By Championship standards, the end of the 2021-22 regular season was rather anticlimactic. There were no relegation deciders as in 20-21, and no dramatic fights for automatic promotion like the year before. This season, on the final day, four teams were fighting to secure two playoff spots, but in the end, there were no changes to the final table.
Si no hay modificaciones en el calendario, Club América podría convertirse en el primer club en enfrentar a Erling Haaland con los colores del Manchester City.
El delantero noruego hoy abandonó la columna de rumores de mercado y fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo del conjunto inglés. La noticia la confirmó el mismo Manchester City, luego de pagar la cláusula de salida al Borussia Dortmund (se habla de un costo de entre 60 y 75 millones de dólares) y de que el jugador pasara los controles médicos de rigor.
On Tuesday morning we finally got "here we go" confirmation of Erling Haaland spurning the wandering eyes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid and electing to join Pep Guardiola's Manchester City with the Premier League side activating his $63 million release clause.
Haaland officially joins on July 1 on a five-year contract that pays him $462,000 per week ($24 million a year).
Two Champions League spots will go to associations with the best collective performance by their clubs in the previous season from 2024-25 onwards after UEFA's Executive Committee approved the final format and access list for European club competitions.
UEFA also changed the criteria to qualify for Europe's premier club competition, removing access based on club coefficient, denying teams who did historically well a chance to qualify even if they did not finish in qualifying positions.
The final format was approved in Vienna on Tuesday.
Manchester City won't be glad to hear it, but Real Madrid's absurd comeback over City in last Wednesday's Champions League semifinal is breaking records as the most watched in U.S. television history.
BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund top striker Erling Haaland is close to sealing a transfer deal with Manchester City and a move to the lucrative Premier League, several German media reported on Monday.
Haaland is among the hottest transfer prospects this summer with the Norwegian 21-year-old having scored 61 goals in 66 league games for the Ruhr valley club since joining them in early 2020.
Manchester United are set to undergo major changes after another disappointing season but former midfielder David Beckham hopes Cristiano Ronaldo sticks around for at least another year.
United's 4-0 hammering at Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend means they cannot finish higher than sixth.
MADRID - A first-half penalty by Yannick Carrasco earned Atlético Madrid a 1-0 victory in a fiery derby clash against champions Real Madrid on Sunday, as the hosts tightened their grip on a place in next season's Champions League.
Diego Simeone's side remain fourth in the standings on 64 points, six clear of Real Betis in fifth, and with three games left to play they edged closer to a top-four finish, to qualify for Europe's top club competition.
The Serie A title rice between Derby della Madonnina rivals Internazionale and AC Milan reached a crescendo this weekend when Inter, trailing 2-0 early, scored four straight against Empoli to win 4-2 and establish a one-point lead over Milan ahead of the Rossoneri's difficult away trip to Hellas Verona on Sunday.
Like Inter, Milan played with fire early and went behind in the 38th minute to an excellently worked Verona goal.
Ajax is a step closer to its 36th Eredivisie title after a last-gasp draw against AZ Alkmaar. The hero of the day was Mexican international Edson Álvarez, who scored a fantastic header when hopes and dreams seemed to be shattered.
Machín rescued Ajax in the 86th minute by heading a corner kick.