José Mourinho leaves Manchester United. This was announced via Twitter this morning.

“We would like to thank him for his work during his time at Manchester United and wish him success in the future.” the club officially stated via social media.

It is not known yet who will be Mourinho’s successor and the club will play Cardiff City in the premier league on Saturday.

Manchester United won 176 Premier League points since the appointment of Jose Mourinho as manager; fewer than Manchester City (222), Tottenham Hotspur (202), Chelsea (200) and Liverpool (196).

Farewell tears at Real Madrid, tears of joy at Juventus Turin: After nine years with “the Galacticos”, world footballer Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from the Spanish Champions League winner to Italy’s record champion in the summer and ensured the transfer of the year.

After 438 games and 450 goals for Real Madrid his transfer to Juventus was spectacular, but at that time no longer a big surprise. For weeks, rumors had been saying that CR7 wanted to leave “los blancos”.

In the meantime, Paris Saint-Germain was also trying to sign the Portuguese international. Clubs from China are also said to have been interested in the five-time Ballon D’Or winner. In the end, CR7 decided he wanted to start his new chapter at Juve.

The Italian champions have had a splendid season up to now and Ronaldo has definitely contributed to that success. The transfer-fee was about 105 million euros. In addition to this, Ronaldo is said to receive a salary of 21 million euros net per year, including all additional payments. The transfer volume is expected to be between 350 and 400 million euros.

Definitely one of the best transfers of the year and one of the most important in the last years!

Have a look at this weekend’s most important soccer/football matches:

Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen (Sat. 18:30):

FC Turin vs. Juventus (Sat. 20:30):

Liverpool vs. Manchester United (Sun. 17:00):

World champion Kylian Mbappé wants to become better than Barca’s exceptional player Lionel Messi.

Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé has confidently commented on comparisons with FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. The world champion not only wants to catch up with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, he also wants to outdo him.

At Canal Football Club, Mbappé said, “Messi? He has his qualities, but I think I can be much better than him in three or four years if I work on myself.”

Nevertheless, Mbappé also knows about the significance of the 31-year-old: “I respect what he has done for football. He is a good player”, the Frenchman emphasized his appreciation for Messi.

Mbappé, considered the world’s best teenager, has already scored 14 goals and made 8 assists in 16 games this season.

Chelsea FC defeated Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League top game of the 16th matchday, with the Citizens losing the lead to opponents Liverpool.

Chelsea initially managed to slow down the attacking force of the reigning English champions as much as possible. However, the opportunities that Manchester City had became more and more promising. After 33 minutes Leroy Sané was about to cheer, but César Azpilicueta saved the Blues from the goal with a great slide tackle. Instead, the first goal of the gamefell on the other side. Eden Hazard cleverly passed the ball to N’Golo Kanté, who was waiting to strike the ball under the crossbar (45^th minute). Nobody had covered the Frenchman.

In the second half, Chelsea left Pep Guardiola’s City in charge of the ball possession, who were surprisinglyunaware of what they were doing. Maurizio Sarri had set his team defensively very well and Chelsea was absolutely effective at the front. With their firstcorner, City had already executed eleven corners unsuccessfully, the Blues scored the second goal of the evening (78^th minute). David Luiz had jumped higher than the defense of the Skyblues and his great header lead to the final score of 2-0. The 2-0 defeat meant the first league defeat of the season for City. Liverpool remains unbeaten and is the now leading the league.

Goals: 1:0 Kanté (45th min. ), 2:0 Luiz (78th min.)

The Croat Luka Modric receives the Ballon d’or 2018 and ends the legacy of previous winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The vice world champion was honoured for the third time with a trophy for his performance in 2018 after being named “European Footballer of the Year” and “FIFA World Player of the Year”. For thefirst time since 2007, the traditional Ballon d’Or was not awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

173 sports journalists have voted: The midfielder from Real Madrid won the race with a clear advantage (753 points). He was voted over Cristiano Ronaldo (476 points) and French World Champion Antoine Griezmann (414 points).

The Ballon d’Or was awarded by a jury made up of one sports journalist from each of the 53 countries that are members of the UEFA and 53 jurors from countries of non-European associations that took part in at least one World Cup.

The player was selected according to the following criteria:

• Individual and collective performance (track record) during the year

• Individual class of the player (talent and fair play)

• Career of the player

Listed below are the top 30 players:

1. Luka Modric

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Antoine Griezmann

4. Kylian Mbappe

5. Lionel Messi

6. Mohamd Salah

7. Raphael Varane

8. Eden Hazard

9. Kevin De Bruyne

10. Harry Kane

11. N’Golo Kante

12. Neymar

13. Luis Suarez

14. Thibaut Courtois

15. Paul Pogba

16. Sergio Argüero

17. Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema

19. Roberto Firmino, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Ramos

22. Sadio Mané, Edison Cavani, Marcelo

25. Jan Oblak, Mario Mandžukić and Alisson Becker

28. Diego Godin

29. Hugo Lloris and Isco

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most ambitious athletes on the planet. A fact that, according to the Brazilian legend Ronaldo Nazario, distinguishes him from any other soccer player.

Both the three-time world footballer Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the most dangerous attackers of the recent past. Now the 42-year-old Brazilian has talked about similarities and differences between the two.

“We both have the same goal, but we have different approaches to it”, he told La Gazzetta dello Sport “It is no coincidence that Cristiano Ronaldo still is in such good shape at the age of 33.”

This is mainly due to the attitude of thePortuguese, Ronaldo continued. “There are few players who pay more attention to their bodies and want to improve constantly”; he added “I trained because I had to – Cristiano does it because he loves it.”

 The fact that the current Juventus star didnot get his sixth Ballon d’Or this year is okay for Ronaldo. “Luka Modric and Croatia have played a better World Cup than Portugal and Cristiano” he concluded.