Cristiano Ronaldo would be an AC Milan player if the incumbent owners had been in charge earlier in the close-season, according to former sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli.
Five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo ended an illustrious nine-year stay at Real Madrid when he completed a €112million switch to reigning Serie A champions Juventus last July.
However, Mirabelli claims the Portugal superstar was ready to complete a move to San Siro until Li Yonghong s ill-fated regime blocked the deal prior to hedge fund Elliott Management assuming control of the club.
It was something we talked about with Jorge Mendes, Mirabelli, who was sacked shortly after the takeover, told Sportitalia.
We knew there could be problems with Real [and Ronaldo]. We did e…
Chelsea’s Women’s Super League clash with Arsenal was delayed by 30 minutes because of a clash of socks.
The Gunners arrived to Stamford Bridge with the same colour white socks as the hosts, causing referee Rebecca Welch to delay the match until a solution was found.
Arsenal ended up sporting black socks from Chelsea’s megastore to enable the match to go ahead. Blue tape was used in a makeshift attempt to hide the Chelsea and Nike logos on the socks, with Arsenal’s kit manufactured by Adidas.
Ready to work our socks off.
— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW)
As the scheduled kick-off time approached, a crowd of more than 30,000 in west London were instead treated to loud music.
Former Arsenal men’s striker Ian Wright, a keen supp…
Motherwell could be set to lose Kevin van Veen with the striker reportedly due to have a medical with Groningen.
The Dutch club previously admitted their interest in the 32-year-old forward, who netted 29 goals for the Steelmen last season.
The potential transfer could bring in £500,000 for the Lanarkshire club.
Motherwell announced the signing of forward Jon Obika on Monday following his loan spell in the second half of last season.
He s looking good and he s feeling fine
— Motherwell FC (@MotherwellFC)
The 32-year-old former St Mirren and Morecambe striker scored once in 10 appearances.
“Having been here last season, I was really eager to come back again this season,” Obika told Motherwell’s website.
“I thri…
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola believes the fact the Champions League final is played at Wembley is an advantage to Manchester United.
The two sides collide in the decider of European football s most prestigious club competition on Saturday, in a repeat of the 2009 final which saw Barcelona emerge victorious 2-0.
Guardiola says because the final is in England, his opponents will have an advantage while he also rejected suggestions that his side are far stronger than Sir Alex Ferguson s outfit.
It s an advantage because they play there, it s always more comfortable when you play at home, Guardiola said.
I don t know the distance from Manchester to London, but one hour and a half is always more comfortable, for the supporters, for the team, for the refs, f…
Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has ruled himself out of the vacant managerial role at Championship side Cardiff City.
I can confirm that I was one of the candidates that the club spoke to about the vacant position, Shearer said.
During these talks I was most impressed with the vision, ambition and determination of the owner Dato Chan Tien Ghee and the board.
Unfortunately, those talks were unsuccessful on this occasion.
Shearer s only previous managerial role was at Newcastle at the end of the 2008/09 season, when he won only one of his eight games in charge as the club failed to avoid relegation.
Cardiff have been without a manager since parting company with Dave Jones on May 30 in the wake of their Championship play-off semi-final defeat by…