Football Blog (Page 97)

[ad_1] Never deserved in the eyes of supporting fans, never even punishment enough in the eyes if rival fans – red cards have always been controversial. Even managers are often in total disagreement over the awards of those devilish rectangles, which is where the appeal process comes in. Should a club feel that their player has been hard done by with their marching orders, they can appeal for the decision to be overturned and have the ban rescinded. But how? Well, 90min runs through the process below. Once a straight red card has been awarded, a Premier League club can lodge an appeal under theRead More →

[ad_1] When Gianluca Vialli joined Juventus for a world record fee of £12.5m in 1992, Sampdoria’s striker didn’t have an agent. In fact, Vialli tasked Paolo Mantovani, the owner of the club he was leaving, with negotiating his pay packet at Juve. Three decades on, there’s scarcely a deal for a fraction of that sum which gets brokered without the presence of (at least one) player representative – let alone a world record fee. But what is the exact role of these mysterious figures, lurking in the shadows with a phone permanently glued to their ear? The role of a football agent is all-encompassing. SinceRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has backed a deeper squad – including new loan signing Marcel Sabitzer – to step up and minimise the blows of losing Christian Eriksen and Casemiro. After joining the Red Devils in the summer, Eriksen and Casemiro have become Erik ten Hag’s preferred midfield pairing. However, the Dane has been ruled out until the end of April or start of May with an ankle injury, while the Brazilian has picked up a three-match domestic suspension after being sent off against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Speaking after that narrow 2-1 win at Old Trafford, De Gea admitted losing twoRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea was left perplexed by the red card shown to teammate Casemiro against Crystal Palace and expressed it in a wonderfully modern way. Casemiro was given his marching orders in the second half following a flare-up resulting from Jeffrey Schlupp’s off-the-ball challenge on Antony. It descended into a melee, during which the Brazilian grabbed Palace midfielder Will Hughes by the throat. When VAR sifted through the evidence, it was Casemiro who was deemed guilty of violent conduct and he was sent off. De Gea, though, was clearly unhappy with the decision and he took to social media after theRead More →

[ad_1] Wolves’ social media team have teased Jurgen Klopp with a Twitter post following Liverpool’s 3-0 loss at Molineux. The Reds were thrashed on Saturday afternoon as their miserable season continued, falling to tenth place in the Premier League table. An early own goal from Joel Matip was swiftly followed by a debut strike from Craig Dawson, before Ruben Neves finished the job at the end of a quick counter attack in the second half. Klopp’s furious post-match press conference saw him dismiss Wolves’ third goal out of hand, stating: “The third goal I don’t count because it was the first time they passed theRead More →

[ad_1] Bayern Munich have been accused of being ‘obsessed’ with signing players from Barcelona, even though they have achieved far more than the Catalans in recent years. Bayern dished out Barcelona’s most humiliating defeat in 2020 with an 8-2 annihilation in a one-legged Champions League quarter-final. They also put five past the Blaugrana without conceding over two games in this season’s group stage in the same competition. Bayern have been linked with a number of current Barcelona players. But even though Robert Lewandowski famously made the switch in the opposite direction during the summer, Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo claims that Bayern are ‘fixated’ on Barça players.Read More →

[ad_1] 90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Chelsea want to beat Manchester United to the signing of striker Victor Osimhen and are prepared to offer Napoli ‘whatever it takes’ to land the Nigerian. He is valued at around £90m. (Daily Mirror) While the Blues want another striker, a forward who could leave Stamford Bridge is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after falling out of favour under Graham Potter. Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Milan have all asked about his availability. (GOAL) Bayern Munich lead the race to sign Ansu Fati from Barcelona should La Blaugrana decide to sell him for Financial Fair PlayRead More →

[ad_1] Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has revealed that he asks his squad to ‘play for Lionel Messi’ after the Argentine inspired Saturday’s 2-1 win over Toulouse. With both Neymar and Kylian Mbappe out injured, Messi was the only remaining member of PSG’s superstar trio but he still managed to make the telling contribution, firing home from long range to secure a nervy victory. After the game, Galtier admitted that he allows Messi to abandon a number of off-ball duties to preserve his energy, challenging the rest of the players to support the 35-year-old. “Lionel Messi was a very important engine, like his goal andRead More →

[ad_1] Real Madrid are to face Egyptian side Al Ahly in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup on February 8, it has been confirmed. Being the Champions League winners, the Spanish side automatically qualified for the final four of the tournament, as did Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo. They knew last month that they’d have to beat one of Al Ahly, Seattle Sounders or Auckland City if they wanted to set up a potential clash with the Brazilian side in the final, and now know that the Egyptian side will stand in their way. Al Ahly beat Auckland City with ease at the start ofRead More →

[ad_1] As is all too often the case, the individual that lent their name to a significant ruling didn’t benefit from the law change. Jean-Marc Bosman’s disgust at being discarded by Standard Liege in the 1990s ultimately led to the freedom of movement among out-of-contract footballers; a Bosman transfer. However, the litigious Belgian never reaped the rewards of his legal victory, rapidly spiralling out of the limelight before hitting the nadir of an assault charge in 2013. Bosman may not have been a beneficiary, but clubs from across Europe continue to exploit the free agent market. Now that we have entered 2023, players in theRead More →