Frenkie de Jong is close to joining Manchester United. Again. Manchester United have reportedly reached a full agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of Frenkie de Jong. Reports claim United, who have been in pursuit of the Dutch midfielder all summer, have finally agreed to pay Barca a package of around €85m (£72m) with a […]

3 years ago

Ronaldo could more than quadruple his wages. Cristiano Ronaldo, for those of you who’ve spent the last week or so under a rock, wants out of Manchester United. With no Champions League football on offer and little hope of the club mounting a realistic push for the league title as Erik ten Hag attempts to […]

3 years ago

Never change, Twitter Darwin Nunez, it turns out, is not very good at all. Ignore the 34 goals he scored last season; the £85m transfer fee Liverpool paid to Benfica a few weeks ago was, clearly, an enormous waste of money. How do we know this? Well, because we’ve just watched a 20-second video doing […]

3 years ago

How? William Akio. Remember the name. Read it, say it aloud. It is a name we all should know; a name we all will know. With one swing of his right boot, Akio etched his name into the history of association football on Sunday afternoon, producing a miss so bad, it makes that infamous Ronnie […]

3 years ago

You’re Cristiano Ronaldo. Time to find out which club you should play for next Well, Cristiano, it is time to make your mind up. No matter how many times Manchester United insist that you’re not for sale, you want out and it’s becoming increasingly obvious to everyone that your future lies elsewhere. Where, exactly, isn’t […]

3 years ago

Stop us if you think you’ve heard this one before. Jorge Mendes, agent of Cristiano Ronaldo, holding talks with the fierce rivals of one of his most famous client’s former clubs. Hmm. Familiar? Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few days, you’ll be aware that Ronaldo has decided he wants to cut […]

3 years ago

Fair play to this reporter for being so upset about a red hat. Nick Kyrgios hit back at a reporter who questioned his decision to flout Wimbledon’s strict all-white dress code by wearing a red hat and trainers on Monday. Prior to his fourth round win over Brandon Nakashima, the Australian walked out onto Centre […]

3 years ago

Ronaldo had been due to start pre-season training on Monday Cristiano Ronaldo will not return to Manchester United training on Monday due to family reasons, the club have confirmed. United’s international players had been given an extended summer break and were scheduled to meet up with the rest of the squad on Monday to begin […]

3 years ago

‘He was probably a bully at school…’ Stefanos Tsitsipas accused Nick Kyrgios of being “evil” and a “bully” after the Australian came out on top after an explosive encounter at Wimbledon. Kyrgios beat the Greek fourth seed in a heated four-setter on Saturday, where Tsitsipas aimed several shots at his opponent – his former doubles […]

3 years ago

Manchester United have had better Saturdays. For a time last week, it seemed like Manchester United might actually be getting their act together. Despite a slow start to the summer transfer window, it appeared a raft of new signings was close. Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and at least 17 Ajax players would soon be added […]

3 years ago

Tuchel’s attempted joke about Antonio Conte did not go down well Romelu Lukaku is an Inter Milan player again, having sealed a season-long loan to the Serie A club on Wednesday. The Belgian striker left Inter a year ago for a second stint at Chelsea, who were willing to fork out a club-record fee of […]

3 years ago

At this point, you have to laugh… The last time we checked, Frenkie de Jong looked poised to become a Manchester United player. After weeks of haggling, a deal had apparently been struck with Barcelona, who were willing to cash in on the former Ajax midfielder to help ease the club’s financial troubles. United were […]

3 years ago

Get more than 100 and you’ve done very well You look bored. Just as well, then, that you’ve found this – the perfect football quiz to use up ten minutes of your day. Here, we’re challenging you to name as many clubs as you possibly can that have competed in the Champions League. Let’s be […]

3 years ago

Botman appears to be on the brink of a Newcastle move Newcastle United appear to be close to finally completing a deal for Sven Botman. The Lille defender, a Dutch Under-21 international, was said to have been in Newcastle’s sights in January, when the club – newly flushed with Saudi riches at the time – […]

3 years ago

If found guilty, the eight medical personnel could face up to 25 years in prison A judge in Argentina has ordered that eight medical personnel stand trial over accusations of criminal negligence in the death of legendary footballer Diego Maradona. Maradona died in Buenos Aires in November 2020 after suffering a heart attack. He was […]

3 years ago

How Arnold’s fan meeting came to be On Saturday afternoon, Manchester United Chief Executive Officer Richard Arnold learned a fan protest against the Glazer family’s ownership of the club would take place outside his house. Instead of letting the protest go ahead, Arnold decided to meet those planning it, who were assembling at a nearby […]

