Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of his contract in 2016. MLS club Orlando City FC is reportedly interested in bringing the Swedish superstar in 2016.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo recently broke the club's all-time goalscoring record held by Raul. With no more challenges in Spain, Ronaldo is open to leaving the Spanish capital with PSG and Manchester United ready to make record bids of £90 million.
The Champions League draw is set. The schedule is also set in coming weeks. Which team is going through to the next round. Here is a group by group breakdown of what is to come.
They say that soccer games last 90 minutes and to win, you have to play for the full duration.But if the Champions League has taught us anything on Tuesday, it is that all you need is one half to close out a two-legged series. In both games of the day, the winning squad killed off any hopes of its opponent of advancing.
The first leg of the Champions League is at an end and the second leg will undoubtedly showcase some tremendous drama. But before we get ahead of ourselves and the next set of games, it is time to take a look at the four fixtures from this week and glean over the surprises and shocks of the matchups. Here they are.
Well that was short. Barcelona essentially ended its hotly anticipated matchup with Paris Saint-Germain by destroying the French side 3-1 in Paris. After two hotly contested games in the group stage, many thought that PSG could put up a good battle with Luis Enrique's side. But alas, the Parisians lost more and more control of the game as it went alone and now face a tantamount task in Catalonia in the second leg. Win big or go home.Here is what we learned from Barcelona's huge victory.
The Champions League resumes on Wednesday with two major matchups. The Champions League resumes on Wednesday with two major match-ups. Barcelona gets things started with Paris-Saint Germain on the road in a game that is closer than any other tilt in this tournament.
Poor Angel Di Maria. He won the Champions League with Real Madrid, essentially providing the defining performance of the final, but was all but forced out of the team last summer.
And now there are just eight. The quarterfinals for the Champions League are weeks away with the match ups being drawn on Friday morning Eastern Standard Time. Latin Post breaks down the power rankings for the top teams in the quarterfinals of Champions League.
The Champions League returns on Tuesday afternoon with the first two round of 16 matches. The competition is arguably one of the most hotly anticipated of the annual soccer season and this is the phase where things get most interesting.But it has been a long time since we have seen teams play. In fact, the group round ended in December and teams have undoubtedly altered their styles and are in different form. So which teams are now the favorites to lift the European trophy based on current form?
Manchester City, playing without Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany and English Premier League (EPL) leading scorer Sergio Aguero, managed to defy the odds, defeating Series A club AS Roma to advance to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. Luis Suarez helped Barcelona beat PSG with an assist to Lionel Messi -- scoring his 75th career Champions League, three ahead of Cristiano Ronald on the all-time scorers list -- and scoring his first goal with the Catalan club since his transfer from Liverpool.
After scoring a hat-trick to break Spain's La Liga all-time scoring record against Sevilla over the weekend, Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick on Wednesday against Cyrus champion APOEL FC on Tuesday to surpass Raul's all-time scorers record in UEFA Champions League history.
Lionel Messi made history when he scored his 70th and 71st career UEFA Champions League goals helping Barcelona beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0, helping the Spanish club advance into the Round of 16. Barcelona will be joined by Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 champs Paris Saint-Germain and Primeira Liga club Porto in the next phase of the tournament.
Forty goals were scored on Tuesday, a record for an eight-game night of UEFA Champions League's action that saw Shakhtar Donetsk' Luiz Adriano tie Lionel Messi's record for most goals in a game while Messi got closer to Raul's Champions League career record.
