Read an extract from USA 94: The World Cup that Changed the Game by Matthew Evans.

Tottenham opened their state-of-the-art 62,000-capacity home on Wednesday.

The club’s outspoken president Aurelio De Laurentiis says the Serie A side were offered big money for Kalidou Koulibaly.

The latest figures from the CIES Football Observatory highlight the record-breaking transfer spending of Pep Guardiola’s side.

Combined revenue for the top 20 clubs in the 2016/17 season grew 6% to €7.9 billion, a new record.

The Chilean striker would earn between £400,000 (€453,000) and £500,000 (€566,000) a week before tax.

Football will go head-to-head with popular entertainment programmes on Saturday evenings, according to reports.

Blaugrana director Guillermo Amor believes that the Argentine’s astronomical sum should scare off any pursuer.

Graeme Souness has defended the Premier League’s growing excess in recent years.

The Welshman feels his former team-mate was right to raise concerns over recent deals.

The Blues may need to pay to push through a deal for their rivals’ player with the club.

Record revenues in football during 2015-16 will rise considerably when last season’s accounts are released, according to Deloitte.

The four-time Ballon d’Or winner is the latest subject of information released by those behind the Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football book.

The club’s finance chief has admitted a huge offer for the Germany international from Old Trafford was turned down out of hand last summer.

It is believed that Carlos Tevez will make around 38 million euros a season in China.

Gus Poyet says only “some details” need to be hammered out before the Argentine’s move from Boca Juniors can be announced

The ex-Manchester United striker is rumoured to have been offered a world-record wage to join Shanghai Shenhua.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan made the revelation in an interview.

Midfielder Pavel Mamayev and forward Alexander Kokorin allegedly splashed out on 500 bottles of the alcoholic drink.

In addition, Man United are understood to be willing to part company with Northern Irish defender Jonny Evans.

A comprehensive look at who’s in and who’s out for all the upper-tier English sides.

FIFA’s transfer monitoring system said that by Sunday, $2.09 billion had been spent by top clubs.

It’s well funded and highly professional, with a space-age training facilities.

Five people were arrested at the parade, including three for public drinking.

Gardaí have issued nearly 140,000 fixed charge notices for speeding between January and September of this year.

A new survey has revealed that Irish people paid over €17 million in fees in the last year.

Smoking, drinking and over-eating are causing insurance policies to rise, says Caledonian Life.

DeShawn Stevenson came up with a novel way of avoiding having to walk down the street to the bank recently.

A dad who decided to live off his wife’s excess breast milk cut his project short following negative commentary – but ended up donating the milk to children who really needed it.