Cristiano Ronaldo feels 2015-16 was the best season of his career after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid before guiding Portugal to Euro 2016 glory.
The 31-year-old previously won the Champions League in 2008, with Manchester United, and 2014, but the addition of success at international level made it a stand-out campaign for the prolific attacker.
This season has been the best of my career, he told reporters. I won two major titles, with my club and country, so it was something unique.
It was a very emotional moment to win the Undecima. Winning the trophy is incredible, every time I look at it I see the memories of when I won it for the first time with Manchester United as well as my triumphs with Madrid.
Ronaldo is now in pole pos…
Manchester and the wider football world came together to say their final goodbyes to Sir Bobby Charlton on Monday.
Fans flocked to Old Trafford and to Manchester Cathedral for a public funeral service to remember Charlton, who died aged 86 last month.
The service was attended by United stars past and present, other football dignitaries and even the Prince of Wales.
United for Sir Bobby
— Manchester United (@ManUtd)
Charlton will be remembered as arguably the greatest English footballer of all time, a World Cup winner in 1966 with his country and a winner of three league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup with Manchester United in 1968.
However, the eulogies read at his funeral service at Manchester Cathedral all highlighted how famil…
Manchester City have topped the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time.
The reigning Premier League champions became just the fourth club ever to come top of the Deloitte list, which examines the top-performing football clubs in terms of revenue every year.
City s revenue of £571.1million (€644.9m) over 2020-21 saw them climb from sixth to first for 2022. Their annual figure has grown by nearly 45 times since the first year of the Money League covering the 1996-97 season.
Real Madrid (€640.7m) came second and Bayern Munich (€611.4m) were third and were the only two clubs to generate more than €600m of revenue in both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years.
Barcelona (€582.1m) fell to fourth, with Manchester United (€558m) in fifth…
Former Barcelona striker Javier Saviola believes Andres Iniesta and Xavi should have won the Ballon d Or during their careers but were unlucky to play in the age of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Saviola joined Barcelona as a 19-year-old in 2001 and spent six years at the club in total, though two of those seasons were spent on loan at Monaco and Sevilla, respectively.
During his time at the club he played alongside both Iniesta and Xavi, who ultimately went on to become the midfield linchpins of Barca s domination under Pep Guardiola, as well as key figures in Spain s rise to prominence between 2008 and 2012.
Despite their worldwide acclaim, neither Xavi nor Iniesta have ever won the Ballon d Or, with the former coming third three times and the latter named…
Slick City make history, fragile Leeds come under fire from Gunners – the Premier League weekend´s q
Manchester City made history by putting Newcastle United to the sword and Arsenal also set a Premier League record in their thrashing of fragile Leeds United.
Rampant City ran riot at St James Park on Sunday, hammering the relegation-threatened Magpies 4-0 to ensure they will be top of the table at Christmas.
Pep Guardiola s side took their tally of top-flight victories in 2021 to 34, bettering a record they had shared with Liverpool.
Depleted Leeds handed out far too many gifts in the season of goodwill, dishing out a 4-1 drubbing as Marcelo Bielsa s side were blown away in the first half at Elland Road on Saturday.
Second-placed Liverpool had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Tottenham in an eventful game for Andy Robertson on Sunday.
The fixture lis…
Dele Alli was one of the first players to thank Mauricio Pochettino following Tottenham s decision to sack the Argentine coach, posting an emotional tribute on social media.
Spurs announced Pochettino s departure with the club sitting 14th in the Premier League and winless in five league matches, but the decision nevertheless sent shockwaves around European football.
Under Pochettino, Alli was handed his league debut for Tottenham in 2015-16, and the England midfielder went on to finish second in the Premier League under his guidance the following season.
Alli has made just four league starts for Spurs this season, scoring two goals, but he went on Twitter to reflect on the lessons learned under Pochettino s leadership following the news of his dismissal.
Brentford have completed the signing of Republic of Ireland defender Nathan Collins from Wolves for a club-record fee on a six-year deal.
The 22-year-old arrives in west London after spending just one season at Molineux, having previously played for Stoke and Burnley, and has 45 Premier League appearances to his name.
Bees head coach Thomas Frank likes what he has seen from Collins and feels he will prove to be “a perfect Brentford player”.
We have our man
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC)
“I’m very pleased that we’ve managed to sign Nathan,” Frank told the club’s website.
“He’s a very talented centre-back and still young. He has a lot of very good abilities that we value a lot. He’s a composed and calm defender.
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Everton are interested in signing Jack Harrison from Premier League rivals Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Everton are among a number of clubs who are keen on securing the services of the former Manchester City winger.
Harrison, who can also operate as an attacking midfielder, initially joined Leeds from Manchester City in 2018. After spending three seasons on loan at Elland Road and helping the Whites win promotion to the Premier League, the 25-year-old made the move to the West Yorkshire club permanent in the summer of 2021.
The winger made 32 starts and three substitute appearances in the Premier League for Leeds this season, scoring eight goals and providing one assist in the process. Harrison made 34 starts and…
Lionel Messi scored a brilliant equaliser as Barcelona s winless run in LaLiga stretched to four matches following a 1-1 draw at Valencia.
Ezequiel Garay capitalised on terrible marking to convert a corner in the second minute, but Valencia were unable to make the most of their early dominance at Mestalla on Sunday.
Messi levelled midway through the first half with a wonderful strike from outside the penalty area, although Barca, who beat Tottenham 4-2 in the Champions League in midweek, could not find a winner.
Pressure on Ernesto Valverde will grow over the international break, after which Barca will travel to LaLiga s surprise leaders Sevilla, who moved top with a 2-1 win over Celta Vigo.
Valencia led in the second minute, Garay arriving at the …
Brazil and Argentina have one of the biggest, most intense rivalries in world football. This exciting derby between these two CONMEBOL giants will live another chapter of their heated rivalry this Friday. Both will collide in neutral ground in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as this contest will be one of the last tune-up matches before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in March next year. Kick-off for this match has been scheduled at 17:00 hrs (GMT).
Brazil
La Selecao are coming off a 2019 Copa America title earlier this year, but their results have not been very good following that tournament. In fact, Tite s men have gone W1, D3, L1 in their last five matches that lone win came in the CA 2019 Final match against Peru. Brazil are currently riding a four-game undefeated str…