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Ranking the 12 English Champions League final performances… Date published: Thursday 6th May 2021 1:23 - Ian Watson Sheesh, this wasn’t easy. At the top is a Champions League final performance for which one of its stars admits they ‘never turned up’…   12) Manchester United 2009 ‘The feathery touch of Barcelona left Manchester United bruised and beaten. It is as well that the victors’ good taste extended to winning by a modest margin. The holders were relieved of ...

16th April 2021 After Bobby Robson’s Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain in the 1997 Cup Winners’ Cup final, Pep Guardiola pointed at Jose Mourinho and embraced him with a big bear hug. Guardiola was one of the finest players of his generation; Mourinho was a former school coach who had worked his way to the top. Their paths had crossed a decade and a half before they became sworn enemies, as colleagues and friends. Six weeks after winning the Cup Winners’ Cup, Barcelona also claimed th...

Barcelona, Real Madrid in Haaland transfer talks with agent, father play Could Real Madrid or Barca be on the cards for Haaland this summer? (1:33) Gab Marcotti explains why he believes it will be difficult for a club to match Borussia Dortmunds valuation. (1:33) Erling Haalands father, Alf-Inge Haaland, and agent Mino Raiola held talks with Barcelona and Real Madrid on Thursday over a possible transfer for the superstar Borussia Dortmund forward. Alf-Inge Haaland and Raiola flew into Barcelona...

March 15, 2021, 6:01 am It was announced Eric Abidal would have to undergo a liver transplant on this day nine years ago (Dave Thompson/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Messages of support flooded in for Eric Abidal on this day nine years ago following the news that the then Barcelona defender was to undergo a live...

Sunday, 14 March, 2021 - 13:30 William Saliba and Jean-Clair Todibo have impressed since returning to Ligue 1 with Nice. Photograph: Getty Images London- Adam White and Eric Devin “He judged me on two and half matches,” said William Saliba when asked about Mikel Arteta. “I would have liked him to play me more but he told me I wasn’t ready.” Saliba’s readiness to play for Arsenal is open to debate, but now he and the s...

2005/06 It was a season of fiscal savings at the Camp Nou, with no transfer fees being paid. Mark van Bommel arrived from PSV Eindhoven on a Bosman deal, whilst Santiago Ezquerro was also signed for no fee. 2006/07 There were only three signings to a very strong squad that had just won the Champions League. Gianluca Zambrotta arrived for 14m euros, Eidur Gudjohnsen was purchased from Chelsea for 12m euros and veteran defender Lillian Thuram was bought for 5m euros. 2007/08 Laporta broke...

UEFA and football supporting Europes Beating Cancer Plan Thursday 4 February 2021 Article summary Today, on World Cancer Day, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin outlines the organisations support to the ongoing battle against the disease. Article top media content Article body UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin marked Thursdays World Cancer Day by highlighting UEFAs support for European efforts to defeat the disease. Mr Čeferin, together with UEFA ambassador Eric Abidal, was spe...

Daily Monitor Saturday December 12 2020 Nonda plays for Monaco in the Uefa Champions League. He helped the club to the 2003-04 final where they lost to a young Jose Mourinho’s Porto in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. PHOTO/AGENCIES Advertisement Shabani Christophe Nonda’s profile shows he is a Congolese born in Burundi. But his official pro-file omits his stopover in Uganda, where he briefly trained with Mbarara United, then in the Super-mini league, the current equivalent to Big League in Ugandan ...