Manchester City and Inter both advanced on aggregate in the last set of Champions League quarterfinal clashes. Even though the results on the night were not perfect, previous victories for both the English and Italian clubs did enough. Manchester City rocked Bayern Munich in the first leg, 3-0. A dysfunctional Bayern side had no answers […]

Inter continued a train of strong Italian performance in the Champions League with a confident win on the road against Benfica. A dominating defensive display was enough to diminish one of the higher-scoring teams in this season's Champions League. Benfica, with 23 goals scored through eight games in this season's competition, suffered its first shutout […]

A quieter Champions League knockout round matchday on Wednesday led to wins for both Borussia Dortmund and Benfica. The former defeated an expensive Chelsea side, despite the Blues holding more of the strong chances. Benfica travelled to Club Brugge and used a penalty to win in the other game. The Dortmund win came by a […]

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Enzo Fernandez from Benfica. After chasing the Argentina international for weeks, the Blues finally get their man. The $130 million fee will break the British transfer record for incoming players. Chelsea had negotiations drag with Enzo Fernandez due to payment Although the price was agreed in principal for […]

Chelsea is not done with its January shopping spree, and Enzo Fernández and Moisés Caicedo are next on the wish list. The pair of midfielders play for Benfica and Brighton respectively. According to The Guardian, Todd Boehly and company want to shore up the midfield with what could be two expensive signings. Chelsea already submitted […]

Benfica head coach Roger Schmidt had made some interesting comments regarding the Chelsea attempts to land Enzo Fernandez. The Benfica boss claims that the Blues acted like they would pay the player's full release clause, but then wanted to enter negotiations to drive the price down. Fernandez currently has a $126 million release clause with […]

Chelsea are supposedly set to splash the cash on Enzo Fernández. The Evening Standard claim that the Blues are content to trigger the midfielder's release clause at Benfica. This fee would be in the region of $125 million. Fernández was one of the breakout stars of the World Cup with Argentina. The 21-year-old central midfielder […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Porto vs. Braga, you've come to the right place. It's first versus fourth in the Primeira Liga with both clubs looking forward to it. Who will be victorious in this one? Here are all of the details of where you can watch it via legal […]

Hull City manager Phil Brown is preparing a surprise bid for US international and Benfica player Freddy Adu, according to the News Of The World. Benfica would accept a bid of £1.5m for Adu. The American striker is currently on loan at Belenenses, a fellow Portugese side but Adu has only made a handful of […]

I have to start this off by saying thank you to the people behind the scenes at uefa.com for moving their subscription video service away from Windows Media and into a Flash-based format. It's allowed me to follow all the games from the comforts of my Mac. If you've not done so, I strongly recommend […]

While the Aughts have been full of speculation/proposal about the Old Firm joining the EPL, the 90’s was about the Old Firm joining what was dubbed as the Atlantic League. It was a joint proposal from the big clubs in the Netherlands, Scotland and Portugal. ESPN is reporting that there may be another attempt at […]

UEFA held the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage today and some fascinating pairings emerged. Both Martin Jol and Steve McClaren will take their new clubs back to England as FC Twente will face Manchester City and Jol's Hamburg will take on Aston Villa. This year's groups are looking really tough and the field […]