Hull chairman Adam Pearson has slammed short-sighted predecessor Paul Duffen for lacking both business sense and moral responsibility in spending money the club did not have .
The Tigers were left in the bottom three of the English Premier League and three points adrift of safety, with three games left, after a 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa on Wednesday.
There has been speculation Hull s financial problems could see them follow already relegated Portsmouth, who revealed debts of 120 million pounds on Wednesday, into administration and a return to the Championship would do little for their finances.
Duffen took over from Pearson in June 2007 and led Hull into the top flight but resigned in October, with Pearson returning to his previous role.
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AC Milan have announced that midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura has extended his contract at the club until 2020.
The 27-year-old has signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal to commit his future to San Siro until the end of the 2019-2020 campaign.
Bonaventura has played a key role in Milan s progress under Vincenzo Montella this season, having only missed two games in all competitions, while he scored the equaliser before converting in the penalty shootout as they beat Juventus in the Supercoppa Italiana in December.
The Italy international, who signed from Atalanta for a reported fee of €7million in 2014, has scored four goals and registered six assists in 19 matches this season.
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Mario Mandzukic has stressed Juventus cannot afford to get carried away regardless of their fine results, insisting they have won nothing yet.
Massimiliano Allegri s men, the reigning domestic champions and Coppa Italia holders, are in contention to win an historic treble, but Mandzukic has urged his team-mates to remain grounded.
Everything has been going really well so far. We are top of the league in Italy, through to the next round in the Champions League and now in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, so I am happy with how things are going, he told Sky.
That said, there is a long way still to go and we have to keep up the good work because we have not achieved anything yet and we can play even better than we already are doing. If we do that, we can achiev…
Everton have submitted an offer of £18 million (€20m) for Sergio Reguilon of Real Madrid, according to .
The 23-year-old spent the 2019/20 season on loan at Sevilla, and has been voted the best left-back in La Liga for his high-quality performances in the 31 appearances he made for them in the campaign, scoring twice and providing his teammates with four assists.
He is now back in Madrid, but his prospect of first-team football there still isn t great with Marcelo and Ferland Mendy both ahead of him in the pecking order. Real do rate his talents, but given that they are well-stocked for the position, as well as their need for funds this summer, they are likely to be willing to do a deal.
On the other hand, Everton veteran Leighton Baines has retired from play…
Raphael Varane said Real Madrid require many leaders on the pitch to overhaul Manchester City for a Champions League quarter-final berth in the absence of star captain Sergio Ramos.
Madrid travel to the Etihad Stadium for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against City on Friday, having lost the opener 2-1 prior to the coronavirus-enforced break.
Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne condemned Madrid – who had Ramos sent off in the Spanish capital – to defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu in February.
With Ramos sidelined, regular centre-back partner Varane said: I think Sergio is a very important player for us, but we know that we are a group where we all have our role.
For example, I always help my team-mates, it is my way of playing and I…
AC Milan will never transfer Brazilian forward Ronaldinho, declared club owner and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday.
Ronaldinho is not transferable and we re all in agreement that he will remain at Milan as long as he continues to play, said Berlusconi during a press conference here.
I ve not spoken to him recently, but it is certain that we will be renewing his contract and that he ll stay (at Milan) as long as he continues to play.
I consider him the best player of all time.
Ronaldinho won the Ballon d Or (European Footballer of the Year award) in 2005 and was at the peak of his powers a year later when his dazzling skills inspired Barcelona to a league and Champions League double.
He experienced a sharp downturn in form …
Pep Guardiola is relishing the decisive phase of the season and has promised Manchester City are again “going for it”.
The treble winners are in strong contention to repeat last season’s glories in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
March will be a crucial month with a derby against Manchester United followed by clashes against title rivals Liverpool and Arsenal. They will also look to wrap up their place in the Champions League quarter-finals as they host FC Copenhagen leading 3-1 after the first leg of their last-16 tie.
PEP The decisive period of the season is in front of us. Not far away in front of us and we re going for it.
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
Prior to that comes an FA Cup fifth-round trip to Luton on Tuesday…
Espanyol striker Thievy Bifouma has been the subject of interest from Rennes, according to L Equipe.
Les Bretons are on the lookout for attacking reinforcements as they hope to improve their precarious league position and they have been linked with a move for the 21-year-old forward.
Thievy, who played for CS Meaux and Strasbourg before moving to Spain in the winter of 2010, has been struggling for playing time at Cornella El Prat, having started just two La Liga matches this season.
However, he has still managed to prove his undoubted potential having already scored 3 league goals this season.
The Frenchman doesn t seem to have a future at Cornella El Prat though, meaning he is likely to be tempted by the opportunity to return to French Ligue 1.
A consortium led by Manchester City have bought A-League club Melbourne Heart, with the owners of NRL club Melbourne Storm also involved.
After struggling to make an impact on and off the field since making their debut in the competition in 2010, Heart had been the subject of a bid from Victorian Premier League club South Melbourne last year.
The club sacked coach John Aloisi in December following a disastrous start to the 2013-14 campaign, replacing him with predecessor John van t Schip, and only narrowly avoided setting a new record of 20 consecutive matches without a win, beating the Newcastle Jets last Friday.
But the struggling outfit are now set to receive an enormous boost, with City – owned by a member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family – set to prov…
Willian hopes the Brazil squad remain humble after qualification for the World Cup was heralded by some as a watershed moment.
The Selecao became the first team, other than the hosts, to secure passage to the tournament in Russia next year, thanks to a 3-0 win over Paraguay and Uruguay s 2-1 loss to Peru.
Five-time world champions Brazil triumphed in Japan and Korea in 2002, but bowed out in the quarter-finals at each of the subsequent two editions of the competition.
They reached the semi-finals on home soil in 2014, only to suffer a humiliating 7-1 loss to eventual winners Germany.
Speaking after Tuesday s victory at Arena Corinthians, Chelsea attacker Willian welcomed the renewed interest in Brazil s exploits, but knows they remain a long way from ad…