Jose Mourinho the man for Manchester United, according to Souness and Carragher

Jose Mourinho would be the perfect fit at Old Trafford and Manchester United should move to appoint him in the summer, according to Monday Night Football pundits Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness.

Despite this, Souness believes that if United wanted to appoint the currently-available Mourinho, they would have already swooped for his signature.

Speaking after Tottenham's draw with West Brom on Monday Night Football, Souness said: "[Mourinho] is in the elite group of managers that could do that job, where the crowd would be happy with him being there.

By:Ben Nagle

Source:http://www.skysports.com

Top 10 Highest Paid Soccer Players 2016

10. Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres is a football competitor of Spain. He is playing as a protestor for the national team of Spain and the English Club Chelsea. Fernando Torres is back in his practice and he is now playing for the Atletico Madrid football clubs his performance is increased with a period of time. He is ranked in the 10th most highest paid soccer players 2016. His current salary is $17.8 million. He scored a penalty in his first international warm up match in opposition to Bolivia on May 30, 2014.

9. Yaya Toure

Yaya Toure is one of the midfielder in the team of Manchester City and he is hopeful to win the Africa Cup of Nations 2015 with his team Ivory Coast this year. Yaya Toure gains the Premier League title and his team is chasing the Chelsea this year again. His complete earning is increasing $21 million yearly. Toure is getting $2.5 million through endorsements and $19.2 million via salary.

8. Sergio Aguero

Sergio Aguero, one of the most gossiped players in the football world for his finishing and goal scoring aptitudes. Manchester City is one of the most valued football club given him a healthy contract. At present, he is receiving $5 million from his sponsors Pepsi, Gillette and Puma. His yearly salary is $18.3 million. Both salary and endorsements accounts for his entire earning of $23.3 million. He is ranked in the 8th most highest paid soccer players 2016.

 7. Wayne Rooney

Rooney is earning $25.4 million per annum that also includes his endorsements of $5 million. He has sponsorship contracts with Nike, Harper Collins and Samsung. Manchester United has rewarded him at four years contract expansion that worth $104 million. He is the most earning highest paid soccer players 2016 ranked on 7th position.

6. Neymar JR

In 2013, he moved to Barcelona in €57 million that accounted for one of the greatest costly transfer in the history of football. His yearly earnings is approximately $33.4 million. Nike, Volkswagen, L’Oreal, Panasonic and Castrol are presently endorsing Neymar.

5. Radamel Falcao

He has signed a five year contract with AS Monaco which has doubled his salary. His entire earning is $35.4 million and endorsements are coming from Puma, Gillette and Samsung.

4. Gareth Bale

The sum of $118 million is expended by Real Madrid in September 2013 for signing 24 year old soccer player from the English Premier League. Gareth Bale has yearly earned $36.4 million that includes $25.4 million of his salary and $11 million endorsements. His endorsements are mostly from Adidas, Lucozade and EA Sports. Garth Bale is counted on 4th position from Top 10 highest paid soccer players 2016

3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

He is believed to be the strongest football in the world and is presented by “the player of the year 2013 for PSG” for scoring 30 goals in the season. His earnings improved he get some popular endorsement deals in 2015. He was rewarded with a delay of one year in his 2 year agreement with PSG. His current earning is $40.4 million along with a salary of $36.4 million and has earned $4 million through endorsements.

2. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is world most expensive soccer player ranked in the 2nd position from top 10 highest paid soccer players 2016. He is earning $64.1 million per annum along with his massive salary of $41.7 million. His major sponsors are Turkish Airline, Adidas, Herbalife and Pepsi. His complete endorsements are worth $23 million. Messi is currently playing for Barcelona club that is the second worthiest club at $3.2 billion. Profit of $154 million has been received by Barcelona out of its income of $672 million.

1 . Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the top highest football stars and he is the greatest liked footballers on the Social Media. He signed a gigantic money deal agreement with world’s richest football club name Real Madrid.It is a large salary for any league team in the world, but Real Madrid can afford it as it has been rated the greatest worthy team of soccer at $3.4 billion. His club has earned income of $675 million in year 2013 and gained an income of $172 million. Main sponsors like Nike, Tag Heuer, Samsung, Herbalife and Emirates have large contracts with him and his total endorsements are $24 million.Ronaldo is the Highest Paid Soccer Player 2016.

