The BBC’s Rachel Brown-Finnis points out Manchester United, “will not properly explain their position” on not fielding a women’s team. “Southampton arethe only other Premier League side not to have an affiliated women’s team,” writes Brown-Finnis, “although they have just announced a new under-21 team for next season, giving a pathwayfor the young female players […]
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Swede Lindelof latest player to move from Benfica talent factory
Defender Victor Lindelof became the latest Benfica player to command a high transfer fee as the Portuguese club sold the 22-year-old Swede to Manchester United for a fee of more than $50million.
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Ibrahimovic set to be released by Manchester United
Manchester United is unlikely to exercise its option on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, allowing him to leave after one season. His name is expected to on the EPL’s list of free agents to bereleased on Friday.
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Manchester United is back on top on Forbes rich list
Manchester United, valued at $3.69 billion, returned to the top in business magazine Forbes’ annual list of soccer’s most valuable clubs for the first time in five years. Real Madrid, which had beenfirst for the last three years, dropped to third below United and Barcelona. Six English teams were in the top 10. German champion […]
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Man United ranked as Europe's most valuable club
Manchester United, at $3.4 billion, has replaced Real Madrid as the Europe’s most valuable club. No. 2 Real Madrid ($3.3 billion) is followed by Barcelona ($3.1 billion), Bayern Munich ($2.75billion) and Manchester City ($2.2 billion), according to professional services company KPMG, which attributed each club a ranking by examining figures from the latest publicly availablefinancial statements […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Longer contract, more funds for Conte and the 'new generation' at Chelsea
Chelsea is not standing still after capturing the Premier League title in its first season under manager Antonio Conte. Some time this month or inearly June he is expected to sign a new contract that will extend his association with the club to 2021, two years longer than the deal currently in place, and pay […]
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Somber, defiant mood to reign at Europa League final
The setting for the 2017 Europa League final seemed perfect for an observation as to the competition’s current place in the shop window of global soccer, as well as perceptions of same regardingparticipants Ajax and Manchester United, formerly giants of the game and now something less. Then a bomb went off Monday night at Manchester […]
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Europa League run gives Manchester United's bottom line a boost
A run to the final of the Europa League generates less money than that in the UEFA Champions League, but English club Manchester United’s success this season will help raise its revenue and profitforecast for 2016-17. A victory over Ajax in the May 24 final will mean even more: a place in next season’s Champions […]
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Europa League: Manchester United survives late Celta threat
Manchester United moved into the Europa League final against Ajax after its 1-1 tie with Celta was enough to see off the Spanish club on Thursday, but it had to survive a late challenge. Facundo Roncaglia scored in the 85th minute to reduce United’s edge to 2-1 on aggregate, but John Guidetti missed a chance […]