La Liga
Coloccini comes to Toon
Newcastle United today hailed the arrival of some long awaited defensive reinforcements as Argentinian international Fabricio Coloccini arrived from Deportivo La Coruna. Coloccini has signed a 5 year deal which could cost the magpies upto £10.3m depending on appearances and will wear the number 2 jersey at his new club. Coloccini has so far failes [...]
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Hleb leaves Arsenal for Barca
Aleksander Hleb has penned a 4 year contract with Barcelona after Arsenal let the wantaway midfielder leave on a cut price deal. The Bielorussian international had been expected to stay after Arsene Wenger put his foot down and ruled out the sale of the playmaker but has since backtracked after Hleb reiterated his desire to [...]
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Ronaldinho makes Milan move
Former world player of the year Ronaldinho has completed his move to Italian side AC Milan, a deal which is set to spark a flurry of transfer activity around Europe. Milan who finished 5th in Serie A last season beat Manchester City to the signing of the mercurial Brazilian talent after the player rescinded his [...]
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FIFA take no action against Madrid
FIFA have today announced that they will be taking no acton against Real Madrid in regards to their public courting of Cristiano Ronaldo. According to a FIFA statement released today no action can be taken untill a a breach of contract has occurred which from Manchester United’s point of view would be much too late:
“We [...]
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United report Real to FIFA
Manchester United have taken dramtic steps to end the speculation surrounding wantaway winger Cristiano ronaldo by reporting Real Madrid to FIFA. In a statement on their website the premier league champions pointed out that they had publicly warned Madrid about their conduct but feel the La liga champions have not altered their behaviour:
“On 27 May, [...]
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New Real Madrid kit 08/09
Newly crowned La Liga champions Real Madrid have released some official snaps of their new kit for next season. Raul and Arjen Robben are the lucky Madrista’s who have the honour of modelling the new strip, which is a simple combination of white with black stripes a distinct change from this seasons white and purple [...]
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Rijkaard out Guardiola in at Barcelona
Frank Rijkaard will step down as Barcelona manager at the end of the season and be replaced by Barcelona B-team boss Josep Guardiola. The news follows Barcelona’s humiliating 4-1 defeat at newly crowned La Liga champions Real Madrid whom they had to give a guard of honour before the match. Guardiola is only 37 years [...]
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Grant claims Chelsea to sign Kaka or Messi
Avram Grant has sensationally vowed to bring world player of the year Kaka or Barcelona teenage superstar Leo Messi to Chelsea this summer. Speaking to The Daily Star the under fire Chelsea boss reiterated his desire to bring attractive football to Stamford Bridge and earmarked Kaka or Messi as the players to do that:
“We need [...]
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Ronaldinho agrees terms with AC Milan
Ronaldinho is on the verge of becoming an AC Milan player according to his agent and brother Roberto De Assis. Assis, who was a guest of Manchester City last weekend, has confirmed what reports in Spain and Italy had been saying all week:
“Basically, Ronaldinho and Milan have come to an agreement. He was impressed with [...]
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‘Big head’ Ronaldo is a Real favourite
Cristiano Ronaldo is quickly gaining the respect and admiration he deserves for his incredible performances this season after another goal and top class display in Rome last night. In england we’ve been singing his praises ever since he came back from the World cup 2006 with a new attitude but elsewhere it has taken a [...]
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