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Football Transfer Market

May 31st, 2008

Transfer news in English Football.

  • Representative Harry Kewell has refused to comment on claims that the Liverpool winger is set to sign for Celtic.

  • Arsenal insists reports that they have signed Marseille midfielder Samir Nasri to £12.5 premature.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo would be a definitive step in his forced departure from Manchester United, by focusing on the transfer list.

  • The Portuguese Football Federation wants to make head coach Phil Scolari a new offer to stay after Euro 2008 after vice-president Amandio de Carvalho admits: “I already know that Chelsea are interested in Scolari.”

  • Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is still in contention to take over at Stamford Bridge.

  • Jose Mourinho will raid his former club Chelsea to sign Frank Lampard, Ricardo Carvalho and Didier Drogba if he is confirmed as Inter Milan boss.

  • Chelsea-England wide-man Shaun Wright-Phillips is a £10m target for Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp.

  • Cardiff City has rejected offers from Arsenal and Liverpool for the highly esteemed teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

  • Tottenham are on the eve of the signing of Sevilla winger Diego Capel after agreement to match an £11.5m buy-out clause.

  • Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is on the verge of joining Juventus for £16m.

  • Barcelona is ready to move for Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb.

  • Dean Ashton has agreed a new five-year contract with West Ham and will be nearly a tripling of his salary.

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The Football Transfer Market

May 30th, 2008

 Transfer Market

The Football Transfer Market.

  • FC Twente chairman Joop Munsterman has revealed former England head coach Steve McClaren has called for a “tour” of the Premier League club. He insisted there was no consultation has taken place with regard to the club on the coaching vacancy.

  • Tottenham are linked to Nice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Seville winger Diego Capel. AC Milan and Lyon are also interested in the 21-year-old Lloris, with the Italians in pole position to sign the Frenchman.

  • Manchester City are still pursuing Barcelona’s Ronaldinho and will decide on June 15, Thaksin Shinawatra said the adviser Pairoj Piempongsant.

  • Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said the club are cautiously optimistic of reaching an agreement with Liverpool to sign Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso.

  • Arsenal’s Alexander Hleb is set to join Barcelona, after talks with the Spanish club for White-friendly in Germany on Tuesday.

  • Real Madrid have joined Inter Milan in the race for the signature of Arsenal’s £15m-rated midfielder Alexander Hleb.

  • Bolton-El-Hadji Diouf could be set to leave for the Reebok Stadium Marseille for upwards of £4m, but the Senegal international prefers to stay in the Premier League.

  • Liverpool hope to complete the signing of the Italian full-back Andrea Dossena this week to £6m, but the competition from Fiorentina and Juventus could push the price up to £8m

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Transfer Market Here is some hot transfer news in English Football.

May 30th, 2008

  The Latest hot transfer news in English Football

  • The agent of Espanyol midfielder Albert Riera says that there is no truth in the reports that Liverpool has a bid for his player.

  • Marseille midfielder Samir Nasri is heading to Arsenal, but the clubs are still negotiating terms of the deal.

  • Chelsea’s out-of-the Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro May return to Germany with the former club Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich are interested. But the combination of Spanish Valencia and Villarreal have also considered for a move.

  • Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng has stated that he expects both sides of the Old Firm – Celtic and Rangers – to move for him this summer.

  • Harry Redknapp, Portsmouth for the financing of five new signing this summer as he prepares to chase another top-10 place Premier League and UEFA Cup success. And he could start with a surprise bid for Wigan the former England striker Emile Heskey.

  • Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech will open contract talks with Chelsea in the coming weeks.

  • David Trezeguet the agent, Antonio Caliendo, revealed that Barcelona have joined him to try and sign of the Juventus striker. “Barca are interested in David,” he said. “They have been known for years.

  • AC Milan  manager Carlo Ancelotti is favourite to land the £6m-a-year manager’s job, but Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon wants to interview several candidates, with Blackburn boss Mark Hughes also a pioneer.

  • Tottenham have agreed a £12m deal for Barcelona’s Mexican 19-year old wonder kid Giovanni Dos Santos.

  • Manchester City defender Richard Dunne is also on the verge of signing a £ 5m deal with Tottenham, a step that could ignite a player exodus from Eastland.

  • Rangers are on the trail of £5m-rated Italian wide player Raffaele Palladino of Juventus.

  • Liverpool plan to give Liverpool star striker Fernando Torres a £4m salary increase. The extra £ 400,000-a-year is intended to see out the interest of Chelsea.

