Thursday, June 27, 2019

Benitez Leaving Newcastle After Negotiations Fell Through

(above) Rafael Benitez won't return to Newcastle United next season.

Quite a bit of football news this week.

Here we go.

Manager, Rafael Benitez won't return to Newcastle United next season as contract negotiations fell through.

Ajax has renewed manager, Erik Ten Hag's contract that runs through until 2022.


(Above) Erik Ten Hag.


AC Milan has appointed Marco Giampaolo as their new manager.

Sampdoria has appointed Eusebio Francesco as their new manager.

Kyle Walker has signed a two-year contract with Manchester City.

Manchester City also signed Oleksands Zinchenko to a new contract that runs through until 2024.

Some bad news for Man. City fans.

The team's star player, David Silva, announced this week that he'll won't return to Man. City after next season.

 (Above) David Silva announced this week that he won't return to Manchester City after next season.

Mats Hummels is headed back to Dortmund.

Athletico have signed Marcos Llorente to a five-year contract.

Rodrigo Bentancur has signed a two-year contract with Juventus.

Juan Mata has signed a new contract with Manchester United that runs through until 2021.

Barcelona goalkeeper, Jasper Cillessen, has signed with Valancia.

Jasper Cillessen

Finally, Andre Gomes has signed a contract with Everton worth over 25 million euros.




Thursday, June 20, 2019

Chelsea Loses Manager To Juventus

Maurizio Sarri signs with Juventus

It has been a tough two weeks for Chelsea.

Last week, the team lost their superstar, Eden Hazard, to Real Madrid and now their manager is gone.

Yes, that's right.

Maurizio Sarri is now manager of Juventus.

Sarri signed a three-year contract with the Italian club this week.

I wonder who is going to take over as Chelsea's manager?


Takefusa Kobo

Real Madrid continues to add to their squad.

This week, the club signed Japanese forward, Takefusa Kobo, to a six-year contract.




Thursday, June 13, 2019

Hazard Is Going To Real Madrid

Eden Hazard (top) will play in Spain next season

To no surprise to Chelsea fans, Eden Hazard is no longer on the team.

Hazard signed a five-year contract with Real Madrid, worth up to $146 million pounds.

Also, it was announced this week that left back, Ferland Mendy is joining Real Madrid.

Portugal won the UEFA Nations League title on the weekend, defeating the Netherlands 1-0.



Finally, unless you've been living under a rock this week, the Women's World Cup is going on in France.




  

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Spalletti Gets Sacked. Conte Takes Over





(Left) Luciano Spalletti, (Right)   Antonio Conte

This week, Inter Milan sacked their manager, Luciano Spalletti and replaced him with Antonio Conte.

Conte was sacked by Chelsea last summer and was replaced by Mourizo Sarri.

I got some Real Madrid news for you

The club signed Luka Jovic this week.

Also, Jame Rodriguez is returning to Madrid next season.

Bayern Munich confirmed that this week.

Finally, Sergio Ramos announced in a press conference this week that he'll stay with Real until he retires.

Sevilla have appointed former Real manager, Julien Lopetegui as their new boss.

(Above) Gianluigi Buffon is leaving PSG after one season.

PSG announced that veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, (also known as Gigi), won't return to the club next season.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Aston Villa And Union Berlin Gets Promoted

(Above) Thomas Tuchel

It was announced this week that Ligue 1's PSG has signed coach, Thomas Tuchel, to a contract extension that runs through until 2021.

Failing to reach the Champions League this year, Gennaro Gattusa announced this week he'll not return to Milan next season.

Gennaro Gattusa

Aston Villa was promoted to the English Premier League after defeating Derby County 2-1 in a English Championship League playoff earlier this week.

Stuttgart is no longer in the Bundesliga after failing to defeat Union Berlin in a regulation match.

Therefore, Union Berlin was promoted to the Bundesliga. 


Thursday, May 23, 2019

What A Year For Man. City

2019 F.A. Cup winners

There was no shortage of news this week in football.

Quite a few items to get to.

Here we go.

First off, it has been a really good year for Manchester City.

A week ago, the club won the English Premier League title.

This past weekend, Man. City defeated Watford 6-0 in the F.A. Cup final.

Unfortunately, Manchester City is losing their captain.

After 11 seasons with the club, Vincent Kompany announced this week that he is not returning to Manchester City next year.

Kompany won 10 trophies with the club.

 2019 Bundesliga Champions

Bayern Munich is this year's Bundesliga Champions.

Julian Brandt

Thorgan Hazard

Sticking with the Bundesliga, Dortmund signed two players this week.

Dortmund signed Julian Brandt and Thorgan Hazard.

Thorgan is the younger brother of Chelsea's Eden Hazard.

Toni Kroos has signed a contract extension with Real Madrid until 2023.

Finally, good news for PSG fans.

Kylian Mbeppe is not leaving PSG.

The club announced this week that their young star, Kylian Mbeppe, is staying put after months of speculations of him being transferred to another team this summer.



Friday, May 17, 2019

Man. City Wins Title. Neymar Gets Suspended For Hitting Fan

Manchester City wins title.


The English Premier League is over for another year.

The 2018/19 season ended this past Sunday, (May 12).

Manchester City won their second straight Premier League title.

Liverpool finishes second, Chelsea finished third, and Tottenham finished fourth.

That malee PSG's Neymar had with that fan at the Coupe De France final cost him three games.

Neymar was suspended for three games for hitting a Rennais fan in the crowd after the title match.

(above) Neymar

Barcelona has announced that Luis Suarez is out for four to six weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

Luis Suarez

Bayern Munich played to a 0-0 draw against RB Liepzig this past weekend.

That meant that Dortmund was still in the hunt for a Bundesliga title with a win over Dusseldorf and that's exactly what happened.

Dortmund got a huge 3-2 win.  The team's chances of winning the title are still alive.