3 years ago

Giggs said it was ‘only right’ he stepped down. Ryan Giggs has confirmed he is stepping down from his position as manager of Wales with immediate effect. The former Manchester United winger has been on leave from the role since November 2020 and is set to face a domestic abuse trial in August. Giggs is […]

3 years ago

Another shattering blow to United’s hopes of signing literally anyone this summer Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal appears to have scuppered his old club’s chances of signing Ajax defender Jurrien Timber this summer. The highly-rated 21-year-old was given his Ajax debut by newly appointed United boss Erik ten Hag, who was keen to […]

3 years ago

There are no suggestions the Arsenal player or his club did anything wrong A yellow card picked up by Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka during a game against Leeds is being investigated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) after a five-figure bet was placed on him to be booked. Xhaka was carded by referee Andre Marriner in […]

3 years ago

A group of supporters had been due to protest outside Arnold’s home Manchester United chief executive officer, Richard Arnold met with a group of supporters in a pub, on Saturday, in a bid to prevent a protest against the Glazer family’s ownership of the club from taking place outside his home. A small group of […]

3 years ago

Not even kicked a ball for City yet; already being linked with a move Well, what’s it been? A week? Two? Erling Haaland hasn’t had time to settle himself into life at Manchester City yet after finalising his move from Borussia Dortmund, but never mind. Incredibly, he’s already being linked with his next transfer. In […]

3 years ago

Does anyone actually want to play for United anymore? Manchester United’s attempts to sign literally *anyone* this summer appear to have taken a fresh blow, with Christian Eriksen said to favour playing for a club in London next season rather than a move up north. United are said to have tabled an offer for Eriksen, […]

3 years ago

Nketiah and Lamptey appear set switch international allegiance. Eddie Nketiah and Tariq Lamptey are reportedly close to being granted permission by FIFA to represent Ghana at senior level after both played for England at youth level. Ghana’s FA recently appointed former Chris Hughton as their technical director and have been in talks with the London-born […]

3 years ago

‘Players have to feel important in their clubs. If you don’t have that, it’s over.’ Paul Pogba is seen accusing Manchester United of not caring about his feelings during the opening minutes of his new Amazon Prime documentary series. The ‘Pogmentary’ – no, really – became available for streaming on Friday morning. In the first […]

3 years ago

‘How can you tell a player you absolutely want him and offer him nothing?’ Outgoing Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba can be seen hitting out at a contract offer from the Premier League club in his soon-to-be-released Amazon Prime documentary, describing a deal worth more than £290,000 a week as “nothing”. For the second time […]

3 years ago

Woodward decided against United’s move to Haaland. Erling Haaland was strongly linked with a move to Manchester United prior to joining Borussia Dortmund in January 2020. Were it not for Ed Woodward, he may have sealed a switch to Old Trafford instead of the Bundesliga club. Haaland had left Molde FK to join Red Bull […]

3 years ago

Ten Hag was also keen to sign Gravenberch Ryan Gravenberch has revealed how – to the surprise of absolutely no one at all – Manchester United made an attempt to sign him before he finalised his transfer to Bayern Munich. Confirmation that the Dutch midfielder has completed a £21m-move to Germany from Ajax came on […]

3 years ago

‘I played and maybe I affected the whole team…’ The 1998 World Cup final was supposed to be the night when Ronaldo O Fenomeno cemented his status as one of football’s all-time greats. At just 21 years of age, he was already a world star having finished his debut season at Inter Milan with 34 goals […]

3 years ago

Steven King masterminded the Dreambox pirate streaming operation. A man found guilty of providing illegal streaming devices which allowed access to unauthorised Premier League content has been ordered to pay a £1m fine. Steven King, who was jailed for seven years and four months in March 2019, was one of three men behind the Dreambox […]

3 years ago

Talk of De Jong to United is not going away. The football season has only just finished, but it’s already starting to feel like Frenkie de Jong to Manchester United is shaping up to be *the* transfer saga of the summer. The rumour writes itself: United, with Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, and others already on […]

3 years ago

‘Liverpool is a club I respect a lot. The fans adopted me since day one.’ Forget what you might have heard. The people of Senegal will not be having any meaningful say in where Sadio Mane plays his football next season after all. The Liverpool forward appears likely to be leaving Anfield this summer after […]

