Leonardo arrived as sporting director have taken place at warp speed. This is a club that for the last two years did everything to cate...
Real Madrid signs Eden Hazard from Chelsea
Real Madrid signed Eden Hazard from Chelsea on Friday for its second major offseason addition, and reportedly its most expensive ever. The 28-year-old forward joined Madrid on a five-year contract and a transfer fee reported to be around 100 million euros ($113 million) plus variables, which would make him the club’s biggest signing. Madrid is rebuilding after one of the worst seasons in club history and had added forward Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt earlier this week. The Spanish club hadn’t made any blockbuster signings in years and was yet to bring in a top player to try to replace Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal forward left to join Juventus last season. Hazard had already indicated his final game for Chelsea was last week’s Europa League final victory over Arsenal. With tw...
Official: Real Madrid announce signing of Jovic
Real Madrid has made official the signing of Bosnian Serbian forward Jovic. The player has signed up to 2025. The white entity has announced it officially on its website. Jovic is 21 years old and has been one of the sensations of the season. Madrid pays 60 million euros to Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 of them will be for Benfica, the club that formed it. It is the first of the incorporations made official by Madrid. After him, those of Hazard and Mendy will come. In his statement, Real Madrid made this description of Jovic: «Luka Jović (Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12/23/1997) is a new player of Real Madrid. The white club is reinforced by a forward who this season has been one of the great sensations of European football. Absolute international with the selection of Serbia, he is 21 y...
Kroos signs Madrid contract extension to 2023
The World Cup-winning midfielder will be sticking around at the Santiago Bernabeu, with another 12 months added to his terms in the Spanish capital Toni Kroos has committed his future to Real Madrid by agreeing a contract extension through to 2023. Kroos, 29, joined Madrid for €25 million in July 2014 and won 12 trophies including three Champions Leagues and one La Liga title in his first four seasons in Spain. The World Cup winning-midfielder had been tied to the Blancos until 2022, but another 12 months have now been added to his terms at the Santiago Bernabeu. That means he will be going nowhere during a summer expected to deliver much change in the Spanish capital. Real said in a statement on their official website: “Real Madrid CF and Toni Kroos have agreed to extend the player’...
Antoine Griezmann confirms he is leaving Atletico Madrid
France football star Antoine Griezmann announced plans to leave Atlético de Madrid at the end of the season in a video released on the club’s official Twitter account on Tuesday. «I would like to thank all of you for the love you have shown me during these five years,» Griezmann said in the video. Antoine Griezmann has informed Atletico Madrid that he will leave this summer, with sources confirming that Barcelona are hopeful of signing him less than one year after he turned them down. Atletico released a short statement Tuesday revealing that Griezmann had communicated his decision to leave the club after five seasons. They followed that up by posting a video of the French forward on social media explaining his decision to supporters. «After speaking with (coach Diego Simeone)...
Bale may have played last game for Real Madrid
It was Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, who this week finally articulated a clear indication that the Welshman is heading for the Real Madrid exit, laying bare the player’s broken relationship with coach Zinedine Zidane when he told Sky Sports: «I’m not sure Mr Zidane wants him to stay.» Indeed, having been told by the club that they’re after a buyer for Bale, Barnett set about using the interview to put his client in the shop window, declaring that a return to the Premier League «certainly is possible, if somebody puts their hand in their pocket». Bale axed by Real Madrid boss Zidane once more Bale may have already played his final game for Madrid. Having omitted the forward from his squad for last weekend’s clash with Villarreal, Zidane has again left ...
Is Cavani on his way out of PSG this summer?
Many rumors have surrounded Cavani this 2018/2019 season. Most of them have been about the possibility of the Uruguayan striker leaving PSG at the end of this Ligue 1 season. Cavani has not had the best season of his career this 2018/2019 season. Some injuries and the amount of goals he ha scored (22 in 29 games) make this season one of the weakest since he arrived in Paris. Cavani is an undisputed goal scorer that always contributes to the team he is playing for. However, this might not be enough for a team with the ambitions of PSG, and his low numbers might be an indicator that Cavani is leaving PSG this summer. This season has not been easy for the Uruguayan player. There have been rumors of transfer options for him since the beginning of the Ligue 1. After 4 games into the championshi...
Pogba opens the door to a possible future in Real Madrid
F.C. Barcelona only needed, Luke Shaw’s own goal in the first half to win the first leg of the quarterfinals Champions league. In the first half, United gave the ball to Barcelona, and waited for a mistake or a counterattack to surprise the defense leaded by Gerard Pique. It was not until the second half that Solskjaer’s squad started to put some preassure to get a goal and tie the game, however it was too late already. Paul Pogba was one of the most active players for Manchester United, but it was not until the mixed zone after the game that he became the center of attention. Pogba has been linked to a possible transfer to Real Madrid at the end of the season since a couple of weeks ago. Zidane´s return to the white house, and the horrible season that Real Madrid is having this sea...