Jorge Mendes: the most powerful man in football?
Jorge Mendes, the Portuguese agent who has conducted many of the biggest transfers in European football, is serially involved in the third-party ownership of players in apparent breach of Fifa regulations, a Guardian investigation can reveal.
Mendes, who brokered the year’s biggest deals, including Angel di María’s £59.7m move to Manchester United and Diego Costa’s £32m purchase by Chelsea, was seeking to attract €85m (£67m) from undeclared investors via offshore companies to buy stakes in players at clubs in Spain and Portugal, according to a document seen by the Guardian. The prospectus and further inquiries have shown that:
Continue reading Jorge Mendes: the most powerful man in football? | Football | The Guardian.
Following skied penalty miss, Ronaldinho scores first goal for new club Queretaro from the spot
Ronaldinho is off the mark for his new club Queretaro, scoring from the spot in his sides 4-1 win over Queretaro.
After skying a penalty on his debut, this time Ronaldinho made sure, keeping his penalty well and truly on the deck.
“United We Fall” film flies banner over the Eithad after Man United defeat
Following Manchester United’s poor to start to the season and their embarrassing 5-3 defeat to Leicester over the weekend, promoters of a new film picked an opportune time to plug their new flick “United We Fall” with a banner over the Eithad during Manchester City’s game with Chelsea.
The banner reads ‘United we fall – in cinemas soon’
German lower division players’ ridiculous breakdancing-like dive
Just when you think footballers couldn’t lower the bar any further when it comes to simulation, up steps a new contender. Benjamin Siegert, playing for Munster vs Grossaspach over the weekend is now the new gold standard for feigning injury. Surely, these theatrics won’t be beat??
