Chelsea and other European clubs will no longer be able to spread a transfer fee across more than five years of a player’s initial contract after UEFA closed a loophole in its regulations.
The Blues have signed a number of players on lengthy deals over the last two transfer windows, including handing eight-and-a-half-year contracts to Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk in January.
The transfer fees are then spread evenly over the course of that contract, meaning the longer it is, the smaller the annual payments recorded on the club’s accounts.
For instance, a £100million fee would be amortised at £20million a year with a five-year contract, but at only £12.5m a year if a deal was eight years.
Amendments to the UEFA club licensing and financial sust…
Arsenal are interested in signing Ousmane Diomande from Sporting Lisbon in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League outfit Arsenal are among the clubs who are monitoring Diomande.
The Gunners, though, could find it hard to sign Diomande in the summer transfer window. That’s because Premier League champions Manchester City and Newcastle United are also keen on the 19-year-old and following him closely. Clubs in mainland Europe are also keeping tabs on Diomande.
Diomande has a release clause of £68 million in his contract at Sporting. The report has claimed that the Portuguese giants will want that release clause to be paid in full for any transfer to happen. The teenager himself is open to a move to the Premier League. Arse…
Manchester City striker striker Carlos Tevez is in the news yet again; this time it has nothing to do with football. Tevez s friend, Gaston Pauls, is making a film about the Argentine s life, from growing up in the slums of Buenos Aires to life in the English Premier League. What a journey it has been for Tevez, who grew up in one of the world s most dangerous slums.
In all of the havoc and disarray in the slums, Tevez was able to find football as an escape. His youth career began with Club Atlético All Boys at the age of eight. At 13, Tevez was swapped to Boca Juniors. Four years later Tevez made the first team. The rest as they is history.
Here is Pauls on Tevez s life:
“I first met Carlos about six years ago when I went to hi…
Former Brazil coach and captain Dunga believes his nation have been below their best at the FIFA World Cup.
Luiz Felipe Scolari s men have moved into a quarter-final meeting against Colombia without being particularly impressive at their home tournament.
And Dunga who managed Brazil at the 2010 World Cup and captained the country to glory at USA 1994 feels there is room for improvement.
Brazil are winning and in the quarter-finals, which is the most important thing, the 50-year-old told Marca .
But it is true that their performances have not been consistent and we have not seen the Brazil we all know.
As long as they are getting through the play-offs, there is time for progress to be made.
Despite being underwhelmed by Brazil s perfor…
Former Borussia Dortmund star Karl-Heinz Riedle has little doubt Mario Gotze will return to his best at Signal Iduna Park after an underwhelming spell with Bayern Munich.
The Germany international left Dortmund for Bayern in 2013, but failed to live up to the high expectations at the Allianz Arena and signed a four-year deal with BVB on Thursday to complete his return to his boyhood club.
Some have questioned Dortmund s decision to re-sign the attacking midfielder, but Riedle is confident the 24-year-old will make an immediate impact.
Gotze is a brilliant player, Riedle told Bild.
It is important for him to have returned to the BVB family and to be back home. He will not have forgotten how to play football.
I don t think he was as bad as some m…
Willian revealed he was left flattered by interest shown from Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, but insists his future lies at Chelsea.
Mourinho signed Willian at Chelsea in 2013, going on to win the Premier League title together in 2014-15.
However, with Mourinho now at United, the Portuguese tactician was keen on luring Willian to Old Trafford for the upcoming season.
But Willian says he is happy at Chelsea, having only recently signed a new four-year deal to remain at Stamford Bridge.
I have a great relationship with Jose, but I am Chelsea. Of course, when someone like him is interested in you then you are happy, Willian said.
But I signed the contract because I like being a Chelsea player and I see good things here. I signed a n…
Red Bull Salzburg talent Dominik Szoboszlai has emerged as a fresh transfer target for Bundesliga heavyweights Bayern Munich.
According to reports found in Sport Bild, who cite the Italian sources, the Bavarians are keeping close tabs on the player who is also a target for many a Europe’s top club.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s name was written on a piece of paper Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici forgot in his favourite restaurant, while AC Milan and Arsenal are also said to be keeping tabs on the 18-year-old midfielder.
The Hungarian U-21 international joined Red Bull Salzburg from MTK Budapest in 2017 and during the two years in Austria, he managed to establish himself as one of the highest rated youngsters in European football.
Widely praised for …
Laurentiu Reghecampf is confident Steaua Bucharest can dispatch of Manchester City and best in the world Pep Guardiola in their Champions League play-off tie.
Steaua are aiming to take a step towards reaching the group stage of Europe s premier club competition for the first time since the 2013-14 season when they entertain City on Tuesday.
In City they come up against a star-studded squad led by two-time Champions League-winning coach Pep Guardiola but, rather than be daunted by the prospect, Reghecampf senses an opportunity for the Romanian team to show their quality.
We saw City play Sunderland [in the Premier League on Saturday] and have all the information to play football well and achieve a positive result, the Steaua coach told a pre-match media conferenc…
Eden Hazard was delighted to score a beautiful goal for Real Madrid after a year-long drought as Emilio Butragueno hailed the forward as magnificent .
Hazard blasted home with his weaker foot from nearly 30 yards out to give the Spanish champions the lead over Huesca on Saturday.
Zinedine Zidane s men eased to a 4-1 victory that moved them back to the top of the table, with Karim Benzema scoring twice and Federico Valverde also on the scoresheet.
It was Hazard s strike that will be best remembered, though, as it ended a wait of 392 days for just his second goal for Madrid since joining from Chelsea for an initial €100million in 2019.
392 Eden Hazard has scored his second goal for in all competitions (24 appearances), the first one since October 2019 ag…
Aston Villa are interested in signing Odsonne Edouard from Celtic in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League club have inquired about the French striker.
However, according to the report in the British tabloid, Celtic do not want to sell Edouard and are determined to keep hold of the 22-year-old. The report has further claimed that the youngster is rated at £40 million.
Edouard is arguably the best striker in the Scottish Premiership and is a key figure in manager Neil Lennon’s side. The youngster scored a hat-trick for the Hoops in their opening game of the Scottish Premiership season this past weekend.
During the 2018-19 campaign, the former Paris Saint-Germain youngster scored 21 goals and provided 12 assists…