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Liverpool broke the bank last week to make Brazilian international Alisson Becker the most expensive goalkeeper of all time. The former Roma man made the switch to Anfield in a deal that could be worth up to £65m, surpassing the record that Gianluigi Buffon had held for 17 years. Indeed, the deal also represents the second position for which Liverpool …

Cristiano Ronaldo completed his €100m move to Juventus on Monday, in a deal which has seen the Italian giants break their transfer record. The 33-year-old Portuguese forward has left the Bernabeu after nine years of service, scoring over 450 goals for Real in that time and winning four Champions League titles. Somehow, Real have still made a profit on the …

Brazilian forward Neymar has responded to the Selecao’s World Cup quarter-final exit on Friday night. The South American giants were sent packing by Belgium in Kazan in the last eight encounter, the 2-1 score condemning Tite’s side to an early exit from the competition. Neymar, seen as Brazil’s mani hope but also a target of much criticism due to his …

Brazil and Belgium face off in Friday’s second World Cup quarter-final for the right to face France in the last four of the competition. Tite’s favourites are looking to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the second time in succession, while the Red Devils are looking to go one further than their quarter-final exit in 2014. To Brazil first, …

Brazil did the business against Mexico in Samara on Monday to book their place in the World Cup quarter-final for the seventh consecutive tournament. Neymar made himself the centre of attention once again as the PSG forward scored one and made one in the 2-0 win for Tite’s side – but more amateur dramatics continued to leave a bad taste. …

By now, a number of players have come to the fore and earmarked themselves as potential starts of the 2018 World Cup. 16 teams have fallen by the wayside after an eventful group stage, which counted defending champions Germany among the fallen. Elsewhere, shocks were in precious short supply as most of the biggest hitters dragged themselves kicking and screaming (and …

Brazil eased into the World Cup knockout stages after defeating Serbia 2-0 here Wednesday, with superstar Neymar sparkling in a win which sets up a last 16 clash against Mexico. Paulinho put Brazil ahead with a superb dinked finish on 36 minutes before Neymar swung in a cross for Thiago Silva to header the Selecao’s second goal with 22 minutes …

Brazil left it very late, but posted their first win of the World Cup thanks to Philippe Coutinho and Neymar to go top of Group E. Work still needs to be done for the five-time world champions to make the last 16, but a point in their final game against Serbia will do after the Serbs lost 2-1 to Switzerland. …

The World Cup has already thrown up some surprising results, and tonight’s tie between Brazil and Switzerland was no different. The Group E clash saw Brazil enter the tournament with hopes higher than they have been in years, with talisman Neymar leading the charge. The star-studded side started well, culminating in an early ‘goal of the tournament’ contender via Barcelona …

Brazil opened their 2018 World Cup campaign in style with a fantastic strike against Switzerland. The South American giants, the favourites of many to win the whole tournament, could emphasise their title credentials with a win against the Swiss in Rostov – particularly with so many of their rivals struggling to make an impression thus far. Tite’s side started the …

​​Ahead of one of the biggest nights in Liverpool's history, owner John W. Henry has questioned why Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho ever decided to leave.

The events of July 8th, 2014 at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte caused arguably the darkest day in Brazilian football history. Full of confidence and playing in front of a home crowd fully expecting the Selecao to win their first World Cup since  2002, what followed can only be described as evisceration at the hands of Germany in the …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has explained​ how his side have been adapting since Philippe Coutinho's exit.

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has explained why losing Neymar in the summer has made them a stronger unit.​

​​Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has shifted his attention away from one of last summer's prime targets, according to reports this week.

Philippe Coutinho got off the mark for Barcelona in Thursday night’s Copa Del Rey semi-final second leg against Valencia. Already 1-0 up from last week’s first leg at Camp Nou, Ernesto Valdeverde’s La Liga leaders went into the break scoreless at the Mestalla, with the home side looking threatening if not completely dangerous. Enter Coutinho. The Brazilian playmaker is being …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has explained why he didn’t feel it necessary to reinvest some of the £142m received for Philippe Coutinho in January. To the surprise and disappointment of many, the Brazilian playmaker was allowed to depart Anfield for Barcelona in the middle of the season, and that disappointment turned to anger when it became apparent that there would …

Barcelona fans finally got see their new £142m man Philippe Coutinho in action on Thursday night, and the Brazilian did not disappoint.​