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MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid fans have poured onto the Spanish capital’s streets and are celebrating at Neptuno square for the first time in 14 years after their team lifted the Europa League trophy in Hamburg. Neptuno is where Atletico’s fans traditionally congregate when their team wins a title. The 2-1 win against Fulham on [...]

Everton are set to rival Tottenham in a bid to land Manchester City’s unsettled striker Craig Bellamy. The problem for Goodison manager David Moyes is that Bellamy will have to take a £20,000-a-week drop in wages from his current £50,000 a week deal.

Real Madrid have registered their interest in Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko with the player’s minders. The Bosnian starlet has topped the Bundesliga scoring charts, with 22 goals and 10 assists this season in Bundesliga games. Merkur says Real have been in touch with Dzeko’s representatives about the prospect of the Bosnia international moving to Spain [...]

It’s not just the £40million transfer fee which has put Manchester United off pursuing Valencia’s David Villa. Another Premier League club were quoted wage demands of £200,000 a week to move to the English game, or more than £10m a year, which would match the wages of the world’s toppaid player, Leo Messi at Barcelona. [...]

Emmanuel Adebayor’s agent claims that Italian side AC Milan could no longer afford to buy his client, having been strongly linked with the club before he chose to join Man City. Adebayor was linked with a £30 million move to the San Siro before heading to Eastlands for slightly less and Milan have again been [...]

Spanish midfielder Guti has confirmed that he will be leaving Real Madrid at the end of the season and said that he would like a move to the Premier League, fuelling rumours that Tottenham will sign him. 33 year-old Guti has spent 15 years at Real Madrid but told Madrid radio station ‘Ona Madrid’ that [...]

Reports have surfaced that Manchester City are ready to make a record £50million bid this summer for Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas. Barcelona have known to be interested in signing the Spaniard for some time, but City believe their huge bid could see Fabregas staying in the Premier League. The move has been authorised by owner [...]

Well its true, all the money in the world can still not buy you trophies. The team spent 140 million on just Kaka and Ronaldo, with  the latter being 80 million alone. This acquisition added to the very impressive line that already includes starlets such as Ramos, Casillas, Raul, Alonso, Pepe, and many more. However [...]

Lionel Messi’s exquisite finish set Barcelona on their way to a potentially decisive 2-0 win at Real Madrid on Saturday to lift the champions three points clear of their arch-rivals at the top of La Liga. After his brilliant four-goal Champions League haul against Arsenal on Tuesday, the Argentina forward struck in the 33rd minute [...]

The AFP has reported that veteran Brazil striker Ronaldo, the all-time top scorer at World Cup finals with 15 goals, admitted Friday he was not in the frame for a shock return to the national side. Ronaldo, now 33 and plying his trade with Corinthians of Sao Paulo, has not played for the national team [...]