Luis Suarez’s move from Liverpool to Barcelona last summer topped Goal.com’s 2014 Goal Transfer List study, which calculates the maximum outlay of each of the 10 biggesttransfers of the past year. The study looks beyond the face value and reported transfer fees to uncover the true cost of the biggest summer acquisitions by analyzing factors […]
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Gunners Legend Henry Retires
Former Arsenal and New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry announced his retirement on Tuesday, bringing an end to an extraordinary 20-year career. The 37-year-old Frenchman won the 1998World Cup and 2000 European Championship with his country, in addition to several club league and cup titles with AS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and the Red Bulls. […]
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FIFA Dismisses Garcia Appeal
FIFA on Tuesday dismissed prosecutor Michael Garcia’s claim that the 42-page summary of his 430-page report about the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding processes — which effectivelycleared hosts Russia and Qatar of serious wrongdoing — published by judge Hans Joachim-Eckert last month contained “numerous materially incompleteand erroneous representations” of his work. In denying Garcia’s appeal, the […]
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German Press Rewards Brooks for Dortmund Display
The German press hailed Hertha Berlin and USA defender John Brooks for his performance in Hertha’s 1-0 win against Bundesliga giant Borussia Dortmund last Saturday. While kickermagazine named the 21-year-old to its Team of the Weekend, in addition to choosing him as Man of the Match, the Berliner Kurier newspaper said: “For 94 minutes, [Brooks] […]
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Blanc: PSG 'Leaders' Must Step Up
Paris Saint-Germain suffered its first defeat of the Ligue 1 season and its second defeat in a row, losing 1-0 at Guingamp on Sunday. Last Wednesday, Laurent Blanc’s men surrenderedtop spot in UEFA Champions League Group F, losing 3-1 at Barcelona. After Sunday’s loss, Blanc said: “The reality is that this afternoon there was a […]
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Atleti Loses First Home Match of 2014; Barca Draws
Spanish champ Atletico Madrid on Sunday lost its first home game of 2014, ending an unbeaten sequence of 27 games stretching back to May of last year, as Villarreal won 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon.With six minutes remaining in a tense match, Argentine starlet Luciano Vietto turned past Diego Godin and calmly slotted past Miguel […]
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Van Gaal 'Happy,' Rodgers 'Searching'
Louis van Gaal indicated that if Manchester United keeps winning and improving, the Red Devils would soon be back in contention for the Premier League title. The storied club has risen tothird-place in recent weeks on the back of six consecutive wins and currently trails leader Chelsea by eight points, following Sunday’s 3-0 win at […]
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Mourinho: Chelsea 'Right' Letting Lampard Go
Jose Mourinho, who previously refused to discuss former Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, on Saturday said the club’s decision to let the 36-year-old go at the end of last seasonhas already been vindicated, despite the fact that the on-loan Manchester City midfielder has scored six goals for the Premier League champ so far this campaign, including […]
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Report: Aguirre, Gabi, Herrera Named in Game-Fixing Case
Former Mexico and Real Zaragoza coach Javier Aguirre, Atletico Madrid captain Gabi and Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera are among the names implicated in an allegedcase of match-fixing between Real Zaragoza and Levante, which took place on the last day of the 2010-11 season. Zaragoza, which needed a win to avoid relegation to Spain’s second […]
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UCL Draw Features City-Barca, Chelsea-PSG Rematches
For the second straight year, Manchester City will play Barcelona and Chelsea will face Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League, as the round of 16 draw took place onMonday. Other games see reigning champ Real Madrid square offs against Schalke, Arsenal will play AS Monaco, Bayern Munich meets Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, Italy’s lone survivor, […]