Journalist Carles Fite recently revealed an insightful conversation he had with a Barcelona training coach, shedding light on Lamine Yamal’s development as a player.  While the young forward is widely regarded as highly talented and nearly perfect in terms of footballing ability, there is one area where he still needs improvement – managing his frustrations. In an interview with Onze, …

October 8 – The owner of the Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna, Pavlin Nikolov, has withdrawn from the club for the second time in a month and pulled all his financing . Nikolov came into conflict with the team’s fans and threatened to leave Spartak if the supporters of the club from Varna did not stop interfering in the club’s affairs. The …

In a major development, FC Barcelona have revealed in its annual financial report for the 2023-24 financial year that Sergio Aguero has submitted a conciliation notice claiming €3 million. The former Argentine striker alleges that the club owes him this amount following his abrupt retirement in 2021 due to a heart condition that ended his playing career prematurely. What drove …

October 8 – As a second hurricane barrels towards Florida, Wolverhampton Wanderers in timing that resembles their current Premier League form, have officially named ‘Visit Lauderdale’ as their destination partner for 2024/25.  In July, current Wolves manager, Gary O’Neil led his team to Fort Lauderdale, FLA. and the inaugural, Stateside Cup, where they played German Bundesliga club, RB Leipzig. The …

October 8 – Late last week the NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) announced that Angel City FC would be punished for circumventing the league rules around salary caps. The most valuable franchise in the NWSL, worth an estimated $250 million, was fined $200,000 and docked three points in the 2024 standings. As well as the monetary punishment, co-founder and CEO, …

October 8 – With 16 matches of the regular season still left to play, Major League Soccer has announced a new league attendance record of more than 11 million fans. This figure surpasses the 2023 season record of 10,900,804 and is the third consecutive season the MLS has broken the 10 million collective attendance figure. With the MLS growing its …

October 8 – The two most valuable men’s and women’s soccer clubs in America have joined forces.  MLS club Los Angeles FC valued at $1.15 billion has acquired a stake in the NWSL’s Angel City FC, currently estimated to be worth $250 million. The deal stems from priced warrants issued to LAFC when Angel City signed a lease agreement to …

October 7 – A letter sent to members of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and which has been circulated around member associations has caused concern and fear in Africa’s national associations over the ongoing future of CAF, and Africa’s right to govern its own football eco-system within Africa. The letter warns African leaders “not (to) …