“The Best Team Lost” – Mourinho

Despite qualifying for the quarter-finals, Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, conceded that his team did not deserve to eliminate Manchester United. “The best team lost, we didn’t play well & we didn’t deserve to win,” the Portuguese said. The former Chelsea boss, went on to praise the attitude of Sir Alex Ferguson’s men, who fought on, even after Nani’s controversial dismissal. He said: “Man Utd have the mentality of lions. They are aggressive in a good way. They are giants and are fantastic.” On his potential return to English football, he added: “If somebody wants me one day I will be back (in English football...

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Five transfers that could break the £80 million world transfer record

Rumours are abound of Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid this summer and, were it to happen, he would likely command a fee close to his world record £80million transfer to Spain from Manchester United. Whether it would exceed that enormous amount paid by the Santiago Bernabeu club in 2009 is up for debate, but it would certainly be expensive. In fact, with the spectre of Financial Fair Play on the horizon, it is questionable as to whether any transfer will ever surpass the record. GMF decided to scour the world to find the players that could be candidates to break Ronaldo’s record fee, or at least come close to it – five players that could conceivably be the next transfer blockbusters. We aren’t saying these transfers...

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Was this the rigged Champions League game?

English football was stunned on Monday night by claims that one of Liverpool’s Champions League games was fixed. Investigators Europol are reported to have identified their 2009 victory over Hungarian side Debrecen at Anfield as one of 380 worldwide to have been successfully targeted by a far eastern betting ring. ...

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