Barcelona have been named by Forbes as the world’s most valuable football club for the first time. For the last 16 years, the top two spots have been occupied by Real Madrid and Manchester United. However, the latter have dropped out of the top three, while Barcelona have claimed first place. This comes in spite of a difficult year at the Camp Nou. They ended the season without a trophy for the first time since 2014, and failed to progress past the Champions League quarter-finals. Furthermore, star man Lionel Messi handed in a transfer request, while the likes of Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, an ..read more

The recent international break let club football fans stop for a second, reflect and take stock of where their teams’ progress sits, with the 2020-21 season now heading into the final quarter. Across Europe’s top five leagues, some of the usual suspects continue to stake their claim as the continent’s best teams, while the title races in Italy, Spain and Germany look set for a suspenseful conclusion. Respected statistics outlet CIES Football Observatory has been tracking the performances of individual players and has released a new list of the best-performing stars for the first quarter of 20 ..read more

La Liga giants Barcelona could be forced to sell Frenkie de Jong due to financial reasons, and if that happens, then Bayern Munich are reportedly ready to sign the 23-year-old. The talented midfielder joined the Catalans in 2019 in a deal worth €75million, with Barca beating interest from the likes of Manchester City, PSG and the Bavarians to secure his services. He has also been a regular for the Spanish side, with the midfielder racking up 15 appearances in all competitions this campaign so far. He also earned 42 appearances in all competitions during his first season at the club, scoring t ..read more

Chelsea are reportedly in pole position to secure the services of Bayern Munich’s David Alaba on a free transfer next summer. According to Spanish outlet AS, the Premier League side plan to meet with the defender’s representatives in January with the goal of signing a pre-contract agreement. The 28-year-old’s current contract with the Bundesliga giants is set to expire at the end of the campaign after both parties failed to strike a new deal, which means that the Austrian footballer is now free to negotiate with other clubs regarding his future in the next transfer window. David’s incredible ..read more

Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that Thiago Alcantara has made the decision to pursue a fresh challenge away from the club during this summer’s transfer window. The Spain international has spent the past seven years with the Bavarian giants, but his association could end following their Champions League campaign next month. In a recent press conference, Rummenigge confirmed that Alcantara has opted to consider a new challenge during the backend of his career and has conveyed the same to sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic. Premier League club Liverpool have ..read more

Manchester City could be ready to move for Bayern Munich defender David Alaba. City boss Pep Guardiola is desperate to strengthen his squad to rebuild and launch a better title challenge next season and he has identified left back as one of the key areas to improve and Alaba’s current contract stand-off with the German champions has alerted City to Alaba’s availability. Alaba, 28, is up there with some of the best full backs in Europe but has only got one year left on his current deal at Bayern and the German champions have warned they may have to cash in if he is reluctant to sign a new ..read more

Bayern Munich have put themselves in a strong position to reach the last eight of the Champions League following a convincing 3-0 win over Chelsea on the road on Tuesday night. The Bavarian giants were definitely favourites for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 clash and they managed to outshine their opponents with three second-half goals. Serge Gnabry scored a brace before the hour mark at Stamford Bridge while Robert Lewandowski, who assisted the German for the goals, found the back of the net in the 76th minute. Here are Bayern’s player ratings.. Manuel Neuer – The skipper ..read more

At the start of the season I made my predictions for the Champions League Group Stage, and 14 out of 16 teams tipped to qualify were correct, with Schalke getting through instead of Galatasaray (Group D), and Lyon ahead of Shakthar Donetsk (Group F). So now it is time for the knockout stages, let us have a look at who will advance to the Quarter Finals. Champions League Round of 16 Legs to be played on 12th February & 6th March Manchester United v Paris Saint Germain This tie could not come about at a better time for Manchester United to be honest, since Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has took over ..read more

Basketball and Football, two similar yet entirely different games. Same basic rules which are to score as many as you can before the end of the game, but the difference is so big you sometimes forget that they are so similar. With the obvious fact of Basketball is a ball being dribbled with hands and Football is a ball being dribbled with feet, there are other rules which make the sports almost opposites in a way. Basketball could improve the future of English football. I believe this as if you look at many successful national teams, in their nation, there second sport is Basketball, the ..read more

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