Looks like Real Madrid have become quite addicted to surprises!
After Zinedine Zidane shocked the world with his abrupt resignation barely a week after winning a third successive Champions League crown, the club has announced his successor in equally surprising fashion.
French football legend and Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has shocked the entire globe by announcing his departure from the role he has held for the past two and a half years.
Zidane held a press conference at the club’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium and announced that he has decided to step down from his role.
An Egyptian lawyer has taken Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos to FIFA, suing him for a whopping €1bn.
According to Sada El-Balad, Ramos, who injured Salah’s shoulder in the UEFA Champions League final, has caused physical and psychological harm to an entire nation with his actions.
The 24-year old German professional goalkeeper who has been securing the goal post for Liverpool an English based football club, Loris Karius after messing up to aid the victory of the undisputed UEFA Champions League winners, Real Madrid, has been received numerous death threats on social media from Liverpool fans.
According to Merseyside Police, all social media post of this nature (death threats) must not be taken for granted and so has therefore started doing their investigation.
Ghanaian professional footballer and former Chelsea Football Club midfielder, Michael Essien has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the “Be The Next Champion” campaign.
The main goal for the “Be The Next Champion Campaign” is to discover and train talented footballers to represent Ghana in the African 11 team to play against Chelsea former stars. They (“Be The Next Champion) is, however, in partnership with Unilever’s antiseptic brand Rexona and Chelsea Football Club.
The draw for the semi finals stage of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League has just been concluded in Switzerland with two mouth watering ties ahead of the final.
Defending champions Real Madrid, searching for a 3rd straight title, face German club Bayern Munich in the semis.
The Portuguese International footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos, popularly called CR7, the world’s best footballer may end his football journey in jail over a tax defrauding case.
The 33-year-old forward liner who plays his professional football at Real Madrid initially denied the charges against him and insisted he has done nothing wrong.
The draw for the quarter final stage of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League has been held and soccer lovers are primed for a series of high stakes ties.
The biggest tie of the round undoubtedly is Juventus vs Real Madrid, which is a repeat of the 2017 Champions League final and the 2015 Champions League semi final.
Yachts over the years were owned by only wealthy businessmen and billionaires such as the owner of the England based football club Chelsea, Roman Abramovich whose yacht called Eclipse with an estimated cost of $450million-$1.2billion and the Sheik of Dubai owns a yacht (Dubai) worth $35 million.
Some popular footballers have their names written in the book of superyacht owners.
Manchester United has been adjudged the most profitable club in the world for the second year in a row, once again beating out Real Madrid to the title.
United’s generated revenues of €676.3m in season 2016/2017 was enough to top all other clubs.
A mega clash between two time defending champions Real Madrid and cash flush Paris Saint-Germain would headline the Round of 16 ties of the 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League.
The draw for the next round of the annual football competition was held a few hours ago at UEFA headquarters.
Real Madrid’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has welcomed his daughter, Alana Martina, whom he named with his 22-year-old model girlfriend in October.
The baby girl becomes the 4th child for the football legend after the twins he had some months back via a surrogate mother.
A study released by the CIES Football Observatory have concluded on the most expensive squads in football at the moment, and the club at no.1 might not be who you’re thinking of.
Paris Saint-Germain made a huge splash this summer with their capture of Neymar, whilst Manchester United followed up last summer’s spending spree with another this summer – but it was Manchester City who finished in no.1.
Four time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned for five games for shoving a referee after being handed a red card.
Ronaldo was sent off in the dying embers of Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup Sunday, with the winger shoving the referee in protest at what he deemed to be an unfair card.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has joined the ‘exclusive’ boys club of elite football personalities accused of committing tax fraud in Spain.
Prosecutors in the Iberian nation claim Mourinho defrauded Spain of taxes to the tune of €3.3m back in 2011-2012 – when he was manager of Real Madrid.