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Ronaldo has decided to join Real Madrid

May 30th, 2008

 Ronaldo has decided to join Real Madrid

Well if we believes the news papers then it wouldn’t a good news for Manchester United football club and England as sourced confirmed that Ronaldo has decided to join the Real Madrid football club but he will not announce it right now but he my say it after Euro 2008. Ronaldo has decided to join Real Madrid after Euro 2008, his godfather. Fernao Sousa was the man who coached the young Ronaldo to join Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United, and now he is agitating for a move to Madrid.

 

Marca – the newspaper seen as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid – quotes him as saying that Ronaldo has all his thoughts to leave Manchester. “Cristiano should use this opportunity to go to Real Madrid,” Sousa apparently told Marca. “I think he has decided, he will move to Real Madrid, but he will not say that until the European championship is over.” Cristiano Ronaldo’s main goal is to win everything that is what he wants the most, especially the Champions League and then going as far as possible with Portugal during Euro 2008.”

 

I think it is very serious for Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson and now he has to think about this otherwise he would lose a great player. I am sure Manchester United Football club and Sir Alex Ferguson will think about it and try to keep Ronaldo in the team because he is a key player for Manchester United.

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Football Transfer Market Latest

May 29th, 2008

 Football Transfer Market Latest

Here is some hot transfer news in English Football.

 

  • Sources claim that Tottenham’s Portuguese defender Ricardo Rocha has said he would welcome a return to Benfica in the summer. He enjoyed his time here in England but now he want to go back to home for Benfica.

  • Newcastle United is targeting the Cameroon international midfielder Achille Emana, who plays for French club Toulouse. No price tag as been confirmed yet.

  • Daily Mirror shows that Manchester United’s boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants to spend £50m in the summer transfer market within the next fortnight, with Micah Richards and Seville’s Brazilian duo Luis Fabiano and Daniel Alves top of his wish-list. He wants to make a strong team as he announced that he will be retire in 3 years from Manchester United manager.

  • Daily Star shows that If Frank Rijkaard as been appointed as Chelsea manager and will attempt to bring in strikers Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for a combined £50m.

  • Biggest Rumor: Real Madrid is ready to pay an estimated £150m to secure the services of Cristiano Ronaldo with a exchange of 3 Real Madrid players. They will pay Manchester United £39.8m as well as offering Robinho, Sergio Ramos and Mahamadou Diarra in exchange.

  • Breaking news: Jose Mourinho will become manager of Inter Milan in the next 48 hours and wants to make Frank Lampard his first signing.

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Ronaldo would fit in at Bernabeu: Schuster

May 29th, 2008

 Ronaldo would fit in at Bernabeu: Schuster

Well the drama is still continuing everyday about Cristiano Ronaldo future as one day someone says he will be staying with his club Manchester United and the next day someone says he will be going with the Spanish club Real Madrid and we are getting a new story everyday in news papers and internet. Now today Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster claim the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo would not cause a problem for the club as some media reports.

 

When asked by Spanish newspaper AS if signing Ronaldo would cause problems in the team, he replied: “Not at all here will line up alongside world champions like (Fabio) Cannavaro, important players like Raul, Guti, (Ruud) Van Nistelrooy, Pepe, and the old team mate of Manchester United’s defender Gabriel Heinze. He is a great player would like the play worlds best player in one club.

 

He also accepts the English League is one of the best league in the world saying “The English league has been a perfect place to get the best education for a player with such exceptional individual talent. There he has learned to enjoy his football as a complete professional. This means we would get a Cristiano who would arrive here with his lessons learned.”

 

He told that Ronaldo is a expansive player but he would be a key player for the Real Madrid team. He is not only a player whom Real Madrid wants to buy. There are also looking to buy other players too.

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Football Transfers Market

May 26th, 2008

 Transfer Market

Here is some of the latest transfer news in English Football.

 

  • Chelsea will continue their buying process and buy those players whom ex boss Avram Grant wanted to sign this summer – and will pay up to £50m for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. He also wanted AC Milan midfielder Kaka and wants to offer Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho and cash to secure the young player.

  • Arsenal wants to seal a £11m deal for French young player Samir Nasri before he plays for France in Euro 2008 and it looks like it will be announced in a few days.

  • Yesterday some news reporters claimed that Henry wants to go back to England with Manchester United but now a few more clubs like Newcastle, Manchester City and Arsenal all want Thierry Henry but new Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola will not let him leave. Papers told that he might join Manchester United as the Champions are looking for a striker to play with Rooney.

