5 Most Expensive Football Players Over the Summer

1.The Man Seeking Home – Paulo Dybala to Manchester United

estimated values straddling the £90 million mark
2.The Defensive Lionheart – Harry Maguire to Manchester United

estimated values straddling the £70mm mark
3.The Trophy Hunter – Christian Eriksen to Real Madrid

estimated values straddling the £130m mark
4.The Villain-Turned-Hero – Antoine Griezmann to Barcelona

 estimated values straddling the £134m mark
5.The long shot – Phillipe Coutinho to PSG… or Liverpool?

   estimated values straddling the £75m mark

The GOAT of right-backs

                          Ageless Dani Alves has surpassed Cafu as best of all time.                                                     

One of football's most engaging personalities, the veteran has taken the Copa America by storm as he seeks another international title.

Whether he is strutting in his wife's heels on social media or flying past  unsuspecting opponent on the football pitch, Dani Alves rarely fails to draw attention. The Bahia native, who turned 36 in May, has become something of a cult superstar thanks to his off-field antics, delighting fans with videos of his off-beat - so as not to say wholly insane - behaviour. But it is on the field where Alves really shows what he is made of. At an age where most players are hanging up their boots, he has the drive, talent and fitness to keep pushing himself to the limit - and Brazil, for one, could not be more grateful. 

Big wins for Madrid and Paris, Arsenal, Napoli strike late stunner

Real Madrid struck five in a record-equalling victory against Granada, while Julian Draxler scored on his Paris debut and there were late wins for Arsenal and Napoli.

       Draxler celebrating with Angel di maria

    

             PSG full of confidence

Real Madrid 5-0 Granada (Isco 12 31, Benzema 20, Ronaldo 27, Casemiro 58)

Madrid made it 39 games unbeaten in all competitions – equalling Barcelona's Spanish record, set last term – to cement their place at the Liga summit. The Merengues will look to reach 40 undefeated against Sevilla in the Copa del Rey on Thursday.

Napoli 2-1 Sampdoria (Gabbiadini 77, Tonelli 90+5; Hysaj og 30)

Lorenzo Tonelli's last-gasp effort – his first goal in almost a year – earned third-placed Napoli an unlikely win. Though the hosts fell behind, the dismissal of Sampdoria's Matías Silvestre just after the hour allowed them back into the game.

Preston 1-2 Arsenal (Robinson 7; Ramsey 46, Giroud 89)

Captain for the day, Olivier Giroud rescued the Gunners yet again by scoring for the fourth game running – three of those goals have come in the 86th minute or later – to take his team into the FA Cup fourth round at their second-tier opponents' expense.

Eibar 0-2 Atlético (Saúl Ñíguez 54, Griezmann 74)

Antoine Griezmann's first Liga goal since 2 October helped Atlético record their fourth win on the bounce in all competitions. Diego Simeone's men have conceded only once during that run.

Paris 7-0 Bastia (Thiago Silva 30, Rabiot 43, Nkunku 47, Thiago Motta 58, Lucas 63pen, Di María 77, Draxler 89)

Paris made light work of their Ligue 1 opponents in the French Cup last 64, scoring five or more unanswered goals for the second game running. Thiago Silva has struck in both those fixtures, having found the net just once in the previous 15 months, while January signing Julian Draxler opened his account on his debut.

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Pep Guardiola says he has made some mistakes at city

Pep Guardiola admits he has made some mistakes since arriving at Manchester City but says he is adapting to English football.

City progressed into the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday with a 5-0 win over West Ham, but are fourth in the Premier League, seven points behind leaders Chelsea, and have been criticized at times this term for spells of inconsistency.

Guardiola's side won 10 games in a row in all competitions at the start of the season but have since endured a mixed opening half of the campaign. However, the Spaniard has refused to blame his players for any negative results and says his ideas are sometimes at fault.

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Can PSG's riches lure Alexis Sanchez away from Arsenal?

The winter transfer window is now in full swing! As usual, Transfer Talk has its finger on the pulse when it comes to which rumours are picking up steam. Check out all the latest deals here.



 PSG to tempt Sanchez to France?

Paris Saint-Germain hope to capitalise on the uncertainty surrounding Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal this summer, when the Chile international will enter the final year of his contract, according to the Mirror. 
The English publication reports that PSG will pay more than the £200,000-per-week wages that the Gunners have offered in order to lure Sanchez away from the Premier League.

However, much depends on whether Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is able to convince Sanchez, who has 15 goals and 10 assists in all competitions so far this season, to extend his stay in North London before the end of the current campaign.

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11 questions for Jose Mourinho

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho knows what it takes to be the best. He reached the pinnacle of his profession in 2010, when he was named the FIFA World Coach of the Year, and has a clean sweep of the biggest club trophies in world football. FIFA.com spoke to the Portuguese maestro on a range of topics, including the upcoming The Best FIFA Football Awards™, his country’s miraculous achievements as a seeming underdog, and his take on the potential expansion of the FIFA World Cup™.

The Best FIFA Football Awards are taking place on Monday 9 January in Zurich. What criteria do you use to evaluate the qualities of a player?

Honestly, I’m not too big a fan of individual awards. Football is a team sport. Teams win matches, and players are not as important as teams. Media and fans love it, managers not so much because there is some contradiction between what we work for and the individual award. However, media and fans are very important in the game, so I am not against the individual awards. There are of course special players, with such talent that they can make teams and fellow players better. These kind of players can influence a style of play or a team dynamic. For me, these are the special players. I just feel that, with the awards, the focus is exaggerated somewhat... one week after the ceremony, the campaign for next year has already begun.

In 2010, you were named FIFA World Coach of the Year. What did it mean to you to reach the pinnacle of your profession?

It was such an honour, especially because it will stay in history as the first FIFA award for a coach. However, again I must repeat that I’m a team man and 2010 wasn’t, for me, the year of my FIFA award. It was the year of my treble with Internazionale. It wasn’t Mourinho’s season, it was Inter’s and the Interisti’s season. That’s the way I feel about my job.

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