These players are pretty motivating and also superb strikers while they are in the field for 90 minutes. They are like a vigor cracker throughout the game. So who is your favourite soccer player from the above list of Top 10 Highest Paid Soccer Players 2015-201

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Jaya Ramlakhyani

 

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Gareth Bale: Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane calls forward 'spectacular'

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale was "phenomenal" in their 3-2 comeback win over Rayo Vallecano, according to coach Zinedine Zidane.

Bale scored twice as Real came from 2-0 down to remain within one point of La Liga leaders Barcelona.

Madrid were without Cristiano Ronaldo through injury, while Karim Benzema went off late in the first half.

"Bale is a spectacular footballer and he demonstrated that by scoring a decisive goal," said Zidane.

"He has not been fit for long, but physically he was good. I'm very happy with him and he's very happy for being able to make the difference.

"More than his two goals, he did both offensive and defensive work very well.

"He improved physically as the game went on, which is important for him and the team. He had a little discomfort, but he was phenomenal."

Real Madrid visit Manchester City on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-final first leg.

"Cristiano will travel to Manchester. We're going to assess Benzema. All that I can say is that it's not a knock," said Zidane.

"I hope that it's nothing serious and that he'll be available for Tuesday. Right now I can't tell you any more than that."

By:European Football

Source:http://www.bbc.com/sport/football

Man United News: Truth behind Mourinho deal, five summer signings, Mata rally call

Jose Mourinho is becoming increasingly confident he will take over as Manchester Unitedmanager this summer.

The pressure has been heaped on Louis van Gaal following a disjointed season.

United sit fifth, four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal but are in the FA Cup semi-final, where they face Everton at Wembley this weekend.

And Manchester United have got five players in their sights as they get ready for a summer overhaul.

The Red Devils are set for another busy transfer window and are interested in Everton defender John Stones, Benfica midfielder Renato Sanches, Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sporting Lisbon duo William Carvalho and Joao Mario.

The Sun report that United had scouted Carvalho and Mario over the weekend ahead of a potential summer bids.

Ibrahimovic is out of contract in the summer and United are ready to offer him a big money contract while Sanches and Stones could cost a combined £90m.

Juan Mata has issued a rallying call ahead of the Premier League run in.

Mata insists United can still book a final Champions League place - but knows it will be difficult.

"Our goal is to play the Champions League the next season and all we think about right now is to win every single game," he said in his weekly blog.

"We play at home and we want to have a good game in front of our fans; we know that we can count on Old Trafford to have an extra energy. With the crowd’s support we can be closer to the victory although Palace got a draw at the Emirates this weekend and it’s not going to be an easy game for us.

"We are in good spirits ahead of these two games after the win against Aston Villa. The last week was very positive for us and it should help the team to gather momentum for the last few games."

By:BRUCE ARCHER

Sources:http://www.express.co.uk

FIFA president Gianni Infantino determined to weed out any remaining corrupt officials

Gianni Infantino has warned anyone who is still corrupt at FIFA to get out before they are caught.

The new FIFA president has promised to clean up world football's governing body after a year of corruption scandals and controversy.

"I don't know whether there are still individuals or entities that are corrupt, I hope not," Infantino said. "If there are, then they have the choice now to leave FIFA because sooner or later either we or justice will catch them and they will be kicked out and punished."

Infantino became FIFA president in February after his predecessor Sepp Blatter was banned from football for six years.

Former UEFA president Michel Platini and former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke are also serving long bans and Infantino says he fully supports the US and Swiss investigations which have targeted football officials.

Many of FIFA's problems started with the controversial decision to hold the vote for the right to host the 2018 and the 2022 World Cups at the same time.

In a wide-ranging interview with Fox Sports, Infantino says the decision on who will host the 2026 World Cup will be taken in 2020.

"The bids will start now with the consultation phase," Infantino said. "We have to make sure that this bidding process is absolutely bulletproof, that we create a transparent process and this takes of course a little bit of time, a little bit of consultation. And so we start the process now. It will take three or four years and we will make a decision."

Infantino campaigned for the presidency on a platform of reform and transparency, but he was caught up in the Panama Papers scandal last month. Files leaked from a Panamanian law firm showed that in 2006, when Infantino worked at UEFA, they signed a TV deal with a businessman who last year was accused by US prosecutors of paying bribes to football executives.