  • Daily Mirror shows that Manchester City as hold talks about signing Barcelona star Giovanni Dos Santos on loan.

  • Wolves striker Freddy Eastwood will move to Coventry City. Coventry City is closing in on a £1.5m deal.

  • Chelsea are set to sell a few players to sign some quality players and they welcome all bids and the latest news shows that Barcelona want to sign Chelsea forward Florent Malouda.

  • Daily Mirror claims that Portsmouth could sign Lyon striker Sidney Govou for £7m and Lazio midfielder Gaby Mudingayi for £8m they are also watching PSG star Amara Diane.

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Ronaldo ‘happy’ at Old Trafford: Manchester United

May 26th, 2008

 Ronaldo ‘happy’ at Old Trafford: Manchester United

In the summer transfer window, we found new story everyday about Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid and everyday we get different news from different sources. Now today player himself as expressed his feelings and says he wants to stay at Manchester United football club. Cristiano Ronaldo has told reporters that he is happy at Manchester United and would love to continue playing at Old Trafford with Manchester United football club. After Sir Alex Ferguson’s words to the winger it looks like Alex convince Cristiano Ronaldo to stay with the club and play next season with Champions of Europe.

 

He has been linked with Real Madrid by the Spanish media for the last few weeks, as Manchester United enter the semifinals they not helped quell the speculation by reporting that he would make a decision on his future shortly and join Real Madrid. In an interview with Portuguese newspaper Publico, the 23-year-old confirmed again he would like to play in Spain one day but that he is happy with Manchester United and he is happy to play in England.

 

“There is nothing certain at the moment,” Ronaldo said. He also said that press always make stories about interest from other teams like Barcelona, Milan, etc not only from Real Madrid. He also told that “his head is with Manchester. Because it is the club that, at the moment, puts me in the best condition and that I’m happy at. So there is a no chance of me moving away from Manchester United football club. I can guarantee that I am happy at Manchester United and that I would love to continue.”

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Football Transfer Market

May 25th, 2008

Football Transfer Market

Here is some hot transfer news in English Football.

 

  • Well Mail claims that some of the MLS clubs of USA are likely to sign Chelsea striker Andrei Shevchenko, If this should happen then he would join David Beckham in same league.

  • The Sunday Mail also claims that Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is looking for a transfer to AC Milan or Inter Milan also Real Madrid as shown interested in signing the chelsea striker.

  • Arsenal as started negotiations for St Etienne players Mouhamadou Dabo and Blaise Matuidi and Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez this is confirmed by Mail.

  • Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is looking to take offers for Alvaro Arbeloa, Jermaine Pennant and Steve Finnan as he needs funds for signing new players to make their team more stronger, Theres is also news that he might also sell Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch, Scott Carson and John Arne Riise to raise £50m in sales to bolster the £20m he has been given to spend by the club’s owners. So he can spend money buying big players.

  • West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is set to pay £3.5m for Aston Villa striker Luke Moore and £2.3m for Roman Bednar.

  • One of the bigest news claims is that Barcelona striker Thierry Henry was set to join Manchester United for £10m until the Spanish side’s new boss Pep Guardiola blocked the deal.

  • West Ham is leading the chase for Everton striker Andy Johnson. Andy as been a key player for them if they take him in their team it would be a big loss.

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Avram Grant sacked

May 25th, 2008

 Avram Grant sacked

Well after loosing UEFA Champions League final and failing to win the English Premier League, Chelsea as sacked Avram Grant. Avram Grant was the first Chelsea manager who took Chelsea in final of Europe’s biggest league UEFA Champions League and today Chelsea Football Club confirmed that Avram Grant has had his contract as manager terminated. They also praised the Israeli coach for taking Chelsea into the UEFA Champions League final and pushing Manchester United right up to the final day of the English Premier League however he failed to win any silverware which could be one of the big reasons he was dropped.

 

Owner Roman Abramovich could bring former Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard or current Russia boss Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge to take charge of Chelsea football club. Grant who took charge of team affairs after Portugese manager, Jose Mourinho’s departure guided the London side to the runners-up position in the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League. He started his carrier with losing against Manchester United but give a new power to Chelsea.

 

After the sacking some of former players expressed their thoughts and weren’t happy with this decision, Former Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty says the sacking of Avram Grant as “disgraceful. I think it’s a terrible decision to make,” Docherty said on BBC Radio Five Live. The man’s done an incredible job at Chelsea football club, following the great (Jose) Mourinho.”

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