3 years ago

Wales clinched their place in Qatar with victory over Ukraine. Wales have reached their first World Cup since 1958 after Gareth Bale’s deflected free-kick gave them a hard-fought play-off victory over Ukraine in Cardiff. The key moment came ten minutes from half-time, when Bale’s free kick skidded in off the head of West Ham’s Andriy […]

3 years ago

Liverpool are ‘ramping up’ interest in Raphinha. Here we go then. The football season’s been over for barely a week and the transfer gossip is heating up nicely. Much of it has been dominated by Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, who, after being strongly linked with Bayern Munich, promised to give us an update on his future […]

3 years ago

Bayern are concerned Lewandowski may resort to legal measures to force a move away Bayern Munich fear Robert Lewandowski could be willing to use the Webster Ruling in order to force his exit from the German champions this summer. After eight years in Bavaria, Lewandowski has informed the club’s hierarchy of his wish to move […]

3 years ago

“What do you expect? That we dominate Liverpool during 90 minutes?” Toni Kroos has shed more light on why he decided to walk away from an on-pitch interview with a German journalist, seconds after helping Real Madrid to a Champions League final victory over Liverpool. Kroos had agreed to speak to a reporter from ZDF […]

3 years ago

“I was – and still am – very happy to be here.” Cristiano Ronaldo has given his strongest indication yet that he will remain at Manchester United next season. The 37-year-old returned to Old Trafford on a two-year deal at the start of last season, scoring 24 times after arriving from Juventus. Since then, United […]

3 years ago

‘Many of the fans were violently assaulted, harassed and robbed…’ Real Madrid have released a statement calling for answers from UEFA and French authorities after their supporters were caught up in the chaotic scenes before and during last weekend’s Champions League final against Liverpool in Paris. Liverpool fans were teargassed and denied entry into the […]

3 years ago

Mbappe has shut down rumours he is pushing for 14 big names to be axed from PSG. Kylian Mbappe, if you believe all of what you read, runs the show at Paris Saint-Germain these days. As an added incentive to sign his lucrative extension at the Parc des Princes, some reports claimed the 23-year-old had […]

3 years ago

Kroos was unhappy with questions which followed Real Madrid’s Champions League win Having just bagged himself a fifth Champions League winners’ medal, Toni Kroos was on cloud nine. He and his Real Madrid teammates, after a frankly ridiculous run to the final, had edged out Liverpool by a single Vinicius Jnr goal to clinch victory […]

3 years ago

Dier clearly wanted his teammate to win the Golden Boot The race for the Golden Boot might have passed you by amidst all the drama of the final day of the Premier League season. Liverpool’s Mo Salah had led the way with 22 league goals to his name ahead of his side’s game at home […]

3 years ago

Death. Taxes. Kylian Mbappe getting linked with Real Madrid So that’s that then, yeah? Kylian Mbappe, despite month upon month of frenzied speculation, isn’t going to Real Madrid after all. Instead, it was announced at the weekend that he will be staying put at Paris Saint-Germain, where he’s signed an extremely lucrative three-year extension which, […]

3 years ago

Brutal. For a good chunk of Sunday afternoon, it seemed Liverpool might defy the odds on the final day of the season. Mo Salah even thought he had put Liverpool on the brink of another title. Manchester City needed a win at home to Aston Villa to be absolutely certain of clinching their fourth Premier […]

3 years ago

Man City have released a statement Manchester City have issued an apology after Aston Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen was ‘assaulted’ during the pitch invasion which followed the full-time whistle at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. City clinched the Premier League title by staging a dramatic late comeback against Villa, who had taken a two-goal lead […]

3 years ago

La Liga’s statement is a drastic step, but their argument is valid. In the end, Kylian Mbappe couldn’t say no. After months of frenzied speculation about his future, he will remain at Paris Saint-Germain, where a lucrative three-year contract extension has been inked. Before the final home game of the season against Metz on Saturday […]

3 years ago

Mbappe informed Perez of his decision to stay in Paris on WhatsApp So there you have it. Kylian Mbappe, after months and months of intense speculation, is staying put at Paris Saint-Germain, rejecting the chance to join Real Madrid. The news that PSG has persuaded him to remain with the club has clearly ruffled a […]

3 years ago

Quiz time. If like us you’re blessed/cursed with an encyclopaedic knowledge of largely pointless football facts, this is one of those rare occasions where it comes in useful. Here, we have revisited our old FootballJOE Career Path Quiz, only this time, there’s a bit of a twist. Players of the older game – play it […]

3 years ago