"I have made it very clear that this whole situation is basically a non-story," Infantino said. "There was a tender process. Everything is well documented. It has been done completely transparently and properly. If then after the deal has been concluded some people have committed a criminal activity, then these people need to be judged. 

"I am feeling relaxed because I know the facts. I know everything was done correctly. I was at the beginning quite upset about how it was reported. I think it was just disgraceful the way it was portrayed."

Infantino is pressing on with proposals to expand the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams. He hinted that the 2026 World Cup could be in the United States although he would be staying neutral.

When challenged on the disparity in pay levels between men and women footballers, Infantino said the gap was being closed but he refused to endorse equal prize money at World Cups.

"I think this is linked with many different elements that need to be discussed", he said. "There is not a straightforward answer to this." 

By:Kaveh Solhekol, SSNHQ chief news reporter

Source:Skysports.

Leicester City: Final home game tickets on sale for £15,000

Tickets to watch Premier League leaders Leicester's final home game are being offered for £15,000 a pair through an online re-sale website.

The 7 May match against Everton, which could see the Foxes become champions, sold out in 90 minutes on Monday.

But within hours, individual tickets were being advertised for more than £3,000 each and a pair for much more.

The club said it would "take action against any ticket touting" or attempts to "resell tickets above face value".

Leicester are seven points clear of nearest rivals Tottenham with five games left. They have already secured Champions League football and need three more wins to guarantee the Premier League title.

They face West Ham and Swansea at their King Power Stadium then Manchester United at Old Trafford, before the game against Everton next month, followed by the final match of the season away to last year's champions Chelsea on 15 May.

One fan who contacted BBC Sport said he had missed out on a ticket, despite having a membership package and having been to all but three home games this season.

"This season is something we never expected and will probably never happen again in our lifetimes," said the supporter, who wished to remain anonymous.

"Now I won't be there to potentially celebrate us winning the Premier League. It is a bit of a 'here's what you could have won' moment.

"The club have been brilliant with fans these past couple of seasons. But I think there will be a few questions for them to answer as to how this has happened. I can't see how ordinary fans could afford to pay £15,000 for two tickets - it's the price of a second-hand car."

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Leicester posted on their own website that the Everton game had seen "unprecedented demand" and sold out in "record time", with the "vast majority" of higher-tier members able to get a ticket.

Membership does not guarantee a ticket, the club told the Leicester Mercury.

"The unauthorised sale of football tickets is a criminal offence under UK law," added a club spokesman.

A number of fans responded to the club's Facebook post with their complaints:

David Lea: "Very bad when they are on ticket sites at anything from £495 to £5,000. Who's giving the touts these tickets? What's the point of being a gold/silver member? I'd like to hear the club's views on this."

Ben Dunkley: "Absolute joke, what a waste of money spending £75 on a gold membership."

Peter Schoneveld: "I made 85 calls since 9am as I have to book by phone because I have a family membership and was unable to get through. The system is rubbish. I have only been able to get tickets to one match all season!! Why am I paying over £100 for a membership (plus however much on phone calls sitting through an automated message to then be cut off) to get priority on tickets and still unable to get any! I am gutted... and angry."

Emilia Woch: "The shameful fact of the matter is half these people who got tickets will go on to sell them off for thousands of pounds, whilst us TRUE fans (who find it hard enough to afford £50 a ticket, let alone thousands of pounds) miss out. If the club truly cares about its fans, it would void every resold ticket and sell them back to the fans who don't want to make money off Leicester's success and who actually want to go to their last home game of the season."

Adie Wheat: "Gutted. Been all season, 1968 my first game never miss a season. Silver member can't get a ticket for the most important game - winning the league."

Gemma Kott: "Gold membership! Was trying to get a ticket since 9am only to be told all sold out! Never had that problem before. People selling their tickets for a massive profit should be banned from buying tickets again."

Philip Goodchild: "Gutted. You would have thought paying £40 per season would get you a ticket. The club should have capped the memberships at the beginning of the season."

By: BBC News

Source:http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36020849

The team join up for final preparations ahead of the Éibar clash

The players travelled from the Santiago Bernabéu to Real Madrid City.

Real Madrid have come together ahead of Saturday's Santiago Bernabéu clash against Éibar (4pm CEST). The players departed from the stadium and made their way to Real Madrid City, where they will rest at the first-team residence until a few hours before the La Liga Matchday 32 